Originally Posted By jbkuchon I was just wandering if anyone knows if Bugs Land will be removed completely or partially with the addition of Cars Land and all of the other changes going on at Disney California Adventure?
Originally Posted By Sparrow No reports on it going away or changing that I've heard. Considering it's the most appropriately themed area in DCA for kids, I doubt they'll do away with it.
Originally Posted By mousermerf They just opened a connector walkway between it and Tower. They intend to keep it.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Actually, I had been wondering about this because didn't they say that HWP Backlot was going to be connected to Carsland? If so, how will that happen without bulldozing at least part of Bugs Land?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Hmmm.... well that's going to be one crocked pathway to Carsland then.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Hmmm.... well that's going to be one crocked pathway to Carsland then.> No, it will be a straight shot past the Tower.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I don't see how. Take a look at an aerial view of the park and you'll see what I mean.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh Currently, there's an access road between the Tower and Bug's Land. That road will become the path from Hollywood to Carsland.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I know. Look at an aerial view and you will see that it's not a straight shot from the edge of HWP Backlot next to TOT to the area south of Bugs Land that will be Cars Land.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Look at an aerial view and you will see that it's not a straight shot from the edge of HWP Backlot next to TOT to the area south of Bugs Land that will be Cars Land.> Well, there's an "S" curve as you go around the Tower, but once you're past that it's a straight shot. I wouldn't characterize it as crooked.
Originally Posted By jbkuchon I was hoping they intended to keep it and the new Cars Land would be all new area that would increase the parks size, but the reason I was asking is because on the disney DCA website which included a drawn map of what the completed DCA would look like when all changes were made, CarsLand looked like it was were BugsLand currently is. I haven't heard anything about Bugs Land going away though.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt First DouglasDubh said: "No, it will be a straight shot past the Tower." Then: "Well, there's an "S" curve as you go around the Tower, but once you're past that it's a straight shot." So okay, I guess we agree that it's not a direct or liner route from ToT to Cars Land? That is, assuming that Bug's Land isn't going anywhere.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "...on the disney DCA website which included a drawn map of what the completed DCA would look like when all changes were made, CarsLand looked like it was were BugsLand currently is" <a href="http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/disneyscaliforniaadventure/index?name=DCAPreview#p=PicturesFunMap" target="_blank">http://disneyland.disney.go.co...esFunMap</a> Is that the map you're talking about? If so, it appears that the new path to Cars Land goes right through Bug's Land past Tuck n Roll.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <I guess we agree that it's not a direct or liner route from ToT to Cars Land?> No. There definitely won't be a direct route from in front of the Hyperion to Cars Land, but I'm not sure it won't be direct from TOT.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I guess no one knows for sure, but I can't see how it's going to be "a straight shot past the Tower" without doing some significant re-jiggering of the existing attractions and/or pathways in Bug's Land.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm going to be interested to see how they landscape that path, since that area is currently a road between two tall walls. It will be interesting to see if there is anything they can do to get rid of the feeling of walking down a back alley. I don't know if they could do any facades, since there wouldn't be room for any insides, so it would still feel like a hallway. Maybe if they take down the wall on the TOT side (why is TOT walled in all the way around? Why not leave the north side sans walls?), they could make it feel more open, and less awkward.
Originally Posted By Ohana ^^ you're right, those tall walls will be a challenge to theme, but i also agree it is much better that it is not a straight shot because if you could see all those themes at once (TOT, Bugs, and Cars) it would be a mess to mesh.
Originally Posted By jbkuchon Dr Hans...That is the map I was referring to, and I guess Bugs Land is the green area between Hollywood Tower and Cars Land? What is that yellow building in front of it with the red roof? Is that there currently?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's the Carthay Circle Theater. It's not there now, but it will be approximately in the location of the Sun Icon after the transition from the Sunshine Plaza to Buena Vista Street is complete. As of right now, there won't be anything inside it when it's built, but they have proposed anything from a movie theater, to the Disney Story, to a Club 33-like restuarant. It should be in place in a year or two.
