Originally Posted By FerretAfros There may be some truth to this. I saw someone who is usually pretty reliable with the US parks mention that ST2 is coming soon (nothing about the EO/Pizza Planet conversion though) and there are plans to get another attraction in the park by the 25th. Given that it's only 2.5 years away, it seems unlikely for a truly new attraction, but not completely implausible Everything for the Studios sounds great, but I'm not very optimistic that much of it will come to reality. It would be great to see the park get a DCA-style redo, but that just doesn't seem likely given the financial situation and constant restructuring. TSMM seems like an obvious choice, but I'm not sure there's room for it without demolishing or significantly rerouting the tram tour (removing the Dinotopia set); TSMM would probably be a bigger draw than the tram tour, but the park needs the attraction capacity I also like the idea of adding a large convention center; I think that could help draw people in during off-season times, and would probably be pretty successful considering how easy it is to get to DLRP from the rest of Europe (similar to the convention facilities in Orlando, for those traveling within the US). It's also interesting that the hotel section mentioned that they still have plans for a 3rd park, since I thought those plans were all dead. Are they contractually obligated to build a third, like they were for the second park?
Originally Posted By dagobert >>> Are they contractually obligated to build a third, like they were for the second park?<<< Unfortunately they still are, but not before 2030. It was postponed with the new agreement with the French government.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Bummer! That probably won't help their financial situation any. Even if they can build a park that's successful from day one, it will be a big expense to get it up and running
Originally Posted By dagobert I may be wrong, but there could be a possibility that the third park is Villages Natures.
Originally Posted By dagobert I think so. It's all about the land rights, if I'm not mistaken. Until a certain date ED SCA has to build various parks, hotels etc. The first agreement potulated that ED SCA has to open a second park, Disney-MGM Europe (concept art can be found on the internet), by 1995. After the bad start that was postponed until 2002. Then DLP opened WDSP despite the bad financial situation. That's the reason why WDSP was built so cheaply. Otherwise they would have lost all the land. In 2017 DLP had to open another park, but that was postponed until 2030. I don't know if that 3rd park was meant to be a themepark, a water park or Villages Natures.
Originally Posted By leemac <<I may be wrong, but there could be a possibility that the third park is Villages Natures.>> Definitely not. That is excluded. The position is always down to renegotiation. The government were reasonably flexible over the delays on WDSP.
Originally Posted By dagobert So there is still the possibility to get a third themepark before 2030? I guess that might be the Marvel park, although I hope that the plans change with the new CEO. Marvel works fine in WDSP. Lee, can you comment on the rumours provided by Disney & More?
Originally Posted By leemac <<So there is still the possibility to get a third themepark before 2030?>> Always a possibility but it requires a massive turnaround at the resort that I don't see happening. <<Lee, can you comment on the rumours provided by Disney & More?>> A website? No idea.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Always a possibility but it requires a massive turnaround at the resort that I don't see happening.<<< I guess no one does. Let's see if the new restructuring will help. >>>A website? No idea.<<< <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2014/10/all-about-disneyland-paris-future.html">http://disneyandmore.blogspot....ure.html</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert I'm currently watching a German documentary about the Disney Dream's voyage from the Meyer Shipyard Papenburg to the North Sea on TV. Back then Tom Wolber was responsible for DCL and the TV team is interviewing him. He seems to be a very sympathic person, who is looking at every detail on the ship. Hopefully he has the samy enthusiasm about DLP too.
Originally Posted By u k fan As much as I enjoy the site and Disney and More do say they have a reliable source, I treat all speculation like that to be as likely to happen as if I wrote it now. Until something is officially green lit it's all fan fiction to me. Some of it sounds great, but restructuring or not when was the last time DLP spent that much money on that much stuff in quick succession since opening day?!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>As much as I enjoy the site and Disney and More do say they have a reliable source, I treat all speculation like that to be as likely to happen as if I wrote it now. Until something is officially green lit it's all fan fiction to me.<<< That's the best way. Disney&More WAS a good site, but in recent years Alain Littaye lost a lot of credibility in my opinion. It's still a good site for rumours, but when was the last time that something he claimed to happen, really happened? I know plans constantly change at DLP because of the financial situation, but he should be more clear in his articles that he is just talking about rumours.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Disney&More WAS a good site, but in recent years Alain Littaye lost a lot of credibility in my opinion.>> My knowledge of other sites is woeful these days. I don't visit that one. I thought it was just a vehicle for him to peddle his book?
Originally Posted By leemac <<Back then Tom Wolber was responsible for DCL and the TV team is interviewing him. He seems to be a very sympathic person, who is looking at every detail on the ship. Hopefully he has the samy enthusiasm about DLP too.>> He was a very popular exec at DCL - you won't find CMs that didn't like Tom. However he is an ops guy - it is a very different role stepping up to run an entire resort including making decisions about future direction.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>My knowledge of other sites is woeful these days. I don't visit that one. I thought it was just a vehicle for him to peddle his book?<<< His book is very good and definitely one of the best about DLP. Thanks to his book he knew some Imagineers and some people at DLP and so he got informations about the resort. But in recent years he writes about rumours that never turn into reality. >>>He was a very popular exec at DCL - you won't find CMs that didn't like Tom. However he is an ops guy - it is a very different role stepping up to run an entire resort including making decisions about future direction.<<< Maybe it will be easier for him to run DLP, since TWDC is funding the restructuring, which provides some money to spend. Isn't Tom Wolber German? In the interview he had an accent when speaking in German. I guess he lived too long in the US.
Originally Posted By dagobert DLP's News Magazine has posted a behind the scenes video of WDI. It's about Ratatouille, but it shows some cool other stuff from WDI. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneylandparis-news.com/en/they-designed-the-attraction-ratatouille-laventure-totalement-toquee-de-remy-in-the-backstage-area-of-walt-disney-imagineering/">http://disneylandparis-news.co...neering/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Neat video! Some of those non-Ratatouille things were shown at various D23 Expos, including that neat 360 projection room where you can get an idea of what a finished area will look like by stepping inside it. Personally, I think that most designers are pretty good at visualizing that sort of stuff in their head so I'm not sure how often they really use it, but it's a neat tool to use for non-creative types who might need to approve a budget And all those Ratatouille models are really cool. I'm a sucker for a good model, so I'd love to see those in person some time
