That’s good to hear. The trolley’s such an important part of the ambiance of BVS & Hollywoodland, and a symbol of DCA’s rebirth. It probably helps that the barn doesn’t take up too much space backstage and it’d probably not be too difficult to build another.
I don't think the trolley barn has to be moved for modest expansion; the type that would just add a single E Ticket ride warehouse south of the Avenger's Campus entry points. The trolley barn was simply placed where it is because at the time (2012) that was the southern perimeter of the park and the easiest and most obvious place to put it.
But if they really want/need to go with a major expansion for that remaining 7+ acres of land in the southeast corner of DCA, they'd likely need to move the trolley barn to the new perimeter of the park. It could go several places.
One place I don't think we've considered is to place the trolley barn on the north end of its route, behind Buena Vista Street.
There's land there for a facility twice the size of the current barn that could house 3 or 4 trolleys, if they ever wanted to expand the system through the enlarged park. You'd have to move the trash dumpsters though, and I have it on good authority that the break room nearby is a sacred Judge Judy viewing location, so you might get some pushback from old timers.
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I suspect the reason the barn was not placed in this location initially, even though it makes the most sense, is because that corridor was used as an entrance into DCA during its remodel since Sunshine Plaza was being converted to BVS.Six or eight months ago, we already discussed this scenario. And I posted this photo, with lavish editing to denote the new location of a trolley barn behind Buena Vista Street. As I remember, there is actually more room for a trolley barn at the northern end of the line than there is at the southern end of the line.
But obviously, Josh D'Amaro and the TDA President Du Jour don't care. Or don't know. Or worse, don't even know to ask.
Because they're idiots.
From a comment I made in the Disneyland Forward thread last May...
There is no doubt there was a restriction. The fact RCT got approved is minor miracle. And had it not been featured in Roger Rabbit, even RCT would not have made it.
I don’t have a magic key right now and I couldn’t pay for a park hopper just to ride the trolley…. But I thought about it haha.
I’ve only been on it a few times, but it really adds so much to the atmosphere just being there. I hope they find a way to bring it back in the future.
Really hope he doesn’t get the CEO role, I got zero faith in him.
