DLR Rumors

Originally Posted By PeterPan1313

Some rumors/tidbits of info I've heard over the past couple months, should be considered rumor at this point.

1. StarWarsland in Simba is a go, an announcement is expected in 2015 either at Star Wars Anaheim April 16th to the 19th, or at D23 August 14th to the 16th. Tatooine sub-land will be about 40% of this new land, wtih inclusion of new events/details from The Force Awakens.

2. Trowbridge and the Anaheim WDI team has given DCA a "bird's-eye" view with regards to upcoming changes, and the greenliting of older plans for making-over Condor Flats was done in-part with an eye towards the fact that with a Tatooine sub-land in StarWarsland, DCA would have had three unrelated desert themed areas.

3. Much (if not all) of the Pacific Wharf may be repurposed at some distant point in the future for a new sub-land, "Trainsland", a spin-off sort of land for the adjacent Carsland, and will based on the upcoming Pixar film "Trains". The D-Ticket attraction will be a train ride which we be visible from near Filmore's in Carsland, loop around Trainsland, and under the parade route, next to the Golden Vinery which would be rethemed as a train station restaurant, and around a portion of GRR. The train's track would not be an even grade, but would have slopes and dips like Casey Jr., but on a gradner scale and slightly faster. The idea is to add an attraction to DCA's roster, and give the park more of a dynamic feel.

4. MyMagic's implementation at DLR will coinincide, roughly, with StarWars land construction in Simba, and will allow for an integrated experience for guests staying at the Disney hotels in the area. StarWarsland will be the first land built in domestic Disney parks with the needs/opportunities of MyMagic more fully appreciated.

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

"3. Much (if not all) of the Pacific Wharf may be repurposed at some distant point in the future for a new sub-land, "Trainsland", a spin-off sort of land for the adjacent Carsland, and will based on the upcoming Pixar film "Trains". The D-Ticket attraction will be a train ride which we be visible from near Filmore's in Carsland, loop around Trainsland, and under the parade route, next to the Golden Vinery which would be rethemed as a train station restaurant, and around a portion of GRR. The train's track would not be an even grade, but would have slopes and dips like Casey Jr., but on a gradner scale and slightly faster. The idea is to add an attraction to DCA's roster, and give the park more of a dynamic feel."

Oh, this is a good one! Please tell me, there's not really a Trains movie coming out is there?

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

OMG

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Originally Posted By TP2000

What about Luigi's Festival of the Dance?

Did Trowbridge look at that when he was on his birds-eye view blimp ride over DCA?

 

Originally Posted By leemac

<<Oh, this is a good one! Please tell me, there's not really a Trains movie coming out is there?>>

Not any more there isn't! That franchise is dead in the water.

Someone is adding 2 and 2 and getting 53.

 

Originally Posted By skinnerbox

Good news about the Trains franchise. I'm sick of Disney/Pixar vehicle ventures. Enough!

And good to see you on the boards again, Lee!

 

Originally Posted By utahjosh

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You did see what day that was posted, right?

 

Originally Posted By Dabob2

<Some rumors/tidbits of info I've heard over the past couple months, should be considered rumor at this point.

1. StarWarsland in Simba is a go, >

"Oh, I've heard that rumor too," said no one else, ever.

 

Originally Posted By leemac

<<Good news about the Trains franchise. I'm sick of Disney/Pixar vehicle ventures. Enough!>>

Sadly I gather Cars 3 is likely. However Dusty and any other spinoff seems dead in the water for now. Planes 2 didn't make money and the merch didn't shift either.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

>>StarWarsland will be the first land built in domestic Disney parks with the needs/opportunities of MyMagic more fully appreciated.<<

Carsland was built with all the MM+ infrastructure in place. All they need to do is install the Mickey-head scanners, plug in the wires, and they're good to go. No need to run conduit, build additional queues, or any impactful construction.

Additionally, Pandora at DAK is being designed with various interactive features throughout the land that will fully interact with the MM+ system. Presumably it will have a similar feeling to the interactive elements of TestTrack, where the attraction itself is just a part of the overall experience (though hopefully it will be executed better)

>>Did Trowbridge look at that when he was on his birds-eye view blimp ride over DCA?<<

I have no idea what Trowbridge looks like, but I picture his voyage to look something like this:
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Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

"Planes 2 didn't make money and the merch didn't shift either."

Thank god!

 

Originally Posted By berol

If Cars was called Automobiles, they could have a Planes, Trains and Automobilesland with a ride where you suddenly realize that various things aren't pillows.

 

Originally Posted By Dabob2

LOL!

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

I'm sorry ... am I suppose to see a difference between these three?

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Same characters ... difference set of "clothes".

I saw the 2 Cars films ... that was enough for me. The Planes films did absolutely nothing for me, it looked like "Cars" in planes ... and if Leemac says it's a dead idea ... the reason is obvious.

 

Originally Posted By oc_dean

^^ I should have added ... I didn't see the Planes films. I thought - Oh, it's "Cars" set to planes ....zzzzzzz

 

Originally Posted By Yookeroo

"I'm sorry ... am I suppose to see a difference between these three?"

Well, one was an April Fools joke.

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

Well it got me almost two years later lol

 

Originally Posted By monorailblue

I give credit to PP1313: as one of the biggest trolls ever on LP, I never thought he'd make it past even a few months, but his one-year anniversary has come and gone. Sigh.

There is no possible way whatsoever that Paradies Pier will be turned into a "Trains" land or that a faster-and-grander-than-Casey-Jr. train ride will be shoehorned in and around Paradise Bay with a stretch going under the DCA Performance Corridor.

 

Originally Posted By monorailblue

Re posts 3 and 7, don't forget to click the follow up information link:

<a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyexaminer.com/april-fools-day-2013/">http://disneyexaminer.com/apri...ay-2013/</a>

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

I detest the whole April Fools Day crap.

I don't need more things confusing me that normally do!