Originally Posted By rocket jet Hello, I'm a new member, but longtime reader. I thought I'd join in on all this. Anyway, with all that's being talked about for California Adventure, it got me thinking. In the 70's, Imagineering came up with a new land for Disneyland I'm sure everyone here has heard of: Discovery Bay. It was to be soemwhat of an extension of Frontierland but with more of a science-fiction motif. More specifically, the setting for Discovery Bay was San Francisco from the 1850's to the 1880's, or something like that. And since California Adventure has a pathetic San Francisco area that might get replaced with the Little Mermaid anyway, wouldn't some form of Discovery Bay make a lot of sense for DCA as a strengthened San Francisco area? Does anybody know if something like this is even being talked about for either one of the parks? Your thoughts?
Originally Posted By jonvn What actually was in the area that you would like to see built? It's nice looking, I guess, but what would go in it?
Originally Posted By imtigger2 Discovery Bay exists in some form at Disneyland Paris. It was worked on/designed by Tony Baxter and he talked about it in detail at an NFFC convention recently. The entire concept at DCA, in that area, would completely cover and overpower that area. You're talking a complete overhaul of the boardwalk area at DCA and I seriously doubt it would ever happen. They do have "big plans" for DCA and that area, but who knows? Anything would be better than the off-the-shelf crap that's there now... my opinion of course. Have a Disney Day! I'm typing this during an afternoon break at OKW during my vacation at WDW, and things are 'weird' here right now. No Spaceship Earth, no RnR Coaster and the Contemp and AKL are being torn apart. All my fav hangouts! Still beats a good day at work tho'. Dan B Carlsbad, CA
Originally Posted By rocket jet Well, I was thinking about the Timon parking lot directly behind Pacific Wharf, rather than replacing the pier with it. If they go threw with retheming Paradise Pier into a Victorian era, it seems like that would transition into a Discovery bay-like area pretty well. Discovery Bay could take over what is now Pacific Wharf and expand beyond that into the southwest portion of the parking lot that goes all the way to Katella. I'm picturing a cable car ride utilizing Indiana Jones ride technology that races past elaborate sets depicting what San Francisco looked like during the Gold Rush. I know that wasn't a part of the original concept, but I think it would fit in nicely.
Originally Posted By SFH I'll just mention again that a third theme park in Anaheim is a possibility. And that's all I have to say about this. That's all I *should* say about this. I'll stop typing now before I do something I'll regret. SFH
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan <<Discovery Bay exists in some form at Disneyland Paris>> And Port Discovery at Tokyo DisneySea.
Originally Posted By jonvn Hey, you know, I would love to have a pirate themed area like Tortuga someplace. They sort of tried doing this in Frontierland, and it's actually a fun idea. I was playing the POTC game on Xbox (great fun) and was marveling at how cool the towns and cities looked. It'd be neat. Thing is, it's pretty faddish. They won't likely do that. But I'd love to be able to walk around a town like that.
Originally Posted By jonvn Or shipwreck city. An entire pirate theme park! It'd just not last though.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy I never understood the fascination with Discovery Bay. I hope we can leave this idea in WDI archives and move on to something else.
Originally Posted By jonvn My guess is it's the zeppelin. People just love them. Or perhaps it's the Island at the Top of the World attraction....
