Originally Posted By dagobert OLC has decided to invest in both parks. Now they have presented some projects. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.olc.co.jp/en/news/olcgroup/20141030_05e.pdf">http://www.olc.co.jp/en/news/o..._05e.pdf</a> From the press release: >>>The plan for Tokyo Disneyland Park centers on the redevelopment of Fantasyland, which will nearly double the size of the themed land. Work on implementing this large-scale area development has already begun. In addition to the renovation of the existing Fantasyland, major new attractions, restaurants and shops are being considered for installation in the expansionsite.>>> >>>Under consideration for Tokyo DisneySea Park is the development of a new themed port in the expansion site located south of Lost River Delta. This eighth themed port will include major new attractions, restaurants and shops.>>> Sounds interesting.
Originally Posted By dagobert You have to scroll down in the press release to see a concept art of the new Fantasyland.
Originally Posted By dagobert It seems the whole Fantasyland will get a makeover. IASM will move to the Tomorrowland Speedway location, which will be removed. And it will get the nice faced found in DL, DLP and HKDL. But I may be wrong on that. At the back of Fantasyland you can see a castle, that looks a bit like DLP's.
Originally Posted By dagobert Finally TDL's Fantasyland is losing its concret desert look. According to WDWMagic member WDW1974, Fantasyland will get a Frozen ride. I'm more excited about the new port at TDS. I wonder what it's going to be. And hopefully we will see an original attraction that isn't based on an excisting franchise.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>It seems the whole Fantasyland will get a makeover. IASM will move to the Tomorrowland Speedway location, which will be removed. And it will get the nice faced found in DL, DLP and HKDL. But I may be wrong on that. << 'its a small world' does not seem to appear in that artist rendering at all! And Fantasyland butt up against Space Mountain ... boy, OLC has lost interest in the future ... like Americans seem to have as well. Very disappointing. I hope that artist rendering is Déjà vu ... like WDW's initial Fantasyland remodel that had an inundation of meet & greets ... before changing, once again. Perhaps OLC's plans will drastically be altered as well. About DisneySea ... I can't wait to see what they have in mind there. If it's a franchise cartoon land ... I'll be sick!
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>'its a small world' does not seem to appear in that artist rendering at all!<<< Maybe I'm wrong, but the building next to SM looks like the IASW building found at DLP.
Originally Posted By oc_dean It looked like a French Chateau to me. AKA ... a Beauty & the Beast element. I just love that excellent transition to Space Mountain. Such wonderful and talented imagineers! NOT !!
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>It looked like a French Chateau to me. AKA ... a Beauty & the Beast element.<<< I don't know at what concept art you are looking at, but the building on the left side of Space Mountain doesn't look like a French Chateau. I looks like a huge show building with an IASW facade.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The massing of the building and the pitched roof is similar to Chateau de Chenonceau, but I agree that it appears to have the traditional iasw façade on it. Depending how the details are done on it, I think it could make for a nice transition from the ornate baroque designs of BATB to the sleek futurism of SM <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://public.media.smithsonianmag.com/legacy_journeys_blog/chenonceau_blog1.jpg">http://public.media.smithsonia...log1.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert Moving an entire attraction to another place seems weired, but I still think it is the IASW building.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Wow. TDLFAN is a woman with kids?!?! Who knew?!? I've also heard another rumor: that malin posts on Micechat as malin, as a fat homophobe frump from the uk who has a sick adoration for rubber heads. Hmmmm
Originally Posted By oc_dean To the left looks like what could be the clock tower where figures make their circle every 15 minutes. The way they drew it up seems to come off as something else.
Originally Posted By dagobert I've just looked on Google Earth and ISAW is next to the Quenn of Cards Restaurant. The restaurant can still be seen in the new concept art, but IASW is replaced with that pink "building". It looks a bit like a forest. So they are either getting rif of IASW or it will be rethemed to that pink thing or it will be relocated.
Originally Posted By LindsayC The pink forest is an Alice in Wonderland theme - those are the stylised leaves like the ones at DLP and DL's attractions - the building (with yellow thatch roof) is similar to that of the White Rabbits house. I think this will be an attraction - as there is a show building already there. Its all ties well with the restaurant and the tea cups directly in front.
Originally Posted By dagobert Sounds interesting. So TDL might get an Alice attraction. OMG I meant Queen of Hearts not Cards in my post above!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I think this will be an attraction - as there is a show building already there.<< If they're reusing the iasw building for Alice, that will be a HUGE attraction! I can't imagine a dark ride would need anywhere near that much space; it's more than twice the size of Hunny Hunt. I suppose they could make a dark ride and some other indoor attraction (indoor labyrinth?) within the same structure. Depending how the entrance(s) are themed, I guess the other attraction wouldn't even need to be Alice-based, but it would probably be tough to squeeze another theme between Alice and Pooh Looking on Google Earth, I can't believe the huge crowd waiting for iasw! When I visited it was a total walk-on, but it appears that the photos were taken on a *very* busy day (they're dated 3/7/14); there are massive queues for everything and huge hordes of people getting ready for the parade Are there any rumors for what will go in Dumbo's current location? It's probably too small for another attraction, but it's a large space to leave completely empty. Maybe some sort of ODV or a permanent M&G location?
Originally Posted By Malin So much speculation on what is going to happen next... I agree that the building in the right corner looks very similar to Disneyland's It's A Small World. Speaking to friends in Japan today to completely remove the attraction would not be a popular one. Plus this attraction has good capacity on crowded days. If what I'm hearing is true about the 8th Port for DisneySea. The reaction from fans outside of Japan is not going to be popular
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Are there any rumors for what will go in Dumbo's current location? It's probably too small for another attraction, but it's a large space to leave completely empty. Maybe some sort of ODV or a permanent M&G location?<<< In the concept art it looks like a green area. It seems Dumbo is moving into the new area and it looks like that Dumbo is finally getting the upgrade to the new version found in all other parks.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>If what I'm hearing is true about the 8th Port for DisneySea. The reaction from fans outside of Japan is not going to be popular <<< So it's going to be a Frozen port? Is Frozen so popular among Japanese?
Originally Posted By Malin The backstage area is also needing to be altered. So some of the Small World space might be going to this project. I thought Pixie Hallow when I saw the leaves. But Lindsay has some good sources.
