Originally Posted By jmuboy Interested to hear how the logistics of this new lot are working. Will this be the end of the talks about a 2nd parking structure....at least for now? This new lot pretty much replaces the Timon Lot in terms of number of spaces and adds a few hundred extra. My two questions, why does the route run along Katella, then along the service road behind DCA then into the pick up area. Instead of going straight up Harbor? What about the Lion King Tram stop. Why aren't those drop off areas being used instead of the old taxi stand areas?
Originally Posted By TP2000 I experienced this myself firsthand on Friday afternoon and evening. The bus route is a Grand Circle Tour of Anaheim, and I'm surprised they don't just go up Harbor to downtown Anaheim to point out the library and the ice rink and the first Carls Jr. The bus trip takes about 20 minutes to get from the Toy Story lot to the tram loading area if you hit one or two red lights on Katella. If there's moderate traffic, it slows it down even more. It makes no sense and had the riders around me becoming angrier the further away we got from the Disneyland main entrance. The only thing I can think of is that some lawyers got involved and demanded that the buses use the internal road system the trams once used instead of just using the most direct route. Really bad planning on Disney's part, and I don't plan on using Toy Story Lot again. Another silly thing: When I arrived in the lot on Friday afternoon the ticket sales clerks were all just standing around by their little carts chatting with not a customer in sight. And why would there be?!? Nearly all of SoCal has an AP, so why would we need to buy a ticket to Disneyland in the parking lot???
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones If they went to Carl Karcher's Anaheim house it would be a cool tour.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I imagine the parking lot will eventually transform into a Third Gate. So ... granted, they'll never attempt more efficient methods like an elevated roadway that is either just a walkway .. or holds a mass transit line, like a peoplemover or monorail. Seems this has hit a critical point .. and they need to move forward like RIGHT NOW .. On that proposed Pumbaa parking structure.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The description in Post #2 sounds TERRIBLE! There is nothing worse than taking a scenic tour when what you really want is a 'point A to point B' trip.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I imagine the parking lot will eventually transform into a Third Gate." Bwahahahaa!! Third gate? Hahahahaa!! Whew boy, that's funny.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I know. Disney will probably do a third gate in time of The Great Depression's 100th year anniversary - 2029. (19 years till a Third Gate sounds reasonable - ;O)
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt To be honest I question whether the LA/OC/SD can sustain another major theme park right now. Obviously with DCA emerging as a stronger product and the cruise line on the way to Southern California I think Disney is poised to continue strengthen its spot as the number one theme park resort on the West Coast. However, with population growth in the region stalled in the and a saturation of parks in the market already, I'm thinking that Disney will think long and hard before building another park in the area.
Originally Posted By believe It's probably cheaper and more profitable to own the resort area, fill it with luxury hotels, then to build a 3rd gate.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I think they will do a new gate in 10 years from now. That's assuming the world doesn't end in 2012, of course.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt If they can get DCA consistently as full as DL is on a regular basis then I'm sure it will happen eventually. Until then forget about it.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 >>>I experienced this myself firsthand on Friday afternoon and evening. The bus route is a Grand Circle Tour of Anaheim, and I'm surprised they don't just go up Harbor to downtown Anaheim to point out the library and the ice rink and the first Carls Jr. <<< This sound terribly frustrating but I gotta say LOL! TP2000.
Originally Posted By spacejockey It's so stupid the buses travel down Katella to the back of DCA when they can just go down Harbor. Yes, it gets the buses of the Harbor Blvd. however they still go down Katella. So what the difference?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Maybe the northbound traffic on Harbor is just worse and would be slower. That's the side of the street with all the hotels and restuarants, which means that people are constantly turning on and off the road, which would cause traffic to move at a slower pace than the soutbound side, which doesn't really have anywhere to turn. I still can't imagine that it would be faster, even in terrible traffic, but it's a possibility...
Originally Posted By submarine-maniac There's already enough traffic and busses going into the Harbor Blvd entrance. Adding these busses from Toy Story would make it a mess. Also, they use the old Lion King tram drop off area. Can't get to those coming in from Harbor
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>I think they will do a new gate in 10 years from now. That's assuming the world doesn't end in 2012, of course. << Now Constance .. dear .. don't be giving into cult superstitions, now!
