Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "A Star Wars Land WILL be developed at the Studios... that has been officially announced." It has? How did I miss that announcement?!
Originally Posted By dagobert Robert Iger said in an interview that WDI is working on SW rides, but he didn't mention a specific park. An announcement will be made in 2015.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros MMC, I don't have any inside information, but I would think that most of those projects will have relatively little impact on your vacation Unless you're staying at the Poly, the construction there shouldn't be an issue. I'm not positive about the timeframe for the monorail project, but I think it's supposed to wrap up this fall. Maelstrom, the Backlot Tour, and Railroad are all in out of the way areas, so any work on them will have relatively little impact (beyond the attraction being closed, obviously) Rivers of Light currently has construction walls that stretch from near the Dinoland bridge to near the monkey exhibit in Asia. That's a long stretch with walls along the water-side of the path, but it seems like everything will be operating normally. There's also an expansion project in Africa (Mombasa Marketplace) to add another walkway and some retail to the east of the existing structures in Harambe. I wouldn't expect either project to be done by December I don't have any real inside information, but I wouldn't be surprised if the walls in the hub were significantly less noticeable by the holidays. It seems like the work will be done in phases, since it goes all the way around the hub. The current work is the most extensive (new bridge portals, new paths, significant grading) but it looks like it will probably be done in 2-3 months. I wouldn't be surprised if the construction schedule was planned so it would be done for the busy Christmas/New Years week, and the next phase of construction started after that. I don't have any inside info, but that would be my guess at this time While the whole Disney Springs project still has a long way to go, the first parking structure is supposed to open in November, which should make it a lot easier to get to DTD for the time being. There will still be alternate traffic routes in place, and construction walls in DTD itself, but it won't be as bad as it is currently
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost >>>I really hope it isn't another Carsland. There are some people who visit both US parks and another CL wouldn't bring me to DL. Star Wars or something unique would be great!<<< I've said it before and I'll say it again. If anyone can give me one GOOD reason why it is a problem to have a great attraction in more then one park, I will gladly climb aboard that bandwagon and support it along with them. However, all I have ever heard is "some people go to both parks". OK, and that's a problem how? And for whom? Some people sound like a massive minority to me. So, all others that cannot either economically or physically go to DL should be deprived of that attraction because some people don't want to see the same thing in both places. Kinda late for that anyway. When the West Coast wanted ToT, there was no particular uproar about that as I recall. But, if the East Coast wants something that already exists in DL, OMG, it's just wrong. I hope, for the sake of all those that cannot, or just plain, do not want to trek all the way West, that they build it and do it exactly the same as in California. No short cuts, just quality.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I personally doubt Star Wars Land will be all that remarkable. I figure we will get the existing Star Tours attraction, a dark ride with animatronics (hopefully), a restaurant/bar based on the Mos Eisley Cantina, and some themed shopping. I could be wrong and I certainly have no inside information. But I don't think it will come close to meeting the expectations of all the rabid Star Wars fans out there.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>> a restaurant/bar based on the Mos Eisley Cantina<<< That's already rumoured for DLP as well when we get ST:II.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Robert Iger said in an interview that WDI is working on SW rides, but he didn't mention a specific park." Oh. I'm sad now.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh I hope they expand the Pixar studios area to take over the soundstage south of Midway Mania and the backlot que area. A trackless dark ride like Ratatouille there would be great, although it would be even better if it was themed to a different Pixar movie. And some Pixar themed spinners and such would be fine too, as long as they include a dark ride in the expansion. They could also move the Pizza Planet over there, and change the current building to something muppet themed. Or back to the old prop/costume display area it used to be, now that the AEI building is closed.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>That's already rumoured for DLP as well when we get ST:II.<< I think people have been hoping to see the cantina in one form or another ever since it first appeared in the film in 1977. To build any sort of Star Wars "land" (more than a single attraction) without this would be a huge lost opportunity. I would assume that wherever they end up building Iger's Star Wars "presence" in the parks, it will include the cantina Then again, that all makes too much sense from a fan standpoint, so it will probably never happen
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Disneyland is getting a stream of public questionnaires about Marvel content for its theme parks, so watch out... even though IoA is full of Marvel content. Maybe IoA will be rethemed with something else simultaneously? I bet CarsLand is the best bet though. It's very popular. I wish they'd put some focus on that Great Movie Ride. So many opportunities for updating that. Three Men and a Baby is unknown to at least two generations now.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Three Men and a Baby is unknown to at least two generations now." There are still references to that film in there? Smh
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think it's in the montage at the end, but it's not called out in any special way and it doesn't have a scene in the actual ride. For the most part, the montage does a pretty good job of capturing the big movements in Hollywood, but some of the specific choices are a little odd They could also really stand to update the montage at the end. I think the most recent update was shortly after the first Narnia movie came out (circa 2005?). It seems like it wouldn't be too hard to make a fresh reel to play. And while we're at it, the montage at the end of the American Adventure could stand some updating too (sorry, Lance!)
Originally Posted By magic0214 And you think they would've changed it once the Woody Allen controversy started, same with the mentioned Lance Armstrong clip in American Adventure.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Given the tech available and the huge amount of content that could be mined from the Studio there is simply no excuse for not updating those segments regularly.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip People seem to forget that... <<"I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.">> -Walt Disney
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Yet it ended with ambitious plans for the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. I love Mickey and the gang as much as anyone, but enough already.
