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Originally Posted By kermit Well, I'm glad that they kept the Mary Blair mural. I was worried that they got rid of this impotaint mural.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins We'll be staying at the Contemporary for 8 days starting November 25th. Any chance the walls in the concourse will be down before/during then? I know not all the changes will be made by then, but I'm just concerned about the beauty and vastness of the concourse during this holiday season, specifically the time of my trip.
Originally Posted By jmuboy Is it just me or does the foot print of the "rumored" DVC tower seem smaller than what I was expecting from the art work we've seen. It seems a good deal smaller than the garden wing's footprint.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I think it is hard to tell -- they were working on it when I was there early August and it's shape might make it deceiving, but I agree the initial work I saw done was smaller than I thought - at least as viewed from a monorail window. certainly smaller than expected from the architect prints that hit months ago
Originally Posted By Doobie I don't know when the work on the 4th floor is scheduled to complete, but they've done a lot in a short time and I'd be surprised if it's still going on by then. The lobby on the first floor hasn't come as far, though. But that would surprise me, too. Obviously the construction next door will still be going on. Doobie.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome I am there almost weekly and putting up photos of it...the outside work looks bigger if you peek from an area on the ground (as opposed from up higher). It still seems smaller to me than I'd expect, but it looks bigger from the ground. to me anyway! The boards should be down by sometime in November to show the shop - so the vastness is pretty much gone. I wouldn't expect the mural to be replaced, that is a major part of the CR.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Oh yeah, I didn't consider the shop behind the walls. Well, it will be nicer than walls.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome I'd rather have nothing there - though I guess a long time ago there was a restaurant in the concourse (I don't even remember it, but I've seen photos recently). I don't like the thought of a store there - it takes away from the mural, and from the window. But we'll see how it goes! Denise
Originally Posted By mickey_ring I just put this thought together in what's left of my mind, so pardon if it's been discussed before. I guess if the new tower construction is Vacation Club, the Contempo character shoppe will become the DVC grocery store and the new area will be a character shoppe. Now I need a nap.
Originally Posted By jmuboy my guess is the DVC tower may have a grocery store and another restaurant.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I'd rather have nothing there - though I guess a long time ago there was a restaurant in the concourse (I don't even remember it, but I've seen photos recently).>> Do you mean a restaurant where the new shop is going? If so, the only one I recall was a temporary one during the last major renovation there around 1993-95.
Originally Posted By mickey_ring Yeah it would make sense to have the DVC retail (ha ha) in the DVC space, so I guess the new store is yet another copy of The World of Disney/Mousegear/whatever.
