Paradise pier getting Pixar overhaul.

[katyringo]

A few news sites are reporting that Disney confirmed this in a meeting today. Paradise pier to get a Pixar overhaul with its own portal/entrance into DCA.

 

[disneyland_is_magic]

It took me a minute to realize you meant the hotel haha, that is interesting news! I think having it's own entrance is great and adds food choices for park goers should it ever have food worth going to. Thanks for sharing!

 

[CodeGoddess]

A few news sites are reporting that Disney confirmed this in a meeting today. Paradise pier to get a Pixar overhaul with its own portal/entrance into DCA.

Did they give any dates for the project?

 

[Pluto468]

This sounds great! Paradise Pier really needs it. I've been really hoping they would bring back that private entrance.

 

[Obi-J Kenobi]

I'd kind of dig it if the new Pixar theming tried to weave in more movies than just the standard Toy Story, Cars or Nemo stuff that Disney regularly pushes. I don't object to Toy Story, Cars or Nemo elements, but my goodness gracious there are so many awesome Pixar movies. I mean what about floors dedicated to Up, Brave, and Soul. It would be nice if they could bring back a small homage somewhere with A Bug's Life. Maybe the entrance area has an arch that is themed to Heimlich, the beautiful butterfly?

 

[OneThree]

Update from Disney Parks blog (EMH returning!) Paradise Pier Hotel Retheme

 

[BadPinkTink]

I'd kind of dig it if the new Pixar theming tried to weave in more movies than just the standard Toy Story, Cars or Nemo stuff that Disney regularly pushes. I don't object to Toy Story, Cars or Nemo elements, but my goodness gracious there are so many awesome Pixar movies. I mean what about floors dedicated to Up, Brave, and Soul. It would be nice if they could bring back a small homage somewhere with A Bug's Life. Maybe the entrance area has an arch that is themed to Heimlich, the beautiful butterfly?

Because it comes from marketing strategy and marketing campaigns. Toy Story, Cars and Nemo all have in park experiences, so from a marketing point of view, they are the ones which have the main marketing budget allocated to them. Its also to to with market saturation and public awareness. I know it sounds unbelievable, but there would still be people who go to Disney parks and stay at the Disney hotels who would not have Disney+. So from a business and marketing perspective you would not use an IP only available to a small segment of your customers.

The same with A Bugs Life. That marketing campaign is over, due to the area being rethemed to Avengers Campus. No one is going to allocate budget to theme a hotel area to an IP that has been removed from the park.

 

[chezcurrie]

Oh nice! If its anything like Art of Animation at WDW it will be a fun revamp!

 

[Bigmace]

Interested to see how the separate walkway will work. They would probably have to have a underground tunnel or skybridge to crossover disneyland drive if they wanted to make the entrance exclusive.

 

[nlenguyen]

I am excited for this. Glad that they will finally match the Pixar Pier. They should do an entrance sort of like Galaxy's edge

 

[Bigmace]

I am excited for this. Glad that they will finally match the Pixar Pier. They should do an entrance sort of like Galaxy's edge

Well I would imagine that it would be similar to the Grand Californian's entrance but somewhere down in Pixar pier.

 

[hhisc16]

I hope some of the rooms are like the Toy Story hotel...

 

[Disney0010]

Glad to see some new restaurants at DD. The New Mexican and Asian themed restaurants sounds nice. It looks as though the New Mexican restaurant will be more upscale than that of TJ’s typical fare. Catal just never caught on. Now if we can just get Disney to reopen Steakhouse 55 OR theme as Brown Derby. We need more than just Carthay Circle.

 

[HIRyeDVC]

This is great news! Hope this alleviates some foot traffic through GCH. I wonder if this will make DLH the least preferred hotel in DLR? Also excited for Din Tai Fung coming to DTD.

 

[Wesley815]

I hope some of the rooms are like the Toy Story hotel...

I agree. For those who haven't seen, take a look at YouTube videos of the new Toy Story Hotel at Tokyo Disney.

Hope we get at least some of the similar theming here.

 

[Obi-J Kenobi]

Because it comes from marketing strategy and marketing campaigns. Toy Story, Cars and Nemo all have in park experiences, so from a marketing point of view, they are the ones which have the main marketing budget allocated to them. Its also to to with market saturation and public awareness. I know it sounds unbelievable, but there would still be people who go to Disney parks and stay at the Disney hotels who would not have Disney+. So from a business and marketing perspective you would not use an IP only available to a small segment of your customers.

The same with A Bugs Life. That marketing campaign is over, due to the area being rethemed to Avengers Campus. No one is going to allocate budget to theme a hotel area to an IP that has been removed from the park.

Don't disagree.

Creative people dream big and innovate. Suits ask for ayes or nays. Frankly, you need both types.

 

[twodogs]

I wonder how much the room rates will be increasing at Paradise Pier after the walkway is opened? That is a really big benefit, and one that I expect DLR to charge dearly for…

 

[Gypsybear]

Don't disagree.

Creative people dream big and innovate. Suits ask for ayes or nays. Frankly, you need both types.

It's the same argument I make for Batman. But Batman sells! Yes, it sells. When it's what you PUSH, and there aren't other options, people will buy what you're selling. They really need to break that cycle. And I used to work in product dev. at the "other studio" when I lived in Cali, so I saw that mentality in person. Very annoying.

I would also like to see them incorporate some other IPs. But I seriously doubt it will happen.

 

[katyringo]

Im gonna say it...

They should have gone with Marvel.

 

[Obi-J Kenobi]

Im gonna say it...

They should have gone with Marvel.

Precisely...because it sells. Way, way more bigly than Pixar.