Thunder Falls Terrace Refurbishment

[Jwhee]

Feel free to move to an appropriate thread..

Permits have been discovered by Scott Walker for a Thunder Falls Terrace refurbishment. There’s speculation that they might be turning this restaurant into a full service dining location to replace Mythos. Perhaps with a concept similar to Hammonds in Beijing. Thoughts?

 

[UNIrd]

As long as the chilean sea bass is on the menu, I'm in!

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Feels like it's happening. Very excited to see the next stage of this!

 

[Galactus]

Some pics of my lunch from Hammonds in Beijing last year! If it's anything like that, we're in for a treat! The dessert both looked and tasted really good from what I remember!

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Hope they find a place to relocate the pernil rice bowls, but this is an ultimate win for the park.

I don't think Pokemon would have fit well as a host for the fine-dining restaurant. Thunder Falls is only open for lunch (and not the busiest location) so removing a quick service location in IOA is not that much of an issue with the amount of quick service capacity the park has (so many locations are either closer or operating far below their intended capacity). Mythos was also relatively easy to get a reservation at, but attaching the Jurassic IP could generate more demand?

Not sure when this is intended to reopen, but is it possible for early next year? For reference:
Mel's closed June 2023, reopened Feb 2024 (8 months)
Circus McGurkus closed June 2023 and reopened Feb 2024 (8 months)
Monsters Cafe closed May 2022, reopened as Minion Cafe August 2023 (14 months)

It's already a beautiful restaurant, so I'd imagine its closer to the work done at Mel's/Circus versus a major remodel like Monsters Cafe.

 

[SkiBum]

Hopefully, they spare no expense.