Walk around and notice the shopping bags people are holding.They are all from the Disney stores not the "mall" stores. This is Disney World not Mall of America. People want and expect Disney merchandise and this is what they buy. Disney management just needs to walk around,open their eyes,and observe what people are buying. It's a no brainer this concept is a loser.

Adding that overpriced mall and those parkinggarages removed the fun atmosphere. It was such a nice place in the earlie 2000s....

Just my thoughts...why not build 2 or 3 Marketplaces/Boardwalks around the property. That would solve the overcrowding and still keep thst romantic atmospherr thst is now totally lost by adding Town Center. Heck, even adding the West Side was wrong. It never really fit.

I miss the Marketplace that it was years ago. Bigger is not always better!

i think DS will come into its own. It'll need time to develop into something. Although i doubt people will be going to DS to do their shopping for Sepoora or Underarmor, I can see some other stores doing well (Uni Qlo, VB, etc). I like the fact that there is so much to see/do. My regret is that I don't spend enough time in the area. Been to WDW 2 times in a year, but never really explored the food options, or all of the stores.

I like the Springs area, but the problem is too much, too soon. I know they let Pleasure Island sit idle for years before working on The Landing, but Disney went 0-60 quickly in opening up its new stores. The Town Center introduced dozens of new mall-like stores, and The Landing added a LOT of restaurants. Of course, according to Disney, this is what people wanted.

But I almost feel like it's too much. STK has gone on record about attendance issues already. Morimoto isn't nearly as busy as it has been in the past. Aside from T-Rex and Rainforest Cafe, I don't think most of the restaurants are packed. And this is before Planet Hollywood and Paddlefish open back up.

It's great there's so much variety, but eventually the restaurants will start hurting for business, unless Disney Springs becomes a destination for locals.

I think in an effort to get as far away from the Pleasure Island days as they could, they went too far in the other direction. Tourists will keep coming, but you need the locals, too, which is something PI brought in daily.

Though I like the areas Disney has created with the new Disney Springs, I feel that after spending thousands of dollars to vacation at any of the resorts, disney is pricing themselves out of business in this new and improved area. Though a very few of the restaurants and shops are affordable for any family, most are way out of reach to all but the wealthiest of clientele. Oh how some of us long for the days of Disney Village!!

We are from Clearwater and until this year we have been annual passholders for the last 15 years. We let them expire when Disney put a no weekend deal into place. We were at Disney Springs in August 2016 for the first time in a few years. The only reason we went really was my husband wanted to ride the balloon. One of my first thoughts in this new place was how different and how mall like it was. We walked from one end to the other and was disappointed in the store selection. This is Disney right?

We rode the balloon then walked from end to end again looking for a kiosk to buy a drink. There was nothing!! We ended up buying a styofoam cup of coke for $5. from the bowling alley. Enough of this, we won't be back, there's no need. The mall is actually better.

If Disney didn't have their name on the door it would be hard to tell it's them. Very disappointed!