Woody's Lunchbox Construction Update: Expanded Seating Area Nearing Completion at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Oct 25, 2024 in "Woody's Lunch Box"

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Posted: Friday October 25, 2024 10:11am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Construction continues at Woody's Lunchbox in Disney's Hollywood Studios, where an expansion project to increase seating capacity has been underway since January 2022.

Woody's Lunch Box seating area construction - October 23, 2024

Currently, the entire seating area at this popular quick-service spot is closed to guests as crews work on installing new concrete throughout the space.

Woody's Lunch Box seating area construction - October 23, 2024

While this area is temporarily unavailable, a temporary seating setup has been arranged at the entrance to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, offering tables with umbrellas to provide guests with an alternative during the closure.

Woody's Lunch Box seating area construction - October 23, 2024

Although a completion date hasn't been announced, the recent progress and project restart indicate that reopening may not be too far off.

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Purduevian1 hour ago

I've posted about this in the EPIC thread... but my 2 year old didn't sit through Nemo on my last trip (he loved Lion King though). I can't imagine him sitting through all of BATB, Indy, Frozen, and Mermaid, but even if he did, that's still only 6 things in that park. (7 now because he is tall enough to ride alien)

Emamba1 hour ago

Oh absolutely and I know that! But I know some kids don’t want to do shows all day and would love to enjoy more than two vehicle attractions!

Stupido1 hour ago

None of the shows have height requirements, and they're all attractions too :)

JackCH1 hour ago

This feels like arguing which MCU film is worse: Thor the Dark World or Thor Love and Thunder lol.

Emamba1 hour ago

Now, now, try to say something nice about Toy Story Land! Seriously though DHS is in desperate need of kiddie rides. If the only attractions I can take my kids on with no height requirement are Runaway Railway and Toy Story Mania then that’s a huge problem.

Purduevian2 hours ago

DHS has plenty of places to expand... If disney turned Animation courtyard into a land with 4-6 B-D ticket rides... no one would complain about the attraction line up at TSL. The problem is, they are not using their expansion space and spent a ton of money on TSL. If TSL was all we were going to get for family friendly, the park really needed more. DHS has been a skip for me the last 2 trips and almost certainly would be a skip on my next one with my current family dynamic... 2-3 more smaller scale rides would have pushed me to go to DHS whether that be at TSL or elsewhere

Casper Gutman2 hours ago

It’s certainly relevant to a judgement of TSL. If Disney added a poorly-designed land with a single spinner behind Haunted Mansion and shifted that ride to the new area, it would be deeply disingenuous to argue the land is great because it contains such a wonderful attraction.

LSLS2 hours ago

I mean, part of the point is it did not have a table service, it had to expand just to have that, and now another for a snack cart, while still having no indoor areas or shaded areas. But also, isn't RC a coaster as well? So really it's just a drop tower vs a dark ride shooter, and then a sit down restaurant now there (with no indoor merch). In an area that is roughly 20% larger than the other 3 TSLs COMBINED.

UNCgolf2 hours ago

The problem is the amount of space TSL uses. It doesn't offer nearly enough for how huge it is. I'd rather have a worse roster of attractions (although TSL is already mediocre in terms of attractions, just not as bad as the international versions) in a much, much smaller land rather than the awful waste of space that exists at DHS. If the lands are the same size then having the better lineup (regardless of the overall lack of quality) is obviously better.

Timothy_Q3 hours ago

which is completely irrelevant to the guest experience

Casper Gutman3 hours ago

As I’m sure you know, the “dark ride,” (which is awful and increasingly dated) predates the land.

Timothy_Q3 hours ago

To each their own, but I'd rather have a land with a dark ride, a coaster, a spinner, a quick service, and a table service, than a land with 3 spinners/flat rides, and a quick service All TSLs look cheap and have no shade. Ours at least has a much better roster of attractions

lazyboy97o3 hours ago

Is it? It’s one of the largest lands at Walt Disney World and yet features huge amount of wasted space, had to expand to accommodate a restaurant and has been completely lacking in basic amenities and program. They have to keep tinkering with it because it so fundamentally doesn’t work. The other versions are not nearly the resource and potential drain on their respective parks.

JackCH3 hours ago

I would take our TSL over every other one without question. My only point about the flat rides is that there was space for such a thing and since it is already "Andy's Backyard" flat-rides could be easily integrated and add capacity to a park that desperately needs more secondary and tertiary attractions.