The last two ticket booths on the eastern side of Disneyland Park’s entrance Esplanade are gone, and Southern California theme park guests now walk a different path to reach the gates as construction on a major expansion continues.
The Final Two Booths Come Down
Earlier this summer, Disneyland Resort tore down four ticket booths on the eastern side of the Esplanade between Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park. Online planning and digital tickets have made walk-up windows less necessary, and that demolition left only two booths on the eastern side for day-of purchases.
This week, crews bulldozed those two as well. WDWNT shared photos on October 13, taken from the Disneyland Monorail, showing the cleared structures.
What the Site Looks Like Now
To make room for the demolition, Disneyland Resort combined this work zone with the neighboring construction site for a new Porto’s Bakery in the Downtown Disney District, separating the two with an interior wall. Concrete has been laid in the foreground, and the pathway from the eastern security screening area to the Esplanade now curves around the new barriers.
White triangular frames visible on the left side of the photos likely mark the beginning of a new security screening area on the eastern side of the Esplanade. That checkpoint is expected to be relocated once construction wraps up, and the frames are the only elements rising above the ground-level barriers.
Guests who want to purchase Disney Park admission in person can still visit Guest Services or the two remaining ticket booths on the western side of the Esplanade.
Part of DisneylandForward
The demolition of the ticket booths is one of the first phases of DisneylandForward, the large-scale expansion planned for the resort. The cleared land will host a new pedestrian bridge over Harbor Boulevard, leading to a parking structure and transportation hub on the site of the Manchester cast member parking lot. Groundbreaking for that garage was in August. It will offer 6,000 parking spaces, 302 electric-vehicle charging stations, a security office, a dedicated zone for shuttles and rideshares, and direct traffic access from Disney Way.
The new infrastructure is meant to handle the crowds expected for the attractions arriving under DisneylandForward. Those include 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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