Can anyone identify these buildings in the back of the park in between Small World and Star Tours? They are circled in yellow:
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Buildings in the back?
- Thread starter mharrington
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Simba. And a tent.
Vegas Disney Fan
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Simba is described as “Entertainment Building. Contains entertainment costuming, cosmetology, studios and parade warehouse.”
The tents simply say convention center.
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Simba is described as “Entertainment Building. Contains entertainment costuming, cosmetology, studios and parade warehouse.”
The tents simply say convention center.
Wikimapia is a great resource for backstage stuff like this, I’ve looked at nearly every inch of all the parks with it.
Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!
Wikimapia is an online editable map - you can describe any place on Earth. Or just surf the map discovering tonns of already marked places.
Simba is described as “Entertainment Building. Contains entertainment costuming, cosmetology, studios and parade warehouse.”
The tents simply say convention center.
Does that mean that the entertainment building cannot be removed for, say, an expansion without nixing live entertainment?
Vegas Disney Fan
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They could build a new building but it would be expensive, judging by the structures the tents are in an expansion pad (which is why they’re probably tents) but the Simba building looks permanent so I can’t see them ever expanding in that location.
DLP has several existing expansion pads, 5 or 6 from the look of it, so there’s really no need to expand into the backstage areas yet.
Where are these expansion pads? I actually asked because I had hoped that that space might be usable for the addition of a Toontown area, as was the rumor years ago, but if the Simba building looks permanent, then it's obviously not going to work at all.
Vegas Disney Fan
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It looks like there’s an expansion pad where the old Pizza planet is, where the convention center tents we were talking about are, one to the left of Pirates, I think one where Woodys roundup village is, one were the Indy coaster is, and one beyond Autopia.
A few are currently being used but by temporary attractions.
I don't think any of those expansion pads are suitable for Toontown. If you look at the other parks, you will notice that Toontown is accessed via Fantasyland, which was also true of the old Toontown Fair.
Vegas Disney Fan
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Agreed, I don’t see an area large enough for a full land near Fantasyland.
I don't believe there has ever been a Toontown connected anywhere else besides Fantasyland.
Simba is not on an expansion pad.
lazyboy97o
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No, it just means you need to accommodate its uses elsewhere. You can even build different uses into an attraction facility the way there are offices in the Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway at Disneyland or rehearsal spaces in the maintenance building for Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure.
I don't remember the horse stables or anything being part of an expansion pad, but that's where they put Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland.
Simba has been there since 1992. It’s not on a designated expansion pad. Your post commented Simba looks permanent. That’s because it is, unless it is removed.
Disneyland is different. It has no available expansion areas left.
I was referring to when the Star Wars land was being built. I didn't think they had any expansion areas left even back then, and yet they somehow made it work.
They did. They’ve had to be creative since Splash. Some would say since PotC.
I was under the impression that having the horse stables close by were essential to the horses being there day-to-day. With the stables gone, I'm not sure how they were able to get the horses to and from the park.
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Google is your friend.
Horses of Disney
Disneyland is home to more than just Mickey Mouse & fun rides. The horses of Disney & the Circle D are an integral part of the park's story.
Disneyland opens new Circle D Ranch for its horses in Norco
Besides the ceremony, complete with Mickey Mouse helping to cut the ribbon, the ranch held an open house to allow residents of Norco to visit the ranch and see the large horses up close.
Norco appears to be about 30 miles away. That must be a great inconvenience for the horses and their handlers.
Vegas Disney Fan
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It’s a very nice facility, the drive is definitely worse but I’d argue the horses have a much better life there than they did backstage at Disney.