Originally Posted By Hista98 So I was looking at pictures on mice age today and the area to the east of Monsters inc. is being dug up and has construction. I have't heared any rumors for a new ride.Anyone know whats going on with htis space??
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While we're on it, does anybody know what the 2 steel buildings that are going up in the old Timon lot? I would assume that they are something to prepare things for the expansion work (like how the Opera House in DL was used as the mill shop before the park opened), but I have no idea. Looking at the concept art, it doesn't look like they will be incorporated into anything onstage, and the windows are confusing me a little bit. They seem to be making very fast work on them, so they must be pretty important.
Originally Posted By Hista98 the two buildings will be the service areas for the red trolley cars attraction, as well as an electrical room for Carsland
Originally Posted By cheesybaby Will the parade building remain next to Screamin'? Won't they need to move it?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt ^^That's a good question. Does anyone know if the parade route will change once Carsland opens? I'm having a hard time envisioning how that will work.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby I'm thinking it would have to be relocated to the perimeter of the park; it is too tall (two-story) and visible to remain between guest areas (the pier and Carsland). Seems like it would need to be moved to... precisely where those large two-story buildings are being built (you know, the ones people are guessing are storage barns for the Red Car Trolleys).
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Either way, how will the parades enter guest areas in the new configuration with Carland and the new Buena Vista Street Entrance?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've heard that they are planning on shortening the parade route significantly. The plan that I heard is that the parades will now enter through the gates between the tortilla factory and the Farmers Market building, and heading toward Paradise Pier. This cuts out the front entrance area and the bugs land section of the corridor. I don't know if they are still planning on sticking with this route, but I believe it would cut out approximately half of the length of the parades. To me, this just seems silly, since they are trying to get more people in the park, and cramming them in siginificantly less space to see a parade. They might be changing it to enter from approximately the same spot that it starts from now (which I hope they do), but last I heard it was up in the air. If they make it shorter than it is now, then they will be able to keep the building next to the Screamin' load area. This will lead up a road between the back of the Wharf and the side of Carsland to the gate that's already there. If they want to keep it long, I suspect they will need to remove it, since there would really only be access to it from one end (and there isn't going to be room for a turn around at the other end). They could build a new one along the back of the park somewhere, so I don't think that would be a huge issue, though it would free up some room back there for anything they're doing for Carsland. I would be shocked if those new buildings are for parade barns. They both appear to be two stories, which means that they can't have any tall floats in them. Unfortunately, most of the floats are far taller than would fit in there. My first instinct was that they look like the Monorail barn, so it makes sense that the trolleys will live in one of them.
Originally Posted By Love4BTM You know I saw the same thing when I rode the monorail (the dirt dug up), maybe they are going to expand the line queue for monster’s?? Yeah the parade path for HSM is a bit long, those poor dancers having to dance in that extreme heat and then having to continue it on for another block or so! Lol I feel really bad for them. But yet I also feel bad for the mother’s and daughters sprinting from paradise pier to HSM just so they can watch it and then get there and the parade is like done with.
Originally Posted By Hista98 The plan that I heard is that the parades will now enter through the gates between the tortilla factory and the Farmers Market building no it won't ,that where the entrance for carsland is going to be so the parade couldn't start there
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt ^^Why not? The parade could come through the entrance to Carsland and out into the "performance corridor" from there.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros My understanding was that it would come out right there, from a gate on the south side (toward the building by Screamin') of the Carsland entrance, and immediately turn toward the current parade route. If this is the only entrance to Carsland, I think this will be a terrible idea because there will be a lot of traffic going in and out of that area, especially for the first few years. I undersand that it will add significantly to the distance that the parades have to travel backstage (so that distance will be significantly longer than the onstage length), as it will now have to travel around Carsland. Either way, I think that they should keep the current route. Even with the park being practically empty most days, they still do a pretty good job of filling up the sides with people. If they shorten the route, they will need to put more people in less space, which will be problematic long term. And while I'm rambling about parades, have they returned the water effects to the Pixar Play Parade? I know they took them away last fall when it started getting cooler, but I haven't heard anything about them coming back. And will the Ratatouille float ever return? I thought it was one of the more interesting ones, so I'm always a little sad when it's gone (and then half of the parade is Toy Story, which I have no interest in).
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "If this is the only entrance to Carsland..." I'm not certain, but I believe there will be a path into Carsland next to ToT. Either way, I wouldn't worry about it too much. As it is now the parades flow right past the main entrance to the park and in front of the only walkway into HPBL without any major bottlenecks. I'm guessing that the traffic flow will be engineered to accommodate the new parade route and people moving in and out of Carsland. I'm also guessing that the new plaza that will be the centerpiece of Buena Vista Street will be significantly smaller than the area that is there now because of the new buildings, which would create unnecessary traffic jams. More importantly, I imagine that the new trolley's overhead wires will prevent any tall parade floats from passing through that area.
Originally Posted By Hista98 I hope they move the parade building back, it looks bad in it's current location as you can see it from anywhere near screamin.
Originally Posted By submarine-maniac FerretAfros, Everything you have been missing in the parade is back. Water effects, Ratatouille and everything else.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm glad to hear that! Just after I posted that, I saw a picture of the Ratatouille unit on LP Live. I hadn't seen the parade since around the middle of April, so I wasn't sure if the other things were coming back (since the parade debuted in March the year before with the water and foam).
