Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-77123.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Disney's Hollywood Studios Parking to be Reconfigured?</b></a> <p>DisneyGossip.com is reporting Disney is planning to create an off-ramp on Osceola Parkway allowing guests on coming that way to use the "back entrance" to Disney's Hollywood Studios (which also has far more tool booths than the "main entrance" which only has one).</p>
Originally Posted By Indigo My reading was that the 'back entrance' is the one on Buena Vista Dr and the 'front entrance' is the one off World Dr (the bigger one). The back entrance will be closed to cars forcing everyone to use the front entrance. Not sure how I feel about that. I think it will personally work better for me and get some traffic off buena vista drive. Apparently the backups at that entrance sometimes clog the intersection.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 It's about time. The parking lot has always been terrible. During some parts of a busy day you would have traffic coming in two different directions to one parking CM. It was ridiculous.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Could this possibly be a way to help enlarge the park? The current layout is constricted on three sides, with only the parking lot available for expansion of any sort (outside of ripping down current structures). Very short sighted when they built this park, to be sure!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I only hope that walls go up soon so we can have lots of pics! (Please come back Pierce, I can't keep up this insanity without you!)
Originally Posted By Doobie <<< My reading was that the 'back entrance' is the one on Buena Vista Dr and the 'front entrance' is the one off World Dr (the bigger one). The back entrance will be closed to cars forcing everyone to use the front entrance. >>> You are correct, my terminology for "back" and "front" are incorrect. But my descriptions are correct - the new off ramp would have guests using the entrance with several toll booths.
Originally Posted By Doobie Also ... yes, the backup into the studios definitely extends to the street sometimes. It's not that uncommon in the morning. I always wondered why the entrance everyone uses has one booth and the one almost no one uses has several. Was it always that way? If so, what mistake or planning change was made to cause that to occur. It obviously doesn't make much sense. Doobie.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't have any real information about why this might have changed through the years, but it looks like the World Dr entrance is only accessible from people heading north on World Dr, who got on World Dr at or before US-192. Given the geography of the area, that's basically just people heading into WDW from off-property. People (and busses) coming over from DAK or hotel guests staying at the All Stars or AKL must take Buena Vista Dr to get to the park, since the entrance to the toll plaza is before the onramp from Osceola Pkwy to World Dr. With the way that this area is laid out, that leaves relatively few people who can even get to the 'main' entrance, without going substantially out of their way. I would assume that today's traffic is much more based on people moving around within WDW than when the park was built. There are thousands and thousands more guests staying on property, and Park Hopping went from a rare novelty to a way of life. Given that all of those people are forced to go in the way with only one toll booth, it makes sense that there are problems with it. And if anybody wants a map of the area for reference, here's what I was looking at: <a href="http://mapq.st/g6NVTV" target="_blank">http://mapq.st/g6NVTV</a>
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<You know... a monorail might alleviate some traffic issues.>> And it would also create an unneeded expense that could be used for other things.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I don't like that parking lot either. In fact, I don't remember the last time I parked there. I typically get there via the boat from Epcot.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I don't like that parking lot either. In fact, I don't remember the last time I parked there. I typically get there via the boat from Epcot.>> I usually do that, or if it's not too hot I walk over from Epcot.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I've seen the sidewalks but rarely see anyone walking it. Do you know what the distance is?
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp ^^We've measured it, and as best as I can recall, the distance from gate to gate is areound 1.6 miles - but that's based on a failing memory. The big entrance is extremely difficult to get to. We've actually driven around the world trying to come in that way (wanted to drive through the marquee) and spent more than 15 minutes getting lost and getting on World Drive too late before realizing that about the only way to enter is to drive out to I4/192 and enter from that direction. And we've wondered why that entrance has 5 booths and the one everyone enters by only has one. This rearrangement makes a lot of sense - especially for during cheerleading days when the left turn backup can go back to Victory Drive.
Originally Posted By hopemax I've only entered the big entrance once, and I don't know how we managed to do that. I think we were doing something off-property first. But at the time, we commented on how ridiculous it was that the big entrance was so inaccessible to most off the Studios traffic.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I've seen the sidewalks but rarely see anyone walking it. Do you know what the distance is?>> Not sure on the distance, but it usually takes less time to reach DHS/Epcot than taking the ferry from the designated stop inside each park.
Originally Posted By -em I would welcome the change as I agree its a horrible set up for the main entrance -em
