The Edison--details announced

flyerjab

flyerjab

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Shaman said:
This sounds/looks real good on paper...my only question is (and I'm sure the research has been done)...is there really a market out there for all these new restaurants/venues being added to Springs? It seems like we get an announcement about a new place, every other day.
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What I can tell you is only my own point of view.

My family frequents WDW. As such, we really enjoy the size, the number of resorts, as well as both parks and water parks. With all of this, DTD wasn't always a must do each trip. Now? Most definitely. Unlike several posters on this site (and make no mistake, they are more than entitled to their opinions), we really enjoy the dining at WDW. I even like many QS locations. When you consider what is coming to Disney Springs - The Boathouse, The Hangar, Morimoto Asia, STK Orlando, The Edison - this will now be without a doubt a must visit, just for the dining alone. We have already been to The Boathouse and it was an extraordinary experience. After eating at any of these places, you can enjoy a drink at the new Margarita Bar or the new flagship Starbucks (they serve beer and wine also).

You could check out a trip report I did for a quick Mother's Day visit to WDW. I give a detailed review of The Boathouse and some of the entertainers that were pretty much everywhere. I chuckle at those who conveniently call this a shopping mall. It is far from it.
 
Francis Spor

Francis Spor

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This sounds absolutely fantastic, but I'm really sorta curious if they're going to bother attempting to maintain the LA location's dress code. I understand that Disney Springs is attempting to be "more grown up" and be a place to get away from Mickey and Goofy - but people still don't necessarily pack in "innovative and imaginative ways" for their trip to Orlando in August.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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As the Southern Californian in the group, I thought I'd drop in and say...

Wow!

I'm impressed this actually happened. When they had The Edison logo on the clip art press release for Disney Springs a few years ago, I just assumed it was an inside joke from some SoCal Imagineers assigned to the Disney Springs project. Surely they couldn't actually get The Edison from Los Angeles to open a branch 3,000 miles away in a tourist swamp, could they? It had to be a cruel inside joke from hipster SoCal Imagineers.

Apparently, it wasn't.

I've been to The Edison a few times in the past five years (with a healthy tip to the door host, since I'm not young or pretty enough to get whisked to the front of the line) when I venture out from behind the Orange Curtain and travel north from Orange County to Los Angeles County. It's truly a labyrinthine destination cocktail experience in downtown Los Angeles. It's a Disneyland for stylish drunks!

If they can get the WDW satellite location of The Edison to look half as cool, and have service and showmanship that is half as polished and excellent as the LA original, then this will be a truly impressive success story for Team Disney Orlando. It almost makes me think that someone in Orlando's executive ranks has a brain, and lives a life that doesn't think a fun Saturday night includes a Darden Corporation restaurant and a Dwayne Johnson flick at the Multiplex. Maybe it's George K. after his recent SoCal stint as Disneyland Resort's president?

The strict Dress Code of the LA location may prove problematic for Dizzy World tourists, but God bless 'em if they can at least try. Orlando won't know what hit them.

Whatever, or whomever, it is that brought The Edison out to Florida, it bodes well for the future of Disney's second theme park operation.

The Edison - Los Angeles: Where perfect artisanal cocktails are served to beautiful people in exciting environs.
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Cocktail waitresses like this will turn Orlando on its ear! :cool:
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WDF

WDF

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flynnibus said:
Talking in absolutes is never accurate... but sorry, the area is certainly facing a pretty daunting majority to the contrary :)
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Perhaps in the sense that it is a "family" vacation destination, but "daunting majority" is just hyperbole. That's not Orlando, that's WDW guests.
 
ChrisM

ChrisM

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WDF said:
People do realize that Orlando and Florida in general is not completely filled with yokels who have never seen a cocktail waitress, right?
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Perhaps. But what about WDW? Exactly.

They are clearly pursuing the convention business here.
 
PrincessNelly_NJ

PrincessNelly_NJ

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flyerjab said:
What I can tell you is only my own point of view.

My family frequents WDW. As such, we really enjoy the size, the number of resorts, as well as both parks and water parks. With all of this, DTD wasn't always a must do each trip. Now? Most definitely. Unlike several posters on this site (and make no mistake, they are more than entitled to their opinions), we really enjoy the dining at WDW. I even like many QS locations. When you consider what is coming to Disney Springs - The Boathouse, The Hangar, Morimoto Asia, STK Orlando, The Edison - this will now be without a doubt a must visit, just for the dining alone. We have already been to The Boathouse and it was an extraordinary experience. After eating at any of these places, you can enjoy a drink at the new Margarita Bar or the new flagship Starbucks (they serve beer and wine also).

You could check out a trip report I did for a quick Mother's Day visit to WDW. I give a detailed review of The Boathouse and some of the entertainers that were pretty much everywhere. I chuckle at those who conveniently call this a shopping mall. It is far from it.
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Link for the trip report, pleaseee?
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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WDF said:
Perhaps in the sense that it is a "family" vacation destination, but "daunting majority" is just hyperbole. That's not Orlando, that's WDW guests.
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Sorry, maybe you are taking personal offense to the comments because you feel you as an individual are being lumped in... but trying to argue Orlando has an upscale, hip, or similar identity... sorry, no buyers for that pitch. It's a lower income, service-oriented economy, lacking its own identity and overran with 'imports'.
 
WDF

WDF

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flynnibus said:
Sorry, maybe you are taking personal offense to the comments because you feel you as an individual are being lumped in... but trying to argue Orlando has an upscale, hip, or similar identity... sorry, no buyers for that pitch. It's a lower income, service-oriented economy, lacking its own identity and overran with 'imports'.
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Not at all, I don't live in Orlando. I do live in Florida though. And I never said Orlando is upscale or hip, just thought it was funny that someone would think that cocktail waitresses in fishnet tights and short skirts would somehow "turn Orlando on its ear."

I lived in Los Angeles for close to ten years. There is plenty of un-hip there as well.
 
jt04

jt04

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And some of you doubted my support of TDO and the changes initiated several years ago from on high. Tsk. Tsk.

This will be the new location to be at when in central fla. And not just for conventions but also for locals. And much more to come at the Springs.

IMO.

I think the Adv. Club die-hards are even pleased. :cat:
 

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