Rossco's Construction Kingdom

What's up Dorks! 

Rossco beat me to the punch and got a post ready before I could finish my mediocre post. In this one, you get a glimpse into the wild mind of Rossco SoleTrain. He is going to take you on a journey to see what HE would do if he had carte blanche spend and build whatever he wants. So, Hunny Bee's, make sure your lap bar is sticky stuck and enjoy the ride(I totally had to rock a Winnie the Pooh reference, because Ross loves it so much)! Rossco's Construction Kingdom or... Ross the Builder, Can He Build It? Yes He Can!

"Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world." -Walt Disney

  Hello again folks! Disneyland is a fascinating place. I try to always look at Disneyland from multiple angles. The angle of being a kid, the adult angle... But this post will be from the angle of me as a Disneyland Imagineer. One who is about to spend billions of Disney's money on rides and improvements to both DL and DCA...because I give a shit and I want to see cool stuff come to life!

  I love to research Disney projects that never materialized. There have been thousands of attraction ideas that get chopped. Disney has scrapped ideas for new lands, rides, parades, stage shows...trains...food...restrooms...you name it and Imagineers have thrown it in the trash sometimes for the better (usually). Great shit gets canned for various reasons... mostly, though, because a certain project would cost a ton of cash ;) Other projects are trashed because they simply don't fit (big footprint) or because they don't fit a theme for any specific land. Although recently there has been major and awesome improvements made to both the DL and DCA parks, the next phase of MAJOR construction is always right around the corner... Let's hope.

  Some of this post consists of current rumors floating on several different blogs, some of it is about old rides that were in development at some point and the rest is just the random ideas rattling around in my brain...80% of the day. Okay....Lets start pretending and spending!

Stark Expo replaces Innovations
Tron Light Cycle PeopleMover
and Tomorrowland is gutted

 Tomorrowland is beyond... Beyond in terms of needing to get its shit together. I would start with Marvel and the Stark Expo to take over in a big way. Yeah, I read the rumors of the 3rd gate Marvel park... but fuck that! I'd rather see a Star Wars park but ANYHOOO... Tomorrowland redo - Innovations gets demolished for the Stark Expo. Pizza Port bites the dust, Captain E.O. theater (look at pic above...astrophysics 4d theater...pimp shit),  a Tron Light Cycle PeopleMover is added and the Nemo Subs (although not my favorite) get to stay - Dory kicks ass. Autotopia will be totally new. The Stark Expo will be a ride occupying a ton of space so Autotopia will have to move back towards Small World and into Motor Boat Cruise. It may be a tad shorter but a refurbished and new (electric or floating car...ooooh) version of Autopia would be a fantastic tribute to the old, while being a fun (and new) attraction for everyone... Future cars, next to Tony Stark, next to Tron = Party! Tomorrowland has never kicked so much ass.

 Western River Expedition finds a home in Frontierland

pic lifted from disneylandandmore.blogspot.com

  The Western River Expedition was a water ride that was originally going into Walt Disney World but the Floridian people wanted some Pirate action instead. Now that I'm in charge of spending the money at DL, this ride is finally going to happen and it is going to be located right here. I don't give a shit if elements of this ride have been used for other attractions. It is perfect (even if it includes a Johnny Depp Tonto animatronic figure) and will be the top priority when Thunder Mountain is wrapped up... Well that, and bringing back the Country Bear Jamboree. 

  Here is a video from the last D23 convention. Tony Baxter and Josh Shipley present some history and do a run through of what the ride would be like...

 

this is already one of my all time favorite rides.

Main Street U.S.A finally gets the expansion 

do you like my fancy graphic ;0)

yanked from micechat.com

  After years and years of planning, Main Street finally gets an alley to ease congestion from stupid strollers, the parades and the random filming that takes place on the street. This extension will run behind Main Street (Tomorrowland side) entering to the right of town square next to the Mad Hatter and exiting by the first aid station to the right of the Tomorrowland entrance. also the cross street would connect to the ally. This area will provide back doors to the current Main Street stores plus a few other little shops on the opposite side. In addition an awesome second story viewing area for the fireworks will be added....and as you would expect this will cost some cash to reserve your seats. But at least drinks and deserts will be included. You will enter this private viewing area through the new Starbucks Market House. Placing this second story viewing area at the end of the extension will also keep the crowds from not parking there asses in the alley like people do on Main Street. This is an easy fix for a variety of problems facing Main Street and will be a welcome addition to the park from the casual visitor to the snarky a-holes (like me).

Chip 'n Dale move to Critter Country   

yay! bad photoshopping!

  Smashed between Splash Mountain and Poo(p) I'm making room for another dark ride that will be based on a Chip and Dale adventure!!! Yes they have a tree house in Toon Town but it is time for them to move to where they really belong. Putting in this attraction would give people a reason to hang out in the land a little longer after going on Splash. This is a pretty area of the park. It should have one more attraction even though space is limited over here (so we build it high)...Now DL has made room for the little guys to collect acorns!...sorry rescue ranger fans, no detective agency type shit this time. Below is a video of an old Donald Duck cartoon. A ride kinda-sorta themed around something like this would be a great look for Critter Country... Fast forward a little past the 3:45 mark into the video to get a feel for what the ride could look like...trying to drive the point across that this wouldn't be the adventure...

  Some of these rides and attractions will eventually happen at DL but to what capacity is still up in the air. I'm assuming the alley behind Main Street and a Tomorrowland gut job are in order first but as The Pesk has reminded me - Disneyland will keep some shit you wouldn't think they would...and there is evidence of that all over the park ... yes that is a reference to my last post ;) see what I did there. I need a part two for this post and for that I'm turning my head to the California Adventure park. As you can imagine...the next one is gonna be an even wilder ride.

Thanks for reading and see ya real soon!

-Rossco