I just listened to this discussion today.
Disney Springs is absolutely beautiful and it sounds like Disney is creating a really cool place to visit. However, if my mother didn't love it so much, I would skip it all together.
For those of us in the Philadelphia area, it reminds me %100 of the updates the King of Prussia Mall has gone through the past few years.
This would be fine, except I find the trend of everything in WDW being high end (i.e. increase in DVC resorts and villas and more restaraunts becoming two table service, ect.) quite troubling.
I get Disney needs to make money, but the Disney Village was BEAUTIFUL and really epitomized older Disney. I'm sure they made there fair share of money off it it.
I will be there to dine a couple of times next trip, and will enjoy it, but like the new resort refurbishments, the 'Disney' is being lost in favor of plainer, luxurious, money making machines (loaded opinion I know)!