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Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort

travelmagicstg2015-02-20T06:00:00-05:00February 20, 2015|Disneyland|0 Comments

What is Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort? I certainly didn’t know until I experienced it for the first time. My basic definition of Downtown Disney is this: it’s an outdoor shopping mall, Disney Style! You will find amazing shopping opportunities like World of Disney, incredible restaurants like Rainforest Café, Tortilla Joe’s and Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen, entertainment like ESPN Zone and street performers. Disney hires the street performers so they’re not just random entertainers trying to make a buck. These are officially Disney sanctioned street performers trying to make a buck, but they’re usually pretty talented, too. You’ll find [...]

Disney Springs Update

In case you didn’t know, Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida is undergoing a major renovation! The new Downtown Disney will be called “Disney Springs”. The revamped area will replicate turn-of-the-century lakeside towns of Florida. We know that Disney loves to tell stories, so the area will focus around an all new “town center”, with several bubbling springs leading to three other areas called The Landing, Marketplace, and West Side all centering around the story of this “town”. The expansion should be complete in 2016. There will also be two parking structures added, which I am [...]