Disneyland Resort

[MAC]

So based on recent permits filed it looks like the the Toy Story lot will become some sort of Disney Springs type shopping district. While it is a bit disappointing for those hoping to see a third gate at DLR, WDWMagic user Disney Irish thinks the endgame might be to level DTD for theme park expansion

Sources:

The Death of the Third Gate: Why Disneyland’s New “Shopping Mall” is a Betrayal of the Theme Park Dream

For a few brief days this week, Disney fans thought a mystery permit meant a new theme park coming to Disneyland. Instead, they're getting a shopping mall.

www.disneydining.com

Disneyland files confidential building permits fors Toy Story parking lot

The DisneylandForward plan envisions an outdoor shopping mall, hotels, entertainment and theme park experiences next to the Anaheim Convention Center.

www.ocregister.com

I’m surprised considering how much redevelopment they’ve done at DTD recently. I wonder if this was not an option before or what changed that leads to this being the direction they’re moving in.

 

[Rideguy70]

I'm old enough to remember that the big speculation was that Disney would somehow acquire Gardenwalk and make that the next DTD phase

 

[MAC]

I'm old enough to remember that the big speculation was that Disney would somehow acquire Gardenwalk and make that the next DTD phase

I remember those rumors as well and am still not certain why they didn’t buy it the multiple times they could have.

 

[Jerroddragon]

I remember those rumors as well and am still not certain why they didn’t buy it the multiple times they could have.

The mall was for sale at a reasonable value and Disney just left in on the table and with the Toy Story lot there was more then enough room to make more hotels, a third gate and even some more shopping/dinning outside the park but yeah....

This is my problems with higher ups they like do easy wins but anything with "risk" they just avoid so much and this wasn't even much a a risk, because Disneyland gets insane crowds and DCA does very well now. Plus they could have made another on site hotel and be making bank from the third park day one....I just don't get it. I don't think Disneyland would need a 4th gate ever or at the very least not for over 50 years but a third gate has to me made sense since they bought Star Wars and Mavel and now with Fox they own more then enough IPs plus other IPs from the past like Frozen, Moana, Encanto that we don't have much room for at Disneyland and would be great if we could make a Westcot and have a park with the theming of Disneyland and events going on in the off season like DCA/Epcot and it would be another win for the resort

 

[MAC]

The mall was for sale at a reasonable value and Disney just left in on the table and with the Toy Story lot there was more then enough room to make more hotels, a third gate and even some more shopping/dinning outside the park but yeah....

This is my problems with higher ups they like do easy wins but anything with "risk" they just avoid so much and this wasn't even much a a risk, because Disneyland gets insane crowds and DCA does very well now. Plus they could have made another on site hotel and be making bank from the third park day one....I just don't get it. I don't think Disneyland would need a 4th gate ever or at the very least not for over 50 years but a third gate has to me made sense since they bought Star Wars and Mavel and now with Fox they own more then enough IPs plus other IPs from the past like Frozen, Moana, Encanto that we don't have much room for at Disneyland and would be great if we could make a Westcot and have a park with the theming of Disneyland and events going on in the off season like DCA/Epcot and it would be another win for the resort

You'd think with their frustration with being land locked over the decades they would've jumped at the chance to expand the available space around them...

Short-sighted decisions, once again, for the win (said never).

 

[OrlLover]

I mean this was inevitable as Disney saw the overwhelming success of Disney Springs over in Orlando it’s a no brainer to want to replicate that in California.