Walking up to Disneyland Park now means taking a detour. With the last two eastern ticket booths demolished, Disneyland Resort has walled off a larger stretch of the Esplanade, and theme park guests are being steered around the construction zone on their way to the gates.
A Bigger Work Zone Takes Shape
Disneyland Resort demolished four ticket booths on the eastern side of the Esplanade between Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park earlier this summer. Digital tickets and online vacation planning have reduced demand for walk-up windows, and that first round left just two booths on the eastern side.
This week, those two were bulldozed as well. WDWNT shared photos on October 13, taken from the Disneyland Monorail, showing where the structures stood.
Barriers, Concrete, and a New Path
To fit the latest demolition, the resort merged this site with the nearby construction area for a new Porto's Bakery in the Downtown Disney District, joining the two with an interior dividing wall. Ground concrete has been laid in the foreground, and the route from the eastern security screening area to the Esplanade has been rerouted to bend around the new barriers.
On the left side of the photos, white triangular frames stand above the ground-level walls. They most likely mark the early stages of a new security screening area on the eastern side of the Esplanade, which is expected to move once the project is finished. Nothing else of the development is visible over the barriers.
Guests who would rather buy tickets in person can still do so. Guest Services and the two remaining ticket booths on the western side of the Esplanade sell Disney Park admission.
The Expansion Behind It All
The demolition of the booth is among the earliest steps of DisneylandForward, the large expansion planned for the resort. The cleared land will support a pedestrian bridge over Harbor Boulevard that leads to a new parking structure and transportation hub on the site of the Manchester cast member parking lot. Construction on that garage began in August. It will include 6,000 parking spaces, 302 electric-vehicle charging stations, a security office, a dedicated area for shuttles and rideshares, and direct traffic access from Disney Way.
The infrastructure is meant to handle the visitors expected for the attractions coming with the expansion: two new rides in Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure Park, the reimagined Tomorrowland at Disneyland Park announced at D23 Expo 2026, a Coco (2017) ride on Pixar Pier, and an Avatar (2009) expansion at Disney California Adventure Park.
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