What will Disney do for DCA’s 20th anniversary?

[SuddenStorm]

FINALLY caught up. What a roller coaster the 2000s were for Disneyland fans.

This was certainly a fascinating post. One thing that really stood out to me was the fact that TDA was too cheap to replace the sign on the Wolfgang Puck restaurant. That is mind blowingly cheap and they should have been ashamed of themselves.

Isn't luxo on the Paradise Pier sign still broken?

 

[Phroobar]

Isn't luxo on the Paradise Pier sign still broken?

I think someone said it was moving last week. Of course with the rain, it's probably stuck again. It probably needs time to dry out.

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Make money. Same as usual.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

18 years ago Disney’s California Adventure officially opened :

18 disappointing years of being both the park that tried to honor Californian history by making fun of it (with puns) and an IP dumping ground for whatever does not fit in the park across the way.
“TDA execs, and Imagineers beyond...
Give us a sign the green light is on.”

 

[TROR]

The greatest park Disney ever conceived and built, now rotting for the dogs and the unintelligent. Happy birthday to you.

 

[mickEblu]

Happy Birthday to Disney’s Crappy Acquistion Park! We love you DCA

 

[TROR]

The park that always wanted to be "adult" is now 18.

And yet it's more immature than ever

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Its going backwards. I have a little write up today.

 

[Phroobar]

And yet it's more immature than ever

As are all millennials.

 

[mickEblu]

As are all millennials.

So glad I’m a Xennial

 

[Rich T]

And yet it's more immature than ever

They should use Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" as its theme this year:
"I'M EIGHTEEEEN! AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT!"

 

[Darkbeer1]

I am a Baby Boomer..... But then, I had no choice in what Generation I was born into.....

 

[Californian Elitist]

Happy Birthday to the park I initially hated, then fell in love with for a few years, and now am on the brink of hating it again. Here’s to you.

Cheers.

 

[Jiggsawpuzzle35]

Happy Birthday Superstar Limo.

 

[Kiwiduck]

Happy Birthday DCA. I hated you so much when I first saw you in 2005 that you nearly killed my love for Disney parks. It was 10 years before I was motivated to visit again. You’re Ok now though. .

 

[SuddenStorm]

Is Disney doing anything today for DCA's birthday? I know they usually do something for Disneyland's.

 

[Darkbeer1]

Is Disney doing anything today for DCA's birthday? I know they usually do something for Disneyland's.

A special World of Color, 2001 version is being offered tonight.

Just sit along the edge of Pixar Bay and admire the shiny water in the pond.

 

[Darkbeer1]

Let me share the backstory of my prior post, that sums up DCA 1.0 perfectly.

The original plan for Paradise Bay was a water fountain show, but the budget was cut.

But they were still supposed to have placed the plumbing foundation under the Bay so a show could be added in the Future. But that was then cut at the last minute.

So when they decided they had to do something with the lake, they had to go with Lumineria and fireworks/props and not water.

Finally when it was decided to do World of Color, the costs to retrofit was a nasty surprise. As they say Penny Wise, Pound (Dollar) foolish.

And as you know, it took a change of leadership to finally admit that the original version of DCA was a flop and needed more than lipstick.

So that truly is why there was no type of "anything" today.

So folks are hoping that the 20th will be celebrated with an announcement of something new and big.

And if you look at what is projected in the construction calendar, well, things are on track.

Happy Birthday, California Adventure!

For me, it has been an interesting journey going back at least 23 years......

Lots of frustration, but also hope for a better tomorrow.

 

[VJ]

I dunno what Disney will do for DCA's 20th anniversary (probably nothing more than a small ceremony and a truckload of merchandise), but I know what I did for the park's 15th.

 

[The_Mesh_Hatter]

The correct answer to the question asked in this thread is: CM exclusive cookies! Good luck next round.