Disneyland unveiled plans for a third theme park plus retail and a parking structure, the expansion was first reported by The Orange County Register
DisneylandForward is Disney’s effort to work with the city to grow the Disneyland Resort expansion and help propel Anaheim’s economic rebound following the pandemic.
Disney will be asking the city over the next weeks and months for more flexibility in plans approved in the 1990s in order to be able to add a mix of theme park, hotel, retail, dining and entertainment on the eastern and western edges of the Disneyland resort.
The expansion is slated to be built on the current Downtown Disney District and the Lilo and Stitch parking lots woven amid the Disneyland Hotel and Paradise Pier Hotel.
Concept art of the northern end of the west-side site includes an Autopia-like car course and a Dumbo-like spinning ride.
The Disney Entertainment Destination east-side expansion would bring together theme park experiences, hotels, retail, dining and entertainment on the Toy Story parking lot next to the Anaheim Convention Center.
The east-side site on the 56-acre Fujishige strawberry-farm-turned-Disney-parking-lot has long been discussed as a possible “third gate” for future theme park expansion.
Concept art of the east-side retail area features a central lagoon surrounded by shops and a low-rise hotel with a parking structure near the corner of Katella Avenue and Haster Street.
More to come as this story develops…
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