A Look at the Future of the Disneyland Resort

After having been at Disneyland for a week and seeing all the construction projects in person I felt it was a good time to take a deep look at what all is underway, what has been announced, rumored, things which many in the Disney fan community agree seem like no-brainers, and a few ideas I have (even if they are highly unlikely to happen). We'll be taking an in-depth look section by section. So without further ado lets go to Disneyland Park first.

It's A Small World Queue and parade route update:

On January 19th, 2018 it was announced on the Disney Parks Blog that when It's A Small World went down to convert back to normal after the holidays, it would be getting a queue renovation (still in progress) and that it would affect the parade route, stroller parking, as well as the Small World Mall. They didn't give any kind of artist rendering but I think that what we will see is the queue will be all in one area and large enough that during the holidays it won't have to go across the parade route over to the Small World Mall. I also believe that the stroller parking will be moved to the area that is currently raised up across from the ride, and I think the parade route itself will be altered slightly to give Small World a little more room for the queue. In the following images I'll highlight the area behind construction walls, then highlight what I believe the areas will roughly look like. This update should be completed by April when the Pixar Play Parade is scheduled to step off for the first time in Disneyland Park.

Dumbo queue update:

On January 5th 2018 it was announced on the Disney Parks Blog that Dumbo would be going down for a lengthy refurbishment to get a new queue location for guest comfort and accessibility. I'm hoping that we get some attraction enhancements at the same time like what they did at Walt Disney World when it got updated as part of New Fantasy land. No estimated finishing date has been given.

Main Street Trolley Track Replacement:

In the same Parks Blog article when they announced that Dumbo was getting a refurbishment, it was also announced that the Horse Drawn Trolley Track was being 100% replaced, some of this track has been in place ever since the park opened in 1955, while some sections of the track have been replaced. It was also announced that the original track pieces would be preserved and that the visual aesthetic of the trolley track would incorporate bricks, similar to the Red Car Trolley Track in California Adventure.

Star Wars Galaxy's Edge:

During the 2015 D23 Expo it was first announced that Disneyland and Hollywood Studios would both be getting Star Wars themed land expansions. At the time there were very little details, shortly after Disneyland confirmed on twitter that it would be a new land on not replacing any existing lands (many expected it to replace Toon Town). Throughout the many conventions (Star Wars Celebrations, and D23 Expo) since the expansion was announced we have learned a lot more details about what Galaxy's Edge will bring. During the Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60 we got our first tease of what the 2 attractions will be as well as more concept art.

During Star Wars Celebration Orlando (2017) we got a behind the scenes look at the development process and we learned that the Star Wars themed land would be a brand new experience withing the Star Wars universe. While things will feel familiar, like the market and cantina, these are new original locations.

During D23 Expo in 2017 we got the name and our first look at the model for Star Wars Galaxy's Edge. We also got more details about the 2 attractions and some of the unique offerings in the area like blue milk. In one attraction we will be flying the Millenium Falcon and our decisions in the ride will follow us throughout our visit to Batuu. The other attraction will put us right in the middle of a battle between the first order and the resistance in a Star Destroyer's hangar.

In August construction for Galaxy's Edge reached a milestone when the highest point of the rock work's internal structure was installed. And now when we ride Star Tours our final destination is Galaxy's Edge (the planet is called Batuu). One thing that really surprised me is that there is already Galaxy's Edge merchandise available, I picked up a pin during my visit, but when I got home I then saw the Parks Blog post announcing the merchandise (somehow I missed it originally). Star Wars Galaxy's Edge will open first at Disneyland in 2019, and later in the year at Disney Hollywood Studios.

Star Tours and Star Wars Launch Bay:

For 2 years I have been under the impression the Launch Bay would be a temporary in Tomorrow land and have wondering what the future might hold for Star Tours since we would basically have Star Wars attractions in opposite corners of Disneyland. Well I casually mentioned my excitement for Galaxy's Edge while visiting the Launch Bay and mentioned that I was pondering the future of both attractions, and I was told by a CM that both attractions would remain for at least 2 years after Galaxy's Edge opens.

Pixar Pier:

At last summer's D23 Expo it was announced that Paradise Pier would be re-imagined as Pixar Pier to open this year. Along with this announcement we learned that the immensely popular Paint the Night parade that premiered during the Diamond Celebration will be returning only now in California Adventure. I'm very curious to see how the logistics of this will work as they haven't had an evening parade in California Adventure since World of Color premiered in 2010, and with the World of Color viewing area being sandwiched between Paradise Bay and and parade route I'm curious to see how they stagger then shows. The other parade announcement was that the Pixar Play Parade would be moving over to Disneyland starting in April.

What we know so far about the update to the pier is that it will be split up into "neighborhoods" representing different Pixar stories. The area effected is from Ariel's Grotto (RIP) all the way around the South end of the pier through the West helix of the coaster. From Silly Symphony Swings around the North end of Paradise bay will NOT be effected by the Pixar Pier construction.

California Screamin' is becoming The Incredicoaster (and yes I am in the camp that feels like that is a horrible title for an attraction) featuring new character moments, a new paint scheme, and new look for the ride vehicles.

King Triton's Carousel will become Toy Story themed and along with Toy Story Mania will make up the Toy Story neighborhood. The rumored name of the carousel will be Jessie's Round-Up and it is rumored that the new animals we will be riding on are the ones seen at the end of Toy Story Mania when you see your score and how you rank. Also there appears to be a giant Jessie static figure outside the ride that almost looks like a carbon copy of one that was just installed in WDW's Toy Story Land.

The 3rd neighborhood will be Inside Out in the western helix of the coaster with a new family friendly attraction. A zoomed in look at the concept art for the Pier shows what appears to be an attraction similar to Flik's Flyers over in A Bug's Land which could be another hint that that section of the park might be going away soon to make room for Marvel (more on that later).

The final neighborhood will be Mickey's Fun Wheel and the games/shops on the boardwalk which will celebrate all Pixar stories and characters. Mickey's face will remain on the Fun Wheel but the gondolas will now feature Pixar characters as opposed to Mickey and Friends. I believe that the character art on the construction walls for the Pier are most likely what will be featured on the gondolas (notice a few images below).

Downtown Disney Updates:

As a reminder Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire (VR experience) and Splitsville (luxury bowling) have just opened. Star Wars replaced D-Street and Splitsville replaced the House of Blues. While I was visiting the resort I noticed the construction walls around a decent amount of the East half of Downtown Disney.

On November 15th 2017 the Disney Parks Blog announced that Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer is coming to Downtown Disney across from Catal Restaurant and Uva Bar where Build-a-Bear and Ridemakerz used to be. I'm not familiar with this restaurant but it looks like it could be fun to try after it opens later this year.

On January 24th (right before I flew down to Disney) the Parks Blog announced not only Ballast Point would also be added across from Catal and Uva Bar (so right next to Black Tap). Personally I'll be skipping this restaurant but that is only because I'm not fond of alcohol and don't want to go to a brewery while at Disneyland.

Other refurbs ad renovations in DTD:

• In the same blog post Disney announced a long term renovation of World of Disney that will be completed 1 section at a time throughout 2018.
• Disney Home (a new store for Disney themed home goods) opens sometime this month.
• Naples is being renovated throughout 2018 ad should be finished by Fall of this year

New Hotel:

On October 25th 2017 the Disney Parks Blog announced the location for the new hotel as well as gave us concept art. From what we can tell from the concept art it appears that ESPN Zone, Rainforest Cafe, AMC Theaters, and Earl of Sandwich will be removed. The new Hotel will incorporate the DTD Monorail station and will be right between the Disneyland Hotel and the remainder of DTD. The hotel's name has yet to be announced and is scheduled to open in 2021. The design feels similar to that of the Contemporary Resort in WDW, that said, it honestly looks shoehorned in where Disney really doesn't have that much space to work with. Hopefully it will look better when it is completed but the concept art isn't the most attractive. They announced that similar to the Grand Californian Hotel, there will be shops and restaurants on the ground level so hopefully Rainforest Cafe, ESPN Zone, and Earl of Sandwich can be relocated.

New Parking Structure:

Also on October 25th 2017 the Parks Blog announced a new 6,500 space parking structure to be built over what is now that Pinocchio parking lot. Construction is scheduled to get underway this month and the garage is scheduled to open in about a year (just in time for Star Wars Galaxy's Edge to open).

Now lets move on to the Eastern Gateway Project that has been shelved. Personally I am not happy at all with Anaheim's leadership for not approving this project. The Eastern Gateway was supposed to be a 6,800 space parking structure, relocated shuttle/taxi drop off, and security checkpoint on the East side of the resort property on the other side of Harbor behind the hotels. The idea was that guests staying at the non Disney hotels would now enter the resort via this new transportation hub for Disneyland, and then they would go across a pedestrian overpass to the esplanade and be above Harbor to avoid traffic congestion. Guests would have gone through security before ever getting on the overpass and it was originally planned to open sometime this year. I believe the only reason Disney is doing the new Parking Structure adjacent to Mickey and Friends is because the city of Anaheim wouldn't give them the green light to move forward with the Eastern Gateway. There was a lot of drama over this project from the Restaurants on Harbor that felt their business would have been negatively effected by this new project. Ironically they might be even more adversely effected now because of guests like me who will on principal not give them our business, besides there are much better dining options inside the parks, let alone now the parking structure is being moved to the opposite side of the park. I do think that this is a temporary situation and that at some point down the line when Disney is ready to build a 3rd park on the current Toy Story Parking Lot (we're talking probably at least 20 years down the line) they will move forward with the Eastern Gateway (.ore on that below).

GardenWalk

The Anaheim GardenWalk mall is up for sale... Again. The last time it was for sale was about 5 years ago when it went bankrupt and many Disney fans expected Disney to acquire it then, now with it available to purchase again the fan community yet again is hoping to see Disney purchase the property as it would be the missing link to connect all of Disney's property in Anaheim (not counting the Company D store that is offsite). The aerial view below has Disney property highlighted in blue and Gardenwalk highlighted in red to show why it is such a crucial acquisition that Disney needs to make happen.

Marvel Themed Area in DCA:

During the D23 Expo last summer Disney announced that an immersive Marvel themed area would be coming to Disney California Adventure. "Soon the Guardians of the Galaxy will be joined by Spider-Man and the Avengers". The rumor is that the Avengers ride will actually be the same ride system as the Tron Lightcycle Coaster from Shanghai Disneyland. In October Disney filed a patent for a new ride system that hints at what the Spider-Man ride could be.

Now We take a turn and look at some things I would like to see done at Disneyland Resort regarding potential expansion pads and new rides. To start things off lets look at the Tron Light Cycle Power Run that is at Shanghai Disneyland and is coming to the Magic Kingdom in WDW. I would LOVE to see this added to Disneyland's Tomorrow Land. Disney drastically needs to update Tomorrow Land at Disneyland, for instance the long empty Peoplemover tracks need to go, Autopia is another attraction I wouldn't mind saying goodbye to as it has nothing to do with the future. And, with Galaxy's Edge on the way I could easily see Star Wars Launch Bay becoming obsolete, with that said I would love to see the Tron Light Cycle coaster replace both Autopia and the Launch Bay. I don't think it would need all of Autopia's footprint which is good because I'd like to see some of the North end of that area saved for Fantasyland.

Fantasy Land:

As good as I think Mickey and the Magical Map is, I think it is time for the Fantasy Land theater to be removed, I would also like to see the old Motor Boat and north end of Autopia become an expansion area. Easily the 2 most popular movies Disney has to work with that don't already have rides at Disneyland are Beauty and the Beast and Frozen. Based on the concept art for the new Beauty ad the Beast ride coming to Tokyo Disney I would LOVE to see it brought to Disneyland as well. It should easily be able to fit in the area currently occupied by the Fantasy Land theater, and if possible I think the entrance should be changed to be from between Frontier Land and Casey Jr, across from the Red Rose Tavern. For Frozen I think they could fit a legit attraction in the area between Matterhorn, Small World, and the Eastern edge of the park.

Dining:

First let's look at the current location of Aladdin's Oasis, you know, that former restaurant location that now just sits unused in Adventure Land. For anyone that doesn't already know it is the former site of the Tahitian Terrace and was replaced by Aladdin's Oasis in 1993 and closed in 2008. With how long this location has sat unused I'd love to see the Tahitian Terrace return only now feature Moana!!! Another dining location that could use Moana's presence is the PCH Grill at the Paradise Pier Hotel. Moana would fit right in with Stitch and could even tell him off when he starts misbehaving (does he ever behave?)

Princess Character Dining:

Now that Ariel's Grotto in California Adventure is closed Disney really needs to find a new dining location for the princesses. Ariel's Grotto was my absolute favorite character breakfast location because not only was the menu really good, but I also loved the guarantee of seeing Ariel + 4 other princesses just for going to the restaurant. And I felt it was more difficult during my visit last week to make sure I saw all the princesses by not being able to get 5 at once. I hope that Disneyland is planning a new location for the Princesses as we speak and that we don't have to wait for the new hotel to open. I honestly don't have any great suggestions for a location but this needs to happen.

And speaking of character dining, I would love to see a Marvel character restaurant experience as part of the new Marvel expansion featuring some of the most popular Marvel characters: Thor, Captain America, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Black Widow, and a few others. This would also free up the meet and greets to be for the most recent films/characters. I would also love to see a Star Wars character dining experience although I can't think of which characters should be there unless it was based on Star Wars Rebels in which case obviously Ezra, Kanan, Hera, Sabine, Zeb, and Ahsoka.

New Disney VALUE hotels:

I'm genuinely tired of Disney only opening new moderate or higher resort hotels. I would love to see a West Coast equivalent of the Art of Animation Resort from WDW. The other hotel I would love to see brought to the West Coast is the new Star Wars hotel that WDW is getting. Both of these hotels would be amazing and popular if they were brought to Disneyland. I know a lot of Disneyland traveling guests (as opposed to locals) that would love to stay at a Disney hotel but can't justify the nightly cost of the 3 existing hotels.

I hope you enjoyed this look at the future of Disneyland!

Disneyland January 26th - February 3rd Trip Report

I just got back from my latest trip to Disneyland and this is going to be a combination of a trip report and a look at the latest construction projects at the Disneyland Resort (And a little about Universal), as well as ideas on things that Disney hasn't announced but I feel would be crucial for the resort going forward. Lets start by looking at things I felt were great about my trip, and then look at the things I feel could have been better. Some of these things I have already been in touch with both Disney and Universal about, others will first be posted here.

Crowd Levels:
Apparently my friends and I picked the right week to visit Disneyland because we didn't have any problems with crowds until out last night in the parks (Friday February 2nd). This applies to both Disney and Universal, Our 1 day at universal the longest line in the park was the Simpsons at 35 minutes, everything else (including Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey) was 15 minutes or less). At Disney it truly didn't feel crowded at all until Friday night about the time that locals would have been out of school/off work. For the most part at Disney between utilizing MaxPass and having lots of dumb luck we never waited more than 30 minutes for anything.

Character Interactions:
We saw tons of characters at Disney and a decent amount at Universal considering we were only there for 1 day. Almost every interaction was great, however 3 stand out as being a negative experience overall. My favorite character interactions this trip were :Thor & Loki, Spider-Man, Chewbacca, Mickey, Goofy, Donald (I was wearing a Ducktales shirt), The Evil Queen, Dr. Facillier, Cruella De Vil, Ariel, Aladdin & Jasmine, Stitch, and Tiana. AT Universal my favorite character interaction was Scooby & Shaggy, though an honorable mention goes to their performers in the Wizaarding World of Harry Potter because they let you take pictures with them after the performances, and it made me wish we could do the same at Disneyland and California Adventure with groups like the Red Car Newsboys, Guardians Dance-Off, the Disneyland Band, etc.

The bad interactions/experiences were Belle, Rapunzel, and Nick & Judy. Now I'll preface to say that it had nothing to do with the characters themselves, in fact Belle and Rapunzel are usually in my top 5. However the issues were in how difficult it was to see these characters. One would think that with how insanely popular the newest Beauty and the Beast movie is/was, that Belle would be easier than ever to find for photos however it actually felt harder than it used to. She used to be a regular character at the now closed Ariel's Grotto (more on that later), as well as one of the potential princesses to meet at Fantasy Faire, now however you had 2 options, either see her show in Fantasy Faire and hope you are able to get a photo with her in the ball gown after the show (I have never been successful attempting this myself), or see her in the peasant dress later in the day during the time when Rapunzel's show is happening, and even that wasn't a guarantee). Rapunzel was only doing meet and greet after the show, while Flynn was doing regular photos outside on his own the day we tried to see them which seemed extremely odd. This was my first trip since Tangled came out that I've had trouble seeing Rapunzel (my 2nd favorite princess for photos in the park).

Finally we get to Nick and Judy, this is 100% on their attendants and not on them. When we were walking that direction after lunch at Paradise Gardens we saw they had a line for photos ad got in it. We were then told "heads up in about 10 minutes Nick and Judy will be leaving for a meeting with Chief Bogo. If at that time you haven't gotten your picture taken, they will be going down the line to shake hands. We decided to wait it out because there were only 4-5 groups in front of us so we should have been able get to the front, however right as it would have been our turn they ended the photo ops. My friends were more upset by this than I was, but what bugged me was that while they had 3 character attendants with them, they didn't just cap the line like they would for literally every other character we saw. I've even seen Mary Poppins do a headcount in her line, walk to the end of the line and tell the person there that they will be the last to see her before she has to go away. But they didn't do this here. We felt like we had wasted time doing this and felt like they chose to ed the photos at us because we were a group of adults with no kids in the group.

Dining: Of the meals we had the only one that stands out as bad was the McDonalds on Hollywood Blvd but I'm not going to count that. My top 3 dining experiences were: Blue Bayou (standard dinner reservation), The Three Broomsticks breakfast, and Minnie's Breakfast at the Plaza Inn. Minie's makes the list because I was genuinely shocked at how many characters we saw while there: Minnie, Chip, Dale, Hook, Pooh, Tigger, Eyeore, Rafiki, Fairy God Mother, Max (I expected about half that amount). Blue Bayou has changed the menu a little since the last time I was there (during DL's 59th Anniversary), but it was still delicious. And lastly The Three Broomsticks made the list because it was the most relaxing environment for eating I've ever been to, and the meal was possibly the best value as it was more food than I expected for roughly the same price as Disney.

Now the thing were were upset with this trip was that Ariel's Grotto has closed, and for me personally that was not only my favorite character dining location (due to being able to see a bunch of princesses then go find the rest after your meal at Fantasy Faire), but it was also my only Go-To restaurant in all of Disney California Adventure. It truly is a shame that it is closed. Disney has yet to announce what is taking its place when Pixar Pier reopens, though my personal hope is that it can be home to Pixar characters that wouldn't necessarily be walking around for photos in the Pier, perhaps any of the following: Merida (since she doesn't have a permanent meet ad greet location anymore), Joy & Sadness, Flik (since the rumor is that Bug's Land is the potential site for the Marvel expansion), Sulley, and Remy (as a puppetronic). Now that said I think it is imperative that Disney find a new location for a princess dining experience, I don't care whose restaurant it is, but it needs to happen right away. The princesses make Disney so much money I'd be shocked if they weren't already ironing out the details for a new location (perhaps Tiana's Place could be a thing in New Orleans?)

Entertainment: During my trip I saw Fantasmic 2.0 for the second time, and enjoyed it more this time than in September, however I still feel like the dialogue during the Pirates of the Caribbean segment is clunky and could be re-tooled. I also checked out the Disneyland Band, Red Car Newsboys, Mulan's Lunar New Year Processional, and over at Universal I saw the Frog Choir and the Tri Wizard Spirit Rally. (Videos of most of these are below). My 3 favorite small shows were of course the Red Car Newsboys (for being the only reference to Newsies in the parks), The Tri Wizard Spirit Rally, and Mulan's Lunar New Year Processional.

Attraction Availability/Construction: For the most part I wasn't bothered by any of the construction efforts at Disneyland however there was more that effected normal park operations than I expected when we first started planning our trip. Pixar Pier was perhaps the most obnoxious situation because Toy Stpry Maina and the Carousel are still open, but neither the Fun Wheel nor Screamin' (soon to be the Incredicoaster) were open so if you go to the South end of the pier there was barely anything to do, the next issue here is that there was only 1 route to access that section, unfortunately the western helix of the coaster was completely walled off so you can't go straight from the Silly Symphony Swings/Paradise Gardens to Toy Story Mania, you have to go all the way around almost the entire perimeter of Paradise Bay.

The second most obnoxious construction zone was the trolley track replacement on Main Street, it wasn't too bad the first couple days because only the Hub and Town Square were walled off (though it was a bummer no being able to see the Partners statue). But as the trip went on, the walls extended further ad further down Main Street to the point where on our last day to only section with no walls was directly parallel with the Emporium. The only reason I had any issue with this was that the amount of space left to walk was barely wide enough for a stroller or ECV to be going 1 way on the street level, you definitely couldn't have 2 heading opposite directions without a traffic jam and there weren't CMs guiding the crowds to go into the park on one side of the street and out of the park on the other side.

Then we have the Fantasyland construction that is underway. Dumbo is getting a queue update (hopefully with some tech upgrades for the ride like WDW got with the New Fantasyland expansion). This made it so that most days to get from Matterhorn to Casey Jr we would have to go the long way around the carousel, it wasn't until Friday that they had reopened the walkway between the carousel and the construction wall. The other construction zone is between Small World, the parade route, and Small World Mall.  All of the current construction in Disneyland is for infrastructure updates and have been sorely needed for quite some time, I can't say the same about the construction in California Adventure which is mostly cosmetic and not necessary at this time.

Future of Universal. The one thing I felt was missing from Universal was Diagon Alley. There have been rumors since before Hogsmeade opened that there would be a Diagon Alley expansion to Universal Hollywood as well. I would very much like to see this happen but I was having trouble picturing where it could be placed within the park in order to still have the Hogwarts Express travel between both sections. Whether Diagon Alley is in the lower lot or replaces Water World, I don't see a feasible way to get guests form one section to the other without it either being a trein that goes literally nowhere, or having to cross paths with the studio tour trams.

Future of California Adventure: As I already mentioned Pixar Pier is on the way, and I personally think that the character artwork currently visible on the construction walls will end up being what we see on gondolas of the fun wheel. I also believe that the "Pixar Pier" logo visible in one of the pics below will be what replaces the sun on the loop of the coaster. We also can see from the Pixar Pier concept art that there will be some sort of new Inside Out attraction in the Western helix where the Maliboomer once stood. And the last main bit is that the carousel is getting rethemed to "Jessie's Roundup" and it is rumored that the critters that you see at the end of Toy Story Mania will be what you can ride on.

More Marvel is on the horizon. Details of what and exactly where are few and far between. The future was first teased when Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout opened last summer and the Avengers Logo was seen on a hatch outside of the ride. Then at D23 they teased that more is on the way, though they have yet to confirm a construction zone. My primary theory on this is that they had intended to build the Eastern Gateway (more on this below) and that it would give them a little extra space to work with in the North East corner of DCA for this expansion. As of now it seems that most people think that the most likely location for the Marvel expansion will be to replace Flik's Fun Fair/A Bug's Land.

Star Wars Galaxy's Edge & Tomorrowland: Ever since they announced the location for Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland would be the Northwest corner of the park behind the Rivers of America, many fans have speculated that once it opens we might see Star Tours and Star Wars Launch Bay go away from Tomorrowland. Well when I was visiting the Launch Bay during this trip I asked about this and they told me that both Star Tours and the Launch Bay will stay for at least 2 years after Galaxy's Edge opens. This could be for 2 reasons: 1) lines in Star Wars Galaxy;s edge will be insane and they already know this so they want Star Wars fans to have a few options that aren't as busy. 2) they might be giving WDI more time to come up with a Tomorrowland overhaul (which is sorely needed already).

New Hotel and Parking Structure: in late 2017 Disney announce the location of their newest hotel (yet another expensive one, I would have preferred a value resort) as well as details for a new parking structure adjacent to the Mickey and Friends parking structure (images below). From what I can tell it looks like the AMC, Rainforest Cafe, ESPN Zone, and Earl of Sandwich will all go away to make room for the new hotel (truly a shame). The Eastern Gateway seams to have been shelved for now which is unfortunate because it shows a few things: 1) The Anaheim city leadership must not care about pedestrian safety and ease of traffic flow in the resort area, and 2) Anaheim city leadership cares more about appeasing a few restaurants across the street from Disney, than they do about keeping their single largest tax payer happy. I genuinely believe that Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait ra o a empty promise of "bringing the values of freedom and kindness to the culture of the city, while upholding fiscal responsibility, public safety and civic upkeep."* If he actually cared about public safety and civic upkeep he would have seen how the Eastern Gateway would have been a huge safety improvement for the resort area.
*Tom Tait