Reading about transportation problems got me thinking about MK's unique, awesome, but frustrating situation.
Another thing I've been thinking about are possible 5th gates. I had a radical idea: make "Walt Disney's Adventureland Park". A 5th gate that is just a ginormous expansion of adventureland with many of the same themes and even ride names, but so much more. It would be geared to an older audience with more thrills and scares.
Weird idea right? But somehow it just makes sense. The existing adventureland would be converted into an expansion of Frontierland. But the idea is still weird, but I thought of an awesome way to do it!!
This is the new model for the Magic Kingdom: PUT THE GATE AT THE TTC. All of 7 seas lagoon, and all the resort hotels down to and including Fort Wilderness will be gated areas!
For the guests not staying in those hotels here's the idea: you park, you go through a turnstyle, and you're in! Hop on the monorail, hop off, and just walk into Main Street town square.
But the idea is so much bigger!
*Imagine a gallery of shops and activities stretching from the Grand Floridian to the now open plaza and main street.
*Imagine freely entering Frontierland or Tomorrowland from this area
*Imagine a similar system for the Epcot resorts even
*Imagine not having to take the monorail or busses to any one point (beyond the TTC), but dispersing the crowd. A more robust direct line from Main Street to TTC would ease fireworks traffic.
And this brings me to the coolest point.
Imagine a park-sized gate worthy adventureland
How would this work? Well, the same way you put hotels "inside" park without forcing guests to pay for admittance.
**Using fastpass-like technology, you reintroduce a form of the old E-ticket system. Instead of paying tickets for classes of ride, you pay for the park-within the park.
At first this would be just the Magic Kingdom or 'Adventureland', for perspective. Your pass/hotel key/whatever gets you into the rides that you pay for. So if you just pay for Magic Kingdom, you can still visit and check out Adventureland, but can't ride the rides there. Inevitably, the day would come where you want to come back and buy that pass too!! Plus, you get twice the potential guests for food and souvenirs.
If you happen to stay in the hotel, but don't buy a pass, you just waltz around and don't ride any rides. Of course, you have to at least be staying in the hotel to do this (no local hooligans).
This type of model would really work towards the creation of a 'world' feeling. It would allow Disney to pack more people into a denser area, while making this area still seem large and roomy. It gives people the feeling of getting more for their money, yet at the end of the day disney probably could get more.
Imagine this concept applied to Epcot/Hollywood. Imagine what mini-parks could be added to existing parks. Imagine someday WDW being one gate only.
Another thing I've been thinking about are possible 5th gates. I had a radical idea: make "Walt Disney's Adventureland Park". A 5th gate that is just a ginormous expansion of adventureland with many of the same themes and even ride names, but so much more. It would be geared to an older audience with more thrills and scares.
Weird idea right? But somehow it just makes sense. The existing adventureland would be converted into an expansion of Frontierland. But the idea is still weird, but I thought of an awesome way to do it!!
This is the new model for the Magic Kingdom: PUT THE GATE AT THE TTC. All of 7 seas lagoon, and all the resort hotels down to and including Fort Wilderness will be gated areas!
For the guests not staying in those hotels here's the idea: you park, you go through a turnstyle, and you're in! Hop on the monorail, hop off, and just walk into Main Street town square.
But the idea is so much bigger!
*Imagine a gallery of shops and activities stretching from the Grand Floridian to the now open plaza and main street.
*Imagine freely entering Frontierland or Tomorrowland from this area
*Imagine a similar system for the Epcot resorts even
*Imagine not having to take the monorail or busses to any one point (beyond the TTC), but dispersing the crowd. A more robust direct line from Main Street to TTC would ease fireworks traffic.
And this brings me to the coolest point.
Imagine a park-sized gate worthy adventureland
How would this work? Well, the same way you put hotels "inside" park without forcing guests to pay for admittance.
**Using fastpass-like technology, you reintroduce a form of the old E-ticket system. Instead of paying tickets for classes of ride, you pay for the park-within the park.
At first this would be just the Magic Kingdom or 'Adventureland', for perspective. Your pass/hotel key/whatever gets you into the rides that you pay for. So if you just pay for Magic Kingdom, you can still visit and check out Adventureland, but can't ride the rides there. Inevitably, the day would come where you want to come back and buy that pass too!! Plus, you get twice the potential guests for food and souvenirs.
If you happen to stay in the hotel, but don't buy a pass, you just waltz around and don't ride any rides. Of course, you have to at least be staying in the hotel to do this (no local hooligans).
This type of model would really work towards the creation of a 'world' feeling. It would allow Disney to pack more people into a denser area, while making this area still seem large and roomy. It gives people the feeling of getting more for their money, yet at the end of the day disney probably could get more.
Imagine this concept applied to Epcot/Hollywood. Imagine what mini-parks could be added to existing parks. Imagine someday WDW being one gate only.
and the fact that expanding the MK resorts is a no-brainer as a means to increase revenues, argues against your point.