Originally Posted By dagobert There are rumours circling the ineternet, that Disney is going to do a DHS makeover. During the last shareholder meeting Disney CEO Robert Iger confirmed that the park is getting a new name, but didn't give us the new one. On WDWMagic.com a member (WDW1974 aka Spirit) confirmed that a budget was allocated to the makeover whe the BoD met last week at WDW. As always rumours should be taken with a grain of salt, especially when they come from so called "insiders", but with more and more attractions and meet & greets closing, there might be some truth behind these rumours. Report about possible attraction closings: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://themeparkuniversity.com/disney/rumors-and-confirmed-expansion-plans-for-disneys-hollywood-studios-and-some-educated-guesses/">http://themeparkuniversity.com...guesses/</a> Maybe Star Wars is really coming to WDW.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I think they should make each section of the park a different studio. Disney live action Disney animation Pixar Lucasfilm (With Indiana Jones and Star Wars)
Originally Posted By utahjosh Oh, and "classic hollywood" for Tower of Terror and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster etc
Originally Posted By magic0214 <<I think they should make each section of the park a different studio. Disney live action>> World Showcase-esque pavilion dedicated to The Princess Diaries' Genovia?!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think it's all but a forgone conclusion that there will be a major retooling of the Studios, and Star Wars will be a large component of it. Beyond that, it's pretty much all speculation at this point That article did a good job of highlighting just how much room they have to play with. In addition to the things they mentioned, I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see the Muppets/Mamma Melrose/Pizza Planet area behind Streets of America get redone, but I also wouldn't be surprised if they kept it as-is. The article also included the CM parking garage in their potentially-redevelop-able land; while anything is technically possible, this is one of the few pieces of backstage infrastructure that really wouldn't be worth the cost of relocating. But they've still got a TON of room to play with, regardless
Originally Posted By oc_dean Considering all the closures this park has had in recent times ... it would be a complete and total surprise if the rumors of redoing the park weren't true!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA That Theme Park University speculation is nicely done. I appreciate the lack of hysteria.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<That Theme Park University speculation is nicely done. I appreciate the lack of hysteria.>> It nicely put together information from a variety of sources. Most of it I had read in various places previously which is why I've been so convinced that the first major Star Wars development in U.S. parks would be at DHS. That combined with visiting DHS last fall and really taking note of what a vast amount of land was either closed, greatly underutilized or scheduled to close in the near future. Combine that with the DHS history of Star Wars special events and it is hard to imagine why anyone would think otherwise.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Considering all the closures this park has had in recent times ... it would be a complete and total surprise if the rumors of redoing the park weren't true! <<< I just checked the attraction count and even WDSP in Paris has more to offern than DHS. DHS just looks nicer, but that's it. Attractionwise DHS is now the worst Disney park worldwide.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>DHS just looks nicer, but that's it.<< Although I completely agree that the best parts of DHS look way better than the best parts of WDSP, I think that the ugly parts of DHS are worse than WDSP's ugly parts (not that WDSP has a whole lot of variation between the good and bad areas). The "backlot" areas of DHS were never intended to be guest walkways when built, so they're unwelcoming and surrounded by big boxy buildings creating narrow lifeless corridors. Although they're still pretty bland, at least the "backlot"-type areas of WDSP were always designed for guests (except that awkward walkway from Toon Studios to the tram tour) so they have wide plazas, occasional landscaping, nice paint colors, and inviting signage. Something about the design there makes it more inviting to pedestrians, even if the park isn't especially beautiful; the backlot areas of DHS these days seem to have guests scurrying from one thing to the next, feeling like they're in an off-limits area of the park that they snuck into
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>The "backlot" areas of DHS were never intended to be guest walkways when built, so they're unwelcoming and surrounded by big boxy buildings creating narrow lifeless corridors.<<< I didn't mind that, because it gives you the sense of a movie studio. I know the studio days are long gone at DHS, but I still like the look of the soundstages.
Originally Posted By phruby From what I hear, Disney was suppose to break ground for Star Wars in January of this year. That was the reason they closed down the tram tour and other areas. They were suppose to open the Cantina in 2016 as a first phase for the new land. The board of directors reviewed the plans and told them to stop. The project wasn't good enough and they had to go back to the drawing board again. Now they are suppose to break ground again in January of next year which would open the fist phase of the Cantina in 2017. The problem now is that it will interfer with Avatar's initial opening in 2017. The additions to pixar place were suppose to go in after the first phase of Star Wars land but now are progressing instead. They include a indoor version of RSR and V8 Cafe restraunt along with the expansion of TSMM. Rumor is at D23 we will see the same old coming soon boxes again as we did two years ago.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>From what I hear, Disney was suppose to break ground for Star Wars in January of this year. That was the reason they closed down the tram tour and other areas. They were suppose to open the Cantina in 2016 as a first phase for the new land. The board of directors reviewed the plans and told them to stop. The project wasn't good enough and they had to go back to the drawing board again. Now they are suppose to break ground again in January of next year which would open the fist phase of the Cantina in 2017. The problem now is that it will interfer with Avatar's initial opening in 2017. The additions to pixar place were suppose to go in after the first phase of Star Wars land but now are progressing instead. They include a indoor version of RSR and V8 Cafe restraunt along with the expansion of TSMM. Rumor is at D23 we will see the same old coming soon boxes again as we did two years ago.<<< That sounds very interesting, but it's disappointing that we will not see anything at the D23 Expo. Didn't Iger mention in an interview that they had to delay SW Land, because of the delay of SW7. He feared that people might be disappointed when there's nothing from the new movie. I'm so looking forward to The Cantina. This year's Expo will be a small disappointment when it comes to Parks & Resorts. It seems only Avatarland will have a presence.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "The problem now is that it will interfer with Avatar's initial opening in 2017." How would that be a problem? Having so much to debut at once seems like a win to me.
Originally Posted By phruby I think the problem would be the two parks would compete against each other during the same opening. They also don't want Avatar to look stupid compared to Star Wars.
Originally Posted By dagobert More rumours about the makeover. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.slashfilm.com/disney-hollywood-studios-changes/">http://www.slashfilm.com/disne...changes/</a> I really hope that people will not be disappointed when the makeover turns out a lot smaller.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I think the problem would be the two parks would compete against each other during the same opening." If that's the case then all the parks at WDW are already competing against one another. Seems to me that having the two parks at the lower end of the ranking launch big new attractions. I get what you're saying, but I don't see it as a hinderance to the success of each project. "They also don't want Avatar to look stupid compared to Star Wars." Why would it?
