Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ When you put it like that, Bolna, it's perfectly fine that they are building these things... ..but again, not when the parks are stagnant, and in GREAT need of updates and refurbishments.
Originally Posted By SeventyOne <ChiMike, I'm familiar with Crossroads -- it's had semi-success although the way-overpriced grocery store Gooding's has been having trouble -- is Jungle Jim's still there? It was popular 20+ years ago.> Jungle Jim's has been gone for years now, but Goodings--still grossly overpriced as well as just gross--still holds out. As far as I know, the last of what was once a chain to rival Publix. Crossroads is probably 90% full, and most places seem to get business (I hear TGI Fridays and Buffalo Wild Wings both do very well, Sweet Tomatoes always seems busy). But it's just a strip mall, no sort of atmosphere at all.
Originally Posted By SeventyOne <As far a WWoS, it has been pretty well known that the AMF thing was on indefinite hold. I can't imagine Splitsville would come without assurances from Disney that the AMF project was dead-dead, and now prohibited.> Strangely, I heard from a friend in the industry that the WWoS complex is still on the table. They would ultimately be two very different concepts: Splitsville more a bar that has a bowling alley, WWoS a 100-lane alley for serious bowlers often given over to tournaments. The main sticking point is, and has been all along, whether WDW can lure away the main professional bowling tournament (no idea what it is exactly, not a fan) from Reno.
Originally Posted By ChiMike SeventyOne. I cannot imagine in any circumstance Splitsville signing the size of a lease that they did and not restrict Disney from placing another Bowling facility anywhere on property. That would be shocking. I have no way to know, of course, interesting..
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 You do recall when announcing the Florida Project when Walt uttered the line 'We have enough land here for all the alleys we can possibly imagine', right? I'm sure it's plastered on many of the MK construction walls.
Originally Posted By Bolna Sorry for quoting the official blog (I really need to stop looking at it!!), but Thomas Smith did actually answer a question about the WWOS project and said: "Sure, Paul. And no, that project has not been scrapped. Work continues toward finalizing an agreement to build and operate a new facility at ESPN Wide World of Sports."
Originally Posted By SeventyOne ChiMike, I was arguing your exact point, but my friend insists it's still an option. Apparently the WWoS facility would be used by pros/semi-pros a good portion of the time, it was more than a bowling alley at Disney for tourists. At least that's what I took away from the conversation, part of me is still reeling from the fact that pro bowling remains a legit sport.
