Are you just now figuring this out? This whole thing is about general zoning permission, not a specific plan. But I’m guessing you know that and are just complaining with the hope that nobody realizes the hypocrisy of saying that Disney spends too much while calling for them to spend money on art with no actual purpose.
You’re full of it. If they kept releasing new art you’d absolutely be complaining about how they were spending so much money making art pieces for nothing. Disneyland Forward is a non-specific land use concept. That’s it. The whole purpose is permission to build what they want, where they want, when they want.
Why would you think they would release any new concept art with more detailed plans if it hasn't been approved yet? That make absolutely no sense at all. They are using the same vague concept art to sell the project because they want to make sure their messaging is consistent until its approved, ie this is potentially what we can do if given the opportunity.Huh?That's not actually a rule or law that any company has to obey.
Disney can release any updated concept art they want to. But they chose not to for their latest 2024 dog and pony shows for the locals, and instead just recycled the old and very vague concept art they first rolled out in 2021. Three years ago.
Either they really have no idea what they're going to do with this land yet (likely), or they are too cheap to invest any more money into the concept until they actually know what they might do with the land in the 2030's (even more likely).
All of that points to this DisneylandForward thing being a plan in unfunded infancy that will take decades to play out. Sit back and relax kids, this is gonna take awhile...
My guess is the parking structure and the bridge over Harbor will be phase one whenever they get approval in May. And that it'll be announced before the end of the year with a starting date for construction.Well, they already planned it out, although they spent the money on it for the Pixar structure instead. But it's mostly ready to go, they just can redo it slightly to abandon any 2010's plans to include Anaheim's cancelled plans for rail mass transit to the facility, and hopefully beef up the area dedicated to Ubers and Lyfts.
Although hopefully they spend more money on the skybridges and design than they originally were going to back in the 2010's, because their initial plans and designs were cheap and ugly. Did they learn that lesson, I hope?
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Same, I think we’ll see plans for new garages, new security areas, pedestrian bridges, a couple new hotels, a couple new DVC towers, and a DTD expansion within a years or 2 of approval, I’d be shocked to see any park expansion before 2030 though, and maybe even 2040.
Exactly my point. When Disney makes their next Official Announcements On Resort Expansion!, we all need to sit back and wait for six months and see what happens. TDA now has a growing list of Official Announcements! under its belt of major expansions and projects they've announced, then cancelled and forgotten.
Anything that Sidekick Tightpants might mention or show Hazy Concept Art 2.0 of at D23 this summer related to the DisneylandForward property west of Disneyland Drive needs to be taken with a tablespoon of salt and an extreme dose of skepticism.
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The Disneyland resort continues to expand and announced the addition of a four-diamond hotel slated to open in 2021.
I agree, Phase one is likely going to be the Pumbaa parking structure, Harbor Bridge, and hopefully a new security screening area. As everything else is going to be dependent on that being completed. So I wouldn't be surprised to see that start by 2025 and finished by 2027/2028.
Yes that is what DisneylandForward is all about, this is known. Its not a real project with timelines. But that doesn't mean they don't have real projects ready to go when things get approved, I suspect they do.
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When we were in Anaheim a few weeks ago we decided to go bourbon hunting and from what we saw Anaheim desperately needs the additional tax revenue. Within a mile or 2 west of Disneyland we decided not to leave the safety of our car at several of the map suggested liquor stores, we quickly made a rule not to stop at any store with bars on the windows or sketchy looking people milling around outside.
This is not the thread for this, but you do realize that ~83% of the US lives in urban areas that have similar issues. And its even found that as much as 7% of the homelessness in the US occurs within rural areas as well. So its not limited to just the big metro areas or even California. Its a nationwide issue that we as a nation should try to tackle, instead of just saying its one particular state or another.
Can vouch for the fact that I live in a mid-sized town in the middle of the midwest, and I see homeless people basically every time I go down my main drag.
Exactly, its not just a California thing. California just happens to be one of the most populous states in the nation so of course its more widely seen, but its happening everywhere across this great nation. And as the greatest and richest nation on the planet we should be able to do something about it, but that requires political will, something that is lacking these days....
I get out quite a bit thanks. And I've traveled all across this great nation, and seen places both urban and rural.You don't get out much, do you? And if you do, you go to Portland or Seattle, right?
