News Pacific Wharf to be Reimagined into San Fransokyo

[J4546]

Cars Land is overrated. Radiator Springs Racers is wonderful, but Cars Land is nothing special. Paradise Pier 2.0 had more charm, frankly.

I disagree but we are all different.

Ive never even seen Cars movies, I just think the land is wonderful during the day and spectacular at night

 

[Phroobar]

Too bad there isn't any room for a Baymax ride there. I guess they could replace the parade storage building or one of the resturants.

 

[tcool123]

Too bad there isn't any room for a Baymax ride there. I guess they could replace the parade storage building.

Peoplemover style ride through "the skies of Sans Fransokyo" - just need a load/unload

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Too bad there isn't any room for a Baymax ride there. I guess they could replace the parade storage building.

Tons of room where the empty stages are in Hollywoodland.

 

[Phroobar]

Peoplemover style ride through "the skies of Sans Fransokyo" - just need a load/unload

We could learn to make sourdough bread.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

It looks like a minimal overlay that doesn't capture the feel of San Fransokyo from the movie; with its towering buildings and animated billboards. The mini bridge and various signage are the only clues as to what the place is supposed to be.

Also, why are they not building the Aunt's Café? That seems like a no brainer.

If you design a land that needs signage everywhere to convey the place guests are supposed to be at, you are a bad designer.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

If you design a land that needs signage everywhere to convey the place guests are supposed to be at, you are a bad designer.

San Fransokyo is also such a specific place, most people, including some of those who have seen BH6, may not recognize it.

To most it would just read as either real life city, not the hybrid one made up for a Disney cartoon.

 

[Suspirian]

Why aren't the left over Painted Lady houses outside of Grizzly Peak involved in this? Seems like a missed opportunity. There are so many annexed pieces of former lands in DCA from 1.0 AND 2.0 now it doesn't make sense.

 

[waltography]

Why aren't the left over Painted Lady houses outside of Grizzly Peak involved in this? Seems like a missed opportunity. There are so many annexed pieces of former lands in DCA from 1.0 AND 2.0 now it doesn't make sense.

Agreed. Pacific Wharf/Golden Vine Winery/Paradise Gardens Park + those houses made for a fantastic Bay Area district. I assume now that San Fransokyo Square is its own thing, the Painted Ladies will be lumped in with Paradise Gardens Park, leaving the Napa/Sonoma area as part of the festival corridor. Messy.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

San Fransokyo is also such a specific place, most people, including some of those who have seen BH6, may not recognize it.

To most it would just read as either real life city, not the hybrid one made up for a Disney cartoon.

Exactly. Why bother?

 

[No Name]

Too bad there isn't any room for a Baymax ride there. I guess they could replace the parade storage building or one of the resturants.

Based on that last D23, they seem to think the ultimate attraction is a meet and greet. Why build a ride when you can have a meet and greet?!

The one Baymax ride they’ve developed (for Tokyo) is conveniently the same as Maters so that kind of doesn’t help either.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

If they weren't re-doing the bridge, this project would be indistinguishable from a temporary BH6 festival at Pacific Wharf.

 

[_caleb]

I think they saw the popularity of The Plaza de la Familia (which they’re bringing back in the Fall) so they’re adding this to serve a similar function.

 

[TP2000]

No idea either. A poster tired to insinuate that you were racist over it.

In 2023, I've learned that any time anyone tries to claim you are "racist!", that almost always means they have already lost the argument.

It might have been a claim that worked in 1973, or 1963. But 2023? Nope. It just means they're out of actual facts or rational thought.

 

[TP2000]

Summer 2023 opening -

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Step into San Fransokyo Square at Disney California Adventure Park, Beginning Summer 2023

At Disney California Adventure park at Disneyland, the transformation of Pacific Wharf to San Fransokyo Square is underway! This new area will be home to exciting new offerings inspired by “Big Hero 6.”

disneyparks.disney.go.com

My God, that looks really stupid.

It looked better in the faux nighttime cartoon sketch they first released with all the red patio lights from Cost Plus. Don't get me wrong, it didn't look good in that first sketch, but it at least looked better than whatever the hell this is.

 

[CaptinEO]

My God, that looks really stupid.

It looked better in the faux nighttime cartoon sketch they first released. It didn't look good in that first sketch, but it at least looked better than whatever the hell this is.

They are making an ugly themepark uglier. Well done.

 

[Phroobar]

They are making an ugly themepark uglier. Well done.

Just think of all the additional money they will make for Chinese new year. It will pay for itself!

 

[No Name]

It looks weird because they’re tacking on a fake structural element that doesn’t fit with the real structural element which is those curved sides of the bridge. I guess it wasn’t worth building a whole new bridge.

I mean even if they did, I think it would still be too attention-grabbing for what it leads to, and Pacific Wharf was the perfect level of boring.

 

[mickEblu]

The thing with the IP-ifying of these lands and attractions is there’s no going back. They’ll never turn an IP area to non AP. An entertainment conglomerate like Disney with its arsenal of IP and characters will never say “you know what let’s change Avengers campus into an idealized version of San Francisco with a runaway Trolley ride.” Not in my lifetime at least. That’s why it would have been nice if they preserved the legacy of lands like New Orleans Square and the era they come from.

 

[CaptinEO]

Please no. Because I'll have to reiterate that you cannot tell just by looking.

You're correct, but also what is the point of a face character if someone doesn't look the part?

You can have Elon Musk representing Africa and it wouldn't fit IMO.