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Another one bites the dust - or will soon anyway

beckid
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Disneyland has purchased 11 acres of land to provide a parking lot for employees. The purchased land now houses the Anaheim RV Village - one of the closest RV Parks to the Magic Kingdom. This RV park has been in this location for many years. I stayed there for 3 months while my house was under construction in 1987. See the story here:

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201309/3643/

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Doug33
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mileshuff wrote:
Doug33 wrote:
I know DL hasn't due to land restrictions.


Disneyland has expanded considerably in the past 15 years!!! It is now two full parks, not just the one. The massive original Disneyland parking lot is now California Adventure park and Downtown Disney. Theres now nearly 85% of the rides and attractions that Disneyworld has in 4 parks all in only 2.


I was not aware of the recent growth - thanks for the info. If they used the parking lot for another park, then where does everyone park now?
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It's funny how when it was first constructed. Disneyland was built out in "rural" Anaheim on 160 acres of orange groves. As a lad, I remember seeing films and clips construction and it looked like there was plenty of land for expansion Now from the picture I looked up, it looks to me that it sits in downtown Anaheim and that the Rat is gobbling up the last few square feet of dirt.

I guess the phrase "Build it and they will come" holds true.
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mileshuff
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Doug33 wrote:
I know DL hasn't due to land restrictions.


Disneyland has expanded considerably in the past 15 years!!! It is now two full parks, not just the one. The massive original Disneyland parking lot is now California Adventure park and Downtown Disney. Theres now nearly 85% of the rides and attractions that Disneyworld has in 4 parks all in only 2.
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clubhouse
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dodge guy wrote:
Is it still a nice campground? Is it not doing good? I can't see Disney buying a piece of property that is making money and turning it into an actual employee lot where there is no income. There is something missing!


You missing a possible 3rd Disney Park in CA. Not long after California Adventure was opened, there was a lot of talk about a 3rd park -- the common thought of the time was it may be a water park.

1775
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So many here are assuming that the RV park was not up for sale. The owner got his sale. And if he was not planing on selling, I am sure he got a deal that more than put the value of his campground and future earnings in his pocket.
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tatest
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This helps put into perspective the economic value of RV parks relative to other land uses. In the world of supply and demand, parking lots are worth more.

Parking is higher value than you might expect, more than temporary residences, retail stores, even small office building. In many smaller cities, whole blocks of 1920s to 1950s three to eight story office buildings have been torn down to create parking lots or parking structures for the people now working in the bigger (20-40 story) steel and glass buildings that replaced them. We have a lot of discussion about "parking lot blight" but so long as everybody must drive their own car to work, parking close by will be a high value activity.
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Doug33
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In two weeks I'm heading to DW for the first time in 15 years, but ironically I'm not camping but staying in a rented townhouse that I got a fantastic deal on, which is part of the unending development surrounding the Orlando area.

When I visited LA in the early 80s, I went to Universal but not Disney Land. Back then Universal wasn't all that much. I'm not sure if it has expanded since then. I know DL hasn't due to land restrictions.
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beckid
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There is alot of land behind the park portion of Disneyland that is currently called "backstage" it houses production shops, mechanical shops and a parking structure for employees. If they build another parking structure for employees on the land where the RV park now lies, they would be able to expand the park out into the backstage areas where the production offices and warehouses are, and perhaps move those areas to the newly purchased land as well. I can't see them adding anything else to the existing park after that because they will have pushed out to all of the major bordering streets.
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tahiti16
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dodge guy wrote:
Is it still a nice campground? Is it not doing good? I can't see Disney buying a piece of property that is making money and turning it into an actual employee lot where there is no income. There is something missing!


Dodge guy even when Dland had it's own campground, that was full most of the year, they closed it, and turned it into the multilevel parking lot on the north side. So buying up someone else's campground and bulldozing wouldn't faze them at all!:o
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There is a business case for everything a corp does, and it's always is the bottom line. They must be planning something for the area that the employees currently park in, and so needed the space. Look at from the RV park owners point of view. If you were offered the kind of money that land is worth you'd take it in a heartbeat. Probably got a great return on their investment. Yes, I do hate to see a campground go, but If Mickey was to build a Fort Wilderness type campground near Disneyland it would be booked solid year round. Even at the prices they charge. Our family makes no apologies for being Disneyites. We'll be going to Disneyland in April with our DD and Granddaughters. Making more memories. Staying in a hotel though.
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Crowe wrote:
Not as long as y'all keep paying those exorbitant fees.

You can't put a price tag on memories. If you did, we wouldn't have any.


That is an excellent quote....Thank You.
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I'm guessing the "Old Florida" being tossed around here isnt the same one as the Seminoles used to live on.

The orange groves and cattle land the "Old Florida" I suspect everyone is talking about came from development and progress. My Grandfather raised citrus out in Alva, next to Ft. Myers, and he lived right behind Edison. He was one of the "Old Florida" gang, but he developed that land to raise the citrus.

Mankind brought the progress everyone is waxing about. Not Disney.

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Retired JSO wrote:
I can't blame all on the Rat but he did change central Florida.

Don't forget Universal Studios on that same I-4 corridor. The developers latched onto the idea of Hollywood East and bought up both land and politicians to approve their mega-puds of condos and MacMansions. Now you can hardly find an intact orange grove in the area. Disney did not do all the damage. Greedy developers and crooked politicians in developers' pockets played a huge role in the destruction of old Florida.
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Retired_JSO
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fla-gypsy wrote:
Jim Shoe wrote:
If Disneyworld expands another 20 miles in every direction, it will be bigger than the state of Florida! ๐Ÿ™‚


This story was about Disneyland in Kaliforny though. Us old time natives in Florida remember and prefer the days before the rat invasion hijacked central Florida


The Rat destroyed old Florida as we knew it. Orlando starts just east of the St Johns River near Deltona and runs SW along I-4 for over 77 miles of non stop development all the way to Lakeland, then Tampa starts. Most all the old timers have died or moved away. Population for Florida in 1960 before the Rat was less than 5 million. Now population over 16 million. Just Google Earth that streach of I-4 and see for yourself.

Orange County alone, home of the Rat, 1960 population less than 400,000 now 1.8 million. I can't blame all on the Rat but he did change central Florida.