Originally Posted By crapshoot Rumors from Sam, The Head Salesman, say that the River Belle Terrace complex is going to be razed in order to put in a new dining complex with rooftop seating in which to view Fantasmic. The Indy shop, Bengal BBQ and River Belle down to Wheel House are going away. Yeah, well I say, anything for YOUR extra dollar to watch a very predictable show.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Well, if they address that whole area, including the pedistrian traffic in the area in front of the shops, Good for them.... If the entire area is rebuilt, I presume some shops and smaller places will still remain after the project in Adventureland.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer And I guess I will be going thru Tarzan's Treehouse a LOT during the project
Originally Posted By velo But the Bengal BBQ has many, many fans - getting rid of that would cause quite a commotion I would think. I just wish they'd address the problems with the restaurants they already have.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt This is actually good news and long overdue. I've always felt that the entire stretch from the River Belle to the Golden Horseshoe seemed like a waste of space and visually uninteresting.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer But right now, there is no way for the Jungle Cruise and Indy to move north, so one solution is to move the buildings north to open up the pathways. The buildings are old, and can be modernized, Kevin Yee talked about modernizing the food facilities in an recent article addressing the rumors. If done correctly, the remodel would add additional capacity for food and seating, a overall plus for a year or so of inconvenience. I presume that Bengal BBQ would return after the project was done, maybe just a bit north, and would be more "built into the building". Totally redoing the area, they can add additional support space in a basement, and more upstairs space.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt So this project will essentially expand Adventureland? Now I'm excited.
Originally Posted By gadzuux I'd like to see some concept art. I'm concerned about the bulk and mass of a two story riverbelle terrace, and the riverbank having a "walled in" feeling.. I too think this is all about selling tickets for premium F! seating. If they were going to do this, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to put the second deck over the dining area outside of the train station (orleans buffet? - somethin' like that). At least that way, it would be at the outer edge of the park with nothing behind it but the RR tracks.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 I hope they wait until after the holidays to start! My mouth is already watering for the pancakes I expect to have @ River Belle on my first day in DL this Dec!
Originally Posted By iDisney72 Is it possible that the F! viewing is just to help guests see the show better, not another dessert buffet thing? Aside from the food, the benefit of preffered seating is that you don't have to wait, not necessarily the location, so perhaps the remodel will only be there to add better seating for everyone, not a viewing package.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Us Cauldron girls had hoped this whole idea was just a bad rumor. Because we think the Riverbell Terrace looks fine just the way it is--pancakes and all!! ORDDU: I should think, too, that making a two story restaurant might, possibly, throw off the scale of things in that area. Of course we won't know for certain until they've finished the project. During one of our visits to the Happiest Place on Earth--and I believe it was last Christmas--weren't they remodeling the Begal Tiger Bar-B-Que? They could have saved themselves the trouble of doing that, had they known about what would happen to it in the near future.
Originally Posted By DLfreek86 >>ORWEN: Us Cauldron girls had hoped this whole idea was just a bad rumor. Because we think the Riverbell Terrace looks fine just the way it is--pancakes and all!! << Me too, I love the Riverbelle Terrace.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I like the idea, but an easier way to make more money would be to put back the Tahitian Terrace and do another show there as well.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I've never eaten at the River Belle Terrace... or Golden Horseshoe... or Bengal Barbecue... Has River Belle been there from the beginning, or was it added in the '60s?
Originally Posted By Elderp Bigger Adventureland is all good for me but that means less walkway on the otherside. Sounds like a bottleneck nightmare.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Previous to its becoming the River Belle Terrace in 1971, the restaurant was the Magnolia Tree Terrace. Before that, it's complicated. Some of the other restaurants that occupied that space were Casa de Fritos, the Silver Banjo Barbeque, and the Aunt Jemima Pancake House.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Some of the other restaurants that occupied that space were Casa de Fritos, the Silver Banjo Barbeque, and the Aunt Jemima Pancake House.>> From 1955 to 1962 it was Aunt Jemima's Pancake House From 1962 to 1970 it was Aunt Jemima's Kitchen From 1971 to Present it was River Belle Terrace Casa De Fritos was where Rancho Del Zocalo is. Casa De Fritos was from 1955 to 1982 then was replaced by Casa Mexicana until construction for Rancho Del Zocalo began in 1999. Don Defore's Silver Banjo was from 1957 to 1961. That was actually linked to the Golden Horseshoe with Malt Shop, Oaks Tavern and Silver Banjo.
