Disney wants to invest $1 billion at Disneyland

[Californian Elitist]

I hear ya... but also kinda disagree! Living in LA, I go to the park a LOT and usually trek back home at the end of the day and that's that. But once or so a year, I like to make a long weekend out of it and staying on property really transforms what could be just another trip to DL to something that really feels like a legit vacation -- more of a WDW feel. Really fun to change it up like that every so often.

Sure you could stay off-property, but I find you really do lose something special by doing that and it just ends up feeling utilitarian (not that there's anything wrong with it... and obviously it is farrrrrrr cheaper). But staying in a room with all the Disney touches, having access to Magic Morning Hours, shuffling downstairs to Trader Sam's, sitting by the pools, etc. can do a lot to elevate a DL trip though and give you that WDW-like sense of escape that you lose out on when staying on Harbor.

I definitely understand the appeal! In saying that, the whole "feeling like one's in another world," escape, living the magic on property doesn't matter to me, at all. Maybe it's because I grew up going to Disneyland and we always went home afterwards.

I'm there to have fun at the parks, and I'm interested in things within the parks.

 

[corona79]

LOL


LiceRat started the Toontown - Star Wars Land nonsense after it finally gave up on the "phony refurb of Finding Nemo"

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

So if a parking structure is built across Harbor, which I'm assuming it will be, will they construct some sort of pedestrian bridge?

 

[BrianLo]

LOL


LiceRat started the Toontown - Star Wars Land nonsense after it finally gave up on the "phony refurb of Finding Nemo"

It was completely true at the time. What people cannot seem to wrap their heads around is discussing plans that are in flux, telling their readers they are very much in flux and Disney deciding not to go through with it does not somehow retcon them into liars.

Bob Iger admitted as such during an interview last year that they had plans ready to go for Disneyland, but scrapped them because they were not grandiose enough and they needed to include new trilogy material.

If anyone goes back and actually reads any updates from the last year you'd see they perfectly telegraphed the entire 60th.

MiceAge needs to become a separate site and purge itself from the direction and readership MiceChat has developed. I think my current comment stands, I'm excited for the meltdown.......

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

So if a parking structure is built across Harbor, which I'm assuming it will be, will they construct some sort of pedestrian bridge?

Yes.

 

[Californian Elitist]

LOL


LiceRat started the Toontown - Star Wars Land nonsense after it finally gave up on the "phony refurb of Finding Nemo"

It was probably on the table at one point, just like a lot of projects for the parks that never happened. We don't have WestCOT, Discovery Bay, and other attractions/lands... Doesn't mean they were never going to happen.

 

[TP2000]

So if a parking structure is built across Harbor, which I'm assuming it will be, will they construct some sort of pedestrian bridge?

That's the only reason why Disney just bought the Carousel Inn on Harbor; to bulldoze it and build a giant skybridge that connects with their new parking structure.

 

[flynnibus]

MiceAge needs to become a separate site and purge itself from the direction and readership MiceChat has developed. I think my current comment stands, I'm excited for the meltdown.......

They've basically done that... they've all but abandoned the forums which is all that Micechat was.. Micechat started as a community to follow Al's topics covered in Miceage. Now that the 'crew' is Miceage... and they want everything to be about their wordpress site and comments in wordpress... they abandoned the forums long ago. They don't even post follow-ups in the forums anymore, let alone tags that they posted something on their WP site.. and most certainly never post anything on the forums first.

It's all about the clicks and comment counts now.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

WestCOT is finally going to happen!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TP2000]

WestCOT is finally going to happen!!!!!!!!!!!

Good one!

$1.5 Billion would have built Westcot back in 1992.

But in 2016-2020, $1.5 Billion will build a small Marvel Land in DCA, a mid size Star Wars Land in Disneyland, and a big new parking structure and skybridge over Harbor. And not much more.

 

[fractal]

Good one!

$1.5 Billion would have built Westcot back in 1992.

But in 2016-2020, $1.5 Billion will build a small Marvel Land in DCA, a mid size Star Wars Land in Disneyland, and a big new parking structure and skybridge over Harbor. And not much more.

Yep; a Billion isn't what it used to be.

 

[Travel Junkie]

The latest MiceAge update (Finally!.) Much of the update relates to what we already knew but summarizes everything well. http://micechat.com/108619-disneyland-rumors-starwars/

Star Wars Land:

Going away is the Festival area, Circle D, ToonTown and back office support buildings. In it's place goes:

- A large land with multiple attractions anchored by a trackless E-ticket that "will break the mold with how them park visitors interact with a ride environment."
- Much of the land will be indoors so it can stay open during fireworks
- Imagineers working on the land had to sign a separate NDA so leaks maybe few and far between
- Star Wars Launch Bay into Innoventions is set to open in November and last until Star Wars land opens

Marvel:

As expected Marvel takes the land behind TOT and extends all the way to the edge of the property. The E-ticket here is described as one that is a mix between RNRC at DHS and Transformers.

Parking:

As been discussed quite a bit the plan is above and will have 2 phases. Phase 1 is a 5,000 space parking lot with the red section above being the new location of the back office facilities that are being moved to make way for Star Wars. A phase 2 of the parking would knock these facilities to add 3,000 more spaces. the parking lot is expected to open in 2018 and the sky bridge leads visitors into DLR.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

The latest MiceAge update (Finally!.) Much of the update relates to what we already knew but summarizes everything well. http://micechat.com/108619-disneyland-rumors-starwars/

Star Wars Land:

Going away is the Festival area, Circle D, ToonTown and back office support buildings. In it's place goes:

- A large land with multiple attractions anchored by a trackless E-ticket that "will break the mold with how them park visitors interact with a ride environment."
- Much of the land will be indoors so it can stay open during fireworks
- Imagineers working on the land had to sign a separate NDA so leaks maybe few and far between
- Star Wars Launch Bay into Innoventions is set to open in November and last until Star Wars land opens

Marvel:

As expected Marvel takes the land behind TOT and extends all the way to the edge of the property. The E-ticket here is described as one that is a mix between RNRC at DHS and Transformers.

Parking:

As been discussed quite a bit the plan is above and will have 2 phases. Phase 1 is a 5,000 space parking lot with the red section above being the new location of the back office facilities that are being moved to make way for Star Wars. A phase 2 of the parking would knock these facilities to add 3,000 more spaces. the parking lot is expected to open in 2018 and the sky bridge leads visitors into DLR.

Frankly, this is the best news in a long time. I sincerely hope that what is stated about the Star Wars and Marvel E tickets is true - it's been so long since Disney has pushed the envelope stateside.

 

[Furiated]

Am I looking at the pics correctly, is Toontown NOT in the red Star Wars Land area on the map? Is it just an oversight by the MA folks or did plans change or am I reading the map wrong?

 

[corona79]

The word "news" has a meaning which is being sorely abused here.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

Am I looking at the pics correctly, is Toontown NOT in the red Star Wars Land area on the map? Is it just an oversight by the MA folks or did plans change or am I reading the map wrong?

Looks like they kind of mismade the map. Toontown will be taken over by the new Star Wars Land expansion.

 

[Furiated]

Looks like they kind of mismade the map. Toontown will be taken over by the new Star Wars Land expansion.

That's what I figured, for a moment I thought they came up with a way to keep Toontown and still use the surrounding area.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

That's what I figured, for a moment I thought they came up with a way to keep Toontown and still use the surrounding area.

The thing is, no one at Disney is interested in saving Toontown. Half the land is based on IP that's been out of the public eye for nearly 20 years. It has one decent attraction and a meet-n-churn with Mickey that is popular. The rest of the land is utterly useless and provides no advantage to park management.

Axing Toontown for just about anything else was not a hard choice for Disney to make. As a result, I don't personally know of any Star Wars plans that work around it - in Disney's eyes, it's not worth working around.

 

[Furiated]

The thing is, no one at Disney is interested in saving Toontown. Half the land is based on IP that's been out of the public eye for nearly 20 years. It has one decent attraction and a meet-n-churn with Mickey that is popular. The rest of the land is utterly useless and provides no advantage to park management.

Axing Toontown for just about anything else was not a hard choice for Disney to make. As a result, I don't personally know of any Star Wars plans that work around it - in Disney's eyes, it's not worth working around.

I agree, the only thing really worth saving is Roger. At least he'll live on in Tokyo.

 

[Suspirian]

So is the Marvel area still a mini land or its own thing?