New Main Street U.S.A bypass to be built to address entry and exit congestion at the Magic Kingdom

[Sage of Time]

Lots of trees in the bypass. Pics from MKPony on Twitter.

 

[Sage of Time]

I just think that everywhere you go at WDW, it should feel like you are at "Walt Disney World". Not WDW.

What does this mean?

 

[englanddg]

Lots of trees in the bypass. Pics from MKPony on Twitter.

Not a surprise, really. It looks nice, like a "city park" in a way (which fits with Main Street, I think, criticisms aside).

You can see the planters on google maps (the images have been updated)

 

[FigmentForver96]

Wow that actually looks....nice. I mean the purpose is obviously to get from one side to the other, but it is actually better then what I expected. (I try to keep my expectations low) The lampposts and everything just make it a much better experience.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Ok, I'll admit the added trees help a lot. I like trees. They have added them since I was there last week. It's certainly less sterile.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Oh, it was very necessary. It was only a matter of time before guests got hurt in the hub and whilst trying to exit.

And to make a legit walkway with some control for the guests who would force theirselves backstage to use the original bypass even if the gates were closed.

You might have misunderstood my point. I'm not saying at all that the bypass is unnecessary. I was in MK Ops for awhile, I fully understand the necessity of the bypass.

I'm saying that they were content for many years to just line the walkway with rolling planters and call it a day. Building a little "municipal park" to walk through in the bypass is what was technically unnecessary. It's just a nice plussing project that they randomly did for no real reason other than to make it look good. Yet people are still finding ways to gripe about it when it's not even totally finished yet, and honestly looks really nice already in its unfinished state. Why?

 

[halltd]

There are more trees in the bypass than in all of the hub.

It's looking super good!

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Ok, I'll admit the added trees help a lot. I like trees. They have added them since I was there last week. It's certainly less sterile.

That's why it's best to wait until things aren't incomplete before criticizing them.

 

[note2001]

That's why it's best to wait until things aren't incomplete before criticizing them.

Exactly. And this explains why it's taken them so long to complete the project: they had to wait for those trees to grow.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

That's why it's best to wait until things aren't incomplete before criticizing them.

I still don't give it a two thumbs up. But it is better than a "meh". And it is nicer than Disneyland's. How often can you say that?

 

[englanddg]

I still don't give it a two thumbs up. But it is better than a "meh". And it is nicer than Disneyland's. How often can you say that?

1) Our Haunted Mansion
2) Our Castle
3) Our Swiss Family Treehouse
4) Our Main St. Train Station
5) Our Peoplemover (tee hee)
6) Our Astro Orbiter
7) Our Little Mermaid (only due to the queue being vastly superior and it being in Fantasyland where it belongs)
8) Our ToT
9) Our Splash Mountain
...
Plenty of times to say it. It's just that there are just as many times to say it the opposite direction as well. <grin>

 

[Disneyhead'71]

1) Our Haunted Mansion
2) Our Castle
3) Our Swiss Family Treehouse
4) Our Main St. Train Station
5) Our Peoplemover (tee hee)
6) Our Astro Orbiter
7) Our Little Mermaid (only due to the queue being vastly superior and it being in Fantasyland where it belongs)
8) Our ToT
9) Our Splash Mountain
...
Plenty of times to say it. It's just that there are just as many times to say it the opposite direction as well. <grin>

I LOLed at #6.

 

[englanddg]

I LOLed at #6.

Hey, I like our version better!

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Hey, I like our version better!

No, I absolutely agree. It's a shame what they did to Disneyland's. Worst decision ever. OK maybe not. But really dumb.

 

[englanddg]

No, I absolutely agree. It's a shame what they did to Disneyland's. Worst decision ever. OK maybe not. But really dumb.

Aside from a few of the attractions and the area over near Nemo, their Fantasyland is a conflicted mess, imho. Even though ours is Pixar Place Lite, for the most part, I like ours better (though, their Space Mountain is better, and their Buzz is better only due to the guns being free aim instead of attached to the ride vehicle).

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Aside from a few of the attractions and the area over near Nemo, their Fantasyland is a conflicted mess, imho. Even though ours is Pixar Place Lite, for the most part, I like ours better (though, their Space Mountain is better, and their Buzz is better only due to the guns being free aim instead of attached to the ride vehicle).

Yeah, Tomorrowland at DLR is in need of an overhaul. I'm just afraid the brain trust at WDI may not be quite up to the task without screwing it up.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

And it is nicer than Disneyland's.

I still can't believe how bad the Disneyland bypass looks (the walkway itself, not the entry/exit points). It's like they went to Home Depot and said "Ya, we want this many yards of backyard fencing".

 

[Next Big Thing]

Yeah, Tomorrowland at DLR is in need of an overhaul. I'm just afraid the brain trust at WDI may not be quite up to the task without screwing it up.

Tomorrowland needs help in WDW pretty bad too. I'd argue more than DL's. Ours is just a jumbled mess of animated properties that have no place in a land of Tomorrow, our Space Mountain is stuck in the 70's (the actual ride), CoP needs some sort of update/reworking, the cars at the very least should be updated to run on electric. I get the appeal of the attraction for kids, but a retheme or a new attraction in place of it would be ideal.

Plain and simple, our version is a mess. I'm hoping that maybe the movie can spark some sort of visual overhaul for a complete redo of the land on both coasts.

 

[englanddg]

Tomorrowland needs help in WDW pretty bad too. I'd argue more than DL's. Ours is just a jumbled mess of animated properties that have no place in a land of Tomorrow, our Space Mountain is stuck in the 70's (the actual ride), CoP needs some sort of update/reworking, the cars at the very least should be updated to run on electric. I get the appeal of the attraction for kids, but a retheme or a new attraction in place of it would be ideal.

Plain and simple, our version is a mess. I'm hoping that maybe the movie can spark some sort of visual overhaul for a complete redo of the land on both coasts.

Convince your friends and family and coworkers and strangers on the street to go see it in theaters then! I plan to! <grin>

 

[note2001]

Tomorrowland needs help in WDW pretty bad too. I'd argue more than DL's. Ours is just a jumbled mess of animated properties that have no place in a land of Tomorrow, our Space Mountain is stuck in the 70's (the actual ride), CoP needs some sort of update/reworking, the cars at the very least should be updated to run on electric. I get the appeal of the attraction for kids, but a retheme or a new attraction in place of it would be ideal.

Plain and simple, our version is a mess. I'm hoping that maybe the movie can spark some sort of visual overhaul for a complete redo of the land on both coasts.

The speedway is beyond all hope at this point. It's loud, smells, a total waste of space, and yet always has a line. Go figure.

They should have updated it years back to a Cars theme run on electric, with the cars actually talking back and forth to each other on the track, as well as interacting with the scenery & props. Now that there is a wonderful Cars ride in DL, I doubt they'd go this way.