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    Exclamation Pleasure Island Re-Development Project Starting Toward Completion

    Notice of Commencement
    Document 20100605313


    State of Florida
    County of Orange
    October 18, 2010


    ...

    2. General description of improvements(s)

    Pleasure Island/DTD RE-Development Project-Site Construction Trailer Mobilization

    ...

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    Notice of Commencement
    Document 20100605314


    State of Florida
    County of Orange
    October 18, 2010


    ...

    2. General description of improvements(s)

    Pleasure Island/DTD RE-Development Project-Overall Site Construction

    ...

    Pleasure Island/Downtown Disney Re-Development Project Address List

    Buildings

    1. Motion - 1630 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV FL 32830
    2. Beach Club-1620 E. Buena Vista Drive, #1, LBV, FL32830
    3. BET Sound Stage - 1560 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830
    4. Adventurers Club- 1570 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830
    5. Comedy Warehouse - 1580 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830
    6. Portobellos - 1650 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830
    7. Mannequins - 1600 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830
    8. Raglan Road - 1640 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830

    Misc Areas

    1. Service Yard between Portobellos and Raglan Road - 1650 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830
    2. Area Development in front of Fulton's Crab House and Portobellos - 1650 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830
    3. Fuego/Sosa Cigars - 1610 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830
    4. Area Development between Comedy Warehouse & the demolished BET/Adventurers Club - 1550 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830
    5. Archway Feature at Bridge 2 and possible alterations approaching Bridge 2 for Valet Parking - 1604 E. Buena Vista Drive, LBV, FL 32830

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    Disney: Pleasure Island Plans Coming Soon


    WESH 2 News
    October 19, 2010


    LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Disney has filed for two construction permits pertaining to Pleasure Island.

    One of the permits appears to be asking to place construction trailers on the site. The other is for “overall site construction.”

    One page of the permits ... lists buildings and miscellaneous buildings that would be affected by the construction. The list includes clubs like Motion and BET Sound Stage that haven’t been open since Disney shut them down in 2008.

    A Disney spokeswoman confirmed to WESH 2 News on Tuesday that more details on the project would be made public within weeks.

    In 2009 financial documents, Disney said changes to Pleasure Island would be complete in 2012.
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    4. Area Development between Comedy Warehouse & the demolished BET/Adventurers Club
    Where's my hammer? Looks like we can nail that coffin shut...

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    How about just reopen it the way it used to be 10-15 years ago...it worked
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    Thanks Jason. It's about time they do something with this area. It's really a wasted space since they shut so much of it down. I look forward to learning more about the details of the refurbishment.

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    Finally Disney!!
    Let's get this area up and running again with SOMETHING!!!!
    Can't wait to hear more info!
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    Thanks for the update.
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    I'm with Ian on this one. Why would you "re-develop" a successful entertainment venue? Only if you can replace it with something more profitable. Seems like Disney is trying to make every square foot responsible for XYZ number of dollars. And dance clubs, comedy clubs and other entertainment areas just don't make the grade. I'm very pessimistic that what becomes of PI will be anything like what it was before. Retail stores and high turnover restaurants seem to be the only likely establishments.

    I hope i am wrong. Think about it. If Magic Kingdom was nothing but a big store, no one would pay to get in. There must be entertainment value somewhere. Disney quality entertainment at that. Hopefully someone high up in management knows this. And gives us the fun we are looking and paying for. Hopefully.

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    Hope it's something other than shopping and restaurants, but like Ian and Rusty, I'm not holding my breath.

    A gift shop (like the one across the street) and a restaurant on every corner (serving basically the same stuff as the one on the next corner) seems to be the direction of DTD. Hurray for homogenization!

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    Schussler Creative is supposedly the company Disney contracted with to do the redesign of Pleasure Island... The name change may have the word Harbour in it... Someone elsewhere was talking about a nautical themed restaurant called Mahogany Bay, but he also concedes that info is old and may be scrapped...

    I guess we should just wait a few weeks and see what the announced changes are...
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    Quote Originally Posted by DizneyFreak2002 View Post
    Schussler Creative is supposedly the company Disney contracted with to do the redesign of Pleasure Island...
    What ever happened to Imagineering doing these types of things?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DizneyRox View Post
    What ever happened to Imagineering?
    I think you should have cut it off right there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DizneyFreak2002 View Post
    Schussler Creative is supposedly the company Disney contracted with to do the redesign of Pleasure Island...
    Well since Schussler Creative is a restaurant and retail design firm, I'd say that puts any rumors of something interesting coming to bed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    Well since Schussler Creative is a restaurant and retail design firm, I'd say that puts any rumors of something interesting coming to bed.
    That is exactly what I thought when i looked them up... I'm thinking we will see a nautical themed restaurant, something like Rainforest Cafe or T-Rex since this company designed those restaurants too...
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    Why are they listing Raglan Road?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cinderelley
    Why are they listing Raglan Road?
    Some sort of construction is planned for the site.

    These types of documents are filed for many types of construction, even very minor work.

    Whether or not such work may result in a closure period is unknown at this point.
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    I can add just a little about what's going on. When we walked through PI on Oct 22 there were survey crews taking measurements every where and lots of then. That's usually a pretty good sign of significant construction coming. Unfortunately for many folks, there was a lot of activity around the Adventurer's Club. Will be interesting to see the official announcement.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Figment! View Post
    Some sort of construction is planned for the site.

    These types of documents are filed for many types of construction, even very minor work.

    Whether or not such work may result in a closure period is unknown at this point.
    Thank you Figment. We had a great time at Raglan Road last time. Glad to hear it isn't definitely getting closed.
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