Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Pan has this thing for parking lots..." I wonder if this is a legitmate disorder?
Originally Posted By berol That still doesn't help make sense of your "rumors" at all. Digging the hole deeper as usual.
Originally Posted By berol Paved paradise, put up a parking lot. What I found out from reading the lyrics last weekend is they put up more than a parking lot. They also constructed a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot. My world is shattered. Nothing makes sense anymore.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip And he avoided answering the question about when his last visit to DHS was. I wonder if he knows the animators are no longer there. ;-)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Welcome to the Hotel California, berol. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>DHS, naturally, makes a good venue for special events such as Frozen, you couldn't exactly do some of this stuff in Epcot.<< Right, because Epcot doesn't have an unused outdoor stage, an unused parade route, or any indoor spaces that could be used for temporary events. If there's anything that Epcot doesn't have, it's the infrastructure to put on a temporary event, whether a one-night gala or a multi-month festival. It couldn't possibly work! It also doesn't have a themed area that looks vaguely like Arendale (though that's an entirely different can of worms) >> I wonder if he knows the animators are no longer there. ;-) << What!? You mean they're not still there working on Mulan?!?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I was at the Studios when they were working on Mulan. In fact I was on the same side of the glass, and had a chance to talk to an animator working on a background painting. I remember he felt a bit constrained, having to express someone else's vision.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss "DHS is a half-day park" And yet Disney charges a full day's admission to enter. That kind of strategy doesn't sit well with guests.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <I remember he felt a bit constrained, having to express someone else's vision.> Don't we all! <And yet Disney charges a full day's admission to enter. That kind of strategy doesn't sit well with guests> It's been the biggest issue at that park since Day One.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I remember he felt a bit constrained, having to express someone else's vision.<< Not to mention the endless stream of tourists literally looking over his should all day, every day...
Originally Posted By trekkeruss "It's been the biggest issue at that park since Day One." Maybe there wasn't enough to do when the park opened, but when I visited the first time, it was a full day park for me. I certainly didn't feel cheated. I haven't been to WDW in many years, so I cannot speak from experience on the park's current condition. I do know though that my last visit, even then the Animation and Lot tours were old and tired.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance ">>> when they could revitalize Hollywood Studios?<<< Uh, aren't they already doing that with expanding Toy Story Mania?" I'm sorry this one made me laugh out loud. Yes making the line move faster on a ride that has been there forever is going to toally reviatlize DHS. :/
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Mr. Pan would be well advised to become familiar with Google Maps. I used the satellite view to look at Disney World. The space currently taken by the Petty Driving Experience and the Speedway (even without expanding the TTC parking lot) is just barely larger than what current DHS guide maps color code as the "Streets of America" section of the park (basically everything behind the Commissary to the back of the park). So where are they going to find room for a MASSIVE Star Wars Land PLUS a resort hotel? There is no way to expand the site... it is landlocked by the TTC parking lot, Florida Way and World Drive.
Originally Posted By monorailblue This thread reminds of Disneyland's famous bicentennial celebration, "Fool on Parade." Er, "America on Parade." Yeah, that was it.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss "The space currently taken by the Petty Driving Experience and the Speedway (even without expanding the TTC parking lot) is just barely larger than what current DHS guide maps color code as the "Streets of America" section of the park (basically everything behind the Commissary to the back of the park)." Hmm. When I look at the satellite view, the track is roughly half the size of DHS. FWIW, the DL railroad is 1.2 miles in length. The Speedway is one mile. So it is large enough to (mostly) fit a DL sized theme park...or a SWLand. I still think it's a wacky rumor.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I put both locations on screen and measured each. I really believe my statement is accurate, unless I totally misinterpreted the areas involved. P.S. Look at the Disney DHS Park Map... What is currently labeled as the "Streets of America" is pretty much half the park. Everything except Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards, Mickey Avenue and the Echo Lake area.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip But would it fit a MASSIVE Star Wars Land after expanding the TTC parking lot AND adding a Disney Resort Hotel??
Originally Posted By RoadTrip P.S. Disneyland Park is incredibly small... something I'm not sure CA folks always realize. Disneyland is 85 acres. DHS is 135 acres; 60% larger than DL. A major Star Wars Land (I'm not about to say "MASSIVE") would easily fit in space that will soon be available in DHS. No, they couldn't add a Resort Hotel. But they couldn't do that at the Speedway site either.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss "Disneyland Park is incredibly small... something I'm not sure CA folks always realize. Disneyland is 85 acres. DHS is 135 acres; 60% larger than DL." Of course a lot of DHS acreage was devoted to the backlot tour; call it wasted space. "A major Star Wars Land (I'm not about to say "MASSIVE") would easily fit in space that will soon be available in DHS." Yes, and I think it's the logical place to put a SWLand.
