When will Disneyland build another major attraction?

[robbalvey]

Disneyland has plenty of room to build a new ride. In fact, most parks, if they want a new ride, CAN. Most people always assume that since they can't "see" the space that a new ride can go, doesn't mean a park can't fit one in somewhere.

 

For example, just look at Silver Bullet. Had someone told me a year prior that they'd fit a huge B&M in that space, I wouldn't have believed them!

 

Just have a look at the satellite view, and you can see plenty of areas where a new ride could go:

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1313+Harbor+Blvd,+Anaheim,+CA&spn=0.005443,0.008613&t=k&hl=en

 

Behind Space Mountian; Behind Indy, Mansion, or Pirates; behind Innoventions (or hell, take out that stupid thing!), or basically anywhere that is 'outside' the berm. Have a look at It's a Small World. That entire ride exists in the employee backstage area. It's just the ride and the entrance that appear 'onstage'. Same thing with Indy. Have a look at how ToonTown was shoehorned into a backstage area.

 

They could create a whole new land out of that area behind Big Thunder if they wanted to. Just move or remove some backstage stuff, and you've got a plot of land about the same size as the area that Autopia and the Subs take up!

 

So yeah, there's a lot of room, it's just hard to see!

 

--Robb

[robbalvey]

Ok, I even did a little photo. I mean, obviously not ALL the areas in yellow would be "easy" to build something, because there would be infastructure that they would need to move. But they've done it before! (Indy and ToonTown come to mind) so they can do it again, if they REALLY wanted to!

 

Look at the following areas in comparison to the size of the Space Mountain building. So yeah, it's entirely possible. When you look at it from a bird's eye view, you realize just how tiny some attractions are!

 

--Robb

[BiCoastal Kid]

^Also, Pirates goes under a bunch of stuff, so that's possible too.

 

ALSO, if you look at it, they could build a pretty nice Waterpark over in the parking lots around DTD if they built another parking structure.

[BelizeIt]

I don't doubt that the Disney Imaginers can find a great location for a new E-Ticket attraction.

 

It's unfortunate that Disney has to work within the confines of the Disneyland Park, as compared to Disneyworld where they own ALL the land and can build at will without some nearby homeowner Bitching about the Expansion/Noise Etc...

 

I don't feel any sympathy for these homeowners who complain about the Noise or Fireworks from Disneyland. I mean hey Moron! You bought a home near an amusement park (by choice) so cope!!!

 

The crap that Disney has to put up with in Anaheim is unbelievable.

 

I mean look at DCA's Mailboomer, where they have "Face Shields" (AKA Noise Blockers) on the ride. That's Sad!

 

Never-The-Less, I always enjoy my visits to Disneyland, and whatever attractions they come up with in the future, I feel confident that it will exceed my expections!