News Paradise Pier Becoming Pixar Pier

Stevek

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Tue, June 19, 2018Register Now for Disney Parks Blog Pixar Party Meet-Up at Disney California Adventure Park

by Michael Ramirez, Editorial Content Director, Disneyland Resort

Pixar Pier at Disney California Adventure park will soon welcome its first guests into the reimagined land. Set along the shores of Paradise Bay, Pixar Pier will bring the wonderful worlds of Pixar to life! During the evening of Monday, July 2, some of our Disney Parks Blog readers will be able to attend a special, after-hours party in Pixar Pier!

This meet-up will kick off with reserved viewing for the dazzling “Paint the Night” parade in Disney California Adventure park, followed by a panel discussion with creative forces from Walt Disney Imagineering. Then after the park closes for the evening, meet-up guests will get to explore Pixar Pier—including riding the thrilling Incredicoaster and Pixar Pal-A-Round attractions, discovering the Pixar-inspired neighborhoods, tasting yummy bites and more!

Space for this experience is limited, and you must sign up here. Confirmation emails will be sent after registration has reached capacity and closed. Please remember the following:
  • All participants who sign up for this experience must be 18 years or older, but guests of the participants may be younger than 18
  • Only one registration per person is allowed
  • Limit one guest per registrant
  • Confirmations are non-transferrable and have no cash value
  • Confirmation will be for the accepted registered person plus one guest
  • Valid photo I.D. will be required at check-in
  • Space is limited to 150 registrants. Registrations will be accepted in the order received based on eligibility and capacity
  • Disney California Adventure park admission will be provided beginning at 8:30 p.m., but participants will be responsible for any parking fees
I will give an update at the top of this post when capacity has been reached. Please note this experience is subject to restrictions, change and cancellation without notice.
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Anyone notice that the paid event has yet to sell out?
 
Disney Lover Addie

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The only thing to keep in mind about this is that when DCA first opened (with Eisner) many complained about the lack of Disney at the park. Then Bob Iger’s expansion added more IP’s and they did find success there.

While I do love Paradise Pier, I guess I could see why Disney is doing this.
 
Stevek

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mandstaft said:
Never been to the Cove Bar. Can't say I'll go to the Pixar Pier lounge either.
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We did the Cove Bar a handful of times before it became the hipster AP hangout. Nice place to have a drink and an appetizer. It eventually got to a point where it became more popular with the "in crowd" and I couldn't rationalize standing in the long lines for a drink when there were plenty of other places in the park for a cold adult beverage. I doubt we will return there, especially with the new food offerings and associated prices.
 
bluerhythym

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Kram Sacul said:
But TROR, you’re forgetting about the magic of selfies and Instagram pics in front of a brick wall.
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This is really what its all about now. Social media has had a huge effect on the parks, I wouldn't be surprised if Disney measured their metrics on Instagram posts just as much as on actual sales numbers or attraction attendance. Gotta love the free advertisement.

I don't hate the new Lamplight Lounge, if you close your eyes and squint it can work well with the Cannery Row warehouse style of Pacific Wharf. I'm sure most of the Pier updates will look nice in their own right as well, but my biggest problem with the whole project is the lack of cohesion. Lack of cohesion = lack of immersion, but I guess immersion doesn't translate through Instagram so who really cares?

Still hoping that someone with some sense of artistic integrity will come through and tear the whole land down in a decade or so.
 
Stevek

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shortstop said:
That place just screams “AP Hangout”.
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Which is what it was before so why would things change. It's now just a different version of the same AP hangout location. I mean, in reality, isn't pretty much all of DL/DCA an AP hangout now? Some places just get a larger concentration per square foot aka Cove/Lamplighter
 
October82

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Disney Lover Addie said:
The only thing to keep in mind about this is that when DCA first opened (with Eisner) many complained about the lack of Disney at the park. Then Bob Iger’s expansion added more IP’s and they did find success there.
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Which was really more about a lack of quality storytelling and attention to detail. Disney's other "second-gates" were no more character driven then DCA, and despite whatever flaws they have, that criticism wasn't leveled at them. The character/IP turn is about corporate strategy, not DCA specific guest feedback.
 
Disneylover152

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Disney Lover Addie said:
The only thing to keep in mind about this is that when DCA first opened (with Eisner) many complained about the lack of Disney at the park. Then Bob Iger’s expansion added more IP’s and they did find success there.

While I do love Paradise Pier, I guess I could see why Disney is doing this.
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Guests complained about the lack of Disney at the park is correct. But guests meant by that that the park didn't feel like a Disney park. DCA just needed the feel of a Disney Park, not the IP madness its in today. Guests wanted the park to take you back to 1920s Hollywood, not a 2001 backlot that you can witness an hour drive north. Guests wanted the park to take you back to the golden age of seaside amusements parks, not a 2001 amusement park you can visit in your hometown. Entering and exiting in a giant postcard with yellow buildings wasn't what a Disney Park is like. And guests wanted something that is able to call itself a Disney Park.

Honestly IPs in DCA aren't that bad, as long as they are done correctly. Same for Epcot and Animal Kingdom.
 
Disney Lover Addie

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Disneylover152 said:
Guests complained about the lack of Disney at the park is correct. But guests meant by that that the park didn't feel like a Disney park. DCA just needed the feel of a Disney Park, not the IP madness its in today. Guests wanted the park to take you back to 1920s Hollywood, not a 2001 backlot that you can witness an hour drive north. Guests wanted the park to take you back to the golden age of seaside amusements parks, not a 2001 amusement park you can visit in your hometown. Entering and exiting in a giant postcard with yellow buildings wasn't what a Disney Park is like. And guests wanted something that is able to call itself a Disney Park.

Honestly IPs in DCA aren't that bad, as long as they are done correctly. Same for Epcot and Animal Kingdom.
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Agreed!
 

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