DHS Construction update thread (Read Post 1) Updated 8/21/19

[ColoradoDreamin]

Wait did you just say that they are building a monorail from HS to Boston with stops in every major city on the east coast! That's awesome.

 

[Eoghann]

Oh this is gonna reach Star Wars boat ride proportion. Monorail heading to DHS... Look out. I bet it even goes through that hole in the Swan/Dolphin!!

Wait they're building a mono-rail boatride between Epcot and DHS that takes you straight into Star Wars land??? I must tell everyone!!!

 

[umichigan10]

Permit filed for Catastrophe Canyon expiring 10/31/18

I can only imagine what that means...

I will post a link when I get back from vacation.

Even if nothing comes of that area right away doing demo work on that can't hurt. It's just sort of a relic of a bygone era rotting away over there

 

[zaccaglin]

Even if nothing comes of that area right away doing demo work on that can't hurt. It's just sort of a relic of a bygone era rotting away over there

Disney would never just let anything rot now.... River country.. Discovery/Treasure island.

 

[merry_nbright]

Disney would never just let anything rot now.... River country.. Discovery/Treasure island.

I don't think they'll EVER do anything with Discovery Island, but maybe in the future they'll do SOMETHING to River Country? Hopefully.

 

[rteetz]

I don't think they'll EVER do anything with Discovery Island, but maybe in the future they'll do SOMETHING to River Country? Hopefully.

There have been plans for river country but not so much for discovery island.

 

[merry_nbright]

There have been plans for river country but not so much for discovery island.

Thanks for the info! Anything for River Country that's got staying power?

 

[rteetz]

Thanks for the info! Anything for River Country that's got staying power?

Every few months to a year the River Country DVC project comes back around. There are plans on the internet for the project.

 

[rteetz]

More permits for prep work backstage in the Toy Story area. This is still being done by Hubbard

DHS Back of House Package D1.01 - 511, 521, 541, 561 Cypress Dr
DHS Back of House Package D1.02 - 561, 595, 601, 611, 641, 643, 645, 649 Cypress Dr

 

[rteetz]

Big development in the Muppet rumor. Permit was filed for Pizza planet with the name Muppet B complex. The expiration is November 30, 2017. Same people who worked on Fantasyland are doing this.

 

[Ursula's Apprentice]

Big development in the Muppet rumor. Permit was filed for Pizza planet with the name Muppet B complex. The expiration is November 30, 2017. Same people who worked on Fantasyland are doing this.

*Fingers crossed!*

 

[DanBoris]

Big development in the Muppet rumor. Permit was filed for Pizza planet with the name Muppet B complex. The expiration is November 30, 2017. Same people who worked on Fantasyland are doing this.

Since Disney has said Pizza Planet will re-open later this year, it's possible that they are going to do Pizza Planet first, and then do something with Mama Melrose. The permit work area does cover both resturants.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I don't think they'll EVER do anything with Discovery Island, but maybe in the future they'll do SOMETHING to River Country? Hopefully.

Discovery island is basically a nature preserve...

River country is an eyesore and an insurance liability

 

[zaccaglin]

Since Disney has said Pizza Planet will re-open later this year, it's possible that they are going to do Pizza Planet first, and then do something with Mama Melrose. The permit work area does cover both resturants.

Wouldn't be sad to see Mamas go. Had lunch there yesterday and flavor has definitely left the menu, we did have a charming waitress tho.

 

[zaccaglin]

And if I remember correctly inside that same building (pizza planet/mamas) there was a test kitchen for the studios chefs to utilize. I believe it was called the muppets test kitchen, so the "muppet b complex" could already be the backstage name set in place for that building all these years. I would like to see something new there and pizza planet moved to Toy Story land where it'll actually fit it.

 

[ColoradoDreamin]

Mama Melrose was the best meal we have had at WDW this year. My whole family agreed.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Mama Melrose was the best meal we have had at WDW this year. My whole family agreed.

Reports are always hit or miss...

Like Tony's -ironically - which is generally horrid but I've occasionally had an ok experience when we've ventured there...which is rare and usually out of boredom.

Nothing worse than bad, mass produced Italian

 

[Eoghann]

Wouldn't be sad to see Mamas go. Had lunch there yesterday and flavor has definitely left the menu, we did have a charming waitress tho.

That's a shame. I enjoyed it when we did the Fantasmic package there in 2014. Good wait staff then too, but also decent food.

 

[skier_pete]

I think Disney World Italian food depends a lot on the pallet - the quality of Italian food varies wildly around the country. If your idea of good Italian is Olive Garden, then the food at Tony's and Mama Melrose is probably great.

We ate at Tony's for the first time this past September. The food was perfectly acceptable, but far from great. I would not call it great because it was "generic Italian" and I grew up where there were a lot of mafia-run restaurants that were absolutely amazing and Tony's (and I presume Mama Melrose) can't hold a candle to that. I also don't think there are any great Italian restaurants where I live either.

 

[Eoghann]

I think Disney World Italian food depends a lot on the pallet - the quality of Italian food varies wildly around the country. If your idea of good Italian is Olive Garden, then the food at Tony's and Mama Melrose is probably great.

We ate at Tony's for the first time this past September. The food was perfectly acceptable, but far from great. I would not call it great because it was "generic Italian" and I grew up where there were a lot of mafia-run restaurants that were absolutely amazing and Tony's (and I presume Mama Melrose) can't hold a candle to that. I also don't think there are any great Italian restaurants where I live either.

That's why I called it decent food. I grew up in Edinburgh which has a significant Italian population and a lot of family owned Italian restaurants. No corporate restaurant at Disney World or anywhere else is going to compare with that. But my experience of Mama Melrose was that the food was pleasant. From my own sampling I'd say there's much worse food being served elsewhere.