Disneyland purchasing more land.

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

http://www.slashfilm.com/disneyland-land-purchase/

 

 

In June, we told you that The Walt Disney Company was considering a $1 billion-plus expansion of the Disneyland Resort, which would bring unknown new attractions, a new parking structure with at least 5,000 parking spots and other improvements to the Southern California-based theme parks.

The Disney Company asked the city of Anaheim for an extension on their deal to forgo a tax on theme park admission tickets for another 30 years, which was approved last month by a 3 to 2 vote by the Anaheim City Council. Following the no-tax extension, it has been revealed that Disney has purchased two large pieces of land near the Disneyland park, but what does this mean? Find out if this new Disneyland land purchase could mean new Marvel and Star Wars attractions are being planned for the resort.

 

The OC Register recently reported that Disneyland Resort has acquired 1515 and 1585 South Manchester Avenue for the purchase price of $48 million.

 

 

 The property, which is along the south side of the I-5 freeway, near South Clementine Street, is connected to a bunch of other Disney-owned Anaheim property, including the Pumbaa Parking Lot and the 131-room Carousel Inn and Suites on South Harbor Boulevard, which was purchased by Disney in April for $32 million. I have photoshopped the image above showing how the new purchases (red and purple) fit in with the previously owned Disney property.

One could theorize that the recent Carousel Inn purchase will connect the new land to the park across the street. This could be done with an underground passageway or a bridge (like the one used in Downtown Disney) so that the busy Harbor Boulevard isn’t disturbed by more foot traffic. But before you get excited about the possibility of a third park or possibly a Thor-themed Rainbow bridge to a Marvel themed land across the way, that doesn’t appear to be in the plans.

So what might this mean for Disneyland Resort? According to the Anaheim Planning Department, the 158,708-square-foot building on the new land purchased will be used for office and warehouse support for Disney’s theme park and hotel operations. And we have heard previously that the Pumbaa Parking Lot is going to become a new parking structure that the resort desperately needs at this point.

Okay, so so far not too exciting right? But if Disneyland is offloading its backstage offices to this area this means they could build new attractions in some of the areas in Disneyland resort which currently house their backstage offices. I have again photoshopped the below image to show you some of the current backstage areas and offices in Disneyland park. I’m not an expert in this area, so I may have tagged a little bit of a ride building somewhere, but I think the image is mostly correct:

 

 

 

So lets imagine that Disney is relocating some of their backstage office areas to the new land (green) as we believe to be the case. This leaves a significant amount of the current backstage office areas (purple) open for new construction (rides, attractions and hotels).

We had already heard rumors that  Toontown would close in 2016, with the plans to replace the area with a new Star Wars themed land. And those rumors easily fall in line with the Mouse House’s recent purchases. Disney could not only build a Star Wars land in the Toon Town land, but expand further into the backstage and office areas at the top of the park.

Disney has promised that the new construction would begin by late 2017 and would finish no later than December 2024.  City records show that Disneyland already has used 2.6 million of its 3.5 million square feet available, but thats still a lot of room to grow.

 

 

 

More information and graphics at the link posted above. 

 

 

 

[CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547]

Interesting.

[h2odivers...Ray 952]

Very interesting.

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

Thank you for posting this, Jason.  It is very interesting, and the author's speculation makes sense to me.  The timing of this lines up with the big announcement expected a week from this Saturday at the D23 convention in Anaheim.

 

TCD

[BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023]

Thanks for sharing this, Jason!

[Travisma 1,317]

To get off the subject slightly, is Pumbaa the only parking lot, or an overflow?

 

Are there any walkways over S Harbor Blvd, or do you have to cross at a light?

[Katman1356...Jason 1,140]

To get off the subject slightly, is Pumbaa the only parking lot, or an overflow?

Are there any walkways over S Harbor Blvd, or do you have to cross at a light?

There are actually a few parking lots spread around. Especially over near DTD.

Cross at a light on Harbor

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

Mark-

 

This link has the official information about parking at Disneyland:  https://disneyland.disney.go.com/guest-services/parking/

 

When we visited, we were in a hotel across the street, so we didn't have to worry about parking.

 

I knew the Pumbaa lot was there, but I thought it was only used on busy days like weekends.  I would think they have to provide a tram from there to the parks for guest, but I'm not sure if they do.  I know that they do have trams/shuttles from the main parking lots located on the other side of the parks and Downtown Disney.

 

TCD

[mouseketab.....Carol 1,261]

I believe there are buses to the Pumbaa lot. As you walk from the Esplanade toward the crosswalk at Harbor, there are lots of bus stops. Some had "Disney xxx parking" on the marquis, but I didn't pay too close attention.

 

There are trams from DTD to the main parking garage.

[Tri-Circle-D 2,059]

 

There are trams from DTD to the main parking garage.

 

Isn't DTD where all of the main parking garage guests get dropped off and picked up?

 

I thought that was a genius idea to force all of those potential customers to walk through Downtown Disney in order to get to the parks.  Like they do at Uni in Florida.

 

TCD

[mouseketab.....Carol 1,261]

Isn't DTD where all of the main parking garage guests get dropped off and picked up?

 

I thought that was a genius idea to force all of those potential customers to walk through Downtown Disney in order to get to the parks.  Like they do at Uni in Florida.

 

TCD

Yes it is.

[BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023]

In a related rumor...

 

 

RUMOR: Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland to Close in 2016, Star Wars Land on the Way

A few months back, we told you that the Disneyland Resort had purchased the Carousel Inn across the street from the resort. Well, it seems Disney has now purchased two plots of land located behind the Carousel Inn, 1515 and 1585 South Manchester Avenue. Disney will reportedly use the land for new “backstage facilities”, replacing facilities currently located behind Disneyland Park, due north of Mickey’s Toontown.

 

 

Mickey’s Toontown would close after 23 years if rumors are true, taking away Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon Spin and Gadget’s-Go-Coaster from the park.

 

Rumors have circulated that Mickey’s Toontown would be bulldozed to make way for part of the rumored Star Wars themed land at Disneyland Park. If these rumors are true, the new land would have entrances at the northern end of Critter Country/Frontierland (just north of the Rivers of America), and next door to “it’s a small world” (where the Toontown entrance exists today). The land would stretch across the entire north end of the Disneyland Resort property, making it one of the larger areas in the park.

 

If there is to be an announcement soon, we expect it to be made next week at the D23 Expo. Star Wars Land should also be announced for Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World whenever it is announced for California.

 

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/08/rumor-mickeys-toontown-at-disneyland-to-close-in-2016-star-wars-land-on-the-way/

[Travisma 1,317]

"Star Wars themed land at Disneyland Park.  The land would stretch across the entire north end of the Disneyland Resort property, making it one of the larger areas in the park."

 

And WDW gets all things Frozen!