Can't Find Downtown Disney Any Longer . . .

[TheRustyScupper]

The road signs this week have been changed to Disney Springs, instead of Downtown Disney.

 

[thepops]

When you consider the sheer number of signs and maps in Walt Disney World, that is a BIG job.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

When you consider the sheer number of signs and maps in Walt Disney World, that is a BIG job.

1) Yep.
2) And, the road signs were changed in a matter of two nights.

 

[Reddog1134]

1) Yep.
2) And, the road signs were changed in a matter of two nights.

This picture was from 3 weeks ago.

http://www.disboards.com/threads/news-round-up.3301070/page-304#post-54234955

 

[Dean Marino]

and they better DAMN WELL be purple . Sandy would have had a heart attack if they were not .

 

[Planogirl]

I think that it will always be Downtown Disney to me. I still say MGM Studios.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I think that it will always be Downtown Disney to me. I still say MGM Studios.

Agreed.

I could care less what label they put on things in the swamp. Only the operation, Investment, and pricing.

The decay of EPCOT for the last 15 years took all concern of those "niceties" away from me.

 

[Planogirl]

Agreed.

I could care less what label they put on things in the swamp. Only the operation, Investment, and pricing.

The decay of EPCOT for the last 15 years took all concern of those "niceties" away from me.

Epcot is just...well...awful. I just say "do we have to?" when someone in my family wants to go. To me it's in its own category and that's without the Norway situation.

 

[RainbowBrite]

What a shame. The name "Downtown Disney" was more exciting. "Disney Springs" sounds like an old folks' home.

 

[Bolt4Life17]

Epcot is just...well...awful. I just say "do we have to?" when someone in my family wants to go. To me it's in its own category and that's without the Norway situation.

To each their own. Epcot is my entire families favorite park.

 

[DanBoris]

I think that it will always be Downtown Disney to me. I still say MGM Studios.

At least you don't call it the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village.

 

[Whatsthegoodword]

At least you don't call it the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village.

Exactly. Do y'all miss the Dutch Inn, too?

 

[Josh Hendy]

At least you don't call it the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village.

Pointe Disney?

 

[Accident]

The bus signs also say disney springs via any resort now.

 

[Hunterr]

I don't like the name change. It sounds more like a resort hotel.

 

[Micca]

What a shame. The name "Downtown Disney" was more exciting. "Disney Springs" sounds like an old folks' home.

I get what you're saying. Disney Springs does sound more like a resort area, I suppose there are some negative connotations to "Downtown" anything. Maybe Disney thinks "Downtown" doesn't sound like a place you'd go on vacation, a lot of people go downtown to work. OTOH, downtown is a place that's sometimes too busy and hard to find a place to park. Maybe that is a more appropriate name.

 

[rteetz]

I don't like the name change. It sounds more like a resort hotel.

Well you have Saratoga springs across the lake. Disney springs is supposed to be the old Florida town that formed around a "spring" then over time the town modernized.

 

[Oathkeeper13]

Am I the only one who likes the name change. The thing I love most about Disney is that they have a theme and story for everything. Downtown Disney is just a corporate shopping and dining area, Disney Springs tells the story of a cute lakeside resort town. I think it will make the overall theme a lot more cohesive.

 

[nelsonj3]

The video I posted last week shows some of the new signage as well as the construction progress along Buena Vista Drive.

 

[DDLand]

Well you have Saratoga springs across the lake. Disney springs is supposed to be the old Florida town that formed around a "spring" then over time the town modernized.

One thing that really gets me about this whole thing, is them essentially trying to tie in Disney Springs with Saratoga Springs. What do the springs of New York along with the unique architecture and culture that built up along side it have in common with the Springs of Florida? That would be like building a waterfall from California and a waterfall from Mexico and saying that that themeing follows because there's waterfalls in both. The architecture may be radically different, but the waterfall ties them together.

They don't.


If they want to create continuity between Saratoga Springs and Disney Springs, I'm 100% in favor. This on the other hand is not continuity. It's awful branding.