_caleb
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How much money does Disney have for parks expansion?
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News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom
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60B future dollars!!
Coco being behind BTM just makes so much thematic sense, would provide a location to put Mexican food being evicted from Pecos for creole, is an extremely popular IP and has a fantastical setting that is easy fodder to create a compelling ride. I don’t know why they would deviate from that.
yensidtlaw1969
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In full fairness, there are hundreds of IPs that could fit the description of "an IP that doesn't fit well in Magic Kingdom". Cars Land fitting that incredibly broad bill isn't particularly indicative.
Of the various ideas I've heard bandied about for Beyond Big Thunder, Cars Land has yet to come up from anyone trustworthy.
yensidtlaw1969
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Disney will likely be able to do generally what it wants and when it wants to - but it also seems likely that Disney is going to be strategic with what and when it builds while the CFTOD is around.
It's less that Disney will be stopped from doing what they want and more that they will change what they want to do of their own accord to suit their larger purposes.
Does that help?
Brer Oswald
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In theory, it makes a lot more sense than what they’ve come up with for Tiana. But who knows, they could take it in some crazy direction that lacks visual cohesion with BTMRR.
Brer Oswald
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What else would they even put over there besides Villains now that Encanto is going to DAK? It won’t be Star Wars. It probably won’t be Frozen. It won’t be New Orleans. It won’t be an original idea. Zootopia? Aladdin? I just don’t see this thing going through.
PREMiERdrum
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Interestingly enough, one of the quiz questions for the 2024 Disney Travel Agent recertification was "This themed land exists only at Disneyland" with New Orleans Square as the obvious answer.
999th Happy Haunt
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Hold on, Tiana in Frontierland has been controversial but now we have a group that wants Cars to be a district of Frontierland? Huh?
Yes, but they'll be sentient wagons.
MagicHappens1971
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I don’t agree with Cars Land going into MK in general, but isn’t the consensus that “Beyond Big Thunder” will not be a part of Frontierland?
Bill Cipher
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- In the Parks
- Yes
Visually, Radiator Springs transitions well from behind Big Thunder, but other than that the IP is a bad fit for MK. Radiator Springs represents a bygone town of the 1950s-1960s experiencing a touristy kitsch revival in the early 2000s. While the history of Route 66's western expansion is an interesting one, it stands a century apart from the westward expansion of the American frontier. Also, sentient automobiles are a significantly greater narrative leap from what Frontierland has seen before than sentient frogs and other bayou animals.
Although I would prefer Orlando and Anaheim have as many unique experiences as possible to differentiate the resorts, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't be first in line for a retooled Radiator Springs at DHS. Perhaps if situated on the land/offices behind animation courtyard we could opt for an altered RnRC and Racing Academy as our secondary attractions with a cloned RSR anchoring. Alas, they don't let me make decisions still.
Although I would prefer Orlando and Anaheim have as many unique experiences as possible to differentiate the resorts, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't be first in line for a retooled Radiator Springs at DHS. Perhaps if situated on the land/offices behind animation courtyard we could opt for an altered RnRC and Racing Academy as our secondary attractions with a cloned RSR anchoring. Alas, they don't let me make decisions still.
Bocabear
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Grizzly Gulch from Hong Kong Disneyland would be a perfect fit...with some new attractions instead of the coaster since Big Thunder is already there...But knowing the sort of theme Chaos that they are doing lately I would not be surprised if they thought Frozenland would be the perfect fit for that area....
Advisable Joseph
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How about Critter Country take over that area? Maybe a mini New Orleans in the adjacent part of Adventureland?
𝕴𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖗97
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- In the Parks
- No
Grizzly River Run, perhaps...
But I don't know if they'd want two rapids rides overall.
Surferboy567
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Didn’t an Imagineer say the IP that didn’t fit MK but was being considered for BTM was Zootopia?
I think Jim Shull said that.
I think Jim Shull said that.
Epcot82Guy
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Galaxy's Second Edge confirmed.