One event I look forward to every year is the Festival of Masters at Downtown Disney. This year the festival runs from November 11-13 and will feature a wide array of art in different mediums along with plenty of interactive stuff for the whole family… Read More »Festival of Masters Welcomes Artist Graham Knuttel
Here’s our viral video of the day, perhaps the year. Jamin proposes to his girlfriend of six years, Valerie in a very special way – a dance flash mob at Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort. See another angle of the dance flash mob here.… Read More »Downtown Disney Dance Flash Mob Marriage Proposal Viral Video
I am excited to report that WDWMagic.com wrote a few days ago that Duncan YoYo Champs will be performing on the Waterfront Stage in Downtown Disney this week! Now, for those of you who have never seen competitive yoyo-ers doing their thing, this post probably seems quite… Read More »Duncan YoYo Champions to Perform at Downtown Disney
While the construction walls are still up in the area formerly known as Downtown Disney’s Pleasure Island, the concept art for new construction has been removed and work has stopped on the area that was once destined to become Hyperion Wharf. For now that concept… Read More »Disney shelves Hyperion Wharf, Bowls a Strike on the Westside of Downtown Disney
Yesterday Orlando Harley-Davidson owners Steve and Anne Deli opened their newly expanded and interactive Harley-Davidson store at Downtown Disney West Side; moving from a smaller location in the former Pleasure Island area. The 3,635-sq.-ft. store was designed to create a unique interactive Harley environment featuring… Read More »New Harley Davidson Location open at Downtown Disney Orlando
Tonight I’m continuing my walk through Magic Kingdom and a bit of Downtown Disney. Part One covered much of the Fantasyland Expansion, problems with Splash Mountain, Skyway Station Removal, and more. Part two looks at some of the details that Disney is getting right.
When the Fast Pass for Mickey & Minnie and The Princesses first opened there were signs over head indicating which of the four machines gave out tickets for which queue. However, the machines themselves had no signage. This led Disney to a very simple indicator. Just place a Princess Mickey Hat on the Princess machines and a regular black Mickey Mouse Ears on the Mickey & Minnie machines. While cute, that was probably not the most effective way to do it. They’ve finally added new permanent signs to the FastPass machines.
As nice as these signs are, they’re still not doing much for traffic to the Town Square theater. Both fastpasses were running barely 40 minutes into the future and the wait times for the Princesses were never longer than 35 minutes and Mickey never much longer than 15. I’ve heard that they’re already considering adding a tent to Storybook Circus for Mickey and Minnie and returning Town Square theater to meeting space for special events.
A new food cart appeared in Fantasyland a bit ahead of schedule for its eventual location in the Beauty and the Beast section of the Fantasyland Expansion. Maurice’s Amazing Popping Machine is great because it tells the story of Maurice being an inventor. It also has a wonderful specially themed menu and other fun touches. If they have to have outdoor vending, I hope it looks like this instead of…
Local news is reporting that a French chef who worked at Downtown Disney in Orlando was found shot dead outside a local car wash on Friday. The police aren’t releasing any other details other than they whole thing was caught on tape. They are, however,… Read More »Downtown Disney Chef found dead outside Car Wash in Orlando
The new AMC Dine-in Theatre Downtown Disney 24 opened this week bringing a new concept in entertainment to Orlando. The “Fork & Screen” section of the complex occupies 6 theaters with one central kitchen and a bar area where guests can relax before or after… Read More »AMC Dine-In Theatre opens at Downtown Disney Orlando