Disneyland Forward Expansion: Third Theme Park Explained!

Let Hey Brickey explain why creating a third park on the west end of the Disneyland resort is a bad idea and could create one of the worse Disneyland theme parks with it's problematic footprint.

[@389Tman389]

The extra expansion would have a similar effect as far as what Disney is aiming for. Make Disneyland more difficult to see everything in one day without diminishing the guest experience, and make it so you don’t have time to park hop after finishing DCA before you’ve spent a full day there since there’s too much to experience there. Now you’ve created a third day for those that normally would only visit for 2.

[@HeyBrickey]

Nailed it!

[@eileenwright6228]

Yup... exactly. I'll leave it to the young ones. I now know how my grandma felt! Too much for this "ole lady".Brickie's great!!

[@CabFamilyAdventures]

Yes! After he mentioned this, it totally makes sense. And I'm all for that being a magic key holder. Something else fun to do!

[@kotch35]

Spot on Brickey. Another major benefit of expanding DCA and Disneyland into those parking lots is that hose parks will now be very close to the Disney hotels. I would imagine Disney would include special entrances to the parks from their hotels thus increasing the appeal of staying there.

[@HeyBrickey]

Agreed that’s mentioned in this video and I went more into detail about that in the previous Disneyland Forward video.

[@gridley]

The combo of a Magic Kingdom park in Tokyo and its neighboring DisneySea (made even more impressive with its new addition) seems more substantial to me than the 4 Disney theme parks of Orlando. Also, the Disney Co has struggled to keep improving, updating or expanding its 2 existing parks in Anaheim, so a third one would result in an even more aimless or diluted experience.

[@JoshSchlottman]

Disney math: Why build a 3rd gate when you can just upcharge for access to the new expansion area? Disneyland+ lol

[@a_cowwithlegs]

Upcharge LANDS would be crazy 😭

[@JesseAdventure]

Brickey is the Best Disneyland KZbinr!

[@happilieverholli9994]

I second that!!

[@brianwisdom8051]

Great video Brickey! I agree that Disney will use the areas as extensions and not stand alone park or parks because it’s just easier and doesn’t require redoing everything in that area, as you stated. Best I see is the access to the extensions for hotel guests. As far as the Toy Story lot, I don’t see a third gate. What I do see, is Disney building a new DVC/hotel resort area to sell more rooms and get guests to spend more time and money. Thanks for all the work you put in on these videos!

[@RobRoyRoadie]

One point of clarification: Grand Californian’s underground parking is for valet only. All guest self-parking is across Disneyland Drive in the lot sitting between Downtown Disney and Pixar Palace. The question has always been what would they do with guest self-parking for Grand Cal if they eliminate that parking lot in any expansion.

[@Forthygreaterglory]

Those land bridges remind me of the old London bridge. They probably will take some inspiration from it but more structurally secure.

[@bruiser666]

Hey Brickey! Definitely agree that expanding DL and DCA will make more sense than a 3rd gate on the Westside. Really enjoy hearing your ideas and imagining what could happen!

[@ssgorik]

Hey Brickey, I’m all for a Toy Story parking lot third gate, but the residential areas worry me. Would you be willing to do a video specifically addressing the difficulties of building a theme park next to those residential plots and how it could complicate it, but also how they could work around it? How high can they build? How close can they build? How loud can they be?

[@user-yp9uf7gu9h]

Your comments are spot on. As a 70 year resident of the city of Anaheim I have grown up and gotten older with Disneyland. My first visit was in September 1955. I really think that getting the input from the locals will offer Brickey's viewers our view of Disney and the impact it has had in our lives.

[@timfolly7323]

Everything you said makes sense. However, the current decision makers don’t have the best track record lately for doing what should be done. Shoehorning lands and attractions in weird places or undercutting them with substantial budget cuts or wasting valuable space with poor design. WDW Galaxy Edge suffers from almost all of those. It won’t surprise me if the go with the 3rd gate by the hotels.

[@Kyle_The_Mighty]

It wouldn't be near as loud as you think it would be if they put indoor attractions along the edge of the park and all the outdoor rides in the middle.

[@Michaeland]

Gonna drone on again for a second about Tokyo Resort…there are big streets running thru it all, where of course you could Never tell, especially in DisneySea and the newest parts. Enjoying Your show Always. Cheers.

[@JTKell]

Love it! Always love the vids in this Disneyland Forward series!

[@agustdan6599]

Before Disney expands, they need to redefine the DCA park. I would personally love to see DCA turn into an all Pixar Park. It would be original and different from all other Disney properties. Side note, I'm pretty sure the city of Anaheim approved the sale of of both Disney Way and Magic Way to Disney. The deal was in the Disney Forward proposal.

[@AStageForTheKingdom]

Disney Way was not sold. The only things that were sold were Magic Way and a couple of entrances to parking lots (which technically have street names).

[@Olyphoto7]

Hopefully I’ll get to see it done in my lifetime, Toy Story, not likely within the rest of my days. I’d love to be wrong!

[@SilverStarz]

Great show and you are spot on. Yes, the south parking lot will be an expansion of DCA. Disney has almost confirmed this. But the north parking lot as a Disneyland expansion has been put on hold. The reason might be that this would change the footprint that Walt had so carefully designed. We know that Disney has been slowly returning to Walt's ideas, which may be one of them by scrapping the north parking lot. Personally, I support this idea. In past Disney forward discussions, Disney always said the "Disneyland Resort" expansion. The words now used are "DCA expansion" The Toy Story parking lot will continue to be a parking lot, and the parking structure on Harbour, will be considered again much later. There are two lands for the DCA expansion, Avatar is not one of them. On the Disney property, a couple of hotels and a 7-11 that need to be moved, maybe for the Avatar land. The Disneyland forward promoted in the past is now completely gone. I think work will start very soon on the south parking lot, including a footbridge from DCA to the south parking lot's two new lands.

[@misterA2Z]

You may addressed this in a previous video but if they build the third park in the Toy Story parking lot do you think they would connect the parks in some way, like the monorail?

[@HeyBrickey]

It’s not as far as you think. But yes I did make a video both about the monorail and one about Skyliner being used.

[@Chili327]

Shouldn’t even have been needed to make this video, a 3rd gate surrounding the hotels was never a good idea & anyone that thought so didn’t really think about the logistics. You nailed it in the beginning of the DF playlist when you said Toy Story lot and GardenWalk will be Disney Springs west. 😊 But appreciate the video either way, Brickey!!

[@ttam23ps3]

Well yeah, Disney never said it was going to be a third theme park.

[@AStageForTheKingdom]

They've said both. They've intentionally kept the door open to either one, without committing to anything. They just led with the expansion idea because it's the least scary and disruptive concept for the public to digest. The new zoning allows them to do either one.

[@julieclarke621]

Hi Brickey!… just commenting that I have heard it discussed that the Toy Story parking lot parcel is unfortunately just a bit too small for a third gate, surrounded by private property… Maybe some purchases would be possible…😳?

[@AStageForTheKingdom]

It has residential lots attached to it, and a third party hotel. Much more complicated than the West Side in that respect. Not to mention the long walk from the tram dropoff to the Toy Story Lot.

[@CabFamilyAdventures]

Let's discuss Sunday 🤣 We enjoy your predictions since they are based on something solid not just what you heard. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

[@timrose9826]

One sec… why keep Downtown Disney ? It can’t generate much income Always seemed like a waste of space to me

[@sizzlemann]

While building the eastern gateway Disney could either build bridges over Disneyland Dr. or re-route it underground. That way they can expand the full borders of the current parks over to the new extensions. It would be more costly, but they'd gain a lot more space.

[@ckbarry]

Thanks for yet another great breakdown. Love hearing your thoughts. Cheers

[@JD_MeanGruene]

Another awesome video. I still would love to see them add a automated people mover from Pixar Pals and Mickey & Friends to where the old Rainforest Cafe was located. That would free up the current tram area for back stage & expansion.

[@disneyguy3116]

Expansions 🟰 More DVC’s so perhaps a DVC area for the first 5 years as DVC and Hotel 🏨 guests will have first dibs on the expansions which make sense! And then have those areas open around Noon for all Park Goers as they will be stand by as the demand will be astronomical

[@mikespeedfromspeedway2812]

I’m leaning towards expansion as well. One significant thing about Disney with their theme parks today is night time shows to keep guest there the whole day. Being that these plot of lands are butting up to a residential space would mean that night time shows would be seriously restricted in what they could possibly do without violating the noise ordinance they most likely will have so close to them.

[@fjorgthebuilder]

It has always only made sense for it to be a second gate for each of the two parks. A hotel guest entry point for the D Forward expansions for the two existing parks. A third park would be nice for ticket admission, but the idea of you can enter form either end and work your way half day through CA and park hop to DL for the second half and re exit at the hotel again is a great concept. This would make Park hoppers much more valuable to purchase.

[@toshibavoodoo]

Bridge in Down Town is GREAT, your right you don't know your above cars and traffic.

[@KensanOni]

I think people are misinterpreting the gates that they saw marked along the avenue from Downtown Disney to Disneyland Hotel. Those aren't indicative of a new unified park, or third gate. I believe that plan there, and I don't know if it still exists, was that those would be alternative entrances to the theme parks, maybe exclusively for the guests of the hotels. That would make sense. Would you really want the guests staying at the hotels to have to walk all that way to the Main Gates just to walk all the way back inside the parks proper to get to the new hotness? It makes much more sense for those to be entrance and exit points to get back to Downtown Disney and the Hotels, and allow for Park Hopping at the westernmost expansions. I would imagine that they would have learned their lesson from the Pixar (Paradise) Pier entrance to DCA, which I can't imagine was ever ideal, and reshape it into something that works a lot better for the guests at that hotel. It would also be nice for the Disneyland Hotel to have another exclusive entrance that isn't tied to the Monorail. I don't think the plan ever was to make this a unified park, but just a second Esplanade closer to the hotels.

[@bjvincent8786]

As always great video Brickey! Whatever the Disney decides I just hope All I hope they get started on whatever gets decided. In addition I hope be it Disneyland Forward and/or a Disneyland proper extension; it is not done on the cheap and the Disney Co. puts some Oriental Land Company type funds and Imagineering magic into this project.

[@TheRickRatedShow]

Not weird or bizarre at all. Very logical and well thought out, as always.

[@DisneyFan-eg3oz]

Hello David here 😊 I have been a Disneyland fan and collector for over fifty years. So if everything comes true what you are saying is Disneyland and DCA will be a minimum of a 5 day vacation and thousands of dollars, wow 😮. Sounds like very little quite time. 😞

[@finned958]

Locals will be locals. You can’t convert a local to spend like a tourist. It just doesn’t happen. So I don’t think locals will treat the parks like Disney World’s multipark multiday experiences even if they do a third park. They will pick one park to visit and that’s it. Disney’s decision to cancel the 4th Hotel was out-of-spite. It’s is damaging to Disney’s reputation to choke the resort because it won’t deal with the reality of local politics, no different than its similar approach in Florida. Imagine building the 4th hotel much cheaper then than now. Not having more hotel space defeat multiday visits. Expansion will increase park capacity, thus reservations will be more freely available. More spending customers. Then maybe they will return Annual Pass sales to what it was before. The third park layout isn’t hard to solve. The third park entrance is on a higher level overpass than Downtown Disney and the Hotel district. All will be within the security zone. The reason why the bridges appears seamless is Disneyland Dr was lowered. Adding more bridges will result in more road excavations. That’s why Disney wants to buy the road and close it. The road itself is valuable to add park capacity, pedestrian overpasses, direct guest traffic to the resort hotels, and company vehicles.

[@edstrong597]

Looking forward to expansions to DL and DCA. Keep up the good work !

[@disneylandlux]

Such a great analysis. Disney needs more hotels - with some actual budget options so they don’t send all the customers to Harbor blvd. I wonder if they will use more Downtown Disney space for that? Seems crazy to get more guests and lose all the hotel and restaurant revenue to outside vendors.

[@marcmooney9293]

Great video!! Keep up the good coverage.

[@JoyleiaJo]

Disneyland needs a peoplemover. Practical Transport Not just the tram.

[@marklopez2691]

Bring it on Brickey, love your videos!

[@inkwadnito966]

I like what you said about the kid and the toys. Would love to see a predicted order of events video about how Disney might piecemeal the different phases. Including, any possible changes/expansions in the existing parks (Hollywood backlot, tomorrow land, etc).

[@AStageForTheKingdom]

My prediction: Phase 1 will include the Eastern Gateway parking garage, security screening, and pedestrian bridges, along with a new Avatar Land across the street from DCA as expansion of that park. That will eat up the first 1.8 billion Disney has committed to, and will be done in the four year timeline they've floated. Then Phase 2 (starting in about five years) would be a Fantasy Springs type development on the Disneyland side of the Western lots, featuring Tangled, Frozen, etc (probably not Peter Pan), along with potential redevelopment of the Toy Story Lot to feature new hotel space, retail, entertainment, etc (for park guests, convention guests, and locals who just want to come over after work/school and soak up some Disney ambiance). Phase 3 could potentially involve demolishing the current Downtown Disney and the old hotel towers, once the new Toy Story Lot development is complete, thereby making the West Side into a third park. This would start in 10-15 years, and be open in 15-20 years. Disney would be doing this in manageable phases to help keep their budgets balanced, investors happy, minimize the risk, and give them plenty of outs to change their plans as they go based on the popularity of movies, the financial climate of theme park business, etc. Somewhere in there, they would redo Tomorrowland and the Hollywood Backlot, thereby adding new capacity to those parks to make up for what would be "lost" when the West Side expansions would get turned into a third park.

[@toshibavoodoo]

15:03 Worth watching 5X, great visuals!!!

[@juanperaza6942]

i like your idea half to California disney and half to disneyland park i agree

[@hamiltoncox7651]

I think David from Fresh Baked covered the problem with a third gate at Toy Story. The setbacks from the residential areas lops off a tremendous amount of real estate. It's not nearly as big of a space as you have suggested in the past, almost too small for a third gate. Add to that the limited access to the area imposed by the Garden Walk and it looks like retail is the only option.

[@HeyBrickey]

It’s zoned as a theme park and it’s about the same size of DCA. It will be just as close as the houses next to these parking lots. They would be fools to make that a mall.

[@Chili327]

The outer edge would be show buildings, no need for setbacks. Toy Story is the only place a 3rd gate makes any sense. Don’t listen to the poo-poo’rs.

[@skullkaicolton]

What microphone do you use? Want to get into content creation too, and I love the quality of your videos! Was j curious!

[@arturodiaz4106]

I’m thinking there won’t be an official 3rd or 4th gate. It’ll probably be entry point prioritized for hotel guests first and then maybe open up for reg guests after in certain time frame.

[@ryanc.3372]

There is one other way of getting people into a 3rd gate on these expansion pads. The 3rd gate becomes a park-hopper ticket only gate. The entrances to the park would be from inside Disneyland Park and DCA. This is how Legoland operates their water park and Universal has proven with the Hogwarts Express that people will pay a premium on top of their base ticket to have access to a single attraction.

[@willrontani5894]

Well, they could do it, but they would need to fix a hotel parking issue, remove (or repurpose) large sections of DD they just built and hotel space. Possibly removing Disneyland Drive. They could also consider smaller footprint gates, like a water park.

[@RobRoyRoadie]

It looks like they have addressed Disneyland Hotel parking in some of the concept art by building a new hotel parking structure where the DLH convention center currently sits (and already has parking below it and on its roof). Grand Cal parking would appear to be a bigger obstacle as all guest self-parking is in the lot across Disneyland Drive from the hotel and all of their underground parking is committed to valet.

[@LuckyPierre789]

Thanks for another awesome vid! :)

[@jandalight1598]

You’re on a roll, Brickey!

[@radventure4231]

I really love your ideas, well i could see Disney do underground parking for the hotel's hiding the cars giving more space and probably asked the city to have Disney drive go underground and connect the hotels to the street underground and Disney can used more space on top for more backstage

[@jerzeyguy71]

why does it have to be a third entry way? why cant it just be added space to the park with no entrance or exit? Magic Kingdom does not have exit in the rear of the park.

[@azapache2006]

It’s going to be mimicing the toon town feel n mixture of what car n bug land were

[@jymnmeier3527]

I agree with you on this. Do you think we get a full reveal of the future plans at D23 or doyou think we get a plan that has several phases and they reveal phase one this year and others in subsequent years?

[@shashona3084]

What will the 3rd park be....

[@nickliefo4997]

thank you for your efforts, hope to see you at the park one day

[@KevinKJinks]

great job Brickey!

[@eddieo6466]

I wish they could trade parking lot land for hotel land closer to park!!!

[@ForEverEcsTasY]

I’d be surprised if Disney built the world’s gnarliest theme park between those 2 lots. I don’t think that would happen for the simple fact that they speak of Avatar coming sooner than later… AND the only place for it that makes sense is the Simba Lot, now that Disneyland forward has been given the green light. The Toy Story Lot will be the 3rd gate…one day in the far future.

[@qwert8134]

I personally think that Disneyland resort is a three-day resort. Like Disneyland is 1 and 1/2 days park and California Adventure is a 1 and 1/8 days park. If Disney were to create another Disney Park. That would bump it up to a four day park which would be an entire vacation at the resort.

[@TheMiketwo]

I think there is a much simpler way to make it work. notice their concept art and how they extended they extended some of the park theming up against the Disneyland hotel tower. so the grand entry would be where the Espn and forest cafe is, that could be the main reason for why they have not been demolished yet and any plans for it made Downtown Disney would consist of anything east of the street and the newly developed area on the west. No more DTD Disney on Northern side. Their conceptual art also shows them taking up all the green space along with the flat surface parking used by the grand California hotel which basically butts up the park boundaries to the area where the new security structure is being built. This can and might be used as an alternative park entrance or exit allowing foot traffic into the new DTD Dining areas. the crowd flow does not seem to be that complicated with the exception of the people staying in the Disneyland hotel. They need to cross the narrow area of the park if they want to head to Disneyland or California Adventure. meaning that if this was a third gate they would need to have a ticket for this park as well unless a special pathway is created to bypass this park. as for the people coming from the Mickey structure without having to use the trams, Disney can still keep the walking path that is up against the street and have the path end with a security check near the monorail load area in DTD. Business wise it would make more sense to have a third gate. They can charge for an additional gate for those that are not staying long. Multi day guests would also see it as a reason to stay longer because they see it as three parks, at least one day per park. having third park in this areas also allows them to share backstage infrastructure there fore leaving more land for guest experience. The back stage would be linked by the bridges we see in conceptual art. A new park in Toy Story lot would need its won backstage facility, It is too bad they did not pursue the land across the street when it was available. The large mobile estates property was up for sale at some point. The land is quite large and buts up to the freeway making it a perfect fit. my guess is they did not want a backlash of people saying they would be buying it and removing a low income housing site.

[@AStageForTheKingdom]

I disagree. I could still see this: They start with mini lands as expansion to the existing parks (i.e. Pandora, Frozen, etc), and then ultimately in 10-20 years, they demolish Downtown Disney and the old hotel towers and fill in that middle area to make it a third park. Then you have three parks close together in easy walking distance, all connected by the Esplanade. This route would be the easiest and least risky for Disney, and they could always choose to abandon the third gate route. That's probably why they've only committed to 1.8 billion in the first phase, which is probably what Avatar alone will cost. This will allow them to get new attractions open sooner, rather than having to wait for an entire third park. This way they don't have to commit to the entire cost of a true third park right at the beginning. They can slip it into their annual budget a little bit at a time, spreading it out over the course of many years, rather than making the DCA mistake of trying to do it all at once. The Toy Story lot is too far from the existing parks and the Esplanade. Imagine trying to walk from the tram dropoff to the Toy Story Lot. Oof. Also, the Toy Story Lot has a third party hotel and a couple housing developments immediately attached to it (as opposed to being across the street like the West Side lots).

[@davida8052]

I think they could make a 3rd gate in if they; tear down the pixar place hotel and move it back against Walnut and put all the parking subterranean (which will also block noise), take back the buildings from Splitsville back and finally put much of Disneyland Dr in a short tunnel so you could build over it. I'm hoping they turn Toys story into a 3rd gate but i really hope the can buy a few of the apartment complexes around there to increase the size another 10-20 acres. Finally I may be crazy but I'm kind of excited to see what they plan for the new parking structure, ect.

[@jamesl1130]

The Toy Story lot has similar issues that you bring up in this video. DCAs entrance is a lot smaller than Disneylands entrance that you chose to use for this "possible" 3rd gate in the North and South lots. The proposed bridges over Harbor and Disneyland Drive, has there been anything said about the size of the bridges? Some cities are capping freeways to create green belts in their downtown areas. Disneyland Drive could benefit from this. In Walts original proposal for EPCOT all vehicle activity was underground. I feel that all hotel parking could be underground (Grand Calif. does). This would clear up room.

[@davidnevolo4402]

Just imagine leaving disneyland hotel on your way to disneyland. You cant get there without cutting through the third park if that part of dtd security and ticketing dumps you into the new park. And if you only have a ticket for one gate, youre then park hopping to get to disneyland. Nope! If you got rid of dtd and had one main entrance to the third gate near disneyland drives bridge, you would still have hotels cut off. And if you had a grand entrance to third gate where rainforest cafe is, you end up with dtd and a separate section of the park to the south with no meaningful entrance . These will def be nice secondary entrances but not anything more. And based on fantasy springs disney is more than equipped to do that well. Not to mention downtown disney is already to cramped to accommodate being a thoroughfare into a third gate on its own. Imagine an extra tens od thousands of people there. Whereas if all the spaces are connected eith relief /secondary entrances and exits, youll get q nice big distribution of crowds across an extra 50 percent or so of park space. Love the video thanks

[@climateanxiety2825]

The Monorail would solve that. It used to pick up at the Disneyland hotel anyway.

[@davidnevolo4402]

@climateanxiety2825 but its nowhere near the disneyland hotel considering the area in question. You would have to go through security and third gate space to get on the monorail still.

[@climateanxiety2825]

@@davidnevolo4402 You mentioned the hotel. I just responded to that.

[@MarioBracamontes19]

Not talking about a third park...Why did they ignore ESPN and Rainforest Cafe? It doesn't make sense to leave them vacant for years. I would think restaurants would rush to use those buildings.

[@vespista1971]

Wait, I’m confused now…. I agree that the Toy Story Lot is likely to become a third gate eventually. But in the beginning of this video, the focus is on other current parking that is also going to be built on for the two existing Parks…. I’ve only been out to CA once, so I’m not super familiar with the whole layout, but do know that it’s very boxed-in, so my question is, how are they planning to make up all of that lost parking?

[@wheelindisney5874]

Just to play devil's advocate for a minute, the best way to get guests between the north and south halves of a park here would be in some kind of themed ride. Think Hogwart's Expresss in Universal Orlando. Some kind of fun ride that is also transportation. But I agree that an expansion of the existing parks makes much more sense. But still - a themed ride over there to do the park hopping?? Could be fun!

[@NumbyJuice]

Hey brickey you should make a video about how Disney never built WestCot and does it tie into now Disneyland forward

[@ClintonHughey-Trueman-gy9ks]

Would be interesting to see the end - but I personally could see it work it you take 'guides' from Epic Universe and the hotels and downtown disney become apart of the overall with 'worlds' brought in. (not that i think they would go that way - but it would be possible.

[@user-yp9uf7gu9h]

Great content as always Brickey, I completely agree with you. One factor that I think also will influence Disney direction is the current political climate in the city of Anaheim. Among us Anaheim residents there is a strong love hate relationship. Remember Westcot? There was strong opposition to that project by the locals. So what we got was a scaled back version DCA. No doubt Anaheim is Disney's town. Since Disney's opening they have had had the biggest influence on the city.

[@calebyost9228]

How difficult would it be to put in a monorail stop near the espinade? The track seems to drive through it already, but i dont know how engineering a stop there works or even if its viable. If you had a stoo at the espinade it feels like maybe you could get from downtown disney side where you might have a secondary entrance to the new park(or parks)withiut having to walk through downtown disney. Your hub then from the current parking garages(trams), the end of downtown disney(monorail), and the new parking you will be making (eastern gateway) would be the Espenade which feels big enough to handle all that traffic.

[@jameswiththegermanshepherd6628]

Have you seen Disney making any bad decisions in the last few years lately? I’m just saying.

[@JeffA_]

I think you’re right on. 👍🏻

[@danielsolis6979]

With the evolution of DCA from what it was to what it has become, the park seems to have outgrown its name. It’s not California focused anymore, so it seems to me that it needs a new name. Thoughts? I like calling it DGA - Disney’s Grand Adventure

[@a_cowwithlegs]

Disneys cinematic adventure would be good and keep the DCA thing alive

[@MarioBracamontes19]

Could the ESPN building and rainforest cafe become another hotel tower for the disneyland hotel if they build the 3rd theme park in the toy story parking lot? Or theme it to the expansion of disneyland?

[@NumbyJuice]

I wonder how long it will take to built all the theme park on the hotel side because epic universe is a 6 year project wonder if Disney will work in that pace

[@ernestxxo]

Informative

[@nzjonty]

The man knows his stuff

[@HeyBrickey]

Nah, just good at faking it 😂❤️

[@rudolphilaga9557]

No because Brickey might secretly work for Disney Parks, guised as a cool vlogger. 🤔

[@lilblackfish2009]

i think they should make a water park like in disneyworld

[@JennsHaunts]

😊

[@thecrye6798]

Is there any possibility that ALL of Downtown Disney might be absorbed into a new development?

[@HeyBrickey]

If that did happen I would imagine it being decades down the road. They have just spent a lot of resources getting it all updated. So short term anything other than the ESPN Zone and Rainforest I would say would be a hard no.

[@markapuan]

No argument from me on your anology on what is to happen on subject

[@rosslovesdisney3829]

Cool video. Though how does Avatar fit within the revised DCA? The re-dedication confirmed the California themes new direction: “To all who come to this place of dreams, welcome. Disney California Adventure celebrates the spirit of optimism and the promise of endless opportunities, ignited by the imagination of daring dreamers such as Walt Disney and those like him who forever changed-and was forever changed by-The Golden State. *This unique place embraces the richness and diversity of California... * Its land, its people, its stories, and, above all, the dreamers it continues to inspire. -Robert A. Iger, June 15, 2012, On the plaque of the flagpole in Buena Vista Plaza on Buena Vista Street

[@happilieverholli9994]

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[@agkoolaid]

I really don't understand how anyone can even think that the Westside was ever going to be a 3rd park. Existing infrastructure that is not going away prevents any chance of connecting them. New lands for the existing 2 parks is the obvious answer. Of course, I'll be the unpopular person and say I'd rather see Simba lot be a value resort. It's almost the same size as an All-Star resort. Use DTD lot as more Downtown Disney. Toy Story lot is your 3rd park site. It's what it always supposed to be. I feel like I remember it being a clause as to why the strawberry field was eventually sold back in the day.

[@michaelc_1955]

Ditto, Disney is not gonna make a terrible mistake like that, ppl don’t read into things like they should.

[@AStageForTheKingdom]

You're assuming the existing infrastructure will still be there. What's stopping Disney from demolishing Downtown Disney and the old, aging hotel towers in 10-15 years once that capacity has been replaced with a new development at the Toy Story Lot?

[@agkoolaid]

@AStageForTheKingdom realistically, the pathway to connect the 2 parking lots would've been the western strip of land. That would mean taking out the Disneyland Hotel parking garage, the convention space, Goofys Kitchen, and the brand new DVC tower. I don't buy they'd ever have 2 entrance gates into a single park that wasn't connected. Park 3 will never be the Simba lot and the original DTD lot if they were not connected. They would also never require Hotel guests to travel through a narrow strip of a park just to go from DTD to the Disneyland Hotel. Now, if they were to gain land on the other side of Walnut then the option could be on the table. We all know those residents are totally going to sell to Disney, especially now.

[@juanperaza6942]

Whats going to happen to Monsters Inc. Ride

[@toshibavoodoo]

First?

[@toshibavoodoo]

You're putting out some great content lately!!

[@HeyBrickey]

Thanks! I appreciate. Trying really hard despite having a ton of other things happening in my life.

[@toshibavoodoo]

@@HeyBrickey Watching for a second time, really good thick content. Hope your life is blessed and full of Love and acceptance.

[@RyanWilmot]

I don’t see how they financially justify expanding the existing parks so significantly, compared to a third gate option, which would allow them to charge significantly more money per Gast on average, which is a key metric for them. Getting from one side to the other of the new park could be done via a ride similar to Hogwarts express at universal Orlando, which is super cool way to get from one place to the other.

[@davida8052]

More park space = higher capacity and higher revenue. Not to mention adding additional hotel space and revenue, dining, ect. The parks are highly profitable it's the non parks stuff which is a drag on the company.

[@RyanWilmot]

@@davida8052 Yeah for sure. However if more gates didn't make more money, then Disney World wouldn't have so many gates. More gates = more capacity and more revenue, it's also better for planning since they can dish out capacity on a per gate basis with the reservation system.

[@toshibavoodoo]

Brickey!! We are all curious how your doing, any plans to give an update on what is going on in your personal life? We have seen a few hints on the channel in the pass and this might be better answered on your Club 1313

[@netizen_m3919]

I think I'm ok with there not being a third park in Anaheim. We don't really need it.

[@jokeal3613]

Please put text over the maps, as you zoom in and out, you know what the buildings do, but it is very hard to follow

[@HeyBrickey]

I do the best I can. What you are asking for is a lot of extra work and this video was already about 10 hours worth of work that I will be lucky to make $10 per hour on. So cut a guy a little slack with the request about detailed maps. If you want to help me put more time into the videos please buy a sweatshirt or join Club1313.com and that will help me put the extra work into the videos you’re requesting. Thanks for supporting the channel.

[@kevinkunzmann8782]

Disney is rolling in his grave