It’s a bridge that connects one side of the Downtown Disney Marketplace near Rainforest Cafe to the other side near T-REX restaurant (I’m sensing a theme). It provides some much needed traffic flow relief and a way to complete the loop of MarketPlace without having… Read More »Walk Across New Bridge at Downtown Disney Marketplace
It’s long been one of the most popular and iconic elements of Downtown Disney, but the giant Planet Hollywood globe will soon be transformed into an elegant looking observatory that harkens back to the golden age of Hollywood with its classic forms. Concept art for… Read More »Planet Hollywood begins its Disney Springs Transformation
The area of Downtown Disney that will be known as “The Landing” when it finally finishes transitioning to Disney Springs has made a lot of progress in last few weeks. In fact, seven new locations recently opened. Here’s a brief look at what you can… Read More »Seven New Stores now open at Downtown Disney’s “The Landing”
Announced today via Twitter, Erin McKenna’s Bakery NYC will be opening in Downtown Disney thus Sunday. McKenna is the talented baker that previously ran the BabyCakesNYC at Downtown Disney. The new locations reflects the a change in name, but I’m sure the same high quality… Read More »Gluten-Free Vegan Bakery returns to Downtown Disney this Sunday.
In case you missed them, here are the most visited stories of the week on The Disney Blog.
We had two major construction updates last week.
A lot of news coming out of Walt Disney Studios too:Read More »Top posts of the week at The Disney Blog – Week 6
If you’re a fan of great food, satisfying drinks, and friendly company, then you can’t do much better than hanging out at Raglan Road any time of year. But there’s something about St. Patrick’s Day that brings out the best in an Irish Pub. This… Read More »Mighty St. Patrick’s Festival at Raglan Road Irish Pub in Downtown Disney
We’re back with our latest update from Downtown Disney as it transforms into Disney Springs. There are 30 photos and a great video in this mega-update.
New stores including: Chapel (hats), Apex (sunglasses), the Art of Shaving, and a few signs for as yet unopened stores are now on most of the store fronts in The Landing area. I’m not sure any shave is worth $55. But if you want one, The Art if Shaving will be glad to service you.
We recently profiled the newly activated parking garage spot finder system. Work on the second garage is just getting started. There are also three new dining locations in progress, The Boat House is looking nearly finished (outside at least), The Hangar is finally being enclosed, and serious remodeling is underway at the future Morimoto ASIA location.
Not clearly on the video is the progress on the parking garage, the work they’re doing to add off-ramps from Lake Buena Vista drive directly into the parking garage, and work going on in a few areas currently off-limits to guests that will be brand new shopping and dining areas added to Downtown Disney.
Can’t watch the video, I have 30 photos from my recent walk around Downtown Disney are below:
Read More »Downtown Disney transforming into Disney Springs – February 2015 update
Good news for owners of Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile phones, you too can now get a custom Disney phone case for your device. In fact the Marketplace Co-Op at Downtown Disney now supports designs on eight different devices. This makes me happy since I own… Read More »Marketplace Co-Op at Downtown Disney expands custom printed mobile cases