After seeing the absolute crush at the park this weekend, 2 things are clear: The park needs a new entrance/tram station, and a resort is actually needed.
The new entrance has been an obvious need for awhile. The park simply can't grow like this when peak weekends are so busy that the crowds literally can't fit through the current entrance and exit. They always have to open up the alternate entrance, which is weird and tacky, and leaving the park can easily become a nightmare if the weather is bad or there is an accident. I'm surprised there hasn't been a stampede event yet with the way the crowd has to funnel into a solid mass going down from HH to the market. Plus SDC grew past the whole "exit through the giftshop" phase decades ago.
I'm positive there are plans somewhere for a new entrance, I just wonder when they'll pull the trigger. It seems like it's one of those things they've probably been planning to do for ages but keep shelving for various reasons. It's certainly a lot of expense for something that isn't marketable.
A resort with it's own entrance would help alleviate a chunk of the crowd pressure as well. Plus, the park is simply big enough for it at this point and they might as well pull the trigger on that and take the profits that are sitting there ready to be taken. We stayed at the stillwaters resort on Indian Point this time, and I can't tell you how much of a headache it saved us by not having to deal with the complete gridlock heading into the area. People were waiting 3-4 hours on the road to get into the park at one point. We simply slipped in and out from the other direction. A proper SDC resort would be even easier and I'd love to stay in the SDC ambiance all weekend.
I think we all probably already agree that it's a matter of time now that DW has set the precedent.