Downtown Disney (Florida)

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There is also an area called Downtown Disney at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California; see Downtown Disney (California).

The area around the LEGO Imagination Center in the Marketplace is decorated with figures made from LEGO, including this sea monster.

Downtown Disney is an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment area located at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

The district consists of three connected areas:

Marketplace (formerly known as Disney Village), with the LEGO Imagination Center, World of Disney, Once Upon A Toy, Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop, Fulton's Crab House, Rainforest Cafe, Cap'n Jack's Marina offering boat rentals, and other stores and restaurants.
Pleasure Island, with eight nightclubs including a 1930's Explorer's Club themed Adventurer's Club, The Comedy Warehouse, 8TRAX featuring 70's & 80's music and Mannequins Dance Palace, featuring a revolving dance floor and trance/dance/techno music.
West Side, with a Virgin Megastore, an AMC 24-screen movie theater, Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba, the House of Blues restaurant and show auditorium, the five floor DisneyQuest "indoor theme park", Planet Hollywood, the Wolfgang Puck Cafè, Bongos Cuban Cafè, and other various shops and eateries.

Up until 1989, only the Marketplace existed and was known as the Disney Village Marketplace, previously the Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village. Pleasure Island then opened, and the West Side followed in 1997. Pleasure Island and Marketplace were referred to together as Disney Village until West Side opened, at which the entire collection was referred to as Downtown Disney. Downtown Disney Marketplace and Downtown Disney West Side have always been free entry while Pleasure Island required the purchase of admission. Pleasure Island was also closed during the day. During 2005 Pleasure Island was opened for free entry to all and the only paid admission charges were for those entering the nightclubs.

In mid-2006 the main and side stages on Pleasure Island had been demolished in order to create a direct walking path and line of sight from Disney Marketplace to Disney West Side. A building formerly containing shops and a fast food restaurant is to be torn down soon in order to open the area to the lake behind the complex. The ultimate plan is to rejuvenate the entire district, and refer to all three zones as a collective Downtown Disney instead of Downtown Disney Marketplace, Downtown Disney Pleasure Island and Downtown Disney West Side.

External links

[Disney's Downtown Disney web site]

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Disneyland Resort:	Disneyland > Disney's California Adventure
Walt Disney World Resort:	Magic Kingdom > Epcot \| Disney-MGM Studios \| Disney's Animal Kingdom
Tokyo Disney Resort:	Tokyo Disneyland > Tokyo DisneySea
Disneyland Resort Paris:	Disneyland Park \| Walt Disney Studios
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort:	Hong Kong Disneyland
Disney Cruise Line:	Disney Wonder > Disney Magic \| Castaway Cay
Disney Regional Entertainment:	ESPN Zone
Disney Vacation Club \| Adventures by Disney \| World of Disney
Walt Disney Imagineering: Walt Disney Creative Entertainment

[Unofficial Downtown Disney Information Site]

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