East Parking Garage construction

[roj2323]

from save PI today: http://savepleasureisland.blogspot.com/2015/07/dtd-update-east-garage-rising.html


Based on my in person viewing of this garage I don't believe it will be more than 4 stories tall. The cranes are simply not high enough in the air to support building a 5th floor.

 

[halltd]

Based on my in person viewing of this garage I don't believe it will be more than 4 stories tall. The cranes are simply not high enough in the air to support building a 5th floor.

Don't they normally jump the cranes as the building gets taller? I didn't pay close enough attention to the first garage to see if they did this, but that's still a possibility.

 

[G00fyDad]

Of course they're tall enough. Remember, the first floor is taller than the other floors (for whatever reason). Four floors and the 5th will be on the roof.

 

[Next Big Thing]

I could be wrong, but I think I remember in the initial Disney Springs announcement they said the Marketplace garage would be one floor shorter than West Side and thinking that that was weird.

 

[G00fyDad]

I could be wrong, but I think I remember in the initial Disney Springs announcement they said the Marketplace garage would be one floor shorter than West Side and thinking that that was weird.

That is odd. Maybe it has to do with sight lines or something. These things are going to be relatively close to one another. Wouldn't it look really weird to have one shorter than the other?

 

[CDavid]

I could be wrong, but I think I remember in the initial Disney Springs announcement they said the Marketplace garage would be one floor shorter than West Side and thinking that that was weird.

That is odd. Maybe it has to do with sight lines or something. These things are going to be relatively close to one another. Wouldn't it look really weird to have one shorter than the other?

Without actually searching out the answer, I believe @Next Big Thing is correct and the Marketplace garage is intended to be only four stories. I doubt you will notice much difference when the structures are complete.

 

[G00fyDad]

Without actually searching out the answer, I believe @Next Big Thing is correct and the Marketplace garage is intended to be only four stories. I doubt you will notice much difference when the structures are complete.

With the exception that with just that little small piece of grass between the two of them where the buses will be pulling in and turning around and that fountain will be pretty close together and you'll be able to see that one is taller than the other.

 

[WDWtraveler]

Official name: (from Disney Springs sources and used in training new personnel).
The east parking garage will be named Lime, with 3 levels of parking.

 

[Next Big Thing]

Official name: (from Disney Springs sources and used in training new personnel).
The east parking garage will be named Lime, with 3 levels of parking.

Seems like a fairly obvious choice since they went with Orange on the other side. I actually feel like it should've been flipped though (limes go with alcohol, lots of alcohol is around The Landing/West Side)

Also, I know some people will be shocked at the 3 levels of parking, but go back to the original announcement in March 2013 by Staggs. It was said that the Marketplace garage would have 3 levels from the start. I think it's mistake, but it is what it is.

 

[halltd]

Seems like a fairly obvious choice since they went with Orange on the other side. I actually feel like it should've been flipped though (limes go with alcohol, lots of alcohol is around The Landing/West Side)

Also, I know some people will be shocked at the 3 levels of parking, but go back to the original announcement in March 2013 by Staggs. It was said that the Marketplace garage would have 3 levels from the start. I think it's mistake, but it is what it is.

I still liked Osceola as a better name. But, I kinda figured it would be a citrus fruit all along.

I still don't fully comprehend how traffic is going to flow in and out of the Lime garage without causing massive backups over by that intersection anyways, so having limited capacity seems like a good thing to me. Keep all the cars over where access is easier in and out.

 

[G00fyDad]

Official name: (from Disney Springs sources and used in training new personnel).
The east parking garage will be named Lime, with 3 levels of parking.

@Adam N, @Mousedetective, and @RayTheFirefly are the ones that guessed correctly.

 

[Mouse Detective]

@Adam N, @Mousedetective, and @RayTheFirefly are the ones that guessed correctly.

Yes, and let's not forget I suggested it first! (Bowing) Thank you, thank you. I knew it had to be both a fruit and a color at the same time.

 

[roj2323]

the rebar in this photo tells me the garage will be at least 4 stories:

 

[Next Big Thing]

the rebar in this photo tells me the garage will be at least 4 stories:

I think it is 3 stories tall "technically", but it's 4 in reality when you include the roof.

 

[dstrawn9889]

why would they roof one and not the other? that looks like the transition from 2nd to thirds' rebar

 

[roj2323]

why would they roof one and not the other? that looks like the transition from 2nd to thirds' rebar

There's no reason to think they would waste the money putting a roof on the garage when they can park cars on it. I have no reason to believe this garage will be any different than the Orange garage other than overall size / # of parking spots.

 

[Next Big Thing]

why would they roof one and not the other? that looks like the transition from 2nd to thirds' rebar

There's no reason to think they would waste the money putting a roof on the garage when they can park cars on it. I have no reason to believe this garage will be any different than the Orange garage other than overall size / # of parking spots.

I wasn't suggesting they were going to "roof one". I was saying the roof would be a 4th floor, but it'd technically only be 3 stories tall still. Just like the garage on the west side is technically only 4 stories but parks 5 stories worth of cars with the roof.

 

[RayTheFirefly]

@Adam N, @Mousedetective, and @RayTheFirefly are the ones that guessed correctly.

 

[ULPO46]

I have doubts that this parking expansion will help any. There are times that even the lots of Universal Studios get full. Are they still only building just two garages? and if so why are they leaving regular ground parking still. They should build parking garages for the entire entertainment complex.

 

[danlb_2000]

I have doubts that this parking expansion will help any. There are times that even the lots of Universal Studios get full. Are they still only building just two garages? and if so why are they leaving regular ground parking still. They should build parking garages for the entire entertainment complex.

Because garages are expensive to built, they are only going to build as much as they think they need.