Originally Posted By Malin OLC is going to be investing billions into both its Parks and the Resort over the next 10 years. This will include the renewal of an entire land at Tokyo Disneyland. Possibly the rumoured Star Wars for Tomorrowland. Also interesting to note is the investment of improving the viewing area for the Med Harbour. Possibly part of the reason for Mythica finishing in September. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.olc.co.jp/en/news/olcgroup/20140428_04e.pdf">http://www.olc.co.jp/en/news/o..._04e.pdf</a>
Originally Posted By phruby It's nice to see my company isn't the only one that makes ugly and confusing Power Point presentations. Business schools really need to teach their students how to make well structured Power Point presentations.
Originally Posted By phruby If you look at page 14, they list a new night time show called Once Upon a Dream that uses projecting mapping probably on the castle. Jungle Cruise is getting an upgrade with this Wildlife Expedition. The Mediterrian Harbor is getting better viewing. Mermaid Lagoon theater is getting a new show. I guess they are getting a new Lilo & Stitch talk to Stitch show. I could have sworn they already have this. It's probably like the one in Hong Kong Disneyland.
Originally Posted By phruby Page 6 talks about reason for strong theme park attendance. They want to enhance park value by adding new products with strong family entertainment value and foster the "Duffy" brand! Japan is a strange place.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While it does sound promising, the "billions" being invested are in Yen, not dollars; looks like it will be "tens of millions" in dollars, which is not insignificant, but not nearly as impressive I do wonder what the L&S attraction will be, and where it would go. The tropical vibe might fit in Adventureland, or they could follow WDW's lead and put it in Tomorrowland. It also seems like an interesting choice, since that film isn't particularly popular in the US these days, but I guess it's a different audience
Originally Posted By phruby I'm thinking its WDS's Stitch Live! or HKD's Stitch Encounter. Same show as our Turtle Crush show. Not sure why they need that when TDS has the Crush show already. I guess people like the Turtle Crush show and need more of talking to cartoon characters.
Originally Posted By Malin *** While it does sound promising, the "billions" being invested are in Yen, not dollars; looks like it will be "tens of millions" in dollars, which is not insignificant, but not nearly as impressive *** Tower of Terror alone was reported to cost 21 billion yen. The money that's being invested here even if it is in yen is an insane amount of money over 10 years. It's not tens of millions of dollars. But it will be wishful thinking to expect it all to go on new attractions. Wouldn't be surprised to see more hotel rooms added especially with OLC wanting to expand business from overseas which is mentioned in the report. The Stitch attraction is similar to Hong Kong's version and is replacing Captain EO in Tomorrowland. Steve Davison is in Tokyo now working on the video mapping for Once Upon A Time which opens next month. The news of improving the viewing area along the Med Harbour is rather news worthy. Sounds like this might be part of the reason for the retirement of Mythica. But at the same time it signals that the OLC are looking to improve the area for entertainment viewing. This signals for me a long-term desire to continue using the Harbour area for both seasonal and permanent entertainment in the future.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Tower of Terror alone was reported to cost 21 billion yen." Using today's conversion rate that equals $204 million. Are you sure the $21 billion yen is correct? That's an absurd amount of money for a new ride, especially one that is basically a clone of an existing one.
Originally Posted By Malin That was what was reported at the time. But wouldn't surprise me it's been said that the DisneySea Tower of Terror was the most expensive version to build. Also Toy Story Mania at DisneySea was reported to have cost $150 million. So the figure sounds about right.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I agree that TDS's TOT was often touted as being the most expensive TOT (and possibly the most expensive single attraction at the time). In addition to the theming that's more ornate than the US versions, they got a couple new effects. But the main chunk of the cost came from structural considerations, since it was being built on landfill in an area that's very prone to earthquakes; the construction process was especially slow, which leads me to believe they were being very thorough with it
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Thorough is putting in mildly... you could build a modest sized theme park with that kind of money. For comparison, WWoHP is rumored to have cost $265 million.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros And RSR was supposed to cost around $300M, with another $200M for Carsland and $100M for Luigi's Flying Tires and ~$50M for Mater's. When they want to spend lots of money, WDI has no problem with a huge cost!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt That number also sounds suspect. This means that half of the DCA expansion went to Carsland? Anyway, assuming the numbers are accurate, a half billion dollars for a brand new 12 acre mini-theme park seems like a bargain compared to $200+billion for a single stand alone attraction.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf On slide 23 it talks about the investment being about 500 Billion Yen over 10 years or so - that is equivalent to about $4.9 Billion. Sounds very significant to me. Some of the specifics mentioned are: * 2 Billion Yen ($19.5 Million) in "Once Upon A Time" (new nighttime entertainment) * 1.6 Billion Yen ($15.7 Million) in "Jungle Cruise: Wildlife Expedition" (new effects and music) * 2.5 Billion Yen ($24.5 Million) in Mediterranean Harbor improvements * 4 Billion Yen ($39 Million) in "Renewal of Mermaid Lagoon Theater" * 2 Billion Yen ($19.5 Million) in "New Lilo & Stitch attraction" (sounds like it based on Turtle Talk model) The above sounds like some relatively modest improvements but the overall price tag indicates there are some big things in the works.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I must have missed the total investment, since I was thinking that the individual things didn't add up to a whole lot of money (though they're certainly not insignificant) I wonder what all of that money will go toward. It seems like it would be more than enough to build a brand new park, but I don't see them having the desire (or land) for that in the next 10 years
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I'm still not understanding why these things are so pricey. Do things in Japan just cost more? $20 million for a Turtle Talk type show? Really?
Originally Posted By dagobert That's exciting. I can't wait to see what'S coming to TDR in the future.
