roj2323
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Color can be added easily once the garage is open. Additional parking is a bigger priority.
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West Side Parking Garage construction
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Color can be added easily once the garage is open. Additional parking is a bigger priority.
Mouse Detective
Well-Known Member
Garage opens to the public on Thursday, November 20th!!
They made their goal of being open "for the holidays".
They made their goal of being open "for the holidays".
JordanKing
Active Member
Do you know if they are opening the entire garage? If so, that is great.
Mouse Detective
Well-Known Member
That I'm not sure.
Bolt
Well-Known Member
Not entirely, but somewhere close to 2,000 spots by the 20th will be ready. Huge help!
anchorman314
Well-Known Member
I was checking something on the official DTD webpage and noticed that the interactive map was different from the last time I looked at it. Now, the map doesn't show any parking to the east of the new garage. Is this a new map image, or have I just not paid close-enough attention?
roj2323
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Wow good catch. Lots of changes on the map. The bypass ramp that goes around pleasure island is cut off at the boat dock. (presumably to reinstall the original dock) The walkway down the center of Pleasure island is open, ALL of the Parking east of the garage is gone and several restaurants that are still under construction are listed.
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/downtown-disney/maps/
chemicalart
Member
Didn't want to break the news first first, but yes that parking will go away on the east side to prepare for the actual springs and eventually the second parking garage. A tentative plan was in December but I pray the project leaders realize it can wait until the second week of January.
mm121
Well-Known Member
will be interesting to see how the closure of all parking east of the new garage affects the marketplace.
they really should institute some type of shuttle or something.
its unfortunate in the plans that they didn't include some type of transit system from the marketplace to the west side around the outer ring of the new springs, instead of only relying on the current low capacity boat shuttle system
as if its really suppose to represent a town, it would seem logical the town would have trolleys or something period theme appropriate
Next Big Thing
Well-Known Member
From what was said earlier in the thread, the parking gained by the garage will outweigh the parking lost. Part is being turned into the Marketplace garage and part is one of the new areas for Disney Springs.
Work is expected to begin early January (Jan 12 i've heard thrown around).
TimeTrip
Well-Known Member
Yes, the parking is offset just fine, but now it will be quite the trek for everyone to get to the marketplace area.
Next Big Thing
Well-Known Member
I believe the Team Disney parking lot will still be open, and that will actually be closer if people want to choose to park there.
They are coming, but will not be ready this year.
G00fyDad
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71jason
Well-Known Member
So no attendants/directed parking like in the park lots? While I welcome the additional spaces, having seen the "sharks" in the surface lots this has the potential to end badly.
Mouse Detective
Well-Known Member
Sharks?
chemicalart
Member
Amenities such as the led for parking spaces, and possibly theming, shall come later (as well as upper floors)
Reedy creek manages the personnel and direct traffic and provides security. If they are in the same numbers as they are already, sharks will not be around
Reedy creek manages the personnel and direct traffic and provides security. If they are in the same numbers as they are already, sharks will not be around
G00fyDad
Well-Known Member
The next time you go to Disney stand at the edge of the parking lot and watch the cars snaking back and forth through the parking lot looking for an open spot and I dare you to not have the Jaws theme playing in your head. lol.
