Planet Hollywood Closing?

[wogwog]

Wow - all these closure posts

Just waiting to see a For Sale sign on the front lawn of Cindys Castle

Funny you say that. The restaurant is going down January 5 to March 3 for a refurb. But if Disney gets a good offer from Starbucks..... wait that already happened in the bakery.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

PH closing doesn't matter to me if the new replace is run by the same people. I am saying that because I had bad service and bad food there before.

 

[ChrisFL]

I haven't been to it in years, but I have fond memories of the place...went on my first date there, then saw a movie at the PI movie theater

 

[wogwog]

Where did you see that? As far as I know there was no announcement about Planet Hollywood's future and that it was expected to remain open, with a new exterior look.

The CM may have misinterpreted the announcement that the outdoor retail shop would close for the needs of nearby construction. That was recently announced. I also have not heard of the complete closing in the plans.

 

[WDW1974]

Unless there was a HUGE and very recent change, PH is going nowhere ... Just getting a new look and name, but same operators and basic concept.

 

[JEANYLASER]

 

[MagicHappens1971]

I believe they are closing it.

 

[saibasabu]

The Planet Hollywood brand is failing across the US. There used to be over 25 locations and now there's easily less than 10. The building would be appropriate for a Toy Story-esque Pizza Planet full with games and the big screens too.

 

[jamarmiller]

I like Planet hollywood, will hate to see it go if it does

 

[Spencerrr]

There's nothing special (to me) about PH. It is a bar food concept that came about 10-15 years too late (following Hard Rock) and didn't adapt to the changing landscape like Hard Rock did with hotels, casinos, etc.

I believe they do have a hotel in Vegas. Isn't that were Britney Spears performs now?

 

[RSoxNo1]

Unless there was a HUGE and very recent change, PH is going nowhere ... Just getting a new look and name, but same operators and basic concept.

The Observatory, right?

 

[TP2000]

Umm, are you aware that this "faux themed restaurant" is at Walt Disney World? I mean, you know, because people go there expecting complete authenticity and no "faux themed restaurants"...

Got it. It's just that Planet Hollywood seems so painfully 1994, and so totally past its prime, and so completely fake, even when Bill Clinton was in the White House.

I'm always surprised to remember that Planet Hollywood still exists at WDW. The last time I went there they were counting down to Midnight for the "New Year's Eve" celebration in April and getting everyone to do The Electric Slide, back when The Electric Slide was actually a new dance craze.

They closed down almost all of the other Planet Hollywoods over a decade ago. Along with all the Hard Rock Cafes, and Rainforest Cafes, and NASCAR Cafes, and Motown Cafes, and Harley Davidson Cafes, and every other bad 1990's "theme restaurant" concept that ever existed in every tourist trap in America.

Disney Springs is an excellent opportunity to present a more sophisticated, smarter, and more upscale environment for the late 2010's and into the 2020's. Even if some of those new Disney Springs restaurants are still just corporate faux environments created by the Darden Corporation. But a painfully 1990's Planet Hollywood concept shouldn't be a part of that vision.

And honestly, we all do know that most of the side dishes and too many of the entrees served at Planet Hollywood are microwaved in a plastic bag and then "plated" on an assembly line before it's sent out to the intimate 700 seat dining room, right?

 

[Rosso11]

It's not going anywhere. The Disney location is their most profitable location and also their flagship location. Plus their corporate world headquarters is located in Orlando.

 

[boufa]

I would like to point out that there is no actual answer to the question the OP asked. This makes it clear that no one really knows for sure. I am certain that it is written down somewhere in a file at Disney what the plans are for it. But publicly it's uncertain what they are.

 

[Daniel Johnson]

I would like to point out that there is no actual answer to the question the OP asked. This makes it clear that no one really knows for sure. I am certain that it is written down somewhere in a file at Disney what the plans are for it. But publicly it's uncertain what they are.

True. I heard a cast member tell someone that. Other than here, I have done no research into an official answer to my question. Interesting to read people's responses.
I for one enjoyed the restaurant. I didn't care for the food, but loved the memorabilia, partly because my father told us all about every movie they had stuff from. I used to have nightmares of the unskinned terminator they had. & I was in the gift shop last year when the (then) new Phillip Phillips new video was playing. A group of cheerleaders were in the shop singing it. Made me smile because I played bass for Phillip years ago in a local band. Lots of memories around PH.
As for microwaved food, I never knew that to be the kitchen process there...would be interesting to see what the kitchen looks like or even where it's located in the sphere.

 

[Buried20KLeague]

I believe they do have a hotel in Vegas. Isn't that were Britney Spears performs now?

Yep. Have VIP tickets for the wife and I to see her in Feb.

 

[NowInc]

I am actually surprised its even still around at all. The last 2 times I have eaten there (because the people I was with were curious about it), it was empty at "dinner rush". I'm talking maybe 10 tables being used. Could have been a coincidence that both times it was like that, but places like T-Rex had waits the same evenings.

 

[Adam N]

It's pretty weird checking the forums and seeing a rumor that the place you work at is closing. However, these rumors are false. There's a redo happening to the exterior, but nothing more than that. Were also one of the biggest restaurants on property, holding at most 1000 people at once.

 

[Daniel Johnson]

It's pretty weird checking the forums and seeing a rumor that the place you work at is closing. However, these rumors are false. There's a redo happening to the exterior, but nothing more than that. Were also one of the biggest restaurants on property, holding at most 1000 people at once.

Thanks Adam! How long have you worked there?

 

[WondersOfLife]

I've never eaten there before. But I've seen the inside and the exterior looks really neat. That's a shame.