Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Last trip was the first time we'd even been to Tom Sawyer's Island.
Originally Posted By crazycroc I've gone to Disneyland 800 kazillion billion times and never seen the Bakery. It's okay Constance, take it from CC to another. You are still loved.
Originally Posted By tashajilek OMG Constance! you have to go to the bakery! they have the best blueberry muffins.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Just want to clarify that we were just pokin' yer eyes out CuriousConstance!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Good to know Crazycroc, good to know Jimmy, you know I can take all the eye pokin you can throw at me Tasha, I'm not a big blueberry fan, what else might be tasty for me?
Originally Posted By tashajilek They have cinnamon twists that are really good, giant cinnamon buns, mickey mouse cookies and other muffins.
Originally Posted By YumaJohn I have never really seen this topic come up on this site before but this seems like as good a spot as any to mention it. I totally understand that the arcade as we knew it is as dead as the dinosaurs. When I was a kid I used to love the Disneyland arcades just as much as any attraction. The Penny Arcade and especially the starcade were wonderful places that had games I never saw at home in the Pacific Northwest. They were so wonderful. However, the era of the arcade is over. The Starcade is just depressing. The entire top floor is closed and the bottom floor has the same crap that Chuck E. Cheese has. This is a large space in tomoprrowland that is begging for a makeover. Now back to the topic at hand. I would love for the penny arcade to be transformed into a turn of the century arcade. Old skill games such as the Crane and the old coin operated baseball games. As it is now it is just a tease. That would be great because the outside signage is WONDERFUL!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That would be really neat. I wonder if there are any antique arcade units, like the ones by Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco, that Disney could obtain. I also wonder if it would be enough of a draw for people to really be worth it. A lot of the ones we saw in SF were really cool, but clearly hadn't been maintained a ton through the years. They all seemed to operate just fine, but they had a lot of wear and tear. Given how similar a lot of them were (there's only so many times I want to see a little mechanical man get executed), I wonder if Disney could do a similar exhibit on a smaller scale, and still capture the essence of it. Just leave out the giant creepy clown thing...
Originally Posted By danyoung >So I frequent the shops on Main Street very infrequently...< Is it possible to frequent a place infrequently? Or is it impossibly possible???
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Anything is possible if you just believe! *Que the fireworks grand finale"
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Last trip was the first time we'd even been to Tom Sawyer's Island.>> Cool, I still think that the rafts are one of the most unique and most fun forms of water transportation that I have ever been on. And then to be able to enjoy the serenity and peacefulness of the Island simply adds to the whole experience.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Aint that a load of crapshoot. JK>> I decided to have my lunch in the park today. I checked out the new menu at Hungry Bear. Had the chili cheese burger, pretty good chili. Walked passed the new construction sight for Jolly Holly Bakery (or whatever it will be called). Funny to me that they would repurpose such a large restaurant site for a bakery+. But I still don't find the Poppins theme all that wrong, especially since a rendition of Jolly Holiday has played on Main Street USA for a number of years. Then walking past the Penny Arcade I thought, wow, it has the most magical facade and is the literal bright spot on Main Street USA. They can't possibly lose the arcade, even in its current scaled back format.
Originally Posted By Scutr >>Is it possible to frequent a place infrequently? Or is it impossibly possible???<< No, I think it's possibly impossible.
Originally Posted By tonyanton well, it hasn't been considered an "attraction" since the candy shop originally encroached on it back in the '90s...perhaps the lit sign will remain and the machines/games just be scaled back to just mere decoration (which would still be better than the complete removal (sign and all) that took place at WDW's MK.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Funny to me that they would repurpose such a large restaurant site for a bakery+.<< The Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe will also offer heartier fare. It will be more than just a bakery. I hope we do not lose the last vestiges of the Penny Arcade. All the equipment was somewhat fought over during the last big rehab, and what is there now is only due to the efforts of some tenacious Imagineers. The accountants figure retail space out to the square inch (no exaggeration), and you can imagine how all those "useless" old arcade machines give them the hives.
