Originally Posted By gadzuux People live and own their homes and raise their families on Walnut Avenue. I'm guessing the relationship between disney and the homeowners along Walnut (and nearby) is tenuous as it is. Yes - most of them presumeably bought these houses since 1955 with full knowledge that a major tourist attraction was directly across the way, but they're not without an argument that they don't want their semi-residential street turned into a major boulevard. I've often wondered about those people who live on Walnut. What is life like for them over there? And with disney announcing that they'd like to build a new fourth tower for the DLH, the temptation must be awfully strong to increase the resort access on Walnut and position this new proposed tower with one side facing Walnut. If not actual public access, at least some loading docks and service access.
Originally Posted By TP2000 I accidentally drove down Walnut a couple weeks ago, after missing the Disneyland Drive signal. I was amazed! The street was immaculately maintained, the landscaping looked perfectly groomed and very lush, there's a broad median with trees and then a berm built up on the eastern side of the street with multiple rows of trees, and you couldn't even tell the DL Hotel and Disney stuff was on the other side of that berm. A TON of money and investment in upkeep was poured into Walnut Street, and it shows. Walnut Street looks nicer than landscaped boulevards around Fashion Island and other fancy Irvine Company housing/retail developments. In short, Walnut Street in its current state has probably added immensely to the property values of those 1960's tract homes built there. Those property owners owe a debt of gratitude to Disney and Anaheim for investing so heavily in that border street.
Originally Posted By Ohana well, back to Maliboomer. I went there yesterday to confirm my previous posts. Yes, it was very busy, a 30 minute wait with 2 towers working. 90 percent of the riders were under 40, and 90 percent of those were under 30. So, if you don't like the way it looks, so be it, but some assertions that there isn't an interest in the ride. Wrong. I rode it and had a blast. I know its too late, but I still say taking it out for benches for old overweight fuddy duds is not progress.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Like you said, only 2 towers working. Artificial inflation of the queue.
Originally Posted By dl1956 It's not a major DCA ride by any means, but I have often seen three towers running simultaneously.
Originally Posted By Ohana running the third tower would not make the ride a zero wait as others have suggested. stop hating, there are a great number of young people that like it.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 Maliboomer is a nice rush, but for Disney it's way too low class and is in need of being tossed out of the park in my opinion.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 And yeah, I always thought it would have been a great idea to take out Disneyland Dr. and re-route that section for the greater good of the resort as a whole. What they've done to Walnut is beautiful. Having Disney as your neighbor is a huge plus, atleast it would be for me, right? Lol. Seriously though, I can only imagine Anaheim w/out Disneyland...Dull, boring, lack of $$$ flowing in and out from tourists.
Originally Posted By Hista98 I would love to see them reroute Harbor blvd under ground. Like what they did with downtown disney. It's such a busy street and to me it kills the magic all too soon that it is right outside the park. It's also dangerous I just know someday someone will get hit by a car that doesn't want to stop. It would be so much safer for the all the families if it was rerouted under ground and they build a walkway to the good neighbor hotels.
Originally Posted By xrayvision Pedestrian bridges over Harbor Blvd is a good idea to improve pedestrian safety (to/fro Disney) and motorist flow on Harbor. Instead of lowering Harbor Boulevard, I would just build the pedestrian bridge over the street..ala Las Vegas Strip pedestrian bridge system (or South Coast Plaza bridge). Here's a photo of one of the Las Vegas Strip pedestrian bridges. <a href="http://www.joetheprogrammer.net/images/stripbridge072506.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.joetheprogrammer.ne...2506.jpg</a>. To put cost into perspective for the bridges, Clark County and Nevada Public works awarded $20.4 Million to build the three pedestrian bridges. Here are links regarding the construction cost for building the Las Vegas pedestrian system and recent maintenance costs. Cost to construct bridges <a href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132389750.html" target="_blank">http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G...750.html</a> Recent costs to maintain LV strip pedestrian ways <a href="http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/Finance/Purchasing/bids/Bid_Documents/601769%20bid%20abstract.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.accessclarkcounty.c...ract.pdf</a> Random yet great 360 Panarama Photo of Vegas strip, including pedestrian ways and Belagio watershow fountains. <a href="http://bigeyeinthesky.com/View.asp?CID=Las_Vegas" target="_blank">http://bigeyeinthesky.com/View...as_Vegas</a> Back to topic, I enjoy Maliboomer and will be kinda disappointed to see it go. Since it's going away, I still think it should be replaced with another tower structure, like a Victorian themed observation tower or Eiffel inspired stylized tower (painted white) or something else iconic to fill that vertical space.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros For what it's worth, I've seen them using all three towers several times. It's generally during busier periods, like the summer and Christmas break. With all three running, I don't think I've ever seen the wait go past 15-20 minutes. With the safety announcements they have running in the queue, I don't think I could stand to wait there any longer than that any way.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I rode it and had a blast. I know its too late, but I still say taking it out for benches for old overweight fuddy duds is not progress." LOL.
Originally Posted By Ohana true Constance, but in my mind there are enough places to sit and they dont need to remove a ride to do it.
Originally Posted By Hista98 i actually think the parade warehouse was torn out when they built midway mania, so the idea of using it for a mickey mouse ride is out, plus that space back there is tight anyway, not to mention it would get in the way of the parade route which already has tight clearence there. I do like the idea though.
Originally Posted By TP2000 The parade building from 2001 is still there Hista98, untouched. You can see it from the Fun Wheel, and the Paradise Pier Hotel. I've seen the HSM3 float pulling out of there while I've been on the Fun Wheel, just after it opened from its rehab. So they are at least keeping the HSM3 floats back there, and the Pixar Play Parade floats I imagine if the DEP floats were in the newer warehouse east of the Screamin' station. But with the DEP gone, maybe they'll move the Pixar and HSM3 floats to that newer warehouse?
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Hans, did you see that Clarence made an appearance in the latest Disneygeek picture update? <a href="http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_image.php?update_dir=2010_04_23&page_id=71&num_image=3" target="_blank">http://www.disneygeek.com/upda..._image=3</a>
