Star Tours + peoplemover??

[Neo]

I think that the east tower is too close to DTD and wouldn't work. They would have to make sure it imploded towards the west tower and that would demolish the entire middle area which is a lot of plant life.

[ryguy222]

^In vegas they implode hotels all the time, and most times its within 50 feet of another hotel, and they get it down without any harm. It'd just create a lot of dust, and DTD would need to be cleaned up, and that area closed for a few hours.

[Neo]

The Hotels are closer than 50 feet I think. And I think for safety they would have to empty all the hotels out in case it didn't implode correctly and just toppled over.

Just sounds too risky if you think about what would happen if it didn't go right. Vegas has tons of hotels and such. DTD and those towers are way too important for Disney to just casually ignore the risk.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Vegas-style implosion only works if they intend to rebuild everything in the Disneyland Hotel complex again. That means lobby, restaurants, former marina area, all of it. Otherwise, they'll have no choice but to go the tedious route.

[austen]

OK.. There has been sooooooooo very many rumors about a new star tours!!!! disney should just listen to the guests and make a new one! 99.9 %of the people are ready for a new video.. rumors are again going around that Lucas has made a new video. Sadly, I won't believe it until Disney officially says it themself. I truly hope they do redo it.

[HiddenMickey]

Originally Posted by PeoplemoverMatt

Vegas-style implosion only works if they intend to rebuild everything in the Disneyland Hotel complex again. That means lobby, restaurants, former marina area, all of it. Otherwise, they'll have no choice but to go the tedious route.

What do you think they'll do, Matt, implode, or just go in one by one and retrofit each tower (or wreck it down and build anew)?

[Neo]

Originally Posted by austen

OK.. There has been sooooooooo very many rumors about a new star tours!!!! disney should just listen to the guests and make a new one! 99.9 %of the people are ready for a new video.. rumors are again going around that Lucas has made a new video. Sadly, I won't believe it until Disney officially says it themself. I truly hope they do redo it.

Lucas and Disney have both officially announced a new video in the making. This all happened at a Star Wars convention in Florida. I don't believe any actual dates were announced thou.

[ryguy222]

I thought that was just lucas, and not Disney. Do you have any sources?

As for the Disneyland hotel, they could use a wrecking ball @_@

[Neo]

It was announced by Lucas and repeated by Disney. I will see if I can get in contact with the WDW press relations to get a copy of it.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Originally Posted by HiddenMickey

What do you think they'll do, Matt, implode, or just go in one by one and retrofit each tower (or wreck it down and build anew)?

It's hard to say really. The choice that's before them to make is no secret, and neither option is a clear cut good option. Usually in that senario, TDA sits on its hands, does nothing, and that's how empty buildings inside Disneyland come about. But in the case of the Hotel, they can't sit back and do nothing because Disney knows its got umpteen hotels on Harbor right outside the door that'll be more than eager to jump on Disney's marketshare. So they're really boxed into a corner with this.

On one hand, the implosion seems easier because it gives the area a clean slate. The con of that is that everything would have to be rebuilt, not just what currently needs rebuilding/refurbishing. What only really needs work are the towers themselves, so they might simply refurbish/retrofit them. The con of that, though, is that Hotel guests will be forced to deal with all the construction/noise/detours/other junk associated with a construction site. Just like when students have to deal with construction when a building on campus is being retrofitted. It's not a pleasent thing to deal with.

Personally, I say eat the costs, implode the Hotel, rebuild it bigger & better than ever, and create something that's good enough that will immediately steal back whatever marketshare you've lost in the interim. People will choose Disneyland Hotel over any generic Hilton, or Embassy Suites, or Ramada any day IF the Disneyland Hotel is good enough. It would not be very hard to regain lost marketshare IF the Hotel's re-done right. Not cheap, not plain, not cookie-cutter, but spectacular, inside & out. We'll see if they have the guts to do that.

-- PMM

[ryguy222]

^And it would really help them out if they lowered the price of hotel rooms for a month or so. Me and my family stayed at the Grand Californian a few months after DCA opened and I think it was around 190 a night, instead of the average 350 a night. But when we stayed their the place was packed. If they lowered the hotel rates a little bit, lots more people will stay there.

[HiddenMickey]

If they built a new DLH I wouldn't be surprised if the costs soared above GCH's.

[ryguy222]

^If that's the case, they may as well build just one tower, and maybe half of another.

[HiddenMickey]

It seems like they've got a trickly dilemma here -- convenience vs money, if you ask me. I don't know, something will be taken away from it all if they build a totally different hotel.

[Neo]

Either way it is gonna cost them. A renovation will only last so long before it will need another. Especially with all the new building codes the longer they wait to rebuild it to codes of the times the more it is going to cost. It might make more sense for them to build a hotel on the property across from the Gardenwalk, then use that as a temporary hotel while they do the DLH. That way in the end they have 2 hotels, both new.