This post is looong overdue, so while I'm finishing up more MegaCon photos let's FINALLY talk about The Edison bar in Disney Springs.
And by "talk about" I of course mean "look at pretty pictures of." :D
I was excited from the moment I heard this steampunk dreamland was coming to the east coast, since I've long drooled over photos of the one in California. Then - my tiny claim to fame - The Edison's official Instagram account opened, and it's second-ever post was one of my pictures:
AWW YEAH. I mean, they reposted it from the DisneySprings account, but whatever. I TOOK THAT PICTURE. (Plus this was before they switched to the ugly hot air balloon, so it matched the building better.)
The Edison opened back around New Year's, and John and I popped over several weeks later to look around during the afternoon. I took tons of pictures, fully intending to post them, but then I came home, got distracted, and promptly forgot.
Considering all of The Edison's entertainment is at night, you don't see many clear pictures of the interior - which is a shame, because after seeing it in the light of day lemme tell you: Ohhhh MAMA.
Here, let me take you on a tour.
The outside of Edison is... fine. It blends well with the industrial look of Disney Springs, but it's definitely low on flash. The main thing it has going for it is a colorful clock assembly behind that big glass entryway - which of course you can't see here because I angled up to avoid the people. Ha! Oops. Um, here's a better pic from Disney Tourist Blog:
That blue glow is the giant clock - but as you can see, the rest of the exterior is a snooze-fest compared to Toothsome Chocolate Emporium, Orlando's other steampunk theme-park restaurant down the road at Universal:
(Here's my photo tour of Toothsome, in case you missed it.)
I can tell you right off the bat that Toothsome is the more family-friendly steampunk option: it's cartoony, bright and shiny, with an emphasis on fantasy and desserts. Even though it has two bars (The Edison has three), it doesn't FEEL like a bar; it feels like a slice of a theme park.
I can tell you right off the bat that Toothsome is the more family-friendly steampunk option: it's cartoony, bright and shiny, with an emphasis on fantasy and desserts. Even though it has two bars (The Edison has three), it doesn't FEEL like a bar; it feels like a slice of a theme park.
By contrast the Edison is a bar/lounge/nightclub, and feels it - but in a beautifully upscale and detail-driven way. Here, I'll show you what I mean.
This is the clock just inside the doors, which has colorful spotlights on it to wreak havoc with your camera. Unlike Toothsome, this gear assembly actually works, with gears meshing into each other. It's your first sign that things at The Edison are a bit more functional, a bit more based in reality.
Here's a panorama of the inside entry:
