I mean I know you’re SAYING that. But we just sense that you really want another Disney mall. And that’s fine.
Then you're not listening, because I've said now MANY times that its not about just adding another mall. And maybe partially my fault by calling it like Disney Springs. But its a Hotel district.
Haha jk I know what you’re saying. I just can’t understand why they’d need 2-3 more hotels if there’s is no 3rd gate. A couple new attractions every 5 or so years won’t necessitate that. The buzz from the new additions will fade by the time the next one comes. Especially if they are just being added to two existing parks. A 3rd gate moves the needle overnight and forces a guest to stay on property for more days.
Why did Disney want to build a 5 diamond hotel in 2017? I mean there wasn't a new gate, so why would they need it? Obviously they felt there would be enough demand for it that the expense was warranted. And I don't get any sense that has changed, because they didn't ask Anaheim to lower the amount of rooms available to them when they asked for the zoning changes, which they could have. You'd think if they only thought they were going to add one more DVC tower and be done they would have asked to lower the amount of future available rooms. Not to mention that when Disney was giving their proposal for DLForward the City specifically asked them about future hotels, if they were coming and if they would be mostly DVC or if they would be for tourists. Disney had to assure the City Council that more hotels were coming as part of this and it wouldn't all be DVC rooms. So they have plans to add more hotels and Anaheim wants them.
The buzz from the new additions will fade by the time the next one comes.
And isn't that the ideal for any theme park? That once the buzz has faded from the latest attraction that you offer something new to gain the buzz back and giving guests reasons to keep coming back over and over, it always experience the latest thing. I mean that is what I was always taught when I worked in the industry in the early 90s, I doubt it has changed in 2026 otherwise why are Parks around the world from every operator adding new things every year.
A 3rd gate moves the needle overnight and forces a guest to stay on property for more days.
And then when the buzz fades from that, then what? You have nothing more to add. You've just ended any further expansion. Its one big addition and its done. Because you aren't going to build out a 3rd gate and not have it complete or mostly complete. And with TSL its not like you would be able to build half a Park so you can expand in the future, it'll already be half a Park due to its size, so its a full Park when it opens with no future expansion capability.
You add everything to DL and technically I can skip Toontown and GE to go ride your new Frozen and Moana rides without adding any vacation time.
Except you know people won't skip those things. The issue is I think most of you are thinking like a local here who can just come back anytime they want, not like a tourist who is spending multiple days. If there is more to do in the Parks they will spend extra days in the same Park doing all the extra things, because they are on vacation anyways. We have guests now that spend two days at DL and one day at DCA and there isn't even much added, and then they spend two days elsewhere while on a 5 day vacation. I could see a future where its 3 days in DL and 2 days in DCA with the expansions, and they spend all 5 days in DLR.
