News Upgrades coming to EPCOT parking lot

[bhg469]

Maybe they did what they did to MK's parking lot in the past. They milled the top layer of asphalt off and then fed it into a specialized paver that heated up the millings, added additional liquid asphalt, mixed it up and then laid it back down.

I remember they did the same thing at Downtown Disney and there was a thread with pictures here of the machine catching fire in the parking lot.

Thats a good point.. I only saw the striping of the lot because they had clearly done it very early in the morning. We have plants all over Florida and it would not surprise me if the contractor bought the product from us.. We have one 14 miles away..

 

[Magic Feather]

Upgrades coming to EPCOT parking lot at Walt Disney World

The EPCOT parking lot is being updated with new surface and signage.

www.wdwmagic.com

No new lot names. There is a new numbering scheme being rolled out though to both Epcot and DAK.

 

[Mama42]

Upgrades coming to EPCOT parking lot at Walt Disney World

The EPCOT parking lot is being updated with new surface and signage.

www.wdwmagic.com

Why not put up solar panels and provide shade for cars while reaping clean energy?

 

[wdwmagic]

Something like this would be very nice to have at all the parks, but particulary EPCOT.

 

[bhg469]

Something like this would be very nice to have at all the parks, but particulary EPCOT.


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Probably could stand to do more than just the ev chargers.. heck by the time it's built the ev numbers are going to be much higher.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Something like this would be very nice to have at all the parks, but particulary EPCOT.


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It's too bad Disney hasn't done this at a different park already. Oh wait...

I agree, this would be great for all the parks. And this would be perfect for EPCOT Center. Too bad modern management doesn't see the viability/synergy between this and the park.

 

[Walt d]

And yet still no trams?

Will there be large Round circles in the blacktop

 

[MagicHappens1971]

22 years is not relatively new IMO. Also Disney built 3 parking decks and charge $0 for using them. And last time I checked it still cost $$ to maintain blacktop.

It was understood on here, that they can’t legally charge for parking at the DS garages as they were largely funded by tax payer money, and they are not ran/maintained by Disney, rather RCID.

 

[cookiee_munster]

This'll be the main event covered at D23

 

[Club Cooloholic]

They should put in more EV charging stations, and organize a better place for rideshare drop offs. Right now they line up right behind the EV chargers which makes it hard for cars to pull out from there.

 

[Twirlnhurl]

It was understood on here, that they can’t legally charge for parking at the DS garages as they were largely funded by tax payer money, and they are not ran/maintained by Disney, rather RCID.

RCID is a type of local government, and those charge for parking all the time. City of Orlando owns thousands of paid parking stalls in multiple structures, and the practice is very common.

Was there something specific about the deal between Disney and RCID that specifically forbid paid parking? That would be fascinating if true.

I've always assumed that paid parking was inevitable at Disney Springs, eventually. Hell, even the outlets just up the street charges for parking in most of their spaces these days. Just because the entry and exit areas don't have booths, doesn't mean they can't use license plate readers on entry and install booths on exit. And the curious ramp configuration on the Grapefruit garage has to be on purpose...

 

[MagicHappens1971]

RCID is a type of local government, and those charge for parking all the time. City of Orlando owns thousands of paid parking stalls in multiple structures, and the practice is very common.

Was there something specific about the deal between Disney and RCID that specifically forbid paid parking? That would be fascinating if true.

I've always assumed that paid parking was inevitable at Disney Springs, eventually. Hell, even the outlets just up the street charges for parking in most of their spaces these days. Just because the entry and exit areas don't have booths, doesn't mean they can't use license plate readers on entry and install booths on exit. And the curious ramp configuration on the Grapefruit garage has to be on purpose...

I think there was some type of understanding. Maybe it’s because they may have also used Disney and RCID funding and it’s complicated. Another one of the reasons that people believed this was also because the surface lots charge for parking at DS

 

[tpoly88]

I wish theyd cover the parking lots with solar panels/shade structures like in paris. Thatd be a great way to also hide the GotG box from the Epcot parking lot

i agree, especially if you park in first lot to the right, the spaces all face SW so your car is nice and hot when you get back. Given that Disney is trying to go green, surprised they have not built a couple parking structures with solar on top level. only reason is coming in the parking would get tricky with everyone going up the ramps, Uni garage gets a little crazy sometimes but i love the moving walkway that gets you to city walk. As far a charging stations... love that people have EV's but they wont have enough space for this unless a big part of the front parking lot where the drop off is can get them. you cant have a central EV station either like the gas station as the line would be crazy to charge up. i know people in CA telling me they have waited an hr to charge as they had to wait for others before plugging in. its amazing walking from the car the heat that comes off that lot!
Trams.. dont need it there, be better to have covered moving walkways.

 

[cranbiz]

Trams.. dont need it there, be better to have covered moving walkways.

With the state of WDW maintenance, you want covered, MOVING walkways? 2 weeks after they get installed, they will be covered stationary walkways.

 

[SoFloMagic]

covered stationary walkways.

Which sound great, honestly

 

[DCBaker]

No new lot names. There is a new numbering scheme being rolled out though to both Epcot and DAK.

This has apparently begun in the Animal Kingdom lots - row numbers are moving from two digits to three as seen in this image from an OS journalist.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Something like this would be very nice to have at all the parks, but particulary EPCOT.


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Absolutely correct! Ahhhhh but that would mean actual upgrading.

 

[SoFloMagic]

This has apparently begun in the Animal Kingdom lots - row numbers are moving from two digits to three as seen in this image from an OS journalist.

Ah. They're making it harder to remember numbers so that we have to use the DisneyCarFinderGenieApp Presented by State Farm

 

[cranbiz]

Ah. They're making it harder to remember numbers so that we have to use the DisneyCarFinderGenieApp Presented by State Farm

For the low, low cost of $15. Genie+ purchase required, not included.

 

[CntrlFlPete]

went to Epcot the other day. was nice to see a line painted giving a clear path to walk as well as blue dashed lines for cars to follow to get to the 'medical parking' area.