Originally Posted By FerretAfros The Universe of Energy in Epcot is powered entirely by the solar panels on the roof. While it certainly has a bigger roof than any thing in TL, I would think that all of TL combined would be at least the same size. If they can move those giant vehicles and get the air cushion going for the turntable, I would think they could come up with enough power for something like Buzz Lightyear. And there are enough flat roofs all over both parks that they could probably put more up in other places and keep them hidden. They could be visible in TL, but I don't think there's any reason that they couldn't put them in other places too, as long as they're hidden from view. My only concern with adding them is that it might make it hotter during the summer, similar to the 'heat island' effect that makes parking lots hot. With black panels on top of all the buildings, I can imagine that it might make the walkways warmer too. Even though it's not terribly efficient, I feel like there's enough sun in southern California that they could get a decent ammount of energy from it all over the resort.
Originally Posted By TheParsec Here's what I think. Move Autopia to Car's Land, make the cars look like the one's in the movie. Turn the Innoventions building into a futuristic restaurant. Move Innoventions to the upper area in starcade. Build something good in the autopia area. Bring back Mission to Mars, Updated. Bring back The People Mover/Future Pods. Keep Space Mountain, Buzz, and Star Tours.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Move the monorail load/unload area to the very back of the park - where the parade entrance is now. Expand guest access to this entire back area by adding food and retail. Perhaps the monorail could pass through the interior of this building, and they could bring back the monorail cafe, only this time with monorails running through it - or at least adjacent to it. This not only expands the square footage that guests can access within the park, but it relieves the strain of having the subs and the monorail occupying the same space. The COP building is long overdue for a new attraction. The building itself is an important part of the park's history, and I still believe imagineers can devise a show that utilizes the building's functionality. I've mentioned my personal idea here before, but I'd like to see it go back to some kind of musical review, but it needs to be contemporary, meaning no geese playing banjos. I'd like to see an expansion and advancement of the ability to project images onto 3D sets, similar to what we see today in 'Nemo'. If it were me, I'd give George Lucas and the entire star wars franchise the heave-ho for being too 20th century, but it seems it's too late for that. Oh well. I still think the old space place stage was a better usage of the space than the current magic eye theater. 3D movies are ubiquitous these days, and don't have whatever wow factor they might have had twenty years ago. And the makeup of park guests has changed too - many more APers who don't necessarily want to visit attractions, but would enjoy a comfortable 'hang' with music and entertainment. We see that in the success of 'Glowfest' in DCA, so why not set up part of TL with a similar vibe. As with earlier posters, I think Autopia is anachronistic, and will only become moreso when RSR opens in a year or so. Rip it outta there and replace it with a new showbuilding that arcs around following the DLRR tracks. Maybe the train could even travel through this building so the ride isn't so boring back there. This new 'showbuilding' would be arced from the parade entrance and new monorail station area around to where the monorail track exits the park by the DLRR TL station, and would be built as a series of receding terraces that rise up in the back to support a high end dining location and private function room. These relatively high up spaces would look back into the park from the far NE corner of the property, and would prominently feature the matterhorn in the foreground with the sub lagoon below, and this million dollar view would also include the castle, the lights of Main Street, and the lights of Paradise Pier off in the distance. A dining room with this view would be a license to print money. And having a second room - either directly above or below - could either expand the dining capacity or could be rented out for private groups and functions. The building would pay for itself in short order. In order to get the altitude, something would need to go underneath - a new attraction, along with all the attendent retail and walkways, cozying right up to the northern shore of the current sub lagoon. I'm sure it will be lovely. Have your people get in touch with my people - we'll draw up the paperwork. Ciao, babe.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance "I still say they should blow it up and start from scratch." I say they should painstakingly and ever so gingerly disassemble it piece by piece, then blow it up and start from scratch.
Originally Posted By MrDisneyGeek looking at the sat images from Bing maps i have a question for you all. do they really still need all that back stage area in DL? in DCA there is a very small amount of "back stage" area mixed in with the open areas, it just seems like a lot of the back stage areas could be moved off site and the space freed up for expansion and new rides/attractions.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros A lot of the space behind DL is used for both parks, so DCA is able to get by sharing the facilities. There are some things that could be moved a little bit, but they would still need to be close (like directly across the street), and with the cost and difficulty of acquiring land in Anaheim, it just wouldn't be worth it. I suspect they might be able to move some stuff around behind DCA, since they will be able to close the road that once accessed the Timon Lot, but I don't think they will be able to do anything too significant. Maybe a couple new attractions that are accessed through Paradise Pier, using the currently-backstage space that could be reorganized, but that's about it. They could always move some of the stuff behind DL (like costuming or the repair shops) to this space, which would free up space over there. Other than that, I don't really know how many options they have.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Someone on these boards said recently that disney will want to keep the perimeter road around the southern border of DCA in order to route traffic from Disney Way across Harbor and over to DL Drive. Who knows if it's true or not. And did anyone else notice the broad hint in Tuesday's 'other column' (I don't even want to mention his name, lest the thread derail) with the map that delineates the festival arena AND the Circle D ranch? I know the rumors have been circulating for at least twenty years about Circle D, but it really is taking up a lot of valuable real estate for some farm animals. This space could easily be converted to a very large showbuilding, with the load/unload and guest support inside the berm. The possibilities are endless - well almost endless - it'd need to be something that themes loosely to Frontierland. Too bad too - the old west ain't gettin' any fresher.
Originally Posted By MrDisneyGeek i don’t know there seems to be a whole metric ton of parking lots east of Walnut and north of Katella. maybe they should build another massive parking structure under and above ground and repurpose that area?
Originally Posted By LuLu >>Even though it's not terribly efficient, I feel like there's enough sun in southern California that they could get a decent amount of energy from it all over the resort.<< It's actually a good investment, which is why I did it myself. The panels will more than pay for themselves over their lifetime. Of course, in Tomorrowland, they can't keep the panels for their lifetime. They'll quickly look quite dated. My main point was to disagree with the possibility of powering the whole land with solar panels IN the land. It doesn't seem to me that there's much usable roof space - but I haven't actually looked at the roofs while trying to analyze it for solar production I'm impressed that they have a ride in WDW that's powered from it's own roof space. I assume they designed it with that in mind.
Originally Posted By Bellella Thank you FerretAfros. That's exactly how I'd envision the park being solar. Hopefully, enough sunlight could get through all that smog to power the place.
Originally Posted By DisneyGreek My re-envisioned Tomorrowland would include: -A more scenic Autopia like at Tokyo Disneyland -A new updated Viewliner -Motor boats -New Monorail station -Skyway with audio -Rocket Jets up on the Rocket tower -Peoplemover -T.T.A. Demostration (new honey i shrunk the audience type ride that interacts with star tours) -T.T.A. Theeming -Carousel of Progress -House of the future seperate from innoventions -Adventure thru inner space
