Originally Posted By Neverland This is out there a bit, but why not make the SF expansion more rhobust to take in half of Pacific Pier, and retheme the area as a recreation of the Panama Pacific Expo? It could be visually quite a bit more interesting, the carny rides could be incorporated without structural changes and you could tap into the nostalgia vien as opposed to a capilary
Originally Posted By idleHands "...and you could tap into the nostalgia vien as opposed to a capilary" Bloodletting in DCA. The Circle of Life continues...
Originally Posted By DCACM That street wasn't an afterthought. The SF portion was intended to house California artisans and craftsmen doing their thing and selling their wares. Disney couldn't get anyone to set up shop so the buildings sit empty. My money is on the removal of Route 66 with an incarnation of Discovery Bay in its place. The SF st. serving as a gateway.
Originally Posted By BrigmanMT 2 I have kind of a molding of both a NOS San Fransisco and a Discovery bay. The whole land is basically two tiered, with seating for a lagoon show on the second stories. A restaurant is also up there. In my we upgrade the Golden Dreams building, Lose Route 66, the Paradise Pier Entrance and Path, Orange Stinger, Mulholland Madness, Burger Invasion, Move Jumping Jellyfish, keep the Golden Zephyr and use the SS rustworthy as the tranistion between the Pier and romanticisised San Fransisco. A pirates style E-Ticket would eventually arrive here, along with a park wide transportation system, a C-Ticket China Town Darkride, and a fireworks factory shooting gallery.
Originally Posted By jmuboy Lets say the Route 66 area goes away (and I really hope it does). But the Route 66 road is still an important part of CA and US history. I was thinking that a mini area for Route 66 could go behind the wharf (where the ESPN arena thing was). The area would be basically a small area like the courtyard at Rock'n Roller Coaster at MGM. In the courtyard area would be kitchy stuff like a new DinoJacks selling some kind of junk, a new corn dog shack, a TeePee themed restroom facility, etc., etc. The main attraction would be an indoor roller coaster like Rock'n Roller Coaster. Only this time you would ride in coaster cars that look like classic 1950's cars. Along the ride you pass iconic Route 66 sites and signs. On a side note, didn't Al Lutz report one or two years ago that a larger San Fran area was being considered as a **fix** for DCA?
Originally Posted By Jim in Pasadena CA Hey Dabob2 -- I enjoyed your write-up of those two attractions and your overall ideas for the transformation of Route 66 -- very cool.
Originally Posted By BrigmanMT 2 "On a side note, didn't Al Lutz report one or two years ago that a larger San Fran area was being considered as a **fix** for DCA?" Yeah, right after he read a huge topic we had on Laughing Place. "The area would be basically a small area like the courtyard at Rock'n Roller Coaster at MGM." That's a good scale. I think the theme deserves to be represented, but it should be small. Too much could cause the park to look a bit dumpy. If it is visually secluded from the other areas, a route 66 land could be pretty neato.
Originally Posted By woody Dabob2 has good ideas, but the idea of a pan-Asian restaurant is too rich for me. DCA can't support a high end restaurant with the lack of E-Tickets. They need comparable theming to entice the salivating glands. There is a reason why McDonald's was added into Route 66.
Originally Posted By BrigmanMT 2 I agree Woody, but I think his San Fransisco NOS area would have allowed it.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "There is a reason why McDonald's was added into Route 66." Wasn't that there on opening day?
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<"There is a reason why McDonald's was added into Route 66." Wasn't that there on opening day?>> It was a contractural agreement from day one.
Originally Posted By HRM I don't think I've seen Cable Cars yet as an idea throughout this thread... maybe as some attraction involving the Lombard Crookedest Street theme...
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Originally Posted By jimminy44 Cable cars is a great idea for a SF area. I would also like to see at least one fishing boat in the lagoon near where the big fish net is suspended. Also, could we at least have the smell of seafood in the air? If they couldn't just have a fish and chips place, then maybe the imagineers could make a "seafood restaurant" aroma- like the aroma of cookies in front of the confection shops.
Originally Posted By RangerPooh I don't think anyone said the worst use of space that was utilized in the SF district a few years ago, an arcade. And not a neat one with classic machines like the museum in SF but a modern one with not too many machines. I too had considered a trolley but an image similar to the Jolley Trolley ran through my head. Where it just went the 100 yards, back and forth all day. I think that they could ultize the SF building buy having a nice resturant inside. Or maybe even a small aquarium.
Originally Posted By jimminy44 Wouldn't a small aquarium also go nicely at the lagoon area near San Francisco to mimick the Monterey Aquarium? I know. The operational costs of a real aquarium are probably prohibitive. But what if Disney Imagineering came up with an artificial aquarium, a close replica of the Monterey Aquarium kelp forest exhibit, near the lagoon using an artificial kelp forest with artificial fish? They could have various educational exhibits using Disney cartoon characters in the interactive media. Then, they could have placed the talking turtle attraction(sorry it's late) right next-door as a great tie-in. Oh well, they never ask me.
Originally Posted By retlawfan I like the idea of a higher end, higher quality restaurant. Seafood/Asian would be great! I never really cared for the stuff they have in there now, and that has kept me out of the park for a whole day. We usually will only spend part of a day in DCA so that we can go get better food elsewhere. The one excption is Taste Pilots Grill for their Wild Blue Yonder Burger. That one is OK. And, as a local to the SF bay area, it would be neat to see our area represented.
