Category: Downtown Disney

  • Walt Disney World (And Disneyland) Resort-Inspired Signs Now Available

    Walt Disney World (And Disneyland) Resort-Inspired Signs Now Available

    One of the most difficult things for me to face is saying farewell to my “happy place” at the end of a Walt Disney World vacation. The sights, the smells, the sounds —  fun and happiness all around you. One of the ways I try to combat post-WDW sadness is to try and recreate some […]

  • WDWNT: The Magazine – Downtown Disney, A History

    WDWNT: The Magazine – Downtown Disney, A History

    Downtown Disney, A History by Nathan Bradley Hello Humans! Today I’ll be sharing the history of Downtown Disney and venturing into what lies in its future… Downtown Disney is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment complex on the south side of Disney’s property. It was initially called The Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village, opening on […]

  • Dirk Wallen’s 6/29/13 Downtown Disney (Disney Springs) Photo Report

    Dirk Wallen’s 6/29/13 Downtown Disney (Disney Springs) Photo Report

    WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited Downtown Disney over the weekend to check the progress on the Disney Springs makeover currently in the earliest stages. Let’s take a look at the progress thus far: The taco truck is still out by Fulton’s Crab House Pleasure Island is now mostly covered in construction walls There are new […]

  • PHOTOS & VIDEO: Downtown Disney’s Rainforest Cafe Adds Erupting Volcano and Lava Bar

    PHOTOS & VIDEO: Downtown Disney’s Rainforest Cafe Adds Erupting Volcano and Lava Bar

    After many months of construction, the new volcano on the Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney building was finally completed recently. Much to our surprise, the restaurant now features an erupting volcano! The show takes place in the evening and is best viewed after dark every half-hour starting at 8:30PM (this will probably be an earlier […]

  • Hands-On Preview of Disney Infinity Coming to Car Masters Weekend, June 15th-16th

    Hands-On Preview of Disney Infinity Coming to Car Masters Weekend, June 15th-16th

    LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Car Masters Weekend, now in its third year, is the perfect way to celebrate Father’s Day as Downtown Disney West Side hosts a classic car show with a modern twist June 15-16, 2013. Featuring all things “Cars,” the event also showcases meet and greets with Disney•Pixar “Cars” and “Cars 2″ […]

  • Dirk Wallen’s 5/13-5/20/13 WDW Photo Report

    Dirk Wallen’s 5/13-5/20/13 WDW Photo Report

    WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen has been all over the Walt Disney World theme parks over the last week and has a ton of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: We begin at Downtown Disney To Pleasure Island while it is still a thing… While nothing is going on at Adventurer’s […]

  • 24 Hours of Fun and Entertainment in Three Disney Parks

    24 Hours of Fun and Entertainment in Three Disney Parks

    Disney has given us a sneak peek into the entertainment schedule for the Magic Kingdom, Disneyland and California Adventure for the special 24 hour event on May 24th, 2013. We’re just one week away from our next Limited Time Magic event, the huge Disney ParksMonstrous Summer All-Nighter on May 24! Pam Brandon and Steven Miller will be along later to share details about […]

  • Tom Corless’ 4/16-4/26/13 WDW Photo Report

    Tom Corless’ 4/16-4/26/13 WDW Photo Report

    I recently visited the Walt Disney World Resort (just last week) and I have a ton of newsworthy photos to share with you, so let’s take a look at all of the changes happening around the resort right now: They got a new banner, too bad they only have a few months left… They added […]

  • Dirk Wallen’s 4/23/13 WDW Photo Report

    Dirk Wallen’s 4/23/13 WDW Photo Report

    WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited Downtown Disney, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom last week and has some newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: The Rainforest Cafe volcano is done Tons of Marvel stuff in Once Upon a Toy They also now have the Star Wars Droid Factory Over at Epcot, work […]

  • Disney Officially Announces “Disney Springs”

    Disney Officially Announces “Disney Springs”

    Well, after we broke the story about Disney Springs a few weeks ago and the rumors aired on nearly every local news outlet in Central Florida, Disney finally officially announced Disney Springs to replace Downtown Disney today: LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., March 14, 2013 – Walt Disney World Resort today announced the multi-year transformation of […]