The Hidden Location of Disney's New Coco Ride at DCA

[@MrFrenchboss]

I actually stood at my desk and applauded when you mentioned getting rid of the carnival games.

[@FunAtDisney]

I have fond memories of those games when our daughter was two and won a little stuffed turtle (this was the old games, before Pixar Pier) about 16 years ago, and they still have it. It was and still is one of their favorite stuffed animals (she may have taken it to college last month).

[@SarahSmith-ff6yy]

I had totally forgotten there were carnival games there. lol

[@FunAtDisney]

@@SarahSmith-ff6yy Honestly being they are PIxar themed, for little kids it can be fun for them. It does fit the theme because you have Midway Mania right there and Mr. Potato Head acting as the “carnival barker”. So it does fit the area and there is often kids playing the games. I don’t mind it all.

[@blazed.s24]

Speaking of the Hyperion. I just rewatched some old Aladdin videos. Man, the Disneyland entertainment department went DOWNHILL. I can’t believe they used to produce a 50 minute Broadway style show 3x a day, 5x a week like it was nothing. We used to be a proper country! Lol

[@marcusruss]

Those were the good old days. Even further back than that - early to mid 2000’s - there was a show called Blast! and still to this day, nothing has come close to comparing.

[@tahjo7]

I used to work at hyperion during the aladdin days. I miss it soo much.

[@daydragoon331]

Hard to believe Disney once cared about the parks eh?

[@pacheaco727]

We used to always try to catch it. There was one Genie that definitely made the show with his tendency to go just far enough off script.

[@lisacubbon8508]

@@tahjo7the Aladdin stage production was amazing. We always made sure we saw jt

[@concertino58]

There has always been rumors/plans for a "Tunnel of Love" type of attraction for the Pier so it makes perfect sense to put Coco there.

[@alextirrellRI]

David at FreshBaked was talking about this and posted an old piece of concept art that had a ride entrance going right through the existing Pixar Promenade. So it was always intended to be expansion space, but it was never implemented, and makes sense that they might put it there.

[@katkrywolt7]

When it was announced, I imagined the Coco attraction as a transition between Paradise Garden Grill and PIXAR Pier. I figured that the parade corridor would remain and nothing would be removed. Instead, i figured the attraction would go where the walkway curves towards PIXAR Pier - near the Incredicoaster track.

[@allisongomez7263]

Same here. And I can easily imagine them creating a second story for dining, meet and greets, etc on the Paradise Garden Grill area. It'd give more footprint area to work with, could still add to the theming, and possibly add dining and shopping options. I'm not a fan of the carnival games but losing them entirely also removes a number of characters from the park that you can't find anywhere else. Unless they decided to work them in somewhere else, there will be a lot of unhappy fans.

[@SarahSmith-ff6yy]

I am always so happy when someone mentions Rogers the Musical! That show was one of the highlights of my Disneyland trip in 2023! I am willing to watch that show every single time I visit California! Absolutely loved it!

[@AlexisAmezquita]

My favorite part of these videos (besides your great storytelling and the thought that goes into them) is watching you alone in different areas of the park and wondering “what time did he go there and find it completely empty?” 😂

[@MishyMouseEars]

we ask that every. single. time. lol

[@DT2again]

I have to admit, I really had to rethink things when you shared your idea of a “Coco Neighborhood” in the current HPB. Very cool

[@rexnewcombe8337]

I think that would be the perfect place to put the Coco ride. Just look at Fiesta Village at Knott's and could you just imagine what it could look like for DCA to have it's own Mexican theme area. 🎉The thing I really don't like at Pixar Pier are the games and seems to be just dead space. Brickey you've hit it on the head with this one, and thanks hopefully one day I get to see you in person ❤

[@briandavis6898]

I'm disappointed that Disney no longer makes attractions that are multi-layer multi-level like how pirates of the Caribbean goes above and below the grade and how the restaurant could be on the second floor with the boat right below it so you get more interesting use of space.

[@dogafro]

I’m there right now and saw a billboard that made me wonder if folks were still speculating about this. “I wonder if a Brickey knows?” The billboard is at the end of Pixar Pier right next to the Incredicoaster, and it shows all the Coco characters emerging from the Pixar Promenade facade. Disney loves to hide things in plain sight. It’s great to see that’s the most popular pick, and that this attraction can be a full scale show with great food and theming all around it. And to build it above ground level with a themed facade would add dimension and immersion to the bare bones amusement park midway feeling that the coaster and its little strip of carnival games provides. Love it!

[@ckbarry]

Really enjoyed this, Brickey. Your enthusiasm is high, as are your spirits. It IS fun to think about the potential ideas and to hear your thoughts about them. Bonus, you had me laughing again “don’t touch my *corndog* castle”! 😂

[@nzjonty]

😂👏🏼

[@brianwisdom8051]

What if they put the ride behind the theater in Pixar Pier and did the ride and area like they did for New Orleans Square? Dig down below the access road and make Coco a two story show building like Pirates. The drop could be the transition from the world of the living into the world of the dead. The lift hill at the end brings you back.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

That would make sense, but use the theater as the showbuilding. It can easily be converted into a Spanish-colonial architectural design.

[@anab.7450]

LatinoLand and Mexican Sweet Treats FTW! Love this breakdown.

[@HeyBrickey]

haha ❤

[@Halo-d8t]

Pixar idea sounds great!!! 👌🏼🙌🏼🇲🇽 ❤️‍🔥🇲🇽 I’ve ALWAYS have said we needed a Coco neighborhood and ride!! Can’t wait!! Great video once again Brickry!!👌🏼🫶🏼

[@caledoniaskytower]

Great use of the poll function to inspire content! Love it! Well done.

[@wheelindisney5874]

I'm going to just ignore your poll constraints and say I love your neighborhood idea - really a mini-land. I love it so much that it deserves to be a part of Disneyland Forward. I'm willing to wait a little longer to get a high quality celebration of Mexican heritage in SoCal. And that high quality will only come if Coco goes into Disneyland Forward. I'd put it in the expanded Backlot. A Hispanic neighborhood could blend in well with that area. Just another street in historic Los Angeles. It could also save the Red Car Trolley, which would be just fine in a Coco neighborhood.

[@mattwedgeworth7332]

I’ve been sitting on the hoodie for way too long, just checked and you only had my size left. Thank you sweet baby Jesus

[@matterhornmania]

Love the 2 story design in Pixar Pier!

[@Thrillahbee]

Pixar Pier is the most viable location! I was one of the 1,600 subscribers to vote for Pixar Pier lol great take on the potential Coco attraction sites! Keep up the great content, bud 🍻

[@familypassfun5190]

I think FreshBaked has the right idea in that it's going to go in the backstage area behind Emotional Whirlwind with the entrance at the Pixar Pier Promenade (next to Bing Bong's).

[@JD_MeanGruene]

Love the breakdown. My dreams of it going in Paradise Gardens has been smashed. Pixar Pier it is.

[@DrStarlander]

Oh boy, so many great topics and issues in this video, thanks Brickey! Some thoughts: 1. I like the idea of putting Coco behind Incredicoaster because as you point out it's the only "net gain" of theme park space. But I don't see Pixar Pier and even the Incredicoaster in the long-term of this park. It just doesn't reflect Disney's best abilities...so maybe Coco complicates the long term? 2. I have to think a lot of Imagineers want to remove the Monorail, or shrink it to just a transportation method from the hotels to the park entrance. It is in the way of all their wildest dreams of Tomorrowland and, as you point out, Hollywood Backlot too. Like Rivers of America, it would be a rough issue, but not going to be surprised if that "issue" goes away in the Hollywood Backlot. 3. You point out the awful sight line of the side of the Hyperion Theater. But the Pixar Place Hotel sightline is...sooo bad too, right? Nothing says Disney theme like a tacky 1980s hotel looming over! Whatever they ever do with Paradise Gardens, I beg Disney to put a giant backdrop there as in Cars Land to block that view! If Coco doesn't go there, wonder what are the options? 4. Disney filed for a permit "address" with the city for Avenger's Campus right after D23...but no such filing for the Eastern Gateway....a project they've wanted to do for years? That does not bode well for Disney Forward or the bus drop off area being reclaimed. Again, Brickey, you are rockin' it, man, thank you!

[@skipsolorzano2509]

Great observations, throughly researched the location I thought was underutilized was Redwood Trails across from Grizzly Rapids near entrance to hotel. I was hoping Bug Land would have been moved there. Again don’t subtract - add;

[@LanceMiller87]

Even long before Disneyland Forward was a thing, I thought that they'd eventually build a bridge where Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta is, and extend the park into the parking lot. I wonder if they could actually build attractions over Disneyland Drive, essentially turning it into a sort of tunnel.

[@denaenealhernandez7936]

Thanks!

[@drewwhitney7327]

Man, Paradise Gardens and I need to hang out more. I’ve only skirted past it. I’m more of a rides over vibes guy, but you have helped me see the light. Rivers of America is now my favorite land.

[@lindamemo5224]

Great content as always. A little sleuthing a little conjecture a little hope and lots of fun

[@lawrence_tenn]

COCO inside a show building like the Mexico Pavilion at Epcot would be awesome.

[@KayeThePterodactyl]

it's always fun to find a youtube video that recreates a conversations my friends have while in line at disneyland! i would have voted for paradise gardens, but with a wider border, as in taking out little mermaid and building a new boat ride where it stood, with an entrance much closer to the rest of the neighborhood. it might be a radical change, but it would definitely be a fun bit of cohesion in the park to have a series of pixar festival-type lands all around the water, and we could keep a delicious corner of the park full of music and culture. the hardest thing would be properly decorating such a big show building right in the middle of the park, especially if the entrance isn't such a central focal point like it is with little mermaid now, but it could (and probably should) double as a stage

[@FunAtDisney]

Bricky - I never saw the poll but a couple weeks back WDWNT predicted that the Coco boat ride would go behind the Incredicoaster as well. My thought is instead of transforming Pixar Pier, Disney could take the Paradise Garden Grill area, leaving the buildings but then create new facades, shops, restaurant for the village with the current parade corridor being the village street itself. Re-theme the Silly Symphony Swings and the Jumping Jellyfish and bam! That whole area becomes the Coco Village with the queue to the attraction beginning about where the parade gates are now back to the show building. And remember - The entire Paradise Gardens area was re-themed once before so it could be done again. Disney would already have the buildings in place, even restaurant facilities saving a ton of $$$. And we have already seen when they do Felix Navidad and all it fits right next to Goofy’s Sky School just fine!

[@capcaw]

Love the interactive element of this video with the poll

[@MishyMouseEars]

Hey Brickey! Hey bud, do you call your t-shirt a blouse every episode to make it memorable? It cracks me up every single time :) love the content, keep it coming!!

[@HeyBrickey]

I say it because my grandma always used the words blouse and slacks, two very funny words so humor is part of it but also the fact that BRICKEY BLOUSE rhymes with a little guy that lives at Disneyland.

[@ericiancarr]

The roadway at the very edge of DCA was originally used to move guest cars from the old entrance(& parking there) to the simba lot. With avengers expanding too I expect them to turn that Into the backstage roadway. They don't need 2 parallel guest/backstage roads anymore.

[@bobgargiulo802]

I love that, "Disney magic in my eye" 😆 I feel you Brickey!!!

[@SuperKazmierski]

Pixar Pier adding a Coco ride would be great. DCA is such a nice layout, where you don't need to go through any land to get to another land (Toon Town, Galaxy Edge, New Orleans...) Each land has an entrance and exit to keep the flow of people moving. Putting Coco between Toy Story and Inside Out would be a perfect collection of Pixar IP attractions, from Incredicoaster, to Toy Story to Coco to Inside Out. Convert the Midway games and Bing Bong's Sweet Stuff into an indoor cue similar to Mickey's Runaway Railroad, that feels like the Coco Town. The ride is in the footprint of the big, long building behind Incredicoaster.

[@twone64]

The future of Disney should include going underground Not just with staging and office space, but imagine Fantasyland with double the rides by going underground!

[@kotch35]

Coco going into Paradise Pier would be close to impossible. Behind the Pixar Promenade facade is a low point in the Incredicoaster track which would be extremely difficult to work around. The main parade storage building is just behind the coaster meaning a Coco ride would eliminate all parades in DCA. The other two backstage buildings are vital to the park's operations but could be moved in theory. I think Coco is going somewhere else.

[@Primogen16]

The way it could be done is if some or all of the current midway games structure were turned into queue space. Immediately after going through the Promenade entrance, the queue is to the left, and then turns right to go under the track where it is high enough.

[@agkoolaid]

The building behind the games is the original parade barn. You know what else is a parade barn, that long building between Incredicoaster and Radiator Springs Racers. Last I checked, DCA doesn't need 2 barns at the moment (like we did with Eureka and MSEP back in the early days. Take out the old barn, relocate some of the facilities back there, build a new building that also contains office space for potentially other displaced backstage facilities. Keep in mind, there is also a whole multi laned road that used to serve as a tram path that is rarely used. Yes, the power lines are there, but nothing is stopping them from adding some smaller facilities in this area. And if you really need another parade barn again, you can include it in the design closer to Katella/Disneyland Dr corner. As for multi story water rides are concerned, Pirates would like to speak for a moment. Sure it's not the entire ride, but there are areas that overlap.

[@ThemeparkNThings]

It’s 2.8 acres it’s plenty of room little mermaid is .8 acres coco doesn’t need to use all that 2.8 acres

[@TheDesignRescueShow]

I am looking forward to seeing an upgrade of all of those areas that you pointed out, but one question I have is what about the branding dissonance between the name of the park and the themes within that park. Are there plans to change the name of Disney's California Adventure to something that's more appropriate? I've come up with a short list of suggestions. Disney Adventure Park Disney Beyond Disney Odyssey Disney Dreamscapes Or even Disney Immersia

[@aboondocksaint47]

Disney Beyond sounds great

[@AStageForTheKingdom]

So I agree that the Pixar Pier area is the most likely location for Coco, but I have some serious reservations about it. That area is already extremely crowded, with fairly narrow walkways. Now imagine that area with the Incredicoaster, Jessie's Carousel, Mickey's Torture Wheel, Midway Mania, Inside Out Spinner, etc, AND now a big popular Coco boat ride. How on earth would that work from a traffic flow perspective!? The gridlock in Disneyland between Haunted Mansion and Pirates is bad enough. Pixar Pier with Coco would be ten times worse.

[@albertrubidoux]

Well thought-out Brickey, thank you.

[@crab1]

I think the Backlot is the obvious place for a Coco land and dark ride. You can put up a nice facade to cover the monorail. There is enough space there for an awesome street fair out in front of the ride.

[@HappyHealthyVegan]

Great talking to you yesterday, Brickey! Definitely hate the idea of taking away the Paradise Garden Park area as that’s our favorite dining area and we love the bands in the bandstand. Also, the only rides we go on regularly are Jumping Jellyfish and Golden Zephyr, so I take offense at the idea of trashing them! 😅 As for Pixar Pier, I’d be very bummed to see our giant furry Bing Bong gone! And my Heimlich stuffy from the boardwalk games is one of my prized possessions. I’m still sore over losing Bug’s Land, unpopular opinion or not! True, the games there are underused, but you have to admit the old time boardwalk theme is the best fit with the roller coaster and all its attendant noise.

[@kingdoo21]

Mentioned on the community post; if you didn't already know it, Jim Shull has a cool tidbit on his video about the relationship between Grizzly Peak and the San Fransokyo tides.

[@HeyBrickey]

Been talking about that in my videos for years.

[@LesterKao]

They could always take a blend of the ideas. Put the Coco-themed neighborhood (with food and retail) in the Paradise Gardens area, but the actual Coco boat / attraction building behind the Incredicoaster. Would require some creative queue designs to connect the two (similar to the long snaking pathway developed for Indiana Jones in DL), given the narrow corridor between Paradise Gardens and the backlot. This would alleviate the need for the clunky transition near the boardwalk games area, and also create room in the area for the eventual portal needed to connect to the DisneylandForward expansions across Disneyland Drive. In many ways, I view the Coco attraction as including some park development / construction elements that enable the future expansions across the street.

[@norcaldad5983]

If they dropped the coco ride and land into the backlot they could re-theme the red car trolleys to the street cars from Coco! The tracks could run left into the Town center and loop around a central fountain!

[@liamcollinson5695]

If it's what my wish was i would move it to magic Kingdom instead in frontier land the wild west going into mexico makes a lot of sense at least to me

[@pacheaco727]

Would be great to see an Epcot style pyramid with a restaurant and tequila cave to go along with the boat ride. Probably not enough room but would be great to go into Disneyland Forward.

[@ReverendPuck]

Curious about your feedback to my idea: Put Coco between Fantasyland and Galaxy Edge and Toon Town, where the stage is at. So going north from The Rose Tavern, you'd have that small section to give you a more thematic Coco area that swings around to where the stage is, using the area between Casey Jr and the Railroad. PLUS, give Coca already pairs well with Zolaco and even Big Thunder Mountain which would even transition better from the current trees to Galaxy Edge.

[@danielfrey2104]

Oh and Avatar will replace all of Pixar Pier and Bay take that to the bank with a dedicated Pixar Land in the DCA expansion surrounding the Pixar Hotel.

[@realrocker777]

We always go to play those games! We love them and they're sacred to many of us!

[@MaiTysAdventures]

13:08 I totally forgot about Jumping Jellyfish and thought you were now doing drone shots in the park

[@kevinjoyce1825]

Great content. Keep it coming Brickey

[@danielfrey2104]

In real life Sunset runs into Olvera St. Which lends support for a historic district and recreation of this Mexican market where Coco will locate there between the Hyperion and the backstage abandoned area.

[@sarahvanorden670]

As a big fan of EPCOT there’s nothing I fear more than option number 2… if they make this Coco boat ride the exact dimensions of the Gran Fiesta Tour I fear that means it’s definitely going to be copied into EPCOT and we will lose out on a low crowd, slightly educational boat ride

[@garytillman9380]

Put Coco in the Pixar area perfect spot the 50 together with all the other Pixar stuff.

[@stephenfreitas8546]

The best option is to place Coco as you suggest, in the Boardwalk Pizza and Goofy’s Skyschool area. Monsters, Inc. should be moved to Pixar Pier to make room for a reimagining of the Backlot.

[@pacmandy]

I feel like theirs a possibility the backlot might eventually turn into Monstropolis.

[@henryremington7590]

Personally I think everything past The Little Mermaid and up to Pixar Pier back entrance should change into The Coco Village and re-theme the rides in the area to match. Have the Coco boat ride be part of the village and enter into a building for the rest of the ride. Looking at the aerial map there is a small backlot area/ road that could be taken over to add to the ride footprint. I agree with you that Coco needs an area and not just a ride.

[@astinchandler8664]

as much as I love the three caballeros ride in EPCOT, it would be a no-brainer to turn into Coco. i’m honestly surprised they haven’t done it yet

[@toddhensley880]

6:23 “carrot” is a much better term than “weenie” 😂

[@RonanBunny]

I love carrots 🥕

[@RakoonCD]

Man, as a Mexican myself, I hope the ride isn't just a book report of a movie that preferably would stay a movie. That's probably why replacing parts of the Hollywood backlot with it isn't a popular choice, It might lack in comparison. 10:40 pretty much this.

[@surferbob9419]

I would think that a Coco ride could go underground the same way that Pirates and Haunted Mansion are underground that way you should have room above ground to make a themed area. I would think Pixar Pier and backstage should fit the bill.

[@freestyledrtbk]

Hey brickey mouse. Love your content brother

[@artapples8417]

The only reason I don't feel they will do a full on Mexican Courtyard around the Coco ride is because isn't that in a way too similar to the Mexico Pavilion in Epcot as an idea

[@MishyMouseEars]

so make it different, better than EPCOT!

[@artapples8417]

@@MishyMouseEars That I agree with if they done it for sure. I was just saying that they might not do it because it has a slight duplicacy about it.

[@salvadormoranjr4048]

Bring back Aladdin

[@gridley]

The Hyperion Theater was one of the major embarrassments of DCA 1.0. Not even comparing DCA of 2001 with DisneySea of 2001, Hyperion was not much above making Six Flags blush. The Hollywood Backlot, even with Monsters Inc instead of Superstar Limo, is another kerplunk of DCA 2001. As for Paradise Gardens, I recall when it was a pizza restaurant themed to surfing, a McDonald's (yep), & the mad mouse coaster was Mulholland Madness instead of Goofy's Sky School. When some folks say they miss the original version of DCA, I wonder what they're smoking.

[@b236en]

Coco ride land would possibly be good over by Pixar pier if they were transitioning into avatar land across the way

[@melbrown13]

Coco over in the Pier area makes the most sense to me. I still don't quite get the big push for another Avatar land.

[@craigsvonkin6710]

Brickey, I'm guessing that the Paradise Gardens area becomes a Coco themed area, and then entrance to the ride, and the ride goes behind the rollercoaster, behind the Pixar Pier stuff.

[@Oddernod]

What about some addition without subtraction? Enter through the Pixar Promenade facade then combine the Pixar Pier backstage area AND Paradise Gardens maybe? The ride building gets slotted into that backstage area and you can repurpose the Gardens as the neighborhood (and maybe retheme Goofy's Sky School into a Ride on the back of the Chimera from Coco attraction!) and we get an entire COCO land. Two rides and a restaurant qualifies these days, right? 😜

[@ronduarte358]

Is the lake area big enough for coco

[@MrDirtpaw]

There was always supposed to be a new attraction at the Pixar Promenade entrance, I believe it was first announced during blue sky dreaming as Pixar Pier Theater, there is a picture showing this from 2017 with people heading into this area, however, it was canceled during the Pixar Pier transformation budget cuts. 100% guaranteed that's where something was/or will be going at some point. With Disneyland Forward approved, some/most of these new attractions i.e. Avatar, will be built over on newly expanded DCA land/transformed parking lots.

[@willrontani5894]

Avatar would also have a boat ride… so if it is to be in the Hollywood Backlot, I think this too would be a problem. i think Disney would be forced to move the monorail. That gate which marks the parade corridor is likely the key to Disneyland Forward expansion. Again, a second show building behind Pixar Pier is a “master plan” option WDI had sitting in their back pocket for a good long time. I didn’t realize it was as much space as you had found. The other thing is how much noise is over there… could music help clean the area up of noise?

[@JP-1990]

I wouldnt say that the Coco ride is a sequel to River of Time. I'd say its more of a... spiritual successor.

[@ElectricUmbrella23]

How would you feel if they ‘did an Indiana jones’ with coco. Where they retheme paradise gardens and it’s smaller attractions ( including the sky school) to the coco neighbourhood and the queue to the boat ride bridges over where the future Disneyland forward entrance is and to the plot behind pixar pier. That way you increase capacity, plus up paradise gardens and have a sizeable highly themed dark ride

[@ericgerds3980]

Great Video. In thinking about the Pixar Pier what if, they take out emotional whirlwind and the candy shop and made that area the entrance / exit to the Coco area behind the rest of the pier and not use the bandstand. I agree that would be the choke point. You idea of going two stories is good but use the upper story for Queue and shops and the lower level as the attraction.

[@HappyHealthyVegan]

I’m an Emotional Whirlwind stan and find this outrageous 😅

[@ericgerds3980]

@@HappyHealthyVegan it could be moved

[@concertino58]

This has plot of land has been rumored for YEARS to be an entrance area for a boat ride that would be house being California Scre-i mean...Incredicoaster :)

[@Pearlh22]

Not the “Mejijo” lol 😂

[@disneyguy3116]

If Guests want the most immersive experience for Coco the only space is Hollywood studios area but the monorail would have to re routed for that to happened but I highly doubt that Disney would ever do that! one of the reasons I would want it there is because I would dread to see Avatar land there because then they would cheap out on both those lands. But then again its Disney were talking about 🤦🏻‍♂

[@outlanderfrog]

What about taking the Pirates and Haunted approach and going underground for more attraction space, and to avoid some of the obstacles. (e.g. Screamin' and the monorail)

[@ForEverEcsTasY]

Move Angry Dogs a little closer to BingBongs and whirlwind, SAVE that area behind the coaster for an InsideOut ride making that lil front part a mini Inside out area. Give COCO the space it DESERVES with Disneyland forward & build it next to the Pixar place hotel in the Simba lot & start it from scratch!! 💀 The marigold bridge over Disneyland drive can be the transition into Pixar Pier 👍🏾

[@genappithy]

You wouldn’t be able to use the Pixar promenade arch as the entrance to the tunnel coco land. Right behind that arch is where the tracks dive to ground level after the first turn on the roller coast. You could go through the midway games. Behind them the tracks are higher. I think it’s more likely if they do expand behind the roller coaster that they use the Pixar gates/backstage access road as the entrance. It’s the same thing they did when they expanded behind it’s a small world. They used the old access road as the new entrance. It’s also so much easier then trying to find a new opening in the roller coaster’s lattice

[@ibeckerca]

I was watching one of the vlogs yesterday on KZbin. In one of the blogs, they talked about the 11 rides that are leaving the many Disney parks. One of them was Mike and Scully to the Rescue over at DCA was on that list to make room for the new Avatar land. Have you heard any news to that affect?

[@michaelsaravia6564]

What about scrapping little mermaid and putting it between Pixar pier wilderness creek? I feel that would be better area. Little mermaid doesn’t make sense at dca

[@youknowit.]

What if the entrance of the ride is behind those big doors that say Pixar pier and move the parade stuff behind seaside sovereigns and little mermaid

[@steverogers9591]

i think the noise from and view of the Incredicoaster throws the pixar pier location out for Coco. I think the most likely spot is the hollywood backlot, including removal of the monsters ride (it just would not fit in if converted to Coco. A better place to move a improved version of the monsters ride is pixar pier

[@joseolvera5091]

I’m surprised no one’s thinking about this, but the Coco ride has to be next to an existing water source and one of the only water sources in DCA is Pixar pier Coco’s going to go in that Mexican pavilion mark my words

[@fettkane]

I am going to armchair imagineer, my vote is for the TVA building from the Loki series to replace the theater. I love the details of the series and would love to see assuming it is approved by McDonalds, a limited menu restaurant within the ride making it unique and extending the marvel property into that area, for the CoCo ride replace the full area where the Monsters ride is and engulf that whole section redoing if necessary.

[@saitoman]

If Coco were to be on Pixar Pier and going behind where the service buildings are would still present other problems. If you want to have Santa Cecilia or land of the dead that would still not be a boat ride attraction. The arch way could be converted into a “marigold” bridge. I could see the attraction being more of an Omnimover, which we could “dance” through the ride.

[@Michaeland]

Not a Coco vibe on Boardwalk. Can they bridge the street within the boat ride? They don’t need two restaurants next to each other, and once the walkup is gone, the area behind it opens more room for an entrance.

[@Caman-h1w]

Paradise Gardens is always so busy that it’s hard to find a table. Where would all of these people eat if it was removed?

[@JnCsdad]

It needs to be in Mexico at Epcot.

[@itsalexvargas]

tea!!!!!

[@JasonGillard-design]

But.... Incredicoaster track dips right there and blocks the walkway into that area beyond the coaster? Incredicoaster would HAVE to be altered

[@R2d233de]

They’re going to reconfigure Disneyland Dr By DCA to make a bridge with foliage to immerse you in the transition from Pixar pier to world of avatar in the current Simba lot

[@KensanOni]

The footprint isn’t right, but blue sky to San Francisco street, going under GRR would have been an interesting place. That whole stretch has needed a retheme for a while now.

[@brayans_pops]

I always had an idea for a Coco ride, but not a boat ride. I was thinking more of a 3D screen inside roller coaster ride. Where Ernesto didn't die and went to steal the photo of Hector in the land of the living. So Hector and Miguel have to chase him. That's when (the guest) get into an Alebrije and chase Ernesto through the living world and the land of the dead for that photo. The reason how Ernesto got the photo, is that there is people out there who still like him, and put up his photo during Dia De Los Muertos. What do you'll think of this?

[@AJSXenigma]

Honestly, this breakdown just makes me think it needs to be a Disneyland Forward project, much like Avatar. All four of those spots have room for improvement, some more dramatic than others, but it doesn't seem like a boat ride is the correct fix for any of those spots. I'd rather a Coco boat ride wait for the expected expansions into the bus loop and/or Simba lot rather than squeeze a sub-par ride no one is happy with into the existing footprint.

[@inkwadnito966]

Putting an immersive Coco land in the Hollywood Backlot is the most elegant solution and worth the “big chess move”: - Mexican heritage/DCA Heritage: What better way to pay homage to the OG California theme than to have a land dedicated to Mexico theming. - Hollywood: DCA seems intent on losing the Hollywood theming. Besides, Universal Studios is already dominating that; Michael Eisner was only trying to copycat Universal to begin with. Plus, the Buena Vista entryway could still remain intact. - Monsters Inc: Was never truly in theme with a Hollywood backlot, it was a band aid solution for Superstar Limo. Some of the Monsters Inc elements could be repurposed to the new MI land in Orlando. Or, they could build a new show building for it in the remaining smaller footprint of Pixar Pier, since Monsters is a Pixar movie (unlikely). - Monorail: It could potentially “plus up” the monorail, if they could somehow route it through the Coco show building (if the noise/sight of the monorail wouldn’t detract from the ride). I love how the Disneyland railroad goes through Splash Mountain, but obviously the railroad train is slower/quieter than the monorail.

[@danielsolis6979]

I like the idea of Pixar Pier being the location for Coco if they keep it within the current footprint. My concern is that would Disney entertain that since they just spent a crap ton on money to make Pixar Pier a thing?

[@briandavis6898]

The back lot all the way to avengers campus is a waste other than monsters inc. I could see the monorail incorporated into a ride depicting it as part of the land of the dead