Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Already happening. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfJkusicBa4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...kusicBa4</a> And it looks brilliant.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Regardless of the Muppets and their potential involvement in the park's future, it sounds like this project could be in the $3 Billion ballpark. Although there still aren't many details, that sort of number has the potential to do some HUGE stuff. For reference, that's about double the budget of DCA's improvements
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt If I'm understanding the latest reports it sounds like the $3 billion encompasses more than just a DHS refresh though. Right?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes, it reportedly also includes money to replace Illuminations and redo the Imagination Pavilion at Epcot.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't know what exactly it includes, and what is a separate budget, but it sounds like there will be some roadway/infrastructure/parking improvements for the park, as well as some money for Epcot and MK. Nobody reliable seems to know what the MK or Epcot projects are (though Illuminations appears to be safe as is for the next few years), but it sounds like it will be enough for multiple projects in each park The vast majority of the money appears to be heading to the Studios though, which is a very good thing IMO
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't know what exactly it includes, and what is a separate budget, but it sounds like there will be some roadway/infrastructure/parking improvements for the park, as well as some money for Epcot and MK. Nobody reliable seems to know what the MK or Epcot projects are (though Illuminations appears to be safe as is for the next few years), but it sounds like it will be enough for multiple projects in each park The vast majority of the money appears to be heading to the Studios though, which is a very good thing IMO
Originally Posted By Dis-Philip Muppet-Vision is not going away. A few very knowledgeable cast member friends of mine have told me that the area surrounding it will become the Muppet Studios, including converting Mama Melrose's into The Great Gonzo's Pandemonium Pizza Parlor that was once part of the proposed Muppet Studios plans from the late 80s/early 90s.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Cool. I think I'm starting to get this. He's Pan on the West Coast, Philip on the East Coast.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Right? Because cast members are a reliable source for inside information on billion dollar developments.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Two comments: So this opened: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELg-5SCQiwo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...-5SCQiwo</a> Yikes! And Matterhorn and Big Thunder at Disneyland are wildly dissimilar. Very different vehicles (posture, restraints, interaction with other Guests wildly different); very different feeling (intense bumpiness; smooth with notable sideways g-forces); very different length / pacing (1 lift v. 3 lifts; minimal show scenes v. multiple, lengthy show scenes); very different composition (2 tracks; one track); very different views (lots to see around the mountain, including monorails and parades; virtually nothing to see that contradicts the Show), etc., etc. There are many more combos at Disneyland with much greater mechanical and operational similarities, although only a very few with mechanical AND thematic similarities. Matterhorn and Big Thunder have neither.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>So this opened:<< It reminds me of DCA's Dancin' with Disney that they did in the old Millionaire building a couple years ago...without the dancing or the Disney. Given their music selection, this may be preferable In all honesty, it was just intended to be a place to sit down and cool off, and I think the signage reflects that. It doesn't attempt to be an attraction (as the video implies), nor are there references to it anywhere else in the park. Given how much people complain about the lack of benches and air conditioning elsewhere in WDW, you'd think this would have been better received (and better done, but that's a different issue) >>And Matterhorn and Big Thunder at Disneyland are wildly dissimilar<< I agree, but they're still both a "rollercoaster through a mountain". As is Expedition Everest at DAK. Yet all of them are very different. Just because something has some similarities, doesn't mean that it will be the same experience And if we really want similar experiences, look no further than MK's two Dumbos, Astro Orbiter, and the Aladdin spinner; at what point do those get redundant?
Originally Posted By monorailblue At some point before Aladdin went in. :O) But an empty, undecorated room with metal benches has got to be a new record low for lack of effort.
Originally Posted By Dis-Philip RoadTrip, you could not be anymore wrong if you tried. Just because I take his side does not mean that he and I are the same person...and we are not, so stop getting desperate.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I have a confession to make. Constance, RoadTrip, Ohana, Yookeroo and me are all the same person.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance For all they know, we are. It's awfully fishy how often we agree with each other.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Speaking of multiple personalities where have The Witches been?
