Originally Posted By spacejockey This from Screamscape: >>We’ve heard that Carland is tentatively on the schedule to open in 2011 and will cause what’s left of the original Disneyland parking lot to close down for good. What’s left of the old lot will be used for Carland, other future DCA projects and most likely another Disneyland Resort Hotel project in the distant future.>> To open in 2011? Given it will take two years to build. That means construction won't even start for two more years! What are they waiting for? They have the money. I can understand that Disney does not want all the contruction all at once so the park is not all torn up a one time. However, this contruction is out in the parking lot. How many years are they going to drag this 1.2 billion? I'm also not thrilled they want use valuable real estate to shoe horn another hotel in that corner of DCA.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<How many years are they going to drag this 1.2 billion?>> Have you not been reading the boards? A time frame of 10 years has been mentioned more than a few times.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "What are they waiting for?" To fix the mess that they already have?
Originally Posted By jmuboy I think Carsland is going to end up being the big "10th Anniversary" attraction and the end of round one of the DCA redo. Then they'll let the park enjoy its anniversary and see if people come.
Originally Posted By bean Jmuboy is correct, Carland is basically the topping to the first phase of DCA's expansion. DCA will be 10 years old in 2011 byt hten DCA would had premiered a few attractions plus new parade and water extravaganza. Carland, will be a whole new land that will use part of the timon lot. It will also be the foundation for more future growth of DCA that would finally use up all of the remaining expansion land. There are a significant amount of acres left in that parking lot for plenty of expansion. Also take a note that there is also land that at the moment is used by roads that lead into the parking lot as well as roads that are used by the tram that could eventually be removed and used to place showbuildings similiar to how Disneyland has show buildings hidden behindthe parks view. The rest of the park also has several areas that may seem small from inside but have access to other expansion plots for more attractions. DCA will continue to grow as it gets older. The plan is to redress and add several new additions within the first five years. If all goes well and the additions boost the parks overall performance then it will continue to get a significant addition in second phase which would start 2012 till 2017. By then, if all goes well the strawberry field might become the next significant focus.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Lordy, I sure hope they change the name from Carland to something more imaginative.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that Autopia is an awsome name. However, I know that there has to be something between Carland and Autopia that can be used. I would even be happy for something as simple as Route 66 or Radiator Springs. Carland just sounds like a terrible joke of a name that they came up with on the way to the presentation for it, which they planned for a total of 5 minutes.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig I just hope that they address the main entrance and the Sun Plaza before 2011. They can add or change whatever they want throughout the park - if the first thing the guests encounter is the same old same old crap that Pressler and Braverman foisted upon us, DCA will never seem new and improved. I think it is so extremely important that you don't bring guests down psychologically by making them walk past all that old DCA tedium before they even have the chance to marvel over the new and improved DCA that awaits far inside.
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror ^^^Agreed. First impressions are everything, even (maybe even more so) in a park attempting to coax you into its "themes".
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Could be a worse name than Carsland - how about Disney's Carnifornia Adventure. Or Cars - an adventure of automobiles brought to you by Disney/Pixar (since WDI seem to like long names lately - MILF, EELOTFM etc. etc. How about the King's Highway, or El Camino Royal
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<First impressions are everything>> I find the entrance "invisible." I suppose that's bad because it means it is bland, but I don't think about the entrance to the point where I say to myself, "that's horrible." Not saying I don't agree that it shouldn't be fixed, but I don't think it matters much if they work on it first or last... DCA has plenty of deficiencies to go around.
