I've done a $5 billion plan before, so I'm just going to take that plan and inject an extra $1 billion, plus some ideas I've picked up along the way. A few budget boosts (large and small) are included, as well as over-budget funds for each park (these are largely to make even tenths of a billion rather than thousandths of billions, but conveniently happen to scale based on expansion, where budget problems will be the biggest). As for real new content, western Tomorrowland gets some love, and Gusteau's is added to Hollywood Studios.
Outline:
- $1 billion for Magic Kingdom
- $1.4 billion for EPCOT
- $1.4 billion for Hollywood Studios
- $1.7 billion for Animal Kingdom
- $500 million to kick around - if a major park goes over budget; otherwise, upgrades for water parks, Downtown Disney (DisneyQuest?), hotels, and general infrastructure
* When combined, the over-budget funds at the four parks total $285 million.
Magic Kingdom ($1 billion):
- Significant backstage shuffling; Main Street arcades constructed for crowd control purposes ($50 million; $50 million)
- Remove Aladdin's Flying Carpets ($5 million; $55 million)
- Restaurant in Adventureland ($30 million; $85 million)
- Jungle Cruise enhancements ($50 million; $135 million)
- Tom Sawyer's Island overhaul ($35 million; $170 million)
- Country Bear Jamboree refurbishment ($15 million; $185 million)
- Update PhilharMagic with randomized scenes ($20 million; $205 million)
- Level the Speedway to allow further Fantasyland expansion ($10 million; $215 million)
- Frozen dark ride ($105 million; $320 million)
- Upgrade (and possibly relocate) Peter Pan's Flight; remove "it's a small world"* ($65 million; $385 million)
- New meet and greet location ($20 million; $405 million)
- New C-Ticket dark ride (Ichabod Crane, as a pseudo-Mr. Toad tribute that works well near Liberty Square? Sleeping Beauty?) ($40 million; $445 million)
- Super E-Ticket to replace former Speedway territory (think Horizons) ($200 million; $645 million)
- Improve Space Mountain's effects and add on-board audio ($50 million; $695 million)
- Tomorrowland gets gutted - Stitch's Great Escape, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Carousel of Progress*, and Monsters, Inc.* Laugh Floor close ($25 million; $720 million)
- Atmospheric enhancements and new shops in Tomorrowland ($40 million; $760 million)
- Jules Verne-based dark ride takes over former Laugh Floor and Space Ranger Spin ($100 million; $860 million)
- Replacement for Stitch ($70 million; $930 million)
- Full service restaurant replaces Carousel of Progress ($40 million; $970 million)
- $30 million over-budget fund ($30 million; $1 billion)
EPCOT ($1.4 billion):
- Finish Spaceship Earth ($40 million; $40 million)
- Overhaul Energy ($150 million; $190 million)
- Open a Medicine pavilion ($230 million; $420 million)
- Expand the Space pavilion ($150 million; $570 million)
- Reconfigure Innoventions buildings, enhance, and add Carousel of Progress underground ($80 million; $650 million)
- Overhaul Imagination ($150 million; $800 million)
- Third theater for Soarin' (I'm assuming the video was already paid for) ($50 million; $850 million)
- World Showcase gets some kind of permanent event establishment and "it's a small world" ($75 million; $925 million)
- Roman chariot ride in Italy and corresponding area ($75 million; $1 billion)
- Germany dark ride ($75 million; $1.075 billion)
- Brazil pavilion ($175 million; $1.25 billion)
- Illuminations enhancements ($75 million; $1.325 billion)
- $75 million over-budget fund ($75 million; $1.4 billion)
Hollywood Studios ($1.4 billion):
- Fantasmic enhancements ($50 million; $50 million)
- Beauty and the Beast replacement ($50 million; $100 million)
- CONTROVERSIAL: Replace Rockin' Rollercoaster with something family-friendly that fits Sunset Boulevard - it's not a particularly great coaster, it doesn't fit the area, and it makes the park lopsided ($175 million; $275 million)
- Drop the Hat ($15 million; 290 million)
- Great Movie Ride overhaul - shorten Indiana Jones, remove and replace Tarzan and generic horror; enhance just about everything else ($100 million; $390 million)
- Voyage of the Little Mermaid replacement ($50 million; $440 million)
- Some neat Animation upgrades ($30 million; $470 million)
- Star Wars area - speedbike coaster, restaurant, a C-Ticket dark ride, a couple of flat rides ($480 million; $950 million)
- Pixar Place expansion - Incredibles D-Ticket, Up D-Ticket, relocated *Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor, new Pizza Planet, Gusteau's ($450 million; $1.3 billion)
- Muppets take over former Pizza Planet ($20 million; $1.32 billion)
- $80 million over-budget fund ($80 million; $1.4 billion)
Animal Kingdom ($1.7 billion)
- Expand Dinoland with a D-Ticket dark ride ($100 million; $100 million)
- Refresh Dinosaur ($60 million; $160 million)
- Build Beastly Kingdomme with an E-Ticket dark ride, a D-Ticket coaster, a C-Ticket dark ride, a show, and some flat rides ($550 million; $710 million)
- Add a World of Color style show ($100 million; $810 million)
- Have a new parade ($60 million; $870 million)
- Having filled Animal Kingdom a bit, closing Everest will no longer induce a riot; FIX THE YETI ($50 million; $920 million)
- Refresh Kali River Rapids ($60 million; $980 million)
- Add a D-Ticket in Asia and a C-Ticket in Africa ($160 million; $1.14 billion)
- Build an Australia land including a show, a C-Ticket dark ride, and an E-Ticket ($460 million; $1.6 billion)
- $100 million over-budget fund ($100 million; $1.7 billion)
I don't think I underestimated budgets too much, so there is almost $800 million sitting around. I think that's plenty to beef up at least a few of Adventureland, The Land, The Seas, Downtown Disney (including DisneyQuest), and the water parks. $6 billion doesn't perfect everything, but it comes really, really close.
Build out the sides or potentially use some backstage space if there's no possible way to add on to the castle.
