The Disney website says that the drop off area is located on the west side of Harbor blvd, south of Manchester Ave and north of Disney Way. Anyone able to locate this on a map for me? How close is it to the Maingate?
It is right to your left as you are crossing Harbor towards Disneyland at the main crosswalk. You would just take the main sidewalk/path from Harbor towards the esplanade.
Do you use Google Street View? I've found that will often help me get a sense of when to turn if I'm unfamiliar with the area. For example, you actually enter the drop-off area at the southern end (basically near the bottom of the box) and then re-enter Harbor Blvd traffic at the norther end. I didn't know this until I was looking at it on Street View.