The PeopleMover, America Sings, and now the Tomorrowland Starcade: all beloved Disneyland institutions we hoped would one day make an unlikely return. Given the brand new opening of the sparkly Space Mountain standby queue extension, all hope for the Starcade’s reemergence is now lost. It does spruce up this previously uninspiring bit of line, though.
Truly, it’s a little like lamenting the loss of an obscure New Orleans Square courtyard. Every inch of Disneyland real estate is valuable beyond compare. To leave such a large swath of space (
Nothing is lost with the new Space Mountain queue. Starcade was mainly on the first floor if at all. Most times, the upper floor isn’t used.
How is this surrendering history? The upper part of starcade hasn’t been effectively used in 20 years. The history was lost 20 years ago.
“Surrendering history”?
Go home Chris, you’re drunk.
I’m pretty stoked about this.
I spent countless hours at Starcade as a kid (upstairs & down), and have long since given up hope it’s ever coming back.
This will give me a chance to move through that space again on a regular basis.
I miss the Starcade as well, as I do the PeopleMover (BRING IT BACK!) and America Sings (I don’t see how realistic it is to bring that back and somehow squeeze 40 more years of music history into it). But the Starcade just cannot compete with cell phones. While there would be some, not too many people would want to spend 25¢-$4 per game in an arcade when they can play on their phone for free (or…you know, ride Space Mountain instead).
Chris, I see your point in that it feels like a lower order utility for that space (a la how imagineers seem to approach space at Disney World). I wonder if a bigger vision for this space wont come until tomorrowland itself is reimagined and some bigger elements are tackled (Innoventions, Peoplemover track, ect.)
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Thanks for clearing that up.