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Disneyland Forward: What If Disney Buys Anaheim Garden Walk? – Future Of Disney Expansion Plans
Imagine if Disneyland buys Garden Walk? Garden Walk Disneyland represents the missing piece of the Disneyland Resorts ultimate plans for a true Disneyland Resort expansion that would make all of the Disneyland Forward plans a reality.
Join me on an exciting journey to discover a lesser-known aspect of Disneyland Forward. We’ll explore how a seemingly unsuccessful Disneyland Resort Expansion project from 2018 could hold the key to the future of Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, and even a potential third Disney park in California – all at the present-day Toy Story Parking lot. Through this Disneyland Forward video, we’ll delve into the spaces where the Disneyland resort is set to expand in the coming years.
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um they have zero cash!
Definitely an interesting opportunity with lots of upside potential. What ever happened with Disney buying Angels Stadium?
Thanks for creating some very intriguing stories in this series, loads of food for thought 💭 😊
Love this content so good
I really like your thought process taking us through the possible progression of Disney Forward Brickey.
Let's say this all does happen as you theorize, I think about how to move all these people throughout the whole complex.
Over the years with WESTCOT & other visions, there were always People Movers, Moving Sidewalks and/or the Monorail, maybe even by Skyway Gondolas. The biggest hurdle to any of these expansion possibilities is having to crossover Harbor & the other City owned streets that would require approval.
The connectedness of all these "zones" of Disneyland Resort are essential. WDW has no such concerns because it owns the land & can use whatever transpo system they like. However in Anaheim crossing over public property/streets & sidewalks is an issue.
Additionally the businesses on the ground hate the idea of a "Disney Bubble" that might impact their street foot traffic.
Any vision on how to address this?
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Personally I'm hoping for a Monorail system (with a/c) to make the entire loop!
walt said that "the biggest mistake i made,was not buying enough land around the park"……because it created his park being surrounded by tacky motels,and other hangers -on looking to cash in on being next to disneyland…and it limited his ability to expand… this was the reason for WDW in florida….to have enough land to expand out…and do things the way he wanted to do them….while keeping his sightlines.if anahiem wants to make "a disney resort district",they need to work with disney to make it happen…and thats what "disney forward" is all about.
Disney is currently committing suicide as a company. They couldn't even afford to keep the Galactic Starcruiser open. They won't be building anything new for years and years. And if they continue the current path, it will take decades to fix. I like you, but this speculation is silly at this time
Stellar content!
Another great video in the series. I love hearing your ideas and hope Disney listens! Keep up the good work!
Brickey I think you’re spot on here! I think this is exactly what will happen. We can bluesky beautiful ideas but this legitimately seems so possible.
Do you think Disney would tear down gardenwalk entirely to build downtown Disney east? Also, how big is the Toy Story lot? Does it make westcot possible ?
Nice color scheme. ❤.
Great creative insight! Disney needs to talk to some creative people like you to expand their vision!
I think Garden Walk will remain a shopping district but not for a 3rd gate. My money is on Toy Story parking lot becoming a Disney’s Boardwalk Hotel style resort.
I don’t see a third gate coming to Anaheim. Only one Disney resort has more than two parks and what Disneyland resort lacks, that WDW has is a themed fully immersive resort hotel. The grand Californian is close, but that’s more an extension of DCA than a standalone resort like you find in WDW
I thought that they tried to buy the Garden Walk, but the everyone around there put the city against Disney's plans on the expansion. Because of that the mayor didn't approve of the expansion and because of that, Disney decided not to buy the Garden Walk.
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I visited here in 2012. Nice to see it's still up and running
Thanks Mark!
Great video! I've agreed with this idea for years. It just makes logical sense. People taliing about Disney not having enough money or The Garden Walk wouldnt sell, are just naieve. History shows, when Disney wants to do something, they do it
That big long strip next to the Gardenwalk with nothing in it? If I remember correctly, that's power regulation. You have high tension wires running all down that particular route right there. You can't develop on it. It has to stay empty in case an earthquake or other natural disaster knocks over those towers.That should be owned by the the Utility Company, whatever they might be called now days.
I see the vision. Its perfect. Keep these videos coming!
Like all this speculation. Makes a lot of sense and the development of the Toy Story lot would be a boon to all those Harbor / Karelia hotels and businesses. Look forward to more of these!
Love it- Dream Big with Brickey!! 😀
This expansion series is brilliant.
A while ago i saw a few other creaters talk about Gardenwalk and factors about it and the ownership issues it has had.
With no reason beyond that I liked the idea, and that the current owners don't seem to have major plans, i wondered if there was any chance that a "Florida Project" was in play, and that Disney was already in possession of the Gardenwalk behind or using the the company that owns it, holding their cards close until the Forward plans allowed for it to be showcased along with eventual plans for the eastern side of Harbor Blvd.
Yep, you're absolutely right about Garden Walk. I've been saying it for years that they will connect the Toy Story lot to Garden Walk for a 3rd gate. The new parking garage would feed the shopping district, which will feed the 3rd gate, which will feed back to retail and DVC. An endless loop for Disney.
Disney has zero interest in building a third park in Anaheim. It's just not a multi-park market. It took them a long time to get DCA viable. What drives attendance at the Anaheim parks is holidays, food festivals and discounts. The primary market is locals. A third park, while nice, would only cannibalize business from the other parks.
That area is empty because of the easement for the high-tension lines that run above it.
I talked about some of this 6 months ago tho in my mind it was how to use various spaces around the parks without buying garden walk.
https://youtu.be/nyEucJOvEcU
I love this series. Keep it up.
Golf and stuff used to sit there under the power lines on the corner of harbour. I wonder if that’s now considered undevelopable land?? I’m assuming it’s owned by the city.
I absolutely love this series. Not only are you showing us your great vision and imagination, but you're teaching us to use ours. Very eye-opening and educational.
Too bad – back in the day the adage – think globally but act locally would have served and saved Disney well.
Love this video Brickey!
Yes yes Yes Brickey!!!! I’m here and loving every bit of your content and imagination. Come on Disney please get on board.
To your point when we visited for the first time last May we stayed at the Hampton INN across the street from this Garden Walk area. Never once did we set foot in there because it wasn’t part of Disney but we made the walk to DT several nights. We had no idea what was in that area and just walked by simply because it wasn’t part of Disney 🤷🏻♂️
I like your vision brickey! And I’m on your team! If more retail establishments want to come to downtown Disney, I don’t see why they can’t buy garden walk to accommodate them. Disney really needs to buy it soon so they can expand a bit more. I’m looking forward to your next video about the future of the Toy Story parking lot. Can’t wait to hear your insight about the potential third park 👍🏼👍🏼