Former Restaurant // latest change 1997
Marketplace · Disney Springs · Walt Disney World
Former Restaurant · the memorial record
Also known as Village Ice Cream Parlor, Ice Cream Parlor.
This restaurant is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
◆ Latest milestone
The LEGO Imagination Center (later the LEGO Store) opened on the former Donald's Dairy Dip / Village Ice Cream Parlor site in October 1997 (grand opening November 7-9), taking over the whole Block A footprint and permanently replacing the ice cream stand.
Donald's Dairy Dip closed during the mid-1990s Marketplace redevelopment as Disney phased out the character-themed eateries; it was shuttered and boarded up by January 1997.
The Marketplace's Village Ice Cream Parlor was rebranded as the character-themed Donald's Dairy Dip -- one of four character eateries (with Goofy's Grill, Minnie Mia's Italian Eatery and Chef Mickey's) -- expanding to absorb the neighboring Pluto's Dog House.
Per the documented record, Donald's Dairy Dip at Disney Springs opened in 1990.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Donald's Dairy Dip is dated 1996: Donald's Dairy Dip closed during the mid-1990s Marketplace redevelopment as Disney phased out the character-themed eateries; it was shuttered and boarded up by January 1997.
The latest documented change (documented 1997): The LEGO Imagination Center (later the LEGO Store) opened on the former Donald's Dairy Dip / Village Ice Cream Parlor site in October 1997 (grand opening November 7-9), taking over the whole Block A footprint and permanently replacing the ice cream stand.
3 documented changes, dating back to 1990 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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