PHOTOS - Disney Springs guest relations moves to new Welcome Center in the Town Center

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Thursday May 19, 2016 2:52pm EDT · "Disney Springs"
PHOTOS - Disney Springs guest relations moves to new Welcome Center in the Town Center
The Town Center is home to an impressive new Welcome Center at Disney Springs, including guest relations services.

With the opening of the Town Center at Disney Springs, guest relations has a new home.

The original guest relations building in the Marketplace is now closed, with everything relocated to the center of property in the Town Center.

Located near to the Spring, just across from D-Luxe Burger and ZARA, the new guest relations is in a perfect position to meet guests arriving by bus transportation at the new bus drop-off, or arriving by car from the Lime Garage.

The new building is manned with an army of guest relations Cast Members to deal with any questions or problems, and also includes both indoor and outdoor seating for guests.

The Welcome Center also displays some interesting pieces of artwork relating to the fictional history of Disney Springs, giving a glimpse of some of the buildings in their original state.

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↩ replying to wdwmagic
Very nice, now don't let the slobs in to mess them up.
↩ replying to Bartattack
Great spot! Looks good. Thanks for posting.
Photo update as of Thursday, May 19. The Disney Springs sign is up, but work on the fountain and landscaping still continues.
So far I think my favorite detail they've added, from a retail aspect, are the vendors like Aristocrepes & B.B. Wolf's Sausage Co.. I like to see characters tied in like that in a subtle way.
↩ replying to WDWtraveler
It was funny, I was over Saturday night and the signage wasn't there. Next morning when Town Center opened, it had "magically" appeared. Nice Pics
New Lime Garage signage up!
I'm here at the moment and saw it on my way in (from the back). Was noticeable, wasn't sure if I had just missed it opening day or if it was new. Thanks for clarification.
Bus testing is underway. Also in the 2 minutes I was there a poor tourist was already lost driving through the bus area. I'm sure that will happen often.
↩ replying to Rider
I doubt it will happen too often once buses are going in and out of there consistently. Right now it's fairly easy to get confused.
↩ replying to Next Big Thing
There will be new signage coming, also.
I was curious about that the other day when I saw the photos here showing the bus lanes. I wondered how confusing this will be for people not familiar with the area.
The bus lane entrance near Epcot Center Drive is harder to accidentally enter than I thought it would be. But, that's because buses aren't currently using it (or they weren't last time I drove by it). I'm thinking the only way people will get "lost" entering one is that if they are following a bus closely and not really paying attention. They could just follow right into the bus lane that way. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. I'm also really curious to see how the bus/traffic merging is going to work heading away from Disney Springs where the bus lane ends at the BVD/ECD intersection during peak times.
The bus lanes might take a bit to get used to for locals, tourists will have a higher rate of driving mishaps once it's all done.

However ... everywhere I've ever gone with dedicated bus lanes, no matter how long they've been there or how well they're marked, always get cars in them.
Here's a video tour of all new stores and restaurants in Town Center.
↩ replying to WDWtraveler
interesting to see that the sign has a backup power generator

this could have been eliminated if they would have constructed the overpass on the west/southbound lanes of lbv like was originally planned, as if they would have done that someone would have had to follow a bus all through the bus lanes going east/north to end up in the bus drop off

im sure buses are use to encountering cars where they arent suppose to be