News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom

[CaptainAmerica]

Nope. These are phases. Dinoland would be Moana then Zootopia. Moana replaces Dino-Rama and comes soon. Zootopia later replaces the rest of Dinoland (including Dinosaur, which is retrofitted).

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This MK project is EXTREMELY blue sky, on the other hand.

My favorite part is that the Moana ride is... Splash Mountain.

 

[DCLcruiser]

It was never 5, it's two.

Dinoland would be Moana OR Zootopia.

"Beyond Big Thunder" would be Villains OR Encanto OR Coco.

Beyond BTMRR is all 3. I think Dinoland is both, but the art only showed Moana.

 

[SNS]

There's so much space past BTMRR.

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Yeah but how would they get people back there? There's all kinds of things in the way. That's why I see that the people saying the Rivers of America being replaced have a point.

 

[etc98]

Beyond BTMRR is all 3. I think Dinoland is both, but the art only showed Moana.

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The Animal Kingdom art included Zootopia too, just very small in the top right corner. But it's there

 

[EPCOT-O.G.]

Say goodby to the Rivers of America!

They should convert TSI to Tarrytown / Sleepy Hollow

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Yeah but how would they get people back there? There's all kinds of things in the way. That's why I see that the people saying the Rivers of America being replaced have a point.

And however many people they cram through the gates are still going to want to be in the hub at fireworks time. Magic Kingdom is full. The last thing they should be doing is expanding it. The pinch points and park infrastructure are at capacity.

 

[etc98]

Yeah but how would they get people back there? There's all kinds of things in the way. That's why I see that the people saying the Rivers of America being replaced have a point.

I feel like they will have the river end after the first island, and fill in the river around the second island. So you still have (most of) Tom Sawyer Island, you can still ride the riverboat around the river, but it's just very much shortened. Similar to what they did at Disneyland

 

[networkpro]

RE: your first point...not necessarily? There are nods to Coco throughout Disneyland's Frontierland. The American cowboy was heavily inspired by Mexican vaqueros.

I'd say both had more influence from Spanish (aka from Spain) Vaqueros.

 

[Indy_UK]

When they showed Coco and Encanto I was kinda like oK, similar in look, could be decent but why on earth do they then go and stick a Villians area in the middle?

I’m slightly annoyed that all these expansions are only allowed to be based on recent IP

 

[danlb_2000]

Yeah but how would they get people back there? There's all kinds of things in the way. That's why I see that the people saying the Rivers of America being replaced have a point.

Without altering Rivers of America the only viable options would be this:

 

[DCLcruiser]

Yeah but how would they get people back there? There's all kinds of things in the way. That's why I see that the people saying the Rivers of America being replaced have a point.

We are talking about WDW Imagineering. Do you think a path is a problem?

 

[FutureCEO]

So basically nothing in the pipeline for Disney World if everything is blue sky

 

[EPCOT-O.G.]

We are talking about WDW Imagineering. Do you think a path is a problem?

How long did it take them to complete the walkway from GF to MK?

 

[jpeden]

We are talking about WDW Imagineering. Do you think a path is a problem?

In 1971? Absolutely not.

In 2022? Could cause the whole project to be shelved.

 

[DCLcruiser]

How long did it take them to complete the walkway from GF to MK?

Build something vs design something.

 

[stitchcastle]

I actually think Coco and Encanto would both be very thoughtful additions to Frontierland. Although that villains land part of the painting is so obviously a late, vague addition that you can tell the artist just kinda sketched it in really really roughly.

 

[SNS]

We are talking about WDW Imagineering. Do you think a path is a problem?

Yeah, I guess Disney is famous things such as having a drop in the Pirates to get on the other side of the train tracks or the stretching room in the haunted mansion solution to get pass the train tracks too. So I'm sure they would come come with something. I just wasn't seeing at first.

 

[No Name]

Beyond BTMRR is all 3. I think Dinoland is both, but the art only showed Moana.

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Just because the art shows all three doesn’t mean they have the slightest intention of building them all. I imagine they’ll end up picking one, if any.

The Dinoland art shows Zootopia city in the background and truly makes no sense.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Yeah, I guess Disney is famous things such as having a drop in the Pirates to get on the other side of the train tracks or the stretching room in the haunted mansion solution to get pass the train tracks too. So I'm sure they would come come with something. I just wasn't seeing at first.

Maybe we walk on top of the railroad to get over the river.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Just because the art shows all three doesn’t mean they have the slightest intention of building them all. I imagine they’ll end up picking one, if any.

The Dinoland art shows Zootopia city in the background and truly makes no sense.

Very true, but they set each up with trails to make us think they want each mini-land.