The third gate possibility honestly makes the most sense, even if there are no other signs that the resort is super interested in building one in the short term.
I could swear an image exists in this thread or on this board that gives you an idea, but the company owns and/or has options on some of the skinny plots on the east side of Harbor. That will manifest into the Harbor crossings.
Hmm, that is really interesting. Magic is in the northwest area of the resort. Clementine is right up against I-5. Don’t really see how Hotel or Gene Autry factor but am eminently curious.
Those make sense as they are the streets that are within the areas covered by DisneylandForward. The only one that doesn't make sense is Hotel Way, unless somehow they are doing something for the City for the convention center.
So far, they only have one, the former Carousel Inn on Harbor. It’s now used for parking. That was going to be the location for the pedestrian bridge over harbor on the Eastern Gateway project.
Gene Autry is on the backside of Toy Story Lot, which is proposed as a new shopping district. I assume its to allow Disney to control the traffic in that area and make it specific to only a Disney right-of-way.
When Darkbeer was still around he always said that DLR was short parking even after they built the new Pumbaa structure. So maybe this is to take care of all that at one time, as I assume it means they knock down the USCIS building (which wasn't included in the original plan) and build a new huge structure.
Yeah for now because there is nothing going on. But remember that part of this is the removal of all the Toy Story parking and all of the current Pumbaa surface lot parking. So all that has to be replaced plus room for growth. And with the proposed new shopping district and theme park extensions it'll bring more guests and cars.
I think they are trying to thread the needle here with the community. Adding a 3rd gate might sound good to us fans, but maybe not to Anaheim residents who think Disney is already too big and would complain. Easier to sell park expansion to the existing parks rather than a whole new theme park. "No, no this is not us adding a new theme park, its just expanding what is already there.....". Its a fine line I know but it makes a difference when you're selling. Not to mention that it sounds better to the City that you're investing for many years rather than just one single new gate.
The structure will take over the CM lot + the plan deletes almost all surface lots west of DTD I think, so the net spots could be as low as half that.
yeah i knew about that pathway but it says up to 3, where would they go? Also imagine how cool it would be if disney acquired those hotels along harbour just north and south of the pedestrian bridge and demod them, building wonderfully immersive and themed hotel experience with direct pedestrian pathway access on each side
Yep, I figure its only like ~2K spot gain at most but probably more likely only a couple hundred when all said and done. They are basically consolidating everything to the three structures of M&F, Pixar, and now Pumbaa.
Other way to look at it: the parks are already pretty much on top of each other but a third gate would necessitate additional infrastructure to get off the ground: additional guest services buildings and ticket booths taking up real estate. They already sell a park hopper option on tickets. I also think it more sustainable in terms of capital investment and return on investment over time to stagger any new development. This is the last bit of unimproved, contiguous land they will have to develop on this century, maybe ever.
I would imagine the other two are for foot traffic over Disneyland Dr for the park expansion, each coming out of their respective parks.
