DHS Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[J4546]

No kids know who Aerosmith is either. This is essentially a lateral move to something with more relevance to ppl on a Disney Vacation and a better merchandising opportunity.

It's a cheap retheme for probably a fairly big boost to interest in the ride. It makes sense on paper. It's just not a bombastic expensive retheme. It's kinda refreshing to see them do this

yeah, noone under 20 knows who aerosmith is, I loved them back in the 80s/90s but they havent been relevant in decades, plus the whole Steven Tyler being a creep thing...

 

[LSLS]

Dis twitter acting like this is the end of the world. Everything has its time. Muppets isn’t pulling it’s capacity to fill it’s theatre. Pizza Rizzo is the largest QSR in the park and operates half the day. Mamma Melrose. Shuttered shops. It is time. I will not be responding.

Sure it does, and like I said before, if THIS was phase 2, I wouldn't care. People are way more upset because this is happening when you have a much more run down shell of a place sitting across the park that we are going to hope gets fixed 8 years from now.

 

[TheCoasterNerd]

How many kids even know who the Electric Mayhem Band even are? This is targeted at adults who have nostalgia for the muppets.

High schooler here. When I told my friends about this this morning, they all knew who the Electric Mayhem are. Only a couple had heard of Aerosmith, and even fewer actually liked them.

 

[Horizons '83]

Welp... bummer. However, move Muppets to magic eye and I won't be as salty.

 

[SteamboatJoe]

Ah, more replacements instead of adding capacity. Though I love Disney is taking their Rock and Rollercoaster retheme ideas from this site.

If an attraction moves into the old Muppet theater space, it's a net add of 1 attraction.

 

[nickys]

I am 100% sure that Disney occasionally does "canary in a coalmine" tests to find who's leaking stuff. This could be that.

And they found the same source as last time!

 

[SteamboatJoe]

Welp... bummer. However, move Muppets to magic eye and I won't be as salty.

Epcot needs a permanent Muppet Labs.

 

[Dr.GrantSeeker]

There is, amazingly, still a shoe to drop for DHS for 2025.

What is left in the park at this point?

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Note the plaza has gone from this...

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To this...

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Probably to better hide the edges of this...

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(photo credit: blogmickey.com)

That’s the Animation Courtyard concept on top.

 

[britain]

High schooler here. When I told my friends about this this morning, they all knew who the Electric Mayhem are. Only a couple had heard of Aerosmith, and even fewer actually liked them.

Hope for the future generation!

 

[britain]

That’s the Animation Courtyard concept on top.

Fine, but it's also a somewhat more film-accurate concept that they decided not to go with.

 

[lentesta]

High schooler here. When I told my friends about this this morning, they all knew who the Electric Mayhem are. Only a couple had heard of Aerosmith, and even fewer actually liked them.

Call CPS and tell them your friends don't know who Aerosmith are. They'll start the rescue paperwork.

 

[James Alucobond]

This isn’t the worst outcome. Still annoyed Animation Courtyard will persist for a bit longer and I’m generally meh on Monsters as IP, but at least it’s an actual add. Also, Muppets might actually get me to ride RnR again.

 

[K&KDizFreaks]

Thanks @lentesta for all of your insight!

 

[Blobbles]

notable theme park rides we have lost/closure announcements this year:
1971 Country Bears
Rivers of America
Liberty Square Riverboat
Tom Sawyers Island
MuppetVision 3*D
DINOSAUR
Kingda Ka
Rough year.

 

[SteamboatJoe]

That’s the Animation Courtyard concept on top.

That's what I assumed. May have thrown a Muppet theater looking facade to acknowledge it could work there too.

 

[NotCalledBob]

And where does this leave those of us visiting during Hugh's booming late 2025?

I'm on their records for uptick in bookings. I've paid a deposit for a 16 night deluxe hotel with DDP. And was going to add another 3 nights at a moderate. At this point I feel like I've been exceptionally silly.

We are trading Wallcot for WallWorld. Nearly every park will be behind construction walls the second half of 2025.

I'm completely behind expansion. I'm completely behind (overdue) mantainence (BTMRR for example). But, this is silly. How many rides are going to be out of action during my trip to be replaced with an overlay?

I'm committed to flights to MCO for our visit, but I could let our deposit go and pivot to Universal (if I can convince the kids). I'm very, very tempted after this latest news. And RNRC being added to the rides likely to be out of action.

I actually dont think WDW will be worth a big trip until 29/30.

We were planning a Disney Adventure sailing April 2026. and TDR Summer 2026. Then DLP 27.

But, WDW? Maybe it's a skip. It's really sad.

 

[EagleScout610]

Muppets aside, I do hope this means the rarer Monsters characters like George, Boo, and the janitors (forgetting their name) get more M&G time now that they have a land

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

EPCOT could hot a fantastic Imagineering Pavilion... One Man's Dream, Walt Disney Story, Carousel Of Progress and even Small World could be all part of this Miniland celebration of the art and genius of Walt Disney and the Imagineers...then they could use those other locations for more gift shops, meet and greets, and completely inappropriate IP shoehorned in wherever they is an empty space... But the true Disney exhibit could be saved along with Carousel of Progress and Small World...

Over in the Imagineering section of the forums, the What If competition just had a round where we reimagined (heh) the Imagination Pavillion! @Brer Panther did an amazing concept for an Imagineering museum and interactive experience that celebrated the work behind the parks.

Park Lore also made an incredible "Yesterland" for his Magic Kingdom buildout that had Small World, Carousel Of Progres, the People Mover, and a bunch of vintage Worlds Fair era attractions that celebrated Walt and his vision.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Overall, this was probably one of the better (though not perfect) outcomes. Hollywood Studios' roster of attractions increases and a dated Rock 'n' Roller Coaster is finally updated. Of course, it's sad to see MV3D go, but I think more concern should be about how timeless the "team up with music's biggest stars" portion of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster will feel as it ages.

I wouldn't be surprised if the team up doesn't feature on screen representation of every musician who's songs may be in rotation. That makes it easier to add and subtract. It's far less likely that Kermit gets cancelled.

Have you guys noticed a new trend???

"At least the bears are still here in some way..."

"At least the muppets are here in some way..."

Next one: "At least Figment is here in some way..."

Don't we already have the "at least Figment is still here in some way" version?

I guess we can’t be too surprised anymore after they crammed Tiana into Frontierland

But felt the need to redistrict it in Disneyland to Bayou Country instead of saying it's part of New Orleans square...