Gotta say, it sounds underwhelming:
Disney Announces Attractions, Exhibits, and More for the NBA Experience at Disney Springs - WDW News Today
That's the thing... I THINK it's just DisneyQuest turned Basketball. If this place has a hard ticket entrance fee it's going to be empty.I’m even more confused what this is now. At first I thought it was a restaurant with attached shop/activities, now it’s just interactive stuff? Is it free? Do i have to pay?
This sounds a lot like "The Steeler Experience" land that Kennywood is opening along with it's new Steel Curtain coaster in 2019 Summer.
Except kids make up a small percentage of the NBA's viewership. It's around only 13%. 62% are between 18-54 and 25% are 55+. From my standpoint the demographics don't line up for a kids activity and from the descriptions, it doesn't sound like it entirely is.This got some people very excited.
- Access a team locker room...
The rest is pretty much how you can act, and get photo's as, a professional basketball player without actually having any talent. That sure will be a hit with this generation of kids that get a trophy when they show up.
I wonder if they'll suffer the same fate as DisneyQuest PopTarts and all be the incredibly awkward CPs, because Disney needed bodies to operate it but didn't want them to be exposed to too many guests.Ahhh yes having a minimum wage paid cast member teach me dribbling.
City Works is the restaurant portion. And just like the Coke exhibit in Atlanta, yeah, you probably have to pay.I’m even more confused what this is now. At first I thought it was a restaurant with attached shop/activities, now it’s just interactive stuff? Is it free? Do i have to pay?
City Works is the restaurant portion. And just like the Coke exhibit in Atlanta, yeah, you probably have to pay.
I want to address this.Ahhh yes having a minimum wage paid cast member teach me dribbling.
I know. It was sarcasm/joke.I want to address this.
First of all, no one on Universal or Disney property is making minimum wage. But that aside, these won’t be your normal cast members. This is a third party and third party vendors in DS hire independently for what the needs are.
If they have a need to hire a few people who have strong dribbling skills, it probably, then that will be a requirement. Hell, I’ve seen the guys who are at the entrance of Under Armour showing off their dribbling skills as I walk by... this won’t be hard to find.
And that’s fine. I was simply explaining that there won’t be just your average joe off the street teaching someone how to dribble.I know. It was sarcasm/joke.
This may be the most baffling idea, why wasn't it an ESPN Zone XL? Instead of just having the third most popular sport in the US, they could've included all of them.Just realized that this concept art of what seems like the entry looks a lot like DLs (former) ESPN Zone...
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So it sounds like they spun off the food to a vendor instead of doing an NBA restaurant. This sounds a lot like the College Football Hall of Fame (which ironically is also in Atlanta).
This may be the most baffling idea, why wasn't it an ESPN Zone XL? Instead of just having the third most popular sport in the US, they could've included all of them.