News New Haunted Mansion Grounds Expansion, Retail Shop Coming to Disneyland Resort in 2024

[Phroobar]

But if you want that $200 value Disney has a new $400 “skip the line” option for you. Where you can feel like a VIP and still wait 20-25 minutes for Indiana Jones and Soarin. Haha

It's not special when everyone has it.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

I can confidently say that in 2024 it is still entirely possible for well run companies to uphold very high standards for their front line operational employees for attire, grooming, comportment, polish, and professionalism.

I can understand the desire for professionalism. I can even sort of understand not wanting to see a CM leaning against a building (though I do think you're doing way too much with it). But I cannot for the life of me figure out why you're so obsessed with how people look. Let people wear their hair how they want, or have the tattoos they want, or the hair color they want. They're already in uniform at Disney but if it's a workplace that doesn't have a uniform, then hell yeah let them dress how they want too.

We gotta get out of this archaic belief system that employers should be allowed to dictate things that would otherwise be considered personal decisions about someone's appearance. No employer should be allowed to make decisions about how someone looks, unless how they look is directly creating a risk which in most cases it is not.

 

[drizgirl]

That's due to the monthly AP program. The park is no longer attempting to reach a value of $200 a day; instead they aim to be good enough for folks paying $20-$80 a visit or $50-$130 a month. They devalued the parks and as long as the majority of guests are getting the devalued price, they don't care about the poor suckers paying $200 per visit.

You're not wrong.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

You mean it’s… GASP… not done yet!?

Again, adding decorations will not change the fundamental issues with the building's actual design, which is very much completed.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

It's just a tacky and sloppy way to run a business. What is he even doing there? Why? And no supervisor thinks to question that use of labor and staffing in California's very expensive business environment?

He's there to explain to Guests what the closed building is, part of the Courtesy Key. This has literally always been a thing.

 

[Disney Irish]

The definition of professional may change

Agreed, as professional dress has changed over time based on societal norms of the time. If we were in the 1500s we'd all be wearing different dress covered in muck and dung.

So if its changed to the point that a person is calling that worker ugly, its time for that person to stay home and not go out in public because its changed beyond that persons comfort zone.

 

[mickEblu]

Finally saw the shop in person with the walls down. Man, that thing is beast. Really awful location in the foreground between two large park icons. Guess there’s nothing they could have done about that… except not put it there. Eudoras could have been a good spot even if perhaps not an ideal location or high traffic enough for an HM store. Still think lowering that roof peak would have gone a long way. As would have eliminating that thick fascia that was not present in the concept art.

The new Magnolia Park or as I like to refer to it now - The NOS Train Station Entry Plaza looks fine. A little better in person than some of the videos made it seem. It’ll look even better when that one newer ficus(?) tree in the middle matures. The space seems so small now. Not that it was ever huge but I guess that’s what happens when you take 1/3 of the space of something that’s already not very big.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[DavidDL]

Watching a vlogger's recent trip to the new Magnolia park and saw they added some benches alongside some of the planters (closer to the new fountain wall). Big win for this new area. Hopefully a few more are on their way at some point but there being even any at all is highly appreciated from me.

 

[mickEblu]

Part of me wonders if it’s also there to make Tiana’s look less like a mountain.

This thought also crossed my mind. Sounds like just the thing they would do too. Sacrifice aesthetics to make something fit their story they had to shoehorn in. But the thing is it only dwarfs the mountain from that one angle so that would be a very boneheaded decision.

 

[Chupaca Bruh]

It looks so bare. It is sort of a decent start but need more detail as well as some planters with tall flora.

 

[Disney Analyst]

New queue opening is imminent. Walls are down.

 

[Nland316]

New queue opening is imminent. Walls are down.

It looks SO good! 100% upgrade from how it looked before.

 

[Phroobar]

It's amazing how we are excited about a stand by queue line. At least it isn't a playground like MK got.

 

[Adventureland Veranda]

It's amazing how we are excited about a stand by queue line. At least it isn't a playground like MK got.

This project looks like a nice upgrade to the HM grounds. Let's hope more improvements come to the gift shop.
Agree with you about MK.

 

[Phroobar]

I would like to see the Madame Leota tombstone be added to the new queue.

 

[Disney Irish]

So it looks like the "outside" canopy is for even more extended queue, green one in the concept art, not specifically for ADA access as some had predicted very early on. So ADA access must either be on the other side of that accessed from the outside, or as I now suspect will be through the regular queue and branch off when it gets to the rear queue near the mausoleum to access the elevator.

 

[Disney Analyst]

So it looks like the "outside" canopy is for even more extended queue, green one in the concept art, not specifically for ADA access as some had predicted very early on. So ADA access must either be on the other side of that accessed from the outside, or as I now suspect will be through the regular queue and branch off when it gets to the rear queue near the mausoleum to access the elevator.

Yeah. I think plan is to send them through the normal queue, to the elevator? Maybe?

 

[Disney Irish]

Yeah. I think plan is to send them through the normal queue, to the elevator? Maybe?

That makes the most sense to me based on how it looks so far.

 

[Disney Analyst]

That makes the most sense to me based on how it looks so far.

How are wheelchairs currently handled? Do they bypass the stretching room fully? Or would new elevator be exit only situation?