MoonRakerSCM
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Long live the Eastern Gateway or how I learned to love the Anaheim City Council after the election.
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MoonRakerSCM
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I'd bet money this is back on the menu... for a sooner than later if Avatar land is going where I think it is.
Disney Irish
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I don't think it ever really was off the menu, just put in the back kitchen waiting for the right time to reintroduce it as if it was a new item.
NobodyElse
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Disney Irish
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Why? You don't want Avatar at DLR?
Disney Irish
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To me at this point no news is good news. As its part of a larger plan now rather and a single project I have to assume that many things are in motion.
mickEblu
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It depends. If you re in your 70s and 80s this isn’t good news. No pun intended on the Depends btw.
BrianLo
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Step wise I just figured they need to move the bus loops before they can actually start on Pandora in earnest. So it’s weird it’s not accelerated.
Maybe Pandora doesn’t actually start until next year, but that would necessitate the Eastern gateway showing signs of life by now. Or at least very soon.
Disney Irish
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I've been of the opinion for awhile now that both can be accomplished at the same time, not requiring the EGW to be done first. Also I wouldn't expect them to do anything during the 70th anyways, so earliest now at this point I would think this starts is next year sometime after the 70th.
Disney Irish
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Better stock up on those anti-aging products.
BrianLo
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How so? The garage doesn’t need to be done, but the bus loops need to be somewhere. The earliest part of the project for Pandora’s build would be the show building in the bus loops, in part at least.
Disney Irish
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The Transpo Hub is already slated to go off Manchester, that can be done at anytime and wouldn't take very long. Its the bridge and garage that are the main pieces of the EGW that will take a bit of time. And they aren't required to be done in order to start any work in the backlot. In fact if Disney wanted to they could close the backlot now and begin prep work, it doesn't require the EGW to be finished fully to start that.
This is why I'm saying I think it could all be done at the same time.
BrianLo
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Oh? It’s moved, or maybe I’m misunderstanding. I just figured it would still require a bridge over Harbor for the transportation hub. Agree the garage is unnecessary for completion.
DLR92
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Just not a land dedicated to the franchise. An attraction for Tomorrowland seems more ideal.
Disney Irish
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It hasn't moved, its always been slated to be off Manchester, as noted in the top right of this image from the original plan.
Anaheim wants the bridge to get crossing foot traffic off of Harbor, the main goal is for safety and ease traffic congestion. The Transpo Hub while part of the project isn't dependent on the bridge, other than they want to keep its added foot traffic from crossing Harbor. But nothing says they can't do it in phases where the Transpo Hub moves as the first domino to drop.