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Miscellaneous Tokyo Thoughts

Bartattack

Bartattack

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I was at TDL and TDS last week... maybe it's me, but from all the Disney parks I found that the volume of rides (for example Philarmagic or Baymax's cool down mission) and parades at TDL is really really high. Anybody else noticed this? Or am I getting old?
I also noticed a few castmembers standing around with what seemed like sound level meters in their hands.
 
BasiltheBatLord

BasiltheBatLord

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Some photos of how dead the parks are today.

The parks have been relatively less crowded on weekends lately, probably a result of flex pricing making weekends the most expensive days.

It's also been extremely hot the past couple weeks, so that could be part of it.

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BasiltheBatLord

BasiltheBatLord

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TEA 2023 attendance report is out

USJ keeps its spot as the #1 most-attended park in Asia (and #3 worldwide) for the second year in a row. TDL remains #2 while TDS slips to #5 on account of major growth at Chinese parks post-COVID restrictions, namely SDL and Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

One niche thing I noticed: Nagashima Spa Land, previously the most-attended theme park in Japan that's not Disney or Universal, has slipped out of both the global top 25 (was #21 last year) and the Asia top 20 on account of the surge of attendance at Chinese parks. The recently opened Ghibli Park also didn't crack the Asia top 20.

[Full report]
 
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Supersnow84

Supersnow84

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BasiltheBatLord said:
TEA 2023 attendance report is out

USJ keeps its spot as the #1 most-attended park in Asia for the second year in a row. TDL remains #2 while TDS slips to #5 on account of major growth at Chinese parks post-COVID restrictions, namely SDL and Chimelong Ocean Kingdom.

One niche thing I noticed: Nagashima Spa Land, previously the most-attended theme park in Japan that's not Disney or Universal, has slipped out of both the global top 25 (was #21 last year) and the Asia top 20. The recently opened Ghibli Park also didn't crack the Asia top 20.

[Full report]
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Another interesting thing related to the Asian parks is that HKDL has had a surge in its recovery and looks to still be trending upwards but ocean park has completely foundered and lost its long held dominance over the HK region to Disneyland
 
SweetDuffy101

SweetDuffy101

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Im going to debunk one of my posts regarding the seasonal parades, This christmas OLC will be playing DisneyChristmas stories.

As the other day the floats were spotted being prepped for its run this year. Yep no new parade its still the same thing this year.
 
J

jrhwdw

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SweetDuffy101 said:
Im going to debunk one of my posts regarding the seasonal parades, This christmas OLC will be playing DisneyChristmas stories.

As the other day the floats were spotted being prepped for its run this year. Yep no new parade its still the same thing this year.
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I like Christmas Stories! I rather keep that and have TDR get Spectaculars back in TDS!
 
ThemeParkTraveller

ThemeParkTraveller

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BasiltheBatLord said:
Indiana Jones at TDS is getting a 1 year refurb starting in March 2025.

This follows a trend of several other long refurbs in the past year. Sinbad is currently down for 6 months, PotC was down for 6 months last year, Hunny Hunt was down for 4 months this year. Over at USJ in Osaka, Jurassic Park is currently down for a 1 year+ major refurb.
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That would be a great time to plus/modernize some effects like the DL version has done over the years.
 
BasiltheBatLord

BasiltheBatLord

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Found this on Twitter, an interesting run down of the history of expansion at TDR and potential for future expansion locations.
  • Red is already used expansion pads, starting at Critter Country in 1992 and going up to Fantasy Springs in 2024.
  • Blue is land currently under construction for expansion (Tomorrowland redevelopment).
  • Yellow is the remaining land that can be used for expansion (next to Lost River Delta, TDL parking lot, OLC offices)
The bottom three sections explore some other far fetched possibilities for off-site expansion:
  1. Kasai Rinkai Park: The largest public park in Tokyo, right across the bay from TDR. Could be large enough for a third park, but development is difficult due to conservation activities etc.
  2. Chidori district of Urayasu City: Urayasu previously abandoned plans to reclaim land here in-between TDR and Chidori. The image speculates that if land was filled in then this whole area could be used as expansion or for a third park. But seems like this would be tough as lots of businesses are located here and would need to be relocated.
  3. Yumeshima (Osaka): This is where the World Expo will take place next year. Tons of space here, enough to build a whole other resort, however City of Osaka apparently made a deal with Universal to keep other theme park operators out so if any expansion happens here it would likely be a second Universal park.

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Robbiem

Robbiem

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BasiltheBatLord said:
Found this on Twitter, an interesting run down of the history of expansion at TDR and potential for future expansion locations.
  • Red is already used expansion pads, starting at Critter Country in 1992 and going up to Fantasy Springs in 2024.
  • Blue is land currently under construction for expansion (Tomorrowland redevelopment).
  • Yellow is the remaining land that can be used for expansion (next to Lost River Delta, TDL parking lot, OLC offices)
The bottom three sections explore some other far fetched possibilities for off-site expansion:
  1. Kasai Rinkai Park: The largest public park in Tokyo, right across the bay from TDR. Could be large enough for a third park, but development is difficult due to conservation activities etc.
  2. Chidori district of Urayasu City: Urayasu previously abandoned plans to reclaim land here in-between TDR and Chidori. The image speculates that if land was filled in then this whole area could be used as expansion or for a third park. But seems like this would be tough as lots of businesses are located here and would need to be relocated.
  3. Yumeshima (Osaka): This is where the World Expo will take place next year. Tons of space here, enough to build a whole other resort, however City of Osaka apparently made a deal with Universal to keep other theme park operators out so if any expansion happens here it would likely be a second Universal park.

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Great find. The yellow areas look like there are still spaces to expand for the moment

Didn't know about Osaka city's deal with universal if they can't build another theme park I wonder what the expo site will become?
 

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