was downtown disney ever known as....

[tomerin]

was DD disney ever known as Lake Buena Vista Village. i seem to remember on one of my previous trip many years ago doing some shopping, renting a paddle boat on a lake in close proximity to WDW.

 

[slo]

Yes it was - in fact my DH and I still call DTD the Disney Village or just "The Village". I guess you can't teach and old dog new tricks

 

[Disney Fool]

Disney Village, Empress Lilly (now Fulton's) and Chef Mickey's....and by the way, back then it was just the Marketplace ...the rest didn't exist.

 

[Leota]

It was Disney Village the first trip I took as an adult. (93) It didn't exist at all, that I remember , my first trip down (73).
It sure has grown!

 

[mhingher]

I still call it "the village" also! I remember the paddleboats, especially b/c my dad and I went to close to the edge of the lake and got stuck! I also remember the character breakfast on the Empress Lilly... memories....

Melissa

 

[WDWLVR]

I loved it back then! There was the Village Resturant which was very good. The Empress Lily. Where the pin trading is now use to be open for different events. It was a much quieter place.

My very first trip back in '76 we stayed at the Howard Johnson's and would walk over to the Village at night. I've got some great memories of back then with my mom.

 

[Snow Shoe]

At DLP, a simular collection of stores and eats is called the Disney Village.

 

[padkas]

when we first visited wdw in '96 it was the "disney village marketplace". dh had a conference at the hotel royal plaza and we walked over several times. it was cute.

 

[GoldenOldie]

was DD disney ever known as Lake Buena Vista Village...

Sure was. The original name when it first opened was the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village. You can visit http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/wdw-pc13.htm to still see what it looked like.

 

[Bellefan66]

Boy this brings back memories....on our FIRST trip, my mom took us to have dinner on the Empress Lilly,it was gorgeous. Only she didn't know it was VERY dressy(oops) so off we went, and had dinner somewhere in the Village, and it was the first time any of us had seen GREEN linguini!! This was of course 1979, WAYYYYYY back in the day. Good memories!