Mouse Extra

Today begins a new topic we will surely revisit many times in the future, our suggestions that we would like to give to Walt Disney World officials.  These are not heady, expensive plans for creating e-tickets or resurrecting extinct attractions, but the things we notice could use a little improvement or addition.  For our big ideas, go the Building My Imagineering category.

Has this ever happened to you?  You are walking around the Disney-MGM Studios, it’s hot, you’ve done all the rides, and now you want to get out of the sun and cool off with perhaps an adult beverage.  Does that sound familiar?  It happens to me every time I am in the park, and since the Catwalk closed, there’s no place to just chill out for awhile.  You have to either eat something inside a restaurant, which doesn’t help much at 3 in the afternoon, or you have to leave and go back to a resort.  If you are hoping to stick around for Fantasmic, this is also not always a viable option, or the best one.

What the Studios need is a pub, plain and simple.  The Catwalk used to fill the need, but that closed sometime ago and was essentially not replaced.  Since the Studios does not require a full day to see the good stuff, yet has an incredible night time show, those smart adult guests who like to avoid the lines by being in the park early have nothing to do but bake in the sun.  If you don’t have any children with you, you’re shut out.  A good tavern, even one attached to a restaurant so that every guest, even the little ones, can enjoy it would be the fix.

There are so many possibilities for amazing themes that would fit perfectly into the park.  Who about Rick’s from Casablanca over by Indian Jones?  Perhaps the Star Wars Cantina over by Star Tours would be a good fit.  (Just think how popular that would be!)  There are endless ideas that could fit into the New York area.  What do you think?  Any ideas?