Watching that video actually makes me a little angry. It really speaks to how much private industry have over our government at times, which is not always a bad thing but in this case it is. And I guess for me who has lived in other countries where public transportation is just on another level and so accessible just to move back to L.A. to see people spend an hour to get somewhere that may take 20 minutes everywhere else is ridiculous, especially for one of the richest cities on the plane. But I digress.
Of course watching that video, its funny because of course DCA has the red car trolley today which was a real street car system for the greater L.A. and O.C. areas back in the 1920s through the 50s. My own mother use to ride them when she was a little girl and took them to go to downtown and the beach. I had never even heard of it until they were announced to be part of DCA. Its actually one of her favorite rides there because she says it reminds her of all the times she took the real thing. I imagine today if things kept going the way they did we would have a vast underground subway system that would connect all the surrounding countries from L.A. to Riverside like they do in every other major metropolis.
Sorry this has gotten so off topic lol, its just a pet peeve of mine. I'm always amazed at other Disney resorts how efficient and accessible their subway systems gets them to the parks and they sunk upwards of tens of millions of dollars into these lines and stations. Shanghai is amazing but HKDL probably has the coolest system out of all of them with its own personal subway car that connects to the main Hong Kong metro. Meanwhile back in Anaheim, the car situation is so bad they had to build another parking lot because there isn't enough space now and you spend 20 minutes circling that humongous car park while paying $20+ for the honor.
But I can't blame anyone wasting their time trying to use public transportation to the resort either. It's just too much of a hassle. And try taking kids on a multiple bus and train ride to the resort and then back after a long day at the parks. No thank you. Not worth it for families.
