Originally Posted By magic0214 <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/08/star-wars-themed-lands-coming-to-walt-disney-world-and-disneyland-resorts/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...resorts/</a> Let the discussions begin! Love the concept art. The height of everything excites me ("Yes, Alex, I'll take 'Things a loser would say' for $200)
Originally Posted By Ifzorro68 Looks like Disneyland is going to get another huge mountain range perfect to block the view of the parking structure at the north end of Disneyland and to give the rivers of America and awesome looking background . I'm really excited that the Walt Disney Company is not going to directly clone The land in Orlando since they said that it would be two different locations
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Where did they say it would be two different locations? I haven't seen a video of the actual announcement, but nothing I saw in the press release or blog posts indicated that Of course, I really hope that they do make the two lands a little unique from each other. I really don't think they save *that much* money by making them direct clones (especially when the layout of the lands would vary slightly), so I'm all for making them have differences that make each one special. I assume the attractions themselves would be the same in both places though
Originally Posted By hightp For Disneyworld, I heard the Star Wars land is supposed to be in the Studios. Anyone have an idea where? If it's over near Star Tours (which would make sense) is Indiana Jones going to be done away with?
Originally Posted By gaston lives I read awhile back that it would take over the backlot tour area, and would also take over Indiana Jones, etc.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros There have been various rumors at various times, incorporating any combination of the Indiana Jones amphitheater, Echo Lake, parking lot space, Streets of America, and parts of the former tram tour and Lights, Motors, Action! 14 acres is a lot of space, so it's likely that multiple existing facilities will be removed in the process. We know from the Toy Story Land concept art that the car stunt show is going away (since the land will sit on some of its ancillary practice facilities), which frees up that whole back part of the park for redevelopment. Even with those two lands, there would still be extra space back there for another similarly sized land, so there are still a lot of possibilities at this point
Originally Posted By hightp Thanks for the comments as to where Star Wars will be. It's going to be interesting the next few years.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn There will be a certain leg-up that Disney will soon enjoy. Star Wars and Avatar have plenty of future stories and movies (not that Avatar is at the same level as Star Wars). Harry Potter, even though it could be somewhat timeless, is done. It only can live in the past. Disney is going to milk Star Wars for all it is possibly worth.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Harry Potter, even though it could be somewhat timeless, is done." Isn't there a movie and a play coming?
Originally Posted By oc_dean unclear whether this artwork is specifically for WDW's version .. or for DL's version. I tend to think WDW's. Because of the height. In DL this would tower over Frontierland and Toontown. DHS has the luxury of being more spread out, and there's not so much care in whether a ride is going to be visible from other lands.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>"Harry Potter, even though it could be somewhat timeless, is done." Isn't there a movie and a play coming?<< Starring Troy McClure?
Originally Posted By leemac <<Harry Potter, even though it could be somewhat timeless, is done>> Rowling and WB disagree. Potter geeks are very excited about Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. WB have already approved a trilogy. There is no chance that HP is dead.
Originally Posted By Ifzorro68 FerretAfros, i thought i heard Bob say that we would be visiting more than one land maybe i mis-understood and he was just talking about the two locations East and West resorts. Also do you think that they would remove the stunt show? i know that Toy Storyland will remove some of the practice area but i always felt that they could relocate the practice area behind the stunt show. The tour doesnt use that area anymore so catastrohpy canyon will mostl likely be removed. Then the stunt show can stay until they are ready to build on that land
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Also do you think that they would remove the stunt show?<< Yes. It's very expensive to operate, has difficult logistics for guests to navigate, creates a ton of noise and smoke that would impact any nearby attractions, and has been dropping in popularity for years. It's a huge piece of real estate that could be better utilized for any number of things, and is located in a keystone position in the back lot that would be really awkward after everything gets reconfigured And while the pavement in the Toy Story Land area is primarily used for practicing, I think it's also used in the show for one of the stunts that needs a little extra space to get up to speed
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I will not miss the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular. The 'director' and 'stunt coordinator' and the 'film crew' - so cheesy. And has the slowest set changes in theme park history. :-/ Sure - some of the action sequences were cool but who cares?
