Originally Posted By HokieSkipper I honestly don't think there would be cannibalization there. I don't think people would stop going to EPCOT if RSR was in DHS.
Originally Posted By leobloom RSR and Test Track shouldn't be a problem especially since Thunder Mountain and Everest are both mine train coasters. Sounds like a way to cheapen the plans for MGM. Too bad. Wonder what the Star Wars speeder coaster would be like. Indoors, presumably, but forest theming? Hopefully something more than artificial sequoias.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Do you think they are trying to avoid direct competition with Test Track? Let's face it, TT and Soarin' are far and away the most popular attractions at Epcot." This. Maybe it'll be a Cars ride using the same technology as RSR but with a different storyline. "Doesn't make sense without it IMO" Of course it doesn't. Rumors never make sense.
Originally Posted By dagobert Here's another article about an upcoming Star Wars Land. I guess it's far rom the reality. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/2013/06/disneys-new-star-wars-project-will-be.html" target="_blank">http://www.bizjournals.com/orl...-be.html</a>
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper So WDI has announced they will not be announcing any new projects at the D23 Expo, so don't hold your breath on hearing that anytime soon.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>So WDI has announced they will not be announcing any new projects at the D23 Expo, so don't hold your breath on hearing that anytime soon.<<< That's sad. I expected some announcements. So it will be a boring Expo when it comes to the parks. I just hope, if WDi is working on a SW Land, it will be more than a Meet & Greet, a restaurant and a small ride.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I wouldn't be surprised that IF it gets built there will be bullcdozers tearing down things and WDW will still not comment on it.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "So WDI has announced they will not be announcing any new projects at the D23 Expo, so don't hold your breath on hearing that anytime soon." Has Disney ever used D23 to make formal press announcements about previously unannounced new theme park attractions? "I wouldn't be surprised that IF it gets built there will be bullcdozers tearing down things and WDW will still not comment on it." Yep. Maybe they're following the Universal playbook. For whatever it's worth, there are reports that there were sight-line balloon tests happening at DCA the other day for the rumored new Monstropolis addition/expansion, yet Disney has said zip about that project.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Has Disney ever used D23 to make formal press announcements about previously unannounced new theme park attractions?>> Fantasyland Expansion and Star Wars 2 were both announced in 2009. <<For whatever it's worth, there are reports that there were sight-line balloon tests happening at DCA the other day for the rumored new Monstropolis addition/expansion, yet Disney has said zip about that project. >> Well, height balloon tests happen all the time.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Fantasyland Expansion and Star Wars 2 were both announced in 2009." OK. "Well, height balloon tests happen all the time." Do they? All the time? I've made literally hundreds of visits to DLR since the 70s and I've never once seen a balloon test.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Do they? All the time? I've made literally hundreds of visits to DLR since the 70s and I've never once seen a balloon test.>> There were a few last year in Frontierland at DL, and a multitude in WDW the past year. All for blue sky projects. They don't really mean something is getting going any time soon.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Do they? All the time? I've made literally hundreds of visits to DLR since the 70s and I've never once seen a> ^^^that
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "There were a few last year in Frontierland at DL" That is not even close to "all the time".
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<That is not even close to "all the time".>> *rolls eyes* Point is, they happen quite often, and are not a sign that significant changes are 100% happening. They are often up for but a few hours, if that, and then are never seen again. It's not surprising you've never seen them.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Point is, they happen quite often, and are not a sign that significant changes are 100% happening." That isn't what I was questioning. Even if what you say is true about the frequency of the height tests it has no bearing on the recent balloon tests at DCA in regard to the rumored Monstropolis expansion.
Originally Posted By Brad I love how that article brags that "$200m has been rumoured to have been put aside" for a SW land, as if that is impressive. Didn't RSR edge past $300m on its own, without even including the rest of Carsland? I know it's sad that $200m is considered "skimpy" in theme park development terms(hey, those imagineers need to drink their Moet, ya know! Designing the next restaurant and meet 'n' greet area must REALLY take it out of them!), but when all we are hearing about is a Mos Eisley Cantina and a permanent Jedi Academy stage it's kinda pathetic. Man up TDO, grow a pair and actually look what's happening a few miles up the road, at what happens when you let slip the creative people and back them with SERIOUS cash. A princess house and a gussied up toilet block just does not cut it anymore in the twenty first century.
Originally Posted By tonyanton Brad...they're adding restrooms at Epcot between AA and Japan...so TWO gussied up restrooms! ;]
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Brad...they're adding restrooms at Epcot between AA and Japan...so TWO gussied up restrooms! ;]> And they will be highly themed!
Originally Posted By Blufusion12 Does Disney ever read these boards? And if they ever do. Do they not take into consideration how many of us are disappointed in the way things are?
Originally Posted By planodisney No. They take into consideration the millions who arrive every year, spen truck loads of money, go home hapy and then show up again next year. Until that stops, they arent going to change what they feel is working.
