I totally understand and really quite agree. It honestly puzzles me as to why they wouldn't have just extended the vents up the old exterior (hidden under the new one) and put the vents at the top of the building at least.
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Planet Hollywood unveils redesign for Disney Springs
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HiYa Pal
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The amount of extra money it would have taken is a quite tiny. A couple thousand tops. This is nothing when you concider this is a multi million dollar remodel.
mm121
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that looks so gross
and ruins the theming, since a real observatory isnt going to need vents for food equipment
A former observatory converted into a restaurant would
HiYa Pal
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If it was only a couple of thousand then yes they would have done it, but building codes may not have allowed them to just add ducting to the top, that may have been too long of a run to still function without adding additional fans in the ducts. There's a myriad of reasons why, and they all come down to $ and I would have to believe that it would have been more in the 10's of thousands, which for a company that's been shuttering restaurants for years, is enough to make them cringe when one of their remaining restaurants is forced into a multi-million dollar remodel. They've already scaled it back from the originally released concept art......
mm121
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the door was the main thing that was scaled back
and the tarp roof
what else was scaled back from the concept art?
HiYa Pal
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There were more windows across the entire first floor, there was a balcony/lounge where the fire escape was, the entire tower where the fire escaped was had a new domed top, that's all I can remember off the top of my head.
71jason
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Billboards popping up around town. Dominated by Guy Fieri's face. "Planet Hollywood" in small letters. Didn't see the word "Observatory" at all.
Why they didn't just go with "Guy's Burger Town" or something to that effect I don't know, they're clearly trying to sell this as his restaurant.
Why they didn't just go with "Guy's Burger Town" or something to that effect I don't know, they're clearly trying to sell this as his restaurant.
halltd
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I was really hoping that observation deck was going to stay. But, the building still looks WAY better overall. Here's a comparison of the original rendering versus the current one. It looks like many things were removed from the scope including the dome on the entry, the arched windows under the planet hollywood sign, and the base to the tower (as well as the main tower itself).
If that white structure in the back to the left is the outdoor dining terrace, it looks like it may have stayed, though!
Signs are now up at Planet Hollywood
http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/plan...-hollywood-observatory-construction/29113.htm
http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/plan...-hollywood-observatory-construction/29113.htm
MagicHappens1971
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Took this picture tonight, Disney still has it slated for Winter 2016, it doesn't look like it will be ready to open by the end of the year, in my opinion.
Disneyhead'71
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I love the look of the new Led Zeppelin restaurant.
What? Observatory? Looks like a zeppelin to me.
What? Observatory? Looks like a zeppelin to me.
First they class the place up with an classical observatory, and then they put in the cheesy 70s signage.
I understand that the back story is that new tenants are taking over an old building, but you would think the new tenant would class up their act a bit to match the architecture.
Rteetz
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Next Big Thing
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They were finishing up the hiring process for PH over a month and a half ago, so i'd expect they're getting close.