Wide strollers, children’s push wagons and several smoking areas are getting nixed at Disneyland to help ease the crowding that is expected when the theme park opens its much-anticipated Star Wars land in two months.
Wide strollers, children’s push wagons and several smoking areas are getting nixed at Disneyland to help ease the crowding that is expected when the theme park opens itsWalt Disney Co. has been a crowd-control pioneer dating back to Disneyland’s earliest days. But the throngs keep getting bigger despite regular price increases, and resort managers must constantly devise new ways to safely squeeze more people into the same space.
To ease pedestrian congestion, the park will ban strollers wider than 31 inches and will prohibit the ubiquitous wagons that many parents use to push children through the resort. The park currently allows strollers as wide as 36 inches.screening areas, visitors will have some way to measure their strollers — probably with lines painted on the sidewalk, 31 inches apart, park representatives said.“We are not trying to be so restrictive,” said Kris Theiler, vice president of the Disneyland park.
Inside Disneyland, a walkway to enter from the center of the park into Adventureland and continue toward the Star Wars land will be widened and the queueing area for an eatery along the walkway will be relocated to make more room for pedestrians. The resort is also adding thousands of parking spaces, but most of those won’t be available for use until June at the earliest.
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