Construction Walls Go Up In Frontierland at Magic Kingdom

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Frontierland Shootin' Arcade closed

Posted: Monday June 24, 2024 8:06am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Construction walls are already up around the Frontierland Shootin’ Arcade at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.

Frontierland Shootin' Arcade closed

The Shootin’ Arcade closed last night to make way for a new Disney Vacation Club lounge.

The Frontierland Shootin' Arcade closed at the end of June 23, 2024

The construction walls span the entire front of the arcade, beginning near the DVC kiosk and extending to the Frontier Trading Post store.

Frontierland Shootin' Arcade closed

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pdude812 days ago

Sure there are other places this could have gone. But this was basically unused when you had to pay for it, and sparingly used when free. And I hope that the other unused spaces prior posters were talking about get better attractions than Freestyle machines and an XBox or two.

DisneyFanatic122 days ago

Would it have been better if it went in an unused space? Yes. Have I seen the Shooting Arcade empty almost very singly time I walked past? Also yes.

aladdin20072 days ago

:) probably ... but I guess I meant the exterior.

TrainsOfDisney2 days ago

How dare you! They will hang up a black and white photo of Walt in a cowboy hat! Theming at its best!!!

aladdin20072 days ago

I bet they don't even make this look like it belongs in Frontierland, that's going to be the biggest problem, will see.

Beacon Joe2 days ago

I have many fond memories of the shooting gallery as a child in Disneyland, and then later at Disney World. Shooting with my parents, having competitions with my brothers. We still talk about it if we go out shooting silhouettes at the range. This removal and replacement is so flipping lame and lazy, it's mind-boggling. But it's also so downright lazy and uninspired it's to be expected. ETA: While I know my brothers and I will still occassionally reminisce until our deaths about making the ghost riders appear or making the tombstones creak or shooting the buzzards... I am perfectly certain that my own kids will never once reminisce about that halcyon day they they sat in a DVC lounge and got one "free" pack of gummy bears per hour or when they used a Coke Freestyle.

Bocabear2 days ago

Aren't there other spaces that are currently vacant that could have hosted the lounge? Wasn't there a sponsor lounge in Space Mountain, Enchanted Tiki Room, If You Had Wings? I don't know if these spaces have been converted to other things during the last 50 years, but they were there at one point...If the Pirates Bar is moving to Tortuga, why not in the old Pirate's League? While I hate to lose the shooting gallery, a DVC lounge would be much more appreciated by me and countless others. Yes! we need attractions, but the lounge would be a great perk... Hopefully we will get some new and better attractions...

disneyC972 days ago

We typically go in summers these days (2019, 2021, 2023) Will we stop in if there isn't a long wait? Sure. Was it necessary to take out an attraction for this? No. IMO of course. Others can certainly feel differently and that's fine.

pdude812 days ago

Have you ever been to WDW in the summer? I think you will enjoy the break from the heat, and can likely bring your sister and her kids in with you for a break from the weather there, along with an AHA water or some Pibb Xtra. I assume they are going to theme the inside of this and it won't open until MVMCP season, but that's just a guess. Have there been any rumors on when this space will open?

disneyC972 days ago

I'm a DVC member and unhappy about this change for many of the reasons others have noted. At the very least it reduces the MK attraction count by 1 and removes a small atmosphere attraction that Disney parks typically do well. If there was an attraction replacement here or elsewhere, fine, otherwise this is a net loss for the regular guest. I never saw no one using it. It provided fun (and shelter) for me, my sister and her children during a rainstorm a few times in recent trips. That said, since this is a done deal, I'm curious about what the lounge will be like. We've used the one at EPCOT, but there you have a beautiful space beneath the glass pyramids of Imagination, not sure if they will have windows here or what sort of feature besides a room with some free soft drinks and snacks, might make it special. I doubt it will be a space I feel the need to stop in.

erasure fan13 days ago

This is a good point. The problem is, how many times has it been updated? If I remember just once in the early 80s to make it infrared instead of pellets? The tech could be updated, it could still look and feel old timey, and make it more interesting to play. It's a ongoing Disney issue.