Realityland's David Koenig

sad day indeed. For all the great effort to keep the park fresh with new offerings - I wish they would find some way to keep some history. Especially in a location where HISTORY (or some call it nostalgia) is actually PART OF THE THEME!

any idea of the timeline of said 'gutting' ???

That's sad, but I have mixed feelings about it. While I didn't buy coffe at the park, nor do I buy Starbucks, I will miss the space lost at Disneyana. And the pot-bellied stove was such a great piece, but really did get in the way.

David,

I think the same thing is going to happen in all of the other locations. It's not going to work to put in a Starbucks if you don't make it big enough. At Epcot, I think you'll find that to be the case. The Magic Kingdom bakery is fairly big, but still not big enough for a constant stream of Starbucks fans. Would the "street behind Main Street" be a place for them to provide additional seating, much in the same way that the corridors behind Main Street at Disneyland Paris provides extra seating?

No!! I love Market House and its stove & phones. I also love the Disney blend coffee. Will it still be there at the end of Feb?

Meh. Props and a stove don't give me much nostalgia and the shop space was super-awkward. My partner walks with a cane and hated that space when there was more than a few other guests in it - it just got too tight. The Disney blend was probably doomed anyway given the new Joffrey's "alliance," and I'm sure Imagineering will help ensure the new Starbucks space is appropriately decorated for its location.

"That means most of the bulky old props, including the pot-bellied stove and checkboard, are likely history. Starbucks is also angling to take over more than a third of the adjacent Disneyana shop."

It turns out that you were wrong, and jumped to pessimistic conclusions, as usual.

When responding to an inquiry in the comments on the Disney Parks blog, Erin Glover stated that the stove, checkerboards and party line phones will still be in the location;
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blo...isney-gallery/

Since these are DESIGN elements, and are part of the construction plan, this claim by Erin is most likely going to hold true.

(And don't try to take credit for this revelation, they were most likely part of the plan from the very beginning. The fact of the matter is, you assumed the worst for no warranted reason.)

So Mr. Koenig, you were wrong, and made members panic over nothing. This remodel will NOT cost Disneyland history. I guess your job is just to be a pessimistic sensationalist.

This is kind of why I like to read the Disney Parks blog, because at the very least, they only post official information, not rumors or speculation.