New Disneyland Parking Garage and Transportation Hub

[Curious Constance]

There are many other places to park and it doesn't have to be any higher than the bridge. No mountains or buildings to cross, just a street.

The only reason I mentioned that is because my husband, who can walk across a bridge just fine, has an instant panic attack when in "rides" that are in motion and out of his control. He can stomach some of them okay (like POTC, HM, Small World) but others like gondola style attractions, roller coasters, spinners, heck even Luigi's Roadsters, cause an irrational panic like attack in him. He's not actually afraid of anything bad happening, it's just something about being out of control of the movement that causes the panic.

I know his experiences are not the norm. I know most people would be fine. But my family, who stay on Harbor, and do not have a car when in town, would find gondolas a pain in the butt to work with. And there would be others who would feel the same. Just something to think about.

 

[TROR]

People Movers y'all

 

[Curious Constance]

People Movers y'all

As long as you didn't have a long wait, I'd be all over a People Mover style thing. It would be cool if it was like a continuous loop of people mover cars that traveled slow enough so it never actually had to stop. You could just hop on and off without it ever actually stopping.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

A Peoplemover was the way guests would be tansported across Harbor back when the DLR master plan was being developed.

 

[Curious Constance]

A Peoplemover was way guests would be tansported across Harbor back when the DLR master plan was being developed.

For one of the premier vacation spots in the world, there really should be nothing less than this.

 

[asianway]

Additionally, since the main impediment seems to have been diverting foot traffic from Harbor Blvd businesses I just wonder how many people actually walk to or from Toy Story lot now anyway?

I think a lot of people run over there for cheap food during the day

 

[tirian]

As long as you didn't have a long wait, I'd be all over a People Mover style thing. It would be cool if it was like a continuous loop of people mover cars that traveled slow enough so it never actually had to stop. You could just hop on and off without it ever actually stopping.

That's how they work in Florida.

 

[nevol]

I mean, why can't they just keep the plan as-is and have a M+F-type tram running from security to the esplanade? It would take up less room than the bridge and allow for a security check / guest access on harbor. I have no attachment to this bridge,, other than hoping/wishing disney could stick to a plan for more than a year when these plans and missteps mean changes to the parks. We already lost TOT to guardians, so marvel/dca expansion would make that less in vain.

 

[asianway]

I mean, why can't they just keep the plan as-is and have a M+F-type tram running from security to the esplanade? It would take up less room than the bridge and allow for a security check / guest access on harbor. I have no attachment to this bridge,, other than hoping/wishing disney could stick to a plan for more than a year when these plans and missteps mean changes to the parks. We already lost TOT to guardians, so marvel/dca expansion would make that less in vain.

I read somewhere they wont let trams run on City streets.

 

[Phroobar]

I read somewhere they wont let trams run on City streets.

I sure wouldn't want to be on the tram on city streets. I can see a bus or a car side swiping a tram. It wouldn't be pretty.

 

[Stevek]

A Peoplemover was the way guests would be tansported across Harbor back when the DLR master plan was being developed.

This map still kills me. So amazing and as much as I enjoy DCA, sooo much more amazing.

 

[TROR]

This map still kills me. So amazing and as much as I enjoy DCA, sooo much more amazing.

In another, better timeline we have that version of the Disneyland Resort but the second gate is DCA from 2015 before Aladdin was taken out but after Grizzly Airfield was put in.

 

[Stevek]

I think a lot of people run over there for cheap food during the day

In 40+ years of visiting Disneyland, many as an AP, I've never once left the parks to eat across the street. But yes, there are likely many that do run over there though I'm not sure anything is exactly "cheap" over there. If I remember correctly from my days working in Anaheim, the McDonalds used to be slightly higher priced than the one on Ball and Anaheim and would not always participate in some of the discount promotions similar to how some OC McDonald's won't participate in the $1 any size beverage deal currently in market.

 

[Stevek]

In another, better timeline we have that version of the Disneyland Resort but the second gate is DCA from 2015 before Aladdin was taken out but after Grizzly Airfield was put in.

Love Aladdin but in no way is that enough reason to keep DCA.

 

[TROR]

Love Aladdin but in no way is that enough reason to keep DCA.

DCA has a lot of great things about it and quite a lot of potential. If they actually stuck to the remodel of giving the entire park a setting of 1920's to 1960's it could be great but instead it's now Marvel and Pixar land.

 

[flynnibus]

Additionally, since the main impediment seems to have been diverting foot traffic from Harbor Blvd businesses I just wonder how many people actually walk to or from Toy Story lot now anyway?

Negative ghost rider. The problem is taking away the convenient access those business had to the main gate. That's their beef

 

[nevol]

Disney should have thought to offer free signage or a kiosk for the good neighbor hotels and the restaurants on the bridge. Sure, the bridge is inconvenient, maybe, as impact to those businesses is purely fear and speculation. But Disney could have easily countered with such an offer. The reality is, with 6,000+ parking spaces in that lot, plus the bus and rideshare dropoff, there will be tens of thousands of people entering the resort in that gateway on a daily basis. Advertise the businesses on the bridge, and I'm certain the bridge could be a boon for business. Disney just never even tried to flip the narrative. Doing nothing for a year has gotten them nowhere. It frankly would have been more successful to have a public hearing process process with monthly meetings. 12 community meetings and half as many design iterations could have meant major progress. Instead, we are looking at a major fail.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

DCA has a lot of great things about it and quite a lot of potential. If they actually stuck to the remodel of giving the entire park a setting of 1920's to 1960's it could be great but instead it's now Marvel and Pixar land.

The irony is that Marvel would have fit perfectly in "hip and edgy" DCA 1.0.

 

[TROR]

The irony is that Marvel would have fit perfectly in "hip and edgy" DCA 1.0.

Ugly? Check.
Irreverent humor? Check.
Reliant on celebrities? Check.
Self referential to Disneyland? Check.
In the Hollywood section of the park? Check.

Now you just decide if I'm talking about Mission Breakout or Superstar Limo.

 

[NobodyElse]

The irony is that Marvel would have fit perfectly in "hip and edgy" DCA 1.0.

Or not.

Remember, DCA 1.0 bent over backwards to feature 0% recognizable IP. Marvel would have stood out like a sore thumb (positive or negative).

But I get your point.

 

[TROR]

Or not.

Remember, DCA 1.0 bent over backwards to feature 0% recognizable IP. Marvel would have stood out like a sore thumb (positive or negative).

But I get your point.

Yes, that's true for opening day, but by 2005 Disney was already putting large, intrusive, and garish advertisements for their latest release in DCA.