Noodle Station Refurbishment

[krankenstein]

They had holes like the ones below cut in the ceiling yesterday.

BTW, sorry for the crappy shots, I broke my camera's screen during the trip. I had no idea if I was getting the pictures or not.

 

[SirGoofy]

They had holes like the ones below cut in the ceiling yesterday.

Additional speakers for the Wishes party, perhaps?:shrug:

 

[rabbit1]

If there's one thing I want to say about the Tomorrowland Terrace/Noodle Station, please stop being so indecisive.

Unfortunately, as the Noodle Station it apparently wasn't very popular (though the time I ate there the food was pretty tasteless so I'm not that surprised), but of course it doesn't make sense for them to call it the "Noodle Station" if they're just going to sell hamburgers.

I expect there's some thought behind the scenes that whatever is there should be somewhat unique and not just be another hamburger stand, hence the try at noodles and other things. Personally I think that's a great idea -- I love that Disney offers a wide variety of food options in the parks and I had very much looked forward to Noodle Station. Unfortunately it seems that either guest tastes are too narrow to support much variety, or the need to make the food fast and cheap means the have to cut too much quality to be successful.

Hmm... maybe they could come up with some assortment of "Out of This World" food that's still kid-friendly, like pb&j sandwiches in the shape of stars and moons, and mini corn-dogs as "food pills" and the like.

 

[Figment632]

Additional speakers for the Wishes party, perhaps?:shrug:

Thats makes sense from the looks of it :shrug:

 

[MichWolv]

The work seems to be mostly concentrated on the Wishes dessert party area. I'm guessing that after the very successful trial period they are going to make some infrastructure changes to make it more permanent and efficient,

I would guess at this as well. My family did the dessert party in October. We enjoyed it and it sold out (for good reason), but logistically, the lay out left something to be desired. To get from the seats to the lever with the dessert buffet laid out was a long circuitous route from where we were, mainly because as a counter-service restaurant seating area, there would have been little need to go from where we were sitting to where the buffet was. I suspect they will re-orient a ramp, put in an extra staircase, or something like that.

With some not all that extensive modifications, they could probably increase seating by 10-15% and improve traffic flow as well.

 

[cl_x_4]

We were there yesterday and saw all the tables near the counters were cleared. (stacked and shuffled, so to speak) Not sure what the plan is for that side.

We would like to see it stay open as the Noodle Station or similar on a more consistent basis. To be honest, if it could be like the CS at AK that is the equivilent noodle bar, I'd be happy with that. I just like the idea of non-fried options that aren't sandwiches. I'm under no 'health' type illusions, but I'm a bit tired of burgers and fries and chicken nuggets and fries, etc.

 

[Craig & Lisa]

I would love for this to open up full time!

Why is it closed so much anyway? Is there too much CS in MK? Even in slow times it seems like every CS place is packed!?!

I love the food there too, they may be making the outside area to an official area for watching wishes

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

They are ripping out the railings between the moat and the seating area. Perhaps extending further out?

 

[Crazy4WDW1]

I wish they would bring back the ginger creme brulee they had on the menu quite a while back. It was sooooooooo good.

 

[Victoria]

They are ripping out the railings between the moat and the seating area. Perhaps extending further out?

Are they just ripping out the steel railing on top of the concrete wall or the entire concrete wall itself?

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

Looked like the entire barrier between the edge of the restaurant and the moat below. What little remains of the wall looked badly torched.

 

[marni1971]

I`ve a hunch - that`s all it is - the balcony floor area is being increased outwards, beyond the canopy. You have to be right on the railing to see Wishes - more open area, more dessert party payers will get to see the show instead of low level pyro and a ceiling.

Anyway, the old PC is back. Here`s the photo I took in december of the LED light fitting I mentioned earlier. Overall the fitting is the same size of the original 1973 fittings: