CityWalk Orlando Updates & Changes General Thread

[TheCodeMan95]

“anymore” implies anyone went to begin with

Hot Dog HOF is the place at Citywalk that we'd walk by and say "hey that might be good" and then we keep walking to Bob Marley/Vivo/Cowfish/etc

 

[Brian G.]

Hot Dog HOF is the place at Citywalk that we'd walk by and say "hey that might be good" and then we keep walking to Bob Marley/Vivo/Cowfish/etc

The garlic mustard is delicious!

 

[LPCaptainDeath]

Hot Dog HOF is the place at Citywalk that we'd walk by and say "hey that might be good" and then we keep walking to Bob Marley/Vivo/Cowfish/etc

My girlfriend loves hot dogs. I mean, i LIKE hot dogs but she actually asks to go out and get them pretty often (we live near 2 chains that do really great chili dogs) so when she saw Citywalk had a HOT DOG HALL OF FAME she actually accosted me, asking why i hadn't told her in an accusatory manner, and MADE ME stop.

After our 3rd year of going to Universal together (our 5 year anniversary was last week), i can gladly say we've eaten the entire 10-dog national menu. lol

 

[Mad Dog]

“anymore” implies anyone went to begin with

Right....I stand corrected

 

[Journey_On]

Does anyone go to them anymore?

We did the Jurassic Park one on my birthday a couple years ago, then the Back to the Future one in November for my husband's birthday. Escape rooms aren't very repeatable, so that's the only times we have gone.

 

[Imperius]

The escape rooms have to be gone soon too I’d imagine

Tried to hit their bar when we were there last for the JW IPA and it wasn’t open. They said they don’t even open it anymore really. Huge disappointment.

 

[Clive]

Tried to hit their bar when we were there last for the JW IPA and it wasn’t open. They said they don’t even open it anymore really. Huge disappointment.

That's a real bummer, because their cocktails were shockingly great.

 

[Jwhee]

Tried to hit their bar when we were there last for the JW IPA and it wasn’t open. They said they don’t even open it anymore really. Huge disappointment.

Yup. Permanently closed

I wonder if they purposely didn’t destroy the guts of The Groove or if they just left it that way to be cheap

The way it is now, it would not be hard to convert to a dinner show/bar/live music/ dance club/theater. All they did was enclose the downstairs corner bar and upstairs corner bar. The rest is hardly touched. Heck; the dance floor is still there.

 

[Legacy]

Convert the space to a new Saks Comedy Club venue…

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Yup. Permanently closed

I wonder if they purposely didn’t destroy the guts of The Groove or if they just left it that way to be cheap

The way it is now, it would not be hard to convert to a dinner show/bar/live music/ dance club/theater. All they did was enclose the downstairs corner bar and upstairs corner bar. The rest is hardly touched. Heck; the dance floor is still there.

I believe they've removing some of the beams of the giant cannopy behind CityWalk the past few months. Maybe they're building there?

 

[Jwhee]

Convert the space to a new Saks Comedy Club venue…

Is it possible that the SNL comedy club got shot down from legal? I’ve got to imagine there’s concern about offending people

When Covid happened, Groove—> Escape Games. Red Coconut—> SNL Comedy.. Why’d they not pull the trigger?

Time passes, CityWalk Entertainment department makes Red Coconut much more popular than they ever expected, Escape Game flops. Would be a full circle moment if they end up replacing Movie Escape with Comedy

 

[MAC]

My girlfriend loves hot dogs. I mean, i LIKE hot dogs but she actually asks to go out and get them pretty often (we live near 2 chains that do really great chili dogs) so when she saw Citywalk had a HOT DOG HALL OF FAME she actually accosted me, asking why i hadn't told her in an accusatory manner, and MADE ME stop.

After our 3rd year of going to Universal together (our 5 year anniversary was last week), i can gladly say we've eaten the entire 10-dog national menu. lol

This is beyond impressive. I remember when it first opened and it was such a novel idea (and my brain is failing, but I think was the start of the Citywalk evolution). I don't think I've ever eaten there, but I did enjoy watching sports on the large monitor/screen over there. I think it's too hidden though (though I imagine some here like the hidden spots).

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Is it possible that the SNL comedy club got shot down from legal? I’ve got to imagine there’s concern about offending people

When Covid happened, Groove—> Escape Games. Red Coconut—> SNL Comedy.. Why’d they not pull the trigger?

Time passes, CityWalk Entertainment department makes Red Coconut much more popular than they ever expected, Escape Game flops. Would be a full circle moment if they end up replacing Movie Escape with Comedy

My theory was it died when Dead Coconut became popular and seasonal overlays are cheaper. But that's just a guess.

 

[Disneyhead]

Fatone/Blais has me curious. Bring It On.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Fatone/Blais has me curious. Bring It On.

I'm wondering if it's a two announcements or one announcement.

 

[MAC]

Fatone/Blais has me curious. Bring It On.

I hadn't noticed that and had to go back a few pages. I'm very intrigued by this. Blais is a great chef so I'm interested to see what he is doing. Fatone doing something is interesting and I'm surprised something hasn't been done sooner considering his ties to the area and to UO (as well as that he went to HS across the street). I just learned he's gotten into the restaurant business in the last week or so, so this feels like a natural fit.

 

[Viator]

Looking at the metal arch mesh behind Cinemark being torn down, I am imposed to ask a question:

Should Universal and Cinemark be able to figure out a way to convert the Cinemark theater to a Universal Cinema...do they have space that'd allow IMAX or other premium formats to come? With notable changes happening around this area, maybe reinvigorating and modernizing the theater to be more like-minded to Universal Cinema in Hollywood (which is run by AMC) and Universal Cinema in Beijing (which I believe they operate themselves) would pose potential for wanting to have things at parity.

With the only premium film format for Universal Cinemark being that of XD, I wonder if the option of expanded theater formats might be something finally moving forwarded upon.

 

[MAC]

New “Legacy” store doesn’t feature a single vintage Universal prop/memorabilia., etc

Reminds me of a Universal Legacy-esque store I saw in Tokyo a couple of years ago. I'd upload some pictures from that, but I guess the files are too large. Though, interestingly enough, the store had HHN shirts as well which I was surprised to see.

Finally, Big Bang Burger in my Persona land.

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Oh man, don't get me started on Persona 5. That game is a masterpiece and took 200+ hours of my life across the original version and the Royal version.