Originally Posted By tfdeere Hi Everyone. Has anyone heard anymore on the rumor that DisneyQuest is going to close down? I've now heard that it might be next month! :-( I'm really hoping this isn't the case. Does anyone have any information????? Thanks!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo OMG - please don't say it was next month. This is a real highlight for my trip in 143 days!!!
Originally Posted By ChiMike It is an unconfirmed rumor. I wouldn't expect it to be closed as soon as next month. I've seen crazier things happen though. God forbid another, bigger, 9/11 happens and you could see a lot of closures. But as a planned closure, I would doubt it.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 2008 is a pretty solid 'rumor' ... and one look at the way they are maintaining/plussing it should tell you all you need to know.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I agree with everyone that the only rumor was that it is closing in 08. Other wise my husband would be pretty upset because half of my group is going there in 171 days.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>and one look at the way they are maintaining/plussing it should tell you all you need to know.<< Yes. The rumor itself doesn't surprise me at all. It should come as no surprise that they are letting DisneyQuest rot away like they have done to so many other areas of the resort. DisneyQuest's operations model depended on efficiencies resulting from multiple locations. Having seen what they did to the DisneyQuest that I lived a few blocks away from, I don't see how the Orlando one could survive past the next few years. Without multiple locations they simply can't support keeping Orlando's fresh.
Originally Posted By CastMemberAshWDWCP I've never been to the one in WDW, but I was at the one in Chicago before it closed. Now I would like to visit the one in WDW because I'm sure its 10 times better, but all the same, it was kind of boring...more for the little kids.
Originally Posted By ChiMike It had in a way replaced and improved on what North Pier (not Navy) originally was. I thought for a urban VR/video game center it was great. For someone to visit from out-of-town and make it the highlight destination of their trip, or worse having the mindset that it was a substitute for Orlando, then I could see why it would disappoint. I think they should have beat Speilberg to the punch and had put it out at Woodfield rather than downtown Chicago. They would have met there extremely out-of-whack forecast targets better out there. What is ironic is that they closed it right when the neighborhood begin an extreme transformation with a HUGE influx of young families ready to sip the Disney Kool-Aid.
