Disney Springs

If you haven't been to Downtown Disney in a while, you won't recognize it when you return.  Downtown has been renamed "Disney Springs".  Lots of new construction done and more ongoing,  all for the good!

The huge parking lots that went on forever that would stress you out looking for an open parking lot are being replaced with huge parking garages.  The roads a tree full of overhead crosswalks for the safety of pedestrian foot traffic.


The completed parking garage is five stories tall.  Each level has tall ceilings,  and are brightly illuminated.   Their are electronic devices that tell you how many spaces are available on each floor and better yet, devices that tell you how many spaces are available on each row.  The open slots have a green light to guide you to them.  Escalators and elevators are at the ready to get you to the shopping and dining experiences.

Pleasure island is all but gine, replaced with new shopping and dining establishments.  One restaurant has a ramp for the cars that are also boats, which I'm guessing are accessible by guests staying in on property hotels with water ferry access.

They have also installed a landing the completed the loop from Rainforest Cafe, so there is no longer a "dead end".

We found a new ship where  Disney has partnered with outside vendors that have put the Disney stamp on their products, companies like Dooney Burke, and Vera Bradley.

Disney is definitely taking steps in the right direction with their updates.  Unfortunately for the tired and weary, it's going to require you to walk even more, which isn't a bad thing.

I'm a member of the Landry Select Dining club.  They had posted a $25 dining credit to my account which expires in October.  We used our card to go.to the front of the line for a table, eliminating the one hour wait time.  We were seated within 10 minutes at Trexx.  We also used the $25 credit against the bill.  The funniest thing, you can visit this restaurant 100 times and no see it all.  I spotted a duck hanging front the ceiling, and the duck had an arrow sticking out of its butt.  The waitress has been working there for over a year and had not.spotted it!

We finished our visit with a stop at the Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory for our favorite, the hot fudge sundae!  We will be back for another before our departure!

I'm sure there is much more to discover in this reinvented market place, but our feet and toes were telling us to save it for another day.

If you haven't figured it out, yep, we love this place!  Thanks Walt!