It has been a bit since we have visited Downtown Disney so what better time than with 2 new stores opening? But first we start with the parking garage and the “new technology” to help guest find parking spots – aka sensors that show if a spot is taking or not and a green or red light to signal guests.
After parking you get a nice view of what’s still to come in the former Pleasure Island parking area which is still a year or so away from completion. 
While that area may be still down the road, the former PI area has opened 2 shops. First in the area of what used to be 8-Trax, we have the APEX by Sunglass Hut shop.
This is, just as all Sunglass Hut stores are, a high end sunglass shop. They have some great names in there and for a small space really make it come to life but if you are on vacation do you really plan to spend $250.00 on a pair of sunglasses?
The next shop is down in the back of Raglen Road, a area that used to be just backstage, and is a very interesting store.
Chapel Hats store is just that hats….and lots of them! 
From floppy ladies hats to steampunk inspired top hats they have them at resnoable prices, but again a very strange shop that I saw more people taking pictures of the hats than buying them. Also had to take a picture of really the only Disney, well Disney*Pixar, thing in all of the new Disney Springs area.
It also looks like a two more shops should be opening pretty soon. The first will be selling bath, hair and shaving products, I kid you not as I saw inside the store as cast members were walking out of this shop and the shelves were filled with high end shaving and bathroom products. 
And finally what looks to be one of the largest spots along the shops of PI area is the Sanuk footwear shop.
As for the rest of the Disney Springs area, the Boathouse and Hanger Restaurants are moving along at a nice pace.
The area between Raglan Road and the future Morimoto Asia restaurants, the former entrance to Pleasure Island , is really one of the main focus points right now as this area will serve as the walkway to the next progression in Disney Springs, the Town Center.
As we leaving the Landing, proper name for former PI, and head to the Marketplace we see a nice thematic addition in a simple wall ad.
The Marketplace right now is manly a maze of walls till the new bridge bypass opens from T-Rex to the Rainforest side.
The rest of the Marketplace is getting ready for the next big step, the expansion of World of Disney into the former parking area behind it.
That does it for this update, but keep an eye out for a special look at DisneyQuest in the next few days!