Originally Posted By sjhym333 The Orlando Sentinel/Disney Blog has posted this article about the struggles of Pleasure Island. Enjoy <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-disney-pleasure-island-20110723,0,2350241.story" target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com...41.story</a>
Originally Posted By Christi22222 Nothing new here, is there? Same explanations/rationalizations from Disney, with no really informative statements. Wonder why this article now? I assumed it would be because there was at least some small development in their plans. Is it just because Hyperion Wharf has been shelved? Hmmm.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I think Disney is responding to some of the heat they must be taking with the recent announcement of Hyperion Wharf being shelved. What I found interesting in the article was the discussion about PI numbers dropping and the closing of the clubs because wouldnt hurt the bottom line financially, which tells me the clubs werent making Disney any money in the end, otherwise they would have remained open until a new concept was greenlighted and construction ready to begin. As I think about the whole DTD thing and some of WDW in general, I find it interesting how decisions of the past have long term effects in the present. Build a race track in the MK parking, then when it doesnt work out there is this big structure out there only used by the Richard Petty Driving experience. Or how by doing a big expansion of DTD to include PI and the West Side would cause problems in the present when retailers are closing due a poor economy and money to build new stores and restaurants are hard to come by. Who wouls have thought a decade ago that Disney would have trouble filling retail space. I think about Walt saying that the one thing the WDW had was the beauty of size, but sometimes I think that size has been a hinderance to WDW at times.
Originally Posted By Christi22222 ^^^The size has only been a hindrance due to greed. The advantage of size at WDW seems only perceived by TDO to be a benefit if it is directly generating revenue. That is not the only actual advantage of the size. Beauty is an unquantifiable benefit. Insulation from the "real" world is the same. Taking advantage of the benefit of size often should have meant not touching it!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I get tired of hearing about size. Size is only important if you know what you're going to do with. Disney has been developing and selling off land steadily since the 1990s with little or no vision for the future. I find it amusing that Garcia is reporting that Hyperion Wharf is dead as if Disney announced it. They didn't. They just ignored it when announcing the bowling ally for DD by Thomas Smith on The Disney Parks Blog. He never used the words 'Hyperion Wharf' once, yet continually used the words 'Pleasure Island'. Again, this is what happens when only one voice is heard and it is never really questioned. PR spin should never be confused with news. ~GFC~
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself >>One wonders if HW was all PR to begin with.<< I believe Hyperion Wharf was bait. Bait that wasn't taken.
Originally Posted By WDWVacationer This is really getting more and more pathetic. I had a bit of faith in the beginning of what has torned in to a huge fiasco...boy was I wrong.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I believe Hyperion Wharf was bait. Bait that wasn't taken.<<< Bait for what? 3rd parties?
