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New Bowling Alley Rumored to Come to Disney's Wide Worl... - 9/26/2008 10:30:06 PM   
Senderella


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Status: offline 		A Friend of mine directed me to this article today! Thought it was interesting!
 
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/BUSINESS/809250311/1006/NEWS01
 
 
Disney plans huge bowling alley
Resort's 100-lane project to be one of largest in U.S.

BY DONNA BALANCIA • FLORIDA TODAY • September 25, 2008
 
One of the country's largest bowling alleys will be built at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on the grounds of Walt Disney World Resort, executives said at a business briefing Wednesday.
The 100-lane bowling center represents a bid for Disney to capture a largely ignored and potentially gigantic piece of the sports tourism market.
"The sports tourism market is really growing and we want to grow with it," said Ken Potrock, senior vice president of sports enterprises, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. "We needed to create a project where we would be able to bring in the single-largest tournaments."
Speaking at the Business Behind the Magic briefing from the Disney Entrepreneur Center in downtown Orlando, Potrock and other Disney officials also said an entertainment experience based on Tinker Bell will debut next month at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
More than a year before its 2010 opening, the bowling center has already allowed Disney to strike a deal with the United States Bowling Congress, which said it would hold its men's and women's tournaments at the new facility. Potrock said the arrangement could bring as many as 85,000 bowlers to a national event.
"And these bowlers come with their significant others," he said.
Opening sooner, and targeting a different demographic, is the new entertainment experience starring Tinker Bell and her fairy companions. It will debut at Walt Disney World on Oct. 24, followed four days later by the release of a Tinker Bell movie on DVD and Blu-ray. .
"There is certainly going to be plenty of merchandising that will go along with this," said Francois Leroux, vice president, segment products and character programs at Walt Disney World Entertainment. Leroux said the attraction will basically be Tinker Bell and her four fairy companions meeting and greeting visitors in their Pixie Hollow home inside Magic Kingdom.
The DVD and Blu-ray release is the first of four straight-to-video releases based on the fairies.
"We see the fairies as becoming as big as the princesses," Leroux said, referring to the eight cartoon leading ladies of Disney, including Cinderella, Belle of "Beauty and the Beast" and Snow White.

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RE: New Bowling Alley Rumored to Come to Disney's Wide ... - 9/26/2008 10:52:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		I had heard that changes were coming for the sports complex, and this one would be great!  They need to add some things in, so that the Fun and More options will have more Fun and More! 

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RE: New Bowling Alley Rumored to Come to Disney's Wide ... - 9/26/2008 10:59:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		1st item of business to make this successful would be to run bus services to WWoSp just like they do to DTD!

It looks like they're trying to attract the professional bowling leagues like they do the PGA with golf tournaments.

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RE: New Bowling Alley Rumored to Come to Disney's Wide ... - 9/27/2008 8:24:00 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Senderella

1st item of business to make this successful would be to run bus services to WWoSp just like they do to DTD!

It looks like they're trying to attract the professional bowling leagues like they do the PGA with golf tournaments.


I agree, Sen.  Bus service would be important.  I Hope they start offering more there for folks to want to go there.

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RE: New Bowling Alley Rumored to Come to Disney's Wide ... - 9/27/2008 6:19:44 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Senderella

1st item of business to make this successful would be to run bus services to WWoSp just like they do to DTD!

It looks like they're trying to attract the professional bowling leagues like they do the PGA with golf tournaments.


I agree, Sen.  Bus service would be important.  I Hope they start offering more there for folks to want to go there.

Francine


They'd have to in order to make building that building worth the money. It's huge! I just don't see it as a big draw unless they add a LOT more to it and bus access. Otherwise, I believe you have to have a car to get over there right? I've never had anyone specifically ask me about WWoSp and we've never had an inclination to go.  

Some of my neighbors are big into league bowling etc. They've been debating taking their little princess (and boy is she a sweet little princess!) for a couple years now (LOL I'm workin on em!). I bet that'd be a huge draw for them.  

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RE: New Bowling Alley Rumored to Come to Disney's Wide ... - 9/27/2008 6:30:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		There is a bus that goes to Wide World of Sports.  You have to go to Disney Hollywood Studios to catch that bus.  I have no idea why the bus is from that park, but it is. 

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RE: New Bowling Alley Rumored to Come to Disney's Wide ... - 9/27/2008 8:05:39 PM   
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There is a bus that goes to Wide World of Sports.  You have to go to Disney Hollywood Studios to catch that bus.  I have no idea why the bus is from that park, but it is. 

Francine


LOL That makes a LOT of sense!

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RE: New Bowling Alley Rumored to Come to Disney's Wide ... - 9/28/2008 2:38:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Another interesting note I learned last night. Apparently, this would be the biggest bowling alley, ever I believe. My neighbors across the street said the biggest was 88 lanes.

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RE: New Bowling Alley Rumored to Come to Disney's Wide ... - 9/29/2008 8:15:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		That sounds exciting!  I'll be happy to be able to offer a new item at Wide World of Sports.  

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