OTR – Ep 16 – Pointe Pulling a Phoenix

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On today’s show Kyle and Ken talk about all that has been happening recently in the parks, from mine train fires to Universal 3rd gate rumors.  They give new details on what they think is happening with Wanda and SEAS before talking about what the future holds for Pointe Orlando.  They get side-tracked a few times with conversations about Tokyo Disneyland’s and Disney Springs recent announcements.

Show Info

Hosts

Bob from Pixels at the Parks
Ken Storey

Viktor from The BGT Buzz
Kyle (Our host and reporter live on I-Drive)

Production

Episode Producer- Ken
Recorded- November 2nd, 2014

Show Notes 

• NASCAR Café at CityWalk closed
• CNN Rates Seven Dwarfs Mine Train one of the Top 5 Things To Know on Nov 2, 2014
• Little Mermaid caught fire on Feb 13, 2014
• Ken is incorrect- It has been 10 months.
• 1998 draught cancelled fireworks throughout Central Florida
• Flogo logo cloud generators interested TWDC in May, 2008
• Ken is incorrect- Disney did not buy the flogos
• Air Raid at Fun Spot America
• Dynamic Attractions
• Falcon’s Treehouse
• Kyle Recommends- E-Ticket Report
• Tokyo Disneyland Expansion
• Alice in Wonderland in United Kingdom at EPCOT proposal
• Alice in Wonderland New Fantasyland proposal
• Storm Force Accelerator at Islands of Adventure
• Ken asks – Are locals over Food & Wine at EPCOT?
• Ken Recommends- The Park Blogger Podcast
• The Food Truck Bazaar by The Daily City
• ElecTRONica
• Mad T Party
• Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire
• Kyle- Downtown Disney is closer to SeaWorld than to Animal Kingdom
• Kyle’s tweets from DAK entrance | Everest
• Tow Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree
• Mystic Manor POV
• Kyle- “I can see in the next ten years, if you put a lot of money into Animal Kingdom, it surpassing EPCOT.”
• Adventure Island’s new slide Colossal Curl
• Blue World Project at SW
• Sea World San Antonio’s Sea Lion and Dolphin updates
• OTR’s Wanda – SEAS story
• Wanda Group’s Gold Coast purchases
• SeaWorld’s Antarctica event at IAAPA ’12
• Show Notes Extra: Theme Park University’s First Look at SWO’s Antarctica
• IAAPA 2014 Schedule of Events | Wanda is title sponsor of The IAAPA Theater
• Delta Orlando Resort
• The last sale on record for 5725 Major Blvd <18-23-29-5401-02-002> is Dealer Property Holdings LLC in 2010 for $10 Million. There is no direct connection between any of this property and Universal Studios.
• Mystery Fun House on Big Florida Country
• Universal Blvd and Destination Parkway strip mall
• Destination Parkway extension to I-Drive (Slide 9)
• Oak Ridge Fly-Over (Slide 18)
• Attractions Magazine’s tweet regarding the mystery balloons
• Anajali Fluker of the OBJ | $600 Million in construction now underway on I-Drive
• (Ken’s ‘just the other day’ was actually July 17, 2014…)
• OTR Episode 11 – Interview with Unicorp’s John Stine

Pointe Orlando

• RA Sushi, Minus 5 Ice Bar, Blue Martini
• FAO Schwarz opened in Fall of 97 (largest FAO in the nation at opening), full center opened in 98
• Houdini’s Conjuring Cuisine never opened
• DTD West Side opened in 97 with new AMC, DAK in 98, CityWalk opened in 99
• Face lift in 2001. FAO closed by 2004 as part of national closing, $10M update proposed
• 2006 facelift increases to $40 Million brought Capital Grille, Tommy Bahama Café,
• Hooters left, opened nearby
• Elevated walkways proposed
• Mag-Lev proposed stop at Pointe
• Regal Cinema Movie theater w/ IMAX
• Paid parking
• Hard Knocks laser tag now there
• Monkey Joes, Improv, BB Kings entertainment
• XS arcade with Pac Man Café closed (opened in June 2001)
• Del Frisco’s is moving across the street
• WonderWorks is slowly updating. Astronaut training experience ride
• No rides at Pointe (WDW Today- Len gives boat rides at Boathouse at DS 1yr b4 it closes)

• Skyscraper at Skyplex
• Boathouse at Disney Springs
• Aquatopia | Theme Park Review’s YouTube POV

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