Originally Posted By Darkbeer Wednesday, November 12th is the last day to see the current version of the Timon Parking Lot. As of Thursday, November 13th, most of the parking lot (next to DCA) will be closed to start the Cars Land Expansion. The Parking Toll Booths will remain, as it is the primary outlet from Disney Way, which is where most folks that take I-5 North (from San Diego) get off. But most cars will be directed to the Parking Structure or Simba. Also expect to see Pummba (across the street from Anaheim GardenWalk) open more often. Bring in the Bulldozers!!!!! (Sigh, why is the Sun Wheel closed... would be some great photos!)
Originally Posted By utahjosh I've never used any parking lot besides the big structure. What advantages are there to using Pummba, Timon, or Simba? What are the hours/rules for them? I have an AP - can I park for free there? Thanks for any help!
Originally Posted By Roger55 I don't see this as a "good bye", but rather as a "HELLO CARSLAND!". Woo hoo!
Originally Posted By DEDE1755 The sun wheel is the first attraction to be overhauled for the new dca. It will be the first to open. everyone that can should check out the preview center in dca over by the winery. its so cool.
Originally Posted By ni_teach Don't worry Darkbeer, the sun wheel will be up and running again once there is really something to see. For the next few months it's just going to be a hole in the ground.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Actually, not a hole in the ground, just storage and parking for construction folks working on the World of Color, the Sun Wheel, and Little Mermaid. No work on Cars Land just yet, maybe a year from now... (and Mickey's Fun Wheel will be open by then!
Originally Posted By ArchtMig This is great news. And how fortunate that DCA has such a large backstage staging area for construction related activities. For now at least! ;-)
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt So much for the folks who doubted that this project would actually happen.
Originally Posted By bean Major construction for that area will most likely start early summer of 2009.
Originally Posted By 9oldmen >>I've never used any parking lot besides the big structure. What advantages are there to using Pummba, Timon, or Simba? What are the hours/rules for them? I have an AP - can I park for free there? Thanks for any help!<< I think your AP(well, mine at least, I'm sure the rules are all the same), only gets you free parking in the Mickey and Friends structure. HOWEVER, a few hours before park closing (8 or 9 P.M. or so), they stop staffing all the parking booths, and you can then park in Timon for free, (while it still exists). The advantage? You can walk to the Main Entrance Plaza (formerly the Esplanade) by using this pathway that runs parallel w/ Harbor Blvd. Sometimes, in the evening, I'll go into the park(s) just to catch fireworks, or a few last rides, and I don't have to worry about reaching into my wallet for my AP, waiting for the shuttle, etc. I have a little more control/freedom.
Originally Posted By jmuboy I have always thought that instead of extending DTD out towards the Mickey and Friends parking deck, it should extend towards Harbor Blvd. This would give DTD an "East Promenade" and a "West Promenade". The new section of DTD would back up to the backside of DCA's Hollywood Pictures Backlot section and would be built on the parcel of land that is currently the Timon tram drop off/pick up area is now. I can't imagine they will still need a tram area for the Timon lot now that this part of the parking lot is going to shrink down to hardly anything. Plus a new section of retail and landscaping to match the other side of DTD would give a MUCH nicer entrance to the DL Resort from Harbor. Right now its a concrete jungle of taxis, trams and a multi colored lamp posts.
Originally Posted By jmuboy One other thought I had was parking capacity, will Timon's closure be hard on DL parking on high capacity days with the Timon lot closed? Where are the plans for a 2nd smaller parking deck where the Pumba lot is?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "I have always thought that instead of extending DTD out towards the Mickey and Friends parking deck, it should extend towards Harbor Blvd." The rumor is that the east end of the space between DCA and DL Park is slated to become a hotel.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Officially, AP's are only good for Mickey and Friends, but I've never had a problem using mine to park in Timon, though I've only tried a couple times. As for advantages, I would guess that being close is really the only one. They don't usually have as many trams running as M&F, so there can be long waits for one to show up, and they sit there for quite a while to make sure they get filled up. After trying that a couple times, I did a little experiment and realized that it would be faster to walk at a moderate pace than it would be to wait any length of time to get on a tram. If the tram was already there, it would be about the same length for both. And with all the safety announcements they make on the trams these days, it often makes me wonder how on earth they ever managed to do trams with many stops that didn't take hours to complete each trip through the old parking lot. Have my memories faded, or weren't the old trams much quicker to load and unload at each point?
Originally Posted By pitapan16 On a side note, I think I prefer parking in Mickey and Friends because it seems like you've transitioned into the world of Disney much more gracefully than parking in Powerline row parking(timon.) I enjoy the landscaping and the structured tram parking and tram ride up to DTD.
Originally Posted By ryanbalas I love parking structures. Really. If they would make the first level hotel lobby nice where the people wait and use the rooftops for hotels/suites/gardens etc. - think of how beautiful and different the Anaheim Resort could look. When DCA was being built. The parking structure approval and comments that floated around and ended up in print was that the Convention Center parking structures would always be available for overflow parking. But, I have noticed with the continued success of the convention center - those words aren't uttered as much anymore. Disney could buy some of the land on the other side of the 5 Freeway where it isn't as nice for the resident or tourist and design a structure with a brief elevated tramway to connect the guest to the park.
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster Disney already has the land for their next parking structure. It's where the old Grand Hotel was--right across Disney Way from GardenWalk.
