Walt Disney World Resort - Downtown Disney
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In addition to the theme parks and the resorts, Disney has
other venues of entertainment to part the guests from their
money. Five golf courses, two miniature golf courses, two
water parks, a sports complex and an automobile race track,
none of which I've been to. Yet.
And there is Downtown Disney, where you really can't get
everything Disney, but you can get close. Downtown Disney
is where Disney's retail outlets exist. Then ones not in
the theme parks. And Resorts. And there are several
food venues and retail outlets that have probably made a
pretty good deal with Disney to share space, from Wolfgang
Puck to Ghirardelli Chocolates.
I do admit, that a trip to Disneyworld isn't complete without
a stop at Downtown Disney. Like the parks and resorts don't
provide enough shopping opportunities...
Marketplace is the oldest and probably the most Disney-centric
of the three areas of Downtown Disney. The World of
Disney (the world's largest Disney Store), Art of Disney, Disney's
Days of Christmas, Once Upon A Toy, Disney's Pin Traders, Team Disney are all
owned an operated by Disney. Of course there are other known
venues here, such as a McDonalds, Ghirardelli's, Rainforest Cafe and it's
prehistoric alter-ego T-Rex, and a Legoland.
Downtown Disney / Marketplace
World Of Disney
Legoland
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Pleasure Island was Disney's Nightclub Area, and is being
rebuilt into...Something Else.
We ate lunch at Raglan Road. We were going to eat at T-Rex, just
because, but they didn't open until 11:00am. It was 10:45, so we
just walked around and ran into Raglan Road. Had we been there 15
minutes later, you'd have gotten different pictures...
Downtown Disney / Pleasure Island
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Disney's newest area of Downtown Disney is the West Side. Other
than some small stores (and Disney Quest), Disney has left this area
to other popular venues such as a 24 screen AMC movie theater, Wolfgang
Puck's, a House of Blues, and even a dedicated theater
for Cirque du Soleil.
And I'd highly recommend one of the Wetzel Dogs at Wetzel's Pretzels. Mmmmm...
Downtown Disney / West Side
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03/29/2010 - Complete rewrite