Originally Posted By mousermerf From a friend who has ties to horticulture (and thus "putting up walls" people) over at mouse info. Sunday night they're putting up the walls and work is going to begin in the HPB for the Red Car trolly/streetcar/thingy.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones They should start construction on the trolley project in Downtown LA too.
Originally Posted By Manfried Wouldn't it have been nicer if the Red Car would have been designed to go all over Anaheim? Or even better, a Peoplemover.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt So does this mean that Sunshine Plaza will begin its transformation into Buena Vista Street as well since the street car is an integrated part of that development?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't know if this means that the Sunshine Plaza work will be starting or not, but I've also heard from a different reliable source that the walls will be going up in HPB on the 4th, and that there is some entertainment that will be displaced because of it. They aren't cancelling the shows or acts, but simply relocating them to other areas, as the main drag there will be a mess for a while.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt OK, so in that case it sounds like it may be a gradual thing. HPB now with a gradual move toward Sunshine Plaza in the coming months. I'm guessing that the street car construction will begin near ToT since construction of the Carsland/Bugsland passageway has already started next to it.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think the main street will be the first to go down for work. I had heard that one of the groups that performs in front of the Animation Building (a group that I've never heard of, somehow) will be moving elsewhere, so I would assume that area would be done first. It's possible that they will be working on several sections at once, to still allow traffic to cross the street, and they would be able to complete the TOT area before the passageway opens, along with some of the portions along the entrance street.
Originally Posted By Hista98 The only down side to the red car is that it wil lthrough the Tower of Terrors time setting off and into a period of limbo where people will ask, what time period am I supposed to be in? Other then that Bring it on
Originally Posted By FerretAfros TOT's done that on its own. Much of the surrounding area (FP machines, store, side of the Animation Building) is set in the 30's, yet the attraction itself is set later. I suppose it's the 50's or 60's with the Twilight Zone stuff and the era of the TV in the library, but I could be convinced otherwise. Also, what's a hotel doing in the middle of the backlot? And what about a trolly in the backlot? There are lots of little questions that have been around for a while. They happen in any of the areas (why are the plastic cases for instruments on the Frontierland and New Orleans Square balconies? Why is there a tropical lagoon next to an Alpine mountain), and are mostly overlooked. Hopefully they can do enough other work to the area that it seems less like a walled-in theme park ride, and more like an actual street. I'm more concerned about that than the timeline conflicts of the trolley and the attraction.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt towerofterror.org says the attraction is set in 1939. According the USC website the Los Angeles Red Cars had their heyday in the 1920's, but hit an all time high in ridership in 1944. So, the time period is just fine.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I think a park is finally going to surpass Epcot during the Communicore renovation for sheer number of construction walls.
Originally Posted By Manfried Disneyland is going to get that way in a few days. The river's going to be drained on Monday, a couple attractions will be closed to lose the holiday decor, and Magic Eye will have a closed sign on it.
Originally Posted By tonyanton hopefully the "backlot" theme will disappear in the next major phase of the DCA redo. I think they need to make the main "street" of HPB and the theater into "real" environments. Leave the area with Muppets, Monsters, etc, as the "studio." They already have the arches that were put in a few years ago. Change the main entrance to the area to just "Hollywood" or "Hollywoodland" or something like that.
Originally Posted By Ohana cant wait to see more construction walls... its the sign that something new and exciting is coming!! wheee!!!
Originally Posted By Pal of Minnie I am excited about the trolley. it will be much nicer to be surrounded by theme than what the entrance into DCA is now.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Wow, its exciting to hear . I say put up as many walls as possible....to make it an official sign that much of the old DCA will be gone as much as possible and an expanded more exciting park is taking its place . Truthfully I doubt I would ever even ride the red trolly lol, but having it there really does add to the environment of the place and will make the entrance and HPB more 'lived in'. I always like areas the most that is suppose to represent a real city atmoshere...not the entire park of course, but those areas in the park are usually my favorite. That would probaly explain why NOS at DL and New York Habor at TDS are my two favorite lands more than any ares in any Disney park...because they really have an old city type charm. Main St is great too of course, but not as immersive with a big fat European castle at the end of it lol. Anyway, I hope BOTH BVS and a new spruced up Hollywood area brings this sense of old city charm that was BADLY missing in old DCA. The red trollys are definitely a good step forward!
