A very reliable poster on other Disneyland boards named "Darkbeer" has announced that Cars Land will begin construction in about two weeks. The first step is to shut down a big chunk of the Timon Parking Lot where Cars Land will be built, and the last day to use most of that lot is November 12th. Then fences go up, project management trailers move in, and they begin tearing up the pavement and clearing the land.
Other reliable insiders on the same thread are saying that once the pavement is gone and they are down to dirt and Anaheim bedrock, construction equipment and heavy machinery moves in later in '09.
Darkbeer also had news about the two new Disney hotels being built at Anaheim GardenWalk. I guess the Disney and the developers signed a contract on Wednesday, but they are waiting until after the city council election on Tuesday to announce it. (Lots of drama and bad blood with Disney and Lorri Galloway on the Anaheim city council!)
The bummer is that the Sun Wheel is already closed for its remake into Mickey's Fun Wheel, and it won't be available for pictures of the Cars Land construction preparation for six months. The new Mickey's Fun Wheel opens April, 2009, right about the time the big construction equipment arrives on the cleared land though! (The top of the Sun Wheel offers perfect views of the current Timon Parking Lot and future Cars Land area)
This is big news, as Cars Land is truly the most anticipated part of the DCA Extreme Makeover project. The economy be darned, the DCA project is moving ahead quickly. :sohappy:
Other reliable insiders on the same thread are saying that once the pavement is gone and they are down to dirt and Anaheim bedrock, construction equipment and heavy machinery moves in later in '09.
Darkbeer also had news about the two new Disney hotels being built at Anaheim GardenWalk. I guess the Disney and the developers signed a contract on Wednesday, but they are waiting until after the city council election on Tuesday to announce it. (Lots of drama and bad blood with Disney and Lorri Galloway on the Anaheim city council!)
The bummer is that the Sun Wheel is already closed for its remake into Mickey's Fun Wheel, and it won't be available for pictures of the Cars Land construction preparation for six months. The new Mickey's Fun Wheel opens April, 2009, right about the time the big construction equipment arrives on the cleared land though! (The top of the Sun Wheel offers perfect views of the current Timon Parking Lot and future Cars Land area)
This is big news, as Cars Land is truly the most anticipated part of the DCA Extreme Makeover project. The economy be darned, the DCA project is moving ahead quickly. :sohappy:
