Disney Springs [Walt Disney World Resort]

Timon Timauvais a écrit:

Matttthieu a écrit:

Hum des arguments supplémentaire pour prévoire un nouveau séjour là bas en 2013

Je plussoie !

Je suis le plussoiement !


C'est quand même incroyable de voir ce qu'ils peuvent arriver à refondre... surtout quand on compare à notre DV...

Maintenant, je suis tout de même curieux d'en savoir plus et de voir ce que cela donnera concrètement

mat444 > travaille ton anglais au cas où Powhatans doit organiser un meeting aux US ...

Voilà plus de détails sur le concept de ce relooking extreme (désolé, c'est juste en anglais). Les Imagineers ont vraiment travaillé sur cette expansion et rethématisation, depuis le thème choisi, jusqu'au nom, en passant par le remodelage des bâtiments existants, le choix de l'architecture, la stratégie d'"ouverture" sur le lac, le jeu des couleurs et lumières à la nuit tombée... Il me tarde de voir tout ça en vrai!

When Pleasure Island opened at Downtown Disney in 1989, a gallon of gas cost 97 cents, families were gathering around the television to watch "The Cosby Show," Bobby McFerrin was singing "Don't Worry Be Happy," and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "The Little Mermaid" were box office hits. Two decades later, the six-acre venue flanked by the West Side and Marketplace had become as dated as acid-washed jeans and dresses with shoulder pads.

In 2008, Walt Disney Imagineering began developing a holistic, overarching vision for all of Downtown Disney, including the redesign of Pleasure Island into a more family-friendly experience featuring a mix of shopping, dining and nighttime entertainment. The WDI team included Principal Show Designer Alex Wright, Senior Project Manager Frank Paris and Director of Master Planning David Stofcik.

Working with Downtown Disney Project Manager Nancy Belanger, the WDI team began exploring how to repurpose the district originally built as a gated venue, and master plan a seamless experience in line with other Downtown Disney offerings. "A big challenge we asked of WDI was to open up the waterfront to better showcase our greatest asset, which is Village Lake," Nancy said. Along with the theming and story development process, Imagineers also had to address tactical considerations such as meeting Downtown Disney's deficit of food and beverage service options and working with existing Pleasure Island tenants including Fulton's Crab House, Portobello Restaurant, Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant and Paradiso 37.

Placemaking was another important consideration. "We all wanted the island district to be relevant - a social gathering spot with inviting and intimate spaces where all of our guests can relax," Alex explained. "A place where they feel comfortable lingering; perhaps spending an evening sampling different offerings, having a nice meal, strolling the water's edge and stopping later for dessert or coffee." This meant the existing architecture – predominantly big night club structures with controlled environments – had to be repurposed to a more comfortable scale that improved the pedestrian experience and took advantage of its lakeside location. Imagineers also wanted it to be a definably Disney place.
The theme that emerged centered on a time period that inspired Walt Disney and the Company's early days. Alex described the story driver: "The 1920s were a time of grand visions and exuberance and an optimistic sensibility that we can all relate to. Electric lighting was a novelty then and it spurred a proliferation of amusement parks like Coney Island and Luna Park. In fact, Disney lore tells the story of young Walt and his sister looking through the gates at Electric Park in Kansas City and watching the lights come on at night; a memory that became the inspiration for the moment when the Main Street lights are turned on in the Magic Kingdom." As a result, lighting emerged as an important component of the theme.
The waterfront venue's new name – Hyperion Wharf – is a nod to Disney’s early heritage. Hyperion is a reference to the street address of the Walt Disney Studio in Los Angeles where Walt used light to project moving images to create his early animation including the Oswald the Rabbitcartoons, Steamboat Willie, Ferdinand the Bull, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Serendipity erased any concerns about the unfamiliar name. "While Hyperion is a key word in the history of The Walt Disney Company, it never has been incorporated into any of the Florida theme parks and experiences," said Alex. "Then we discovered that Hyperion also is the Greek god of light, and that brought the whole theme full circle for us. Everything clicked and a lot of things fell into place."

From an architectural standpoint, Imagineers drew inspiration from the industrialized look of the time period. To make the existing assets and architecture fit into the core design, they divided the island into three sub-neighborhoods. The area closest to Marketplace is designed as a port or shipyard and features Fulton's Crab House, in the former Empress Lilly riverboat replica docked on the waterfront, and a ferry terminal building.


Anchored by Raglan Road, the center of the island is fashioned after a dockside wharf with canals, boardwalks and heavily industrialized-looking buildings. The former Mannequins Dance Palace is being repurposed and will be presented as an industrial factory reminiscent of Thomas Edison's workshop, while Paradiso 37 reflects the look of a port authority building or a waterfront receiving warehouse. The third area nearest the West Side has the feel of an amusement pier from the heydays of Coney Island and Luna Park.

A new element is a lakeside park at the island’s center that features an amphitheater and waterside promenade where guests can relax and enjoy the view while being entertained by live musicians. A key element of the park is a Vintage Electro-Vision – imagine an Edison-era jumbotron – that uses incandescent lamps to create a low-definition monochromatic amber-colored video presentation that is eventually interspersed with LEDs for more color and fidelity.

At the end of the day, lighting becomes the common thread throughout Hyperion Wharf that links the three venues together. Alex described Imagineers' two-staged approach to this core design theme. "Beginning at twilight, there is a 'moment' when a cast member flips a big contact switch; you hear the sounds of generators whirling to life and the lighting spider-webs its way around the island. Later in the evening, as people start gathering after dinner and the character of the island becomes more animated and vibrant, the lighting takes on a contemporary feel, shifting more to a saturated color palatte with sculptural lighting and building washes."

Frank noted that the story line and supporting theme, architecture and other elements create a sensory experience. "The new district has an urban sensibility found in a restaurant district with all the things that appeal to your senses – the glow on the street from restaurants and shops, the sight of food being prepared, the smell of great food, and the sounds of people enjoying time together," he explained.


Nancy's praise for WDI and its work on Hyperion Wharf is electric. "As the Downtown Disney operator, we are excited to have a story line, a strategy and a master plan. The Imagineering team collectively understands and respects the operations side of our business, and they worked very hard to integrate our needs into the story line and environment."

Genre...Genre...Genre O_O

<3...Et en 2013 ! Juste quand j'ai prévu mon voyage.....


.....<3 Merci pour les news !

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As well, Orlando Attraction Magazine has gathered the following information:
• More than 1,500 new restaurant seats will expand dining options by more than 25 percent.
• The new design makes the waterfront the focal point.
• In the next 30 days, AMC Theater guests will be able to purchase unique, upscale snacks and drinks from interactive, self-service food stations similar to a food court.
• The AMC Fork & Screen Theater will offer restaurant-style dining with seat-side service beginning in spring 2011.
• The projects are expected to create an estimated 600 construction jobs, 500 restaurant, retail and entertainment jobs, and support 100 vendor and supplier jobs.

source WDW News Today

Donc si j'ai bien compris les boutiques/resto actuellement ouverts vont rester en place et verront leurs murs être ré-agencés?
Pourquoi avoir tout fermé si précipitamment alors que les travaux n'ont toujours pas débutés 2 ans après? Ca devait leur faire perdre un paquet d'argent ces night clubs...

En tout cas traverser PI aujourd'hui n'apporte pas grand chose, vivement les la suite, et c'est d'ailleurs assez fou de voir avec quelle aisance et rythme les américains balancent des plans de restructuration de zones entières comme DLP annonce la réhab' d'un trottoir...

Perso il me tarde de voir ça, même si j'aurais forcement un pincement au coeur.. il était tellement simple pour un CM d'aller passer la soirée danser sur des tubes 80s americains et la piste du mannequins restera pour moi le meilleur endroit où danser!
peut etre que disney trouvais que PI etait devenu Cast member land.. ? (ce qui n'etait pas faux, même si cela se melangeait bien avec les guests...) surtout que l'entrée etait gratis pour ces même CM, d'où peit etre la perte d'argent ?
reste le House of blues, temple des nuits cast member le dimanche soir!

j'espere juste que la transition avec west side se fera mieux, car je trouvais que cela faisait etrange de prendre la promenade de WS en sortant de PI...

Donc au jour d'aujourd'hui, que reste-t-il de PI? Est ce que tout est fermé? Ou quelques enseignes sont-elles ouvertes ou l'endroit est-il totalement désert?

Il y a des choses ouvertes, des restaurants, bars et boutiques. Mais les boîtes de nuit sont toutes fermées, disons que ce n'est pas la zone la plus accueillante qui soit.

En fait c'est vraiment glauque aujourd'hui cette zone.

D'un côté tu as les boutiques Disney. De l'autre les boutiques d'autres marques + Cirque du soleil, et entre... des bâtiments fermés dans une zone sans musique, ultra glauque à traverser à pied (surtout la nuit)

bein disons Yteza, c'etait deja pas mal glauque aussi avant ;0
en fait quand tu etais dedans, c'etait sympa mais cela faisait en effet un peu tache en plein milieu avec Legoland d'un cote et AMC de la'utre !

c'est dommage qu'ils aient completement vire ce monde de la nuit, ils auraient peut etre juste due le delocaliser un peu..

Ce monde là existe toujours... à City Walk!

C'est vrai qu'il manque à WDW maintenant ce lieu un peu fou fou où on peut venir délirer quand on en a bien envie. Peut-être que ça faisait tâche et représentait trop de risque pour l'image de Disney, en cas de "dérapages". Parce que bon, il y a des limites au concept de boutique et restaurants, aussi bons qu'ils soient. City Walk a je pense innové avec sa salle Imax, son karaoke interactif géant, et ses clubs/lounges à thème qui sont une bonne alternative au nightclub classique.

il n'y a aucune boite de nuit a CW non ? je me souviens plutot de bar/resto ? peut etre est-ce nouveau ?
Sympa un karaoke geant, je me demande ce que ca peut donner entre Margarita ville et Bubba gump!

je pense plutot que l'alternative reste Dowtown Orlando, mais la on rentre dans le Glauquissime maximum!!

poka a écrit:

il n'y a aucune boite de nuit a CW non ? je me souviens plutot de bar/resto ? peut etre est-ce nouveau ?

Si si il y a des clubs, voici la page officielle:

http://www.universalorlando.com/OverviewPages/Nightlife/barsnightclubs.aspx

Autant dire que les américains savent travailler vite... et bien. Et le résultat est juste... amazing!!! La maquette me donne trop envie de me balader le long des petits rochers sur le lac!

Et ce qui me dégoûte, c'est que nous pendant ce temps, toutes ces idées, on leur tourne le dos pour notre DV!

Le Rock N Roll Beach Club (fermé depuis le 03/02/2008) est désormais derrière des palissades, sans doute en préparation pour sa destruction...
http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Rock-N-Roll-Beach-Club/News/03Dec2010-Rock-N-Roll-Beach-Club-in-Pleasure-Island-now-walled-off---demolition-imminent.htm

La boutique Harley Davidson, actuellement située à Pleasure Island, va déménager cet été dans la partie West Side de Downtown Disney.
Elle occupera l'espace des boutiques Mickey's Groove, qui fermera le 02 avril, et LittleMissMatched.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/Shopping/Harley-Davidson-Motor-Cycles/News/02Mar2011-Harley-Davidson-store-to-move-from-Pleasure-Island-to-the-West-Side.htm

Je n'avais pas vu le clud en train de se faire "desosser" !! qu'est ce que c'est glauque

Destruction terminée pour Motion et Rock 'n' Roll Beach Club qui ont laissé place à des espaces verts.
http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Pleasure-Island/News/22Mar2011-PHOTOS---Former-Motions-and-Rock-'n'-Roll-Beach-Club-sites-now-grassed-over.htm

Le projet remis en cause? Ou simplement revu comme l'a été The New Fantasyland??
A lire: http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Hyperion-Wharf/News/01Jul2011-'Apricot-Lane'-and-the-future-of-Hyperion-Wharf---what-does-it-mean.htm

In November, we shared plans to re-imagine Pleasure Island and bring other new and compelling experiences to life at Downtown Disney. Today, we’d like to update you on our progress.

First, we’re excited that some of the new experiences we announced are already becoming favorites, like the newly expanded LEGO Imagination Center and AMC’s first Dine-In Theatre in Florida. The great news is there is more on the way.

Recently, Orlando Harley-Davidson opened its newly expanded 3,635-square-foot store at Downtown Disney West Side. The largest and most interactive Harley merchandise store of its kind, it draws guests in with a 40-foot tower and massive LCD/LED screens showing specially produced footage of motorcycles in action. Guests are also able to see and sit on some of the latest Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a brand new production studio lets guests be pictured in their favorite riding spot or transformed into real bikers. Guests can even design biker vests of their own.

Later this summer, Apricot Lane Boutique, a specialty retail store that offers celebrity-inspired branded apparel, affordable fashion jewelry, handbags and accessories, will open in the space the Harley-Davidson store previously occupied on Pleasure Island.

*This is an artist rendering and is subject to change.

This fall, construction will begin on Splitsville, a 50,000-square-foot upscale entertainment center that combines bowling with billiards, dining, music and nightlife. To make way for this experience, RIDEMAKERZ, currently located on the West Side, will move to the Marketplace.

Over on Pleasure Island, we’ve completed removing some of the buildings that aren’t part of our future plans. During the course of this site work, we identified opportunities to further refine our master plan and are pausing to evaluate them. What does this mean for you? While we’re moving quickly, it will admittedly cause a delay in construction. But we’re willing to bet that any delay will be worth the wait once we’re able to share details about the exciting work we’ve been doing.

Stay tuned to the Disney Parks Blog for more updates on Downtown Disney!

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/07/downtown-disney-update/
Et aussi http://www.splitsvillelanes.com/

J. Thaddeus TOAD a écrit:

Le projet remis en cause? Ou simplement revu comme l'a été The New Fantasyland??
A lire: http://www.wdwmagic.com/Attractions/Hyperion-Wharf/News/01Jul2011-'Apricot-Lane'-and-the-future-of-Hyperion-Wharf---what-does-it-mean.htm

D'après cette citation de Keith Bradford, le projet Hyperion Wharf semble plutôt réétudié (avec d'éventuelles modifications à la clef) que purement et simplement annulé :

"During the course of this site work, we identified opportunities to further refine our master plan and are pausing to evaluate them," according to Vice President of Downtown Disney Keith Bradford. "While we’re moving quickly, it will admittedly cause a delay in construction. But we’re willing to bet that any delay will be worth the wait once we’re able to share details about the exciting work we’ve been doing."

La valse des boutiques continue à Downtown Disney:

http://wdwmagic.com/Shopping/Sunglass-Icon/News/10Aug2011-Sunglass-Icon-at-Downtown-Disney-to-be-transformed-into-new-Flagship-store.htm

http://wdwmagic.com/Shopping/Magnetron/News/10Aug2011-Magnetron-closing-at-Downtown-Disney-and-to-be-replaced-with-'BLINK-by-Wet-Seal'.htm