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22 Jan 21, 09:00 PM |
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Join Date: Dec 06
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Crossroads Area Set To Close
This has been on the cards for quite a while (since 2019, in fact), but the full closure of the Crossroads area in Lake Buena Vista, adjacent to Hotel Boulevard and Disney Springs, has just been confirmed in a story by The Sentinel.
It seems there have been some long and complicated negotiations with all the land owners and other businesses there, and the deal to buy them out - for a total of $198million - has only just been signed. The whole area will be used by the Florida Dept of Transport to create a major new junction off I-4 here, to ease traffic congestion, and the last of the businesses - which include Pirate's Cove mini-golf, a Goodings supermarket, other shops and numerous restaurants, including a TGI Friday's, Perkins and Uno Chicago Grill - will have to wrap things up by August. Here's the full story: orlandosentinel/busi...ype-story.html |
22 Jan 21, 09:08 PM |
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Blimey that’s going to be one biggggg construction site ! 😱
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22 Jan 21, 10:39 PM |
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Join Date: Jun 20
Location: Sussex By The Sea
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We stayed at the old Grosvenor on Hotel Plaza Boulevard a couple of times and would walk up to Crossroads. Goodings was expensive but the only walkable supermarket.
Our favourite restaurant up there was Jungle Jim's - which I'm sure we went to on the recommendation from an early Brit's Guide. Will be interesting to see the impact on the hotels in that area of what will be a busy traffic interchange.
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23 Jan 21, 01:00 AM |
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I’m glad it’s finally going ahead, that area is a traffic bottleneck so any improvement to the area is a bonus
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24 Jan 21, 03:36 PM |
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Thread Starter
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Join Date: Dec 06
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Wow, Jungle Jim's - that's a real blast from the past! But it was definitely a sad loss back in the day. It set empty for years before becoming the Brazilian churrascaria The Knife, which we thought was OK but nothing special.
We suspect that junction (which we have to use a lot for I-4 access) is likely to be a nightmare for a while, but at least they have a lot of room to work with. |
24 Jan 21, 03:47 PM |
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Join Date: Jul 04
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Thank you knew this was on the cards but wasn't sure when . We are booked at SPM Bluetree LBV from Aug 26th to Sept 7th before moving to Cabana Bay for the Universal part of the trip but may change accommodation now. Not only does it reduce restaurant choices but I agree it will presumably make the traffic even more vile than usual before it makes it any better .
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24 Jan 21, 04:37 PM |
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Join Date: Dec 09
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Simon , I have been waiting sometime for confirmation of this closure. We used to enjoy breakfast at Perkins in Crossways. Do you know if they are aiming to open anywhere else in LBV.
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24 Jan 21, 04:57 PM |
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Loads of great eateries around there that will be affected then
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24 Jan 21, 09:34 PM |
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Getting Excited
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Does anyone know if there's an estimated date for completion of the work? (I get an error message when I try to open the article).
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25 Jan 21, 02:25 AM |
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Thread Starter
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Join Date: Dec 06
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I don't know of any proposed new Perkins locations, albeit there are still restaurants not too far away on Highway 192 (just west of the Maingate area) and Sand Lake Road (on the I-Drive junction). We don't yet know many of the new restaurants for the proposed O-Town West development on Palm Parkway, but that might be a possibility, albeit not before next year.
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