Tidbits
May 2015
Orange you Glad There’s a Parking Garage
5/23/15 The Orange Parking Garage at Downtown Disney has completed two new additions. The parking garage now offers two arcades that connect Guests to the second level of the garage and the walkways of Downtown Disney West Side via stairs, escalators, and elevators. One arcade is located near Splitsville and the second is located near Planet Hollywood.
Changes with Character
5/23/15 Disney’s Animal Kingdom has announced two changes for its Meet & Greet Locations effective May 24, 2015. The Pocahontas Meet & Greet location has been announced to move from the Discovery Island Trail to the Discovery Island Landing. A Tarazan Meet & Greet has been announced to open in the vacated location on the Discovery Island Trail.
New Territory
5/24/15 Disney’s Wilderness Lodge is testing a new offering at the Territory Lounge. From 7:00 am – 11:00 am, the lounge is testing a coffee and tea menu. Resort Cast have reported that the trial menu includes specialty lattes, coffee, tea, and tea lattes along with assorted pastries. It has not been reported how long this trial will run or when it may become a permanent offering if successful.
Stooooooore!
5/23/15 United World Soccer has been internally announced to open a permanent storefront in Downtown Disney West Side after transitioning from a temporary store to a kiosk earlier this spring. To make way for the new store, Hoypoloi Gallery will permanently close on May 25, 2015. Some of the current gallery items will be transferred to Hoypoloi’s sister gallery, Pop Gallery, also located in Downtown Disney Westside. The opening date for the new United World Soccer location has yet to be announced.
4/19/15 After vacating its storefront in Downtown Disney West Side last month, United World Soccer has opened another retail location. Guests can now get their futbol fix at the United World Soccer kiosk located near the Cirque du Soleil arena.
3/28/15 United World Soccer in Downtown Disney Westside has closed to make way for a new retail location. It has been internally announced that United World Soccer closed on March 25, 2015 in order to prepare the location for a Marvel superhero store. The tentatively named Super Hero Headquarters store is scheduled to open Early May 2015.
5/17/14 A new temporary store has been announced for Downtown Disney West Side. United World Soccer has been announced to open on May 22, 2014 in the location that was vacated by BLINK at the beginning of May.
InnovenChange
5/23/15 Construction walls are now up around the dormant Innoventions West with no indication of a planned replacement. The Disney Visa Character Meet 'N' Greet continues to operate in the same building.
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Wow! A Tarzan meet & greet? I didn't know they did these. We've met Terk before, but that's it.
Thanks for the updates!
Susanne
Love the idea of the offerings at Territory Lounge. The first few years WL was open they used to have something similar in the lobby with pastries in the morning and dessert offerings at night.
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I really hope that the trial run at Territory Lounge goes well and that they keep it! That's exactly the sort of thing I like to have in the morning a lot of times, so would be perfect!!!
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Serious question in regard to the new Orange Parking garage at Disney Springs. Arcade = walkway?
And the Tarzan meet is coming back, huh? My friend and her kids met him during his trial run, and said it was one of the most bizarre experiences tbey'd ever had. LOL I have to agree that the pics were indeed interesting.
Melanie;2458399 wrote: Serious question in regard to the new Orange Parking garage at Disney Springs. Arcade = walkway?
Yes, an arcade is usually a covered walkway.
Natalie
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BrerGnat;2458410 wrote: Yes, an arcade is usually a covered walkway.
Ah! So no video games involved? ;)
Melanie;2458415 wrote: Ah! So no video games involved? ;)
No, but I wouldn't put it past Disney to put something in there that can make them money. ;)
The official definition of arcade is:
a covered passageway with arches along one or both sides.
synonyms: colonnade, gallery, cloister, loggia, portico, peristyle, stoa
"a classical arcade"
Natalie
INTERCOT Staff: Disneyland Resort-California, The Water Cooler
BrerGnat;2458416 wrote: No, but I wouldn't put it past Disney to put something in there that can make them money. ;)
The official definition of arcade is:
a covered passageway with arches along one or both sides.
synonyms: colonnade, gallery, cloister, loggia, portico, peristyle, stoa
"a classical arcade"
I guess us southern folk don't use it in that capacity. I've never heard that.
Melanie;2458426 wrote: I guess us southern folk don't use it in that capacity. I've never heard that.
It's fancy French speak. ;)
Natalie
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Melanie wrote: I guess us southern folk don't use it in that capacity. I've never heard that.
I also may have read one too many architecture books over the years. :blush:
BrerGnat wrote: Yes, an arcade is usually a covered walkway.
Thanks for clarifying, Natalie.
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