Sunday, February 28, 2010



Disney World
Downtown Disney - Part One



Wednesday morning Judy and I took the water taxi from Port Oleans - Riverside to Downtown Disney. Downtown Disney is divided into three sections - all located along the waterfront.


Downtown Disney West Side showcases top-notch restaurants, a 24-screen AMC Pleasure Island movie theater, and other uncommon shops. Here you'll also find the exquisite Cirque du Soleil La Nouba live entertainment show and the DisneyQuest Indoor Interactive theme park. Cirque was wonderful!



Downtown Disney Marketplace provides an appealing area to take a break from Disney Theme Parks and Water Parks—especially if you're in search of Disney merchandise. Here is the largest Disney character store in the world.

Pleasure Island is the third area. This is a new mix of shopping and dining experiences including Raglan Road Irish Pub & Bar, Fuego by Sosa Cigars, Paradiso 37, Curl by Sammy Duval, and Judy's favorite Orlando Harley-Davidson. (Just kidding)





Judy had a good time looking at the pethora of Disney offerings. We bought gifts for the grandkids and big kids in this area. The good wife could not resist the Mickey Christmas apron.



There were many restaurants that I wish we had access to here in the mountain state. I love Wolfgang Puck's. My favorite in that restarant has to be the smoked salmon pizza!! Alas, we had lunch/dinner reservations so we had to pass that opportunity.

[Note: The editor offered to spread canned tuna and catsup on crescent rolls, but HE turned up his nose!]



I wondered why Donald was so angry looking? Could it be that he had to carry all that Daisy has purchased. Guess he did not know about the Disney delivery system. When buying merchandise, one can opt to have it delivered to your resort without any extra fees. Nice! Then you pick up your purchases at your own resort store and realize that you could have bought the same stuff there!!


Downtown Disney is such a colorful area with many specialized stores. Love this huge tinkertoy sculpture.





Donald and Daisy may not have looked cheerful, but Mickey and Minnie seem to be extremely happy. It must be the tourists who are posing behind them!



There is a large amphitheater on the waterfront designed to showcase performing groups from across the country.


The World Of Disney Store in Downtown Disney Marketplace is the largest Disney character store in Walt Disney World Resort—and on Earth! We did not go in this time. One has to always leave something to see next time!

As we were walking toward Pleasure Island, we came across the strange creature below. Can you guess what material is used to construct it? The answer will be in tomorrow's blog.




Tomorrow - Downtown Disney Part Two

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