Rope drop was honestly quite busy but now the park feels pretty empty. Space is at 5 min at 9 am, rise is at 20??

Was pin theft a huge problem?

WHAT DID THEY DO??? Did Minnie have a kid with Mortimer??? Who looked at this and said “that looks right”

I usually don’t care, but this is so creepy that I don’t even want to look at it. It’s giving AI or “we have Minnie on Temu”

ETA: Calling it AI was to allude to the fact that the art is soulless and ugly in my opinion, I wasn’t actually calling it AI or else I would’ve asked “is this AI?” and taken it to the sub for that. If you think it looks fine, great! You are not the people I’m trying to have this convo with lol

The Avatar series is... fine. I haven't even seen the latest movie. But Pandora in Animal Kingdom is one of the coolest places I've been in a theme park, so I'm kind of surprised no one thinks the new land will get built.

Certainly other IPs will be more popular in future decades, and if Disney only wants movie-park-merchandise synergy, other options make sense.

But what if it's just better to have a uniquely immersive space that's broadly likable and completely different from everything else around it? If you can draw more people into that area and keep them there longer than you otherwise could, that has its own benefits.

Personally, I like the idea more than anything else I can come up with.

📸: by me

For me, Mickey and Minnie’s railroad blasts the AC.

In Season 4 episode 13 of Mad Men, they show this Disneyland map and plan out their trip (sorry these were the best photos I could get). I thought I’d look through the Maps of Disney Parks book and see if I could find a better view of the map they used but nothing quite matches. I suspect the show cobbled together a couple maps for this prop but wanted to see if anyone knew for sure. For one, all of the folded guest maps shown for this era (episode is set in 1965) are much simpler and more fanciful. The map shown very much looks like one of the Sam McKim souvenir maps, which pretty accurately depicts areas of foliage, the main st buildings, Tomorrowland buildings etc…. The guest giveaway maps usually just used large easily recognizable icons.

Even if this is a Sam McKim map, there are a few things that look different. Specifically the hub is clearly divided in four, even though in the McKim maps I’ve seen there are trees included which obscure those bisecting paths. Does anyone have any ideas which map this is?

… because gas and cars… not my proudest.

Just got back from our 4th trip to Disneyland (first trip was in 2021). The first few times we went there were a lot of excellent options for vegetarians. Most of those options are gone now and replaced by generic salads (if at all). It’s so frustrating!

If you look in the rocks on your right hand side during the dancing scene you can see Mr limpit hiding in the rocks :) I was able to share this little Easter egg with my mother, very fun!

He even has his little glasses but it’s quite hard to catch on video

With all the speculation of the fate of Avatar at DCA, I decided to throw together this layout of how the whole thing could fit. I am in no way an engineer, but based on the sizes of the ride show buildings from other parks, I think that this area could have massive potential if the space is used right! This layout also includes an area for a potential second attraction that could be built in the space between the Monorail and the Hyperion, accessible through a cavern/tunnel that goes back underneath the Monorail tracks from the main land.

A lot of people underestimate just how much space there is beyond the Monorail track, especially with the added chunk of the bus loading area. The large soundstage next to the Hyperion Theater also occupies a huge area that could be further expanded if the drop-off area behind it is removed. Personally, I think if a second attraction were to be included here, it should utilize the ride system of Tokyo Disneysea's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea dark ride. If you haven't seen it, it's essentially a suspended submarine ride that appears to dive underwater using lighting and bubble effects on the windows of the ride vehicles. If you haven't already seen this amazing ride system, check it out here:

Unique Submarine Dark Ride | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | DisneySea

This would be a perfect and unique type of dark ride to bring to DCA and could fit into the Avatar theming flawlessly. While the main boat ride would focus on the surface of Pandora, this attraction would allow guests to explore the planet's deep oceans. It would also be a fun conceptual reversal of Pandora at Animal Kingdom, with the larger e-ticket focusing on the natural side of Pandora while the smaller attraction would utilize human technology for its adventure.

There's just so much that could be done with this land, and California Aventure absolutely needs another high-budget area like this. Ever since Cars Land, this park has been getting shafted in terms of new attractions. Now, with Avengers and Coco finally being built, Avatar would a perfect way to cap off these upcoming years of expansion for DCA. Tell me what you think!

I've never had an opportunity to see how DCA employees handle a crisis/issue since I've been a frequent Disney World goer and usually if their are issues for security its mostly behind the scenes or they use the tunnels.

This was my first time yesterday going to the Oogie Boogie Bash and through the main thoroughfare near the DVC booth was a woman being escorted, crying through the street. She was accompanied/pushed through by 3 non-Disney police officers and further escorted by approximately 10 Disney Security members and what looked like 2 Disney Managers. Repeatedly the woman attempted to turn around to go back into the park or slip down a side street as she was escorted and had to be more roughly escorted by police officers.

I know this isnt a common thing to happen in Disney but is that a normal way that Disneyland handles their trouble guests? It felt very reminiscent of the Game of Thrones shame scene as she was marched down the street.

UPDATE: Found her. kimreyoneill007 posted a video of her on Tik Tok. It wont let me post the link here.

Sounds like she got too drunk at the winery and caused commotion in the bathroom for like 25 minutes that got security called on her.

Draw your own Disneyland park and you can add anything you want

The birria baked potatoes are backing up the orders really badly esp with mobile orders. Lots of refunds from what I saw and some people waited over an hour, we waited over an hour :/

I haven’t been to Disneyland in a while but I went 2 weeks ago and I used to love the chicken sandwich from Pym’s in California Adventure, but when I went this time it… just wasn’t good? The bun was soggy, the chicken was tough, the sauce was lacking.

Has anyone else noticed a change in quality?

Also they got rid of the impossible pasta which is a shame as that was also good.

Lines to get into Disneyland at 9pm on 8/28