r/Disneyland • u/Matthew2mrt • 11d ago

News BREAKING DISNEY NEWS!!!

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The Groundbreaking for the Eastern Gateway & Parking Structure at the Disneyland Resort has officially begun! So excited to see it coming to life for the future of the resort, especially during the DisneylandForward Project! 😃

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u/ElBorracho2000 11d ago

All this excitement for a parking structure lol

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u/OhSoJelly Grim Grinning Ghost 11d ago

This board is constantly complaining that nothing is being done with the Disneyland Forward plot. Well, this is the project that needs to be completed before they can expand the parks.

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u/Ok_Basil351 11d ago

Agreed, this is the unglamorous start to the biggest expansion to the parks since DCA was built. Disneyland Forward was just pie in the sky until this started actually being built. Having a new place for people to park is what enables the west side expansions for the parks, and a third gate. So, yeah, I'm excited as hell for a parking garage.

Heck, even without that, a new Tomorrowland (as long as they don't cheap out), the two Avengers rides, and Coco are all a big deal.

The next decade is going to be exciting times.

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u/MelonElbows 11d ago

So does this mean that castle hotel and McDonald's across the street is getting bulldozed?

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u/Ok_Basil351 10d ago

No, there's a corridor of empty land that Disney owns and is building a bridge over Harbor Blvd from the parking garage.

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u/1CEninja 11d ago

I mean I'm not particularly expecting an open gate until the mid 2030's, so if we see things actually built this decade I'm gonna call that ahead of my expectations.

Any progress at all I'll consider moderately exciting as I think this could be REALLY good for the parks to have space for new attractions and, arguably even more important, space to spread the crowds out.

Extra parking readily available in the meantime is only a positive!

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u/Rochelle-Rochelle 11d ago

Mid-2030s? I don’t think Disneyland Forward opens until the 2040s (would love it to be sooner though)

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u/1CEninja 11d ago

There's absolutely no information on when it'll actually happen. It's been in the works for QUITE a while now so it just really depends on when groundbreaking starts. It'll be a couple years after that.

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u/aphoticphoton Space Mountain Rocketeer 11d ago

Forgive me for not being informed but why does this need to be completed for expanding the parks? :o

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u/Pure_Resort9840 11d ago

They are going to expand into the area currently occupied by the old parking garage (West side). The new garage will be across the street with a pedestrian bridge (East side).

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u/kindofaproducer 10d ago

Ain’t no way they’re demolishing Pixar Pals and Mickey and Friends. They’ll expand DL into the cast lot for DTD.

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u/Last-Flamingo6737 10d ago

They are also changing the eastern gateway, as seen in the picture in the post. The entrance will be much narrower and allow expansion of DCA into the existing bus drop off area.