DCA version 2.0 - Will It Be Enough?

[lashbear]

To the Northern Hemisphere? Then we could be The Island At The Top Of The World.

[Kevy Baby]

Al has a spoiler-laden article previewing Cars Land

[lashbear]

On reading the article, my observation regarding a certain long-beloved attraction that seems to be not so beloved on its return is: Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it.

I feel sorry for the Imagineers who listened to the public waxing lyrical about how special the flying saucers were and how they wanted them back, only to have to listen to people whinging about its many downfalls now that its back.

[innerSpaceman]

Alex is right in pointing out there's plenty of linear paths in Disneyland, but I rarely feel I have only back-and-forth as a travel option in that Park. To the contrary, I think Disneyland is successful because its layouts allow for many different paths of travel - and, as a land, only Adventureland is a linear track.


In other and pleasing DCA news, apparently screws have been turned and GM has backed down .... CMs may now say the words "Cadillac Range" when referring to the mountain range evoking luxury automobiles of yesteryear!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm glad that legal battle didn't Escalade.

Fans of the Pixar films might have staged a Coup de Ville.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I agree with Alex - DL is almost entirely linear paths. When we were in DL Paris we discovered the joys and annoyances of non-linear pathways.

All DCA judgement reserved until later.

[innerSpaceman]

Au contraire, imo, but when I'm in Fantasyland, I feel I can go in quite a few directions. When I'm in Tomorrowland, I likewise feel I can move in more than one direction. Frontierland the same. Even Critter Country is more of a big space than a linear road.

Sure, not so the road to get there. And yeah, there's a main thoroughfare thru Fantasyland, and the entry to Tomorrowland is a linear path for a ways. That's simply not the same as an entire park consisting of linear ... and I'm glad to see DCA moving away from that with each new addition. (Bugs Land is an area, for example).


I'll heartily agree that Disneyland Paris took this a step or five further. But it's part of the genius of the general Disneyland layout that I find sorely lacking in DCA.


Don't get me wrong though ... I think I'm with the Disney Co. on this one, and this may just be a tipping point. DCA might finally be a really fun place to spend several hours ... and not just when you're drunk!

[Alex]

I can't argue with how you feel in Disneyland but I don't experience DCA as any more linear than it.

Tomorrowland not only is a single pathway, it is an overcrowded single pathway. I'm not sure how Critter Country is any less of a linear path than Condor Flats.

That said, I think DCA tends to define itself into smaller units. "Golden State" is by no means a linear path "land" but if you think of it instead as Condor Flats, San Francisco, Pacific Wharf, and Redwood Creek then it is collection of simpler things.

But then so is Fantasyland if it were instead "Castle Flats" "Matterhorn Wharf" and "Small World Causeway.

And unlike Disneyland, assuming that the path between Bug's Land and Tower of Terror is remaining, DCA no longer has any significant pathways that are dead ends.

But again, no real biggie to me. If all of my friends are in the Paris studio park, then by definition that is the best Disney park in the world.

[€uroMeinke]

My last day in the park was spent entirely at DCA and I didnt even ride anything. I think it's already made great improvements as a place one an hang out in.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

My last day in the park was spent entirely at DCA and I didnt even ride anything. I think it's already made great improvements as a place one an hang out in.

That was our recent evening as well. The vibe near Buena Vista Street is pure awesome. Quite the change it needed from the old Sunshine Plaza. For once, I actually don't miss the old parking lot.