New gastropub to replace Captain's Grille at Disney's Yacht Club

Horizons '83

Horizons '83

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Bocabear said:
wow more of the most generic and non-descript interiors on property....
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While agree the concept art leans it being pretty bland, this place just needed a huge face lift. Something about Captains Grill was dark and drab to me:
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Flynnwriter

Flynnwriter

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Oh No! It looks like the design team of Drab, Dark & Dummy got hired to ruin this restaurant also! What is happening at the yacht club? Did they hire a design firm that hates Disney and loves trendy 2015? This is already laughable...and sad for the resort and Disney World. Disney Resorts tell stories and immerse guests in places that don't take their ques from the outside world, namely Hyatt Hotels in Kansas City.
 
Flynnwriter

Flynnwriter

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TJ Vazquez said:
While agree the concept art leans it being pretty bland, this place just needed a huge face lift. Something about Captains Grill was dark and drab to me:
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This place was originally bright and nautical, until the last paint scheme went drab tan and sad blue. I presume the same lame designer who did the same to the Beach Club Lobby.
 
NiarrNDisney

NiarrNDisney

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Jeesh so many negative opinions being voiced over something that has not even opened yet.
Can we attempt to be a little more positive? At least save the doom and gloom until the place opens and then once its been seen in its finished state give an opinion.
 
Flynnwriter

Flynnwriter

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NiarrNDisney said:
Jeesh so many negative opinions being voiced over something that has not even opened yet.
Can we attempt to be a little more positive? At least save the doom and gloom until the place opens and then once its been seen in its finished state give an opinion.
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First, it’s being insightful and critical. It also comes from experices in interior design. When a concept image looks that amateurish and bad, it is usually a really good indicator that the project is headed the way of the yacht club store. Maybe we should express concern and critical insight before bad things are built since things rarely change once open.
 
NiarrNDisney

NiarrNDisney

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Flynnwriter said:
First, it’s being insightful and critical. It also comes from experices in interior design. When a concept image looks that amateurish and bad, it is usually a really good indicator that the project is headed the way of the yacht club store. Maybe we should express concern and critical insight before bad things are built since things rarely change once open.
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Insightful? Ugh / Critical? Yes
I honestly do not see how negative comments shared on a Fan Forum would sway the designers in any way to change their plans nor how they serve in any capacity at all except to put a dark cloud over those who are optimistic and excited to see new things coming to the World. Personally I think the concept art is bleak at most and really doesn't show enough detail to really grasp what the future restaurant will look like. You never know you may be surprisingly surprised at the finished product and if not you don't have to patronize the establishment.
 
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larryz

larryz

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yeti said:
Recent restaurant additions (Geyser Point, Market Ale and Compass) along with the concept art lead me to believe it'll be charmless, unthemed, and weirdly reminiscent of an airport bar and grill. I know they are well-intentioned and that the place could use a fixer upper, but these renovations are generic beyond belief. I feel like the recent initiative to update the resorts loses sight of what makes them friendly and unique. We'll see I guess.
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Someone else coined the term "the commoditization of WaltDisney World."
 
Bocabear

Bocabear

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NiarrNDisney said:
Insightful? Ugh / Critical? Yes
I honestly do not see how negative comments shared on a Fan Forum would sway the designers in any way to change their plans nor how they serve in any capacity at all except to put a dark cloud over those who are optimistic and excited to see new things coming to the World. Personally I think the concept art is bleak at most and really doesn't show enough detail to really grasp what the future restaurant will look like. You never know you may be surprisingly surprised at the finished product and if not you don't have to patronize the establishment.
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I have yet to be "surpisingly surprised"...just more and more disappointed as beautiful custom interiors are torn out and dumbed down to common place fixtures and drab Marriott style design...instead of the old Disney standard of unique placemaking design.... So yeah, I will critique until I see them release concept art that actually looks like an improvement over a defurbishment....
 
Flynnwriter

Flynnwriter

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scorp16 said:
Amazing.

5 sentences of an article...a couple of frames of concept art.....and some geniuses have already come to the conclusion that it's terrible.

Brilliant! Glad I'm not taking advice from any of you seriously for my vacation plans.
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When someone shows you concept art that looks like a Greek tragedy, believe them.
 
NiarrNDisney

NiarrNDisney

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Bocabear said:
I have yet to be "surpisingly surprised"...just more and more disappointed as beautiful custom interiors are torn out and dumbed down to common place fixtures and drab Marriott style design...instead of the old Disney standard of unique placemaking design.... So yeah, I will critique until I see them release concept art that actually looks like an improvement over a defurbishment....
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Well as I said if it turns out to be a huge disappointment (to you) then don't patronize it! Simple as that.
 

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