They swapped meet and greets for The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train yet some people claim that’s a cut. Makes zero sense yet some people use it for their illogical arguments that Disney always cuts. This was a situation where they actually plussed their original announcement. And yes Disney does make cuts but this is not an example of one but actually an example of the opposite when they increased the budget.
I think Mine Train replaced Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty interactive shows, and a Pixie Hallow area.
See all swaps it’s up to you to decide whether or not mine train is better than snow whites scary adventures and is anyone really that sad about pixie hallow I mean YMMV but I think more storybook circus is a lot more charming than pixie hallow would have been
Both WDW and DLR have gone through several iterations and not everything that opened with the parks are still around.
That’s a huge point people are missing here. While it’s great that the attraction has lasted that long we are now in a new generation that doesn’t connect to the show like that.
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I’m not ignoring it, I’m calling it a pretense. I am very familiar with the design process and construction. And I routinely call people out for trying to criticize Disney with vague and nonsensical claims about those subjects. Turning the area into a construction site so early is a choice. It is not driven by the actual needs of the project and scope of work. They’re not biting the bullet to get the work done, it’s not something they have to do, it’s a choice.
Not wanting to pay the cost of dealing with the infrastructure mess underneath that site is a budget issue. Not wanting to pay to stabilize the soil after digging all of that out is a budget issue.
I completely forgot about the new smugglers run missionNot to take this thread off-topic even further, but with the only confirmed new offering in 2026 being the new Smugglers Run mission, I feel this is the perfect opportunity for Disney to hold a big park-wide event again. Why not bring back Star Wars Weekends to tie into The Mandalorian and Grogu movie/mission and add some entertainment before Monsters, Inc. Land opens and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster reopens?
We’re not talking about a little company making tough decisions. Disney spends more than anyone and they don’t get the best bang for their buck.
Yeah this has been one of the things I have never been able to understand. Disney is an 800 pound gorilla. Everybody wants to do business with them. A company like Walmart has historically squeezed their suppliers within an inch of their life to get the best prices because they can. Disney should have that same power yet it seems like everything they build costs more than it should not less.
Well, yeah. When one sees that what you budgeted won't be enough, you either pull the plug or go way over budget.
Why they spend so much is important. Layers of bureaucracy of that spin around in circles of indecision isn’t a good use of money in most situations.
I think it’s a little different though. SW was one of the most anticipated additions ever at WDW. Maybe only exceeded by whole new parks opening. I was at DLR in 2019 when SW opened without Rise. It was a little disappointing but I was glad to see and explore the land and see the Falcon. As a Star Wars geek it was still pretty amazing. For Monsters it's a small addition to the overall park. I don’t think many people will make a separate trip to see the land only to be disappointed. Opening the front half of Monsters first would be more about adding some capacity and maybe more important getting 2 restaurants back open in the park. It would also give them something else to call “new” for 2026. I’m certainly not saying I think that’s what definitely happens, but it could. It makes some sense.
I agree I remember being so excited for galaxys edge when it opened like it was going to be the best land they ever built in the states keep in mind I was 12 at the time and going through a huge Star Wars phase and I have to say 5 years later still pretty dang good even if some of the more ambitious stuff was sadly filtered out or never happened at all. Felt pretty fitting that rise of the resistance opened on Walt Disneys birthday. Hopefully when we get closer to villains land it will feel like that again.
So they ARE going to improve PizzeRizzo!
The entire reason to exist as a publicly traded company in the US is to make money for stock holders. You can do that either through stock growth, dividends or both. Management doesn't have to maximize profits at the expense of all else but stockholders can absolutely replace them if they aren't making as much as the stockholders think they should. So, unless you want to lose your job, you need to make enough to keep Wall Street happy.
Galaxy edge had the restaurant moved to a second stage and one ride that never made it off the drawing board. The droids were used in DL a bit but not WDW because we can't have nice things with the mobs that have no common sense.
How was mine train scaled back I’m not trying to be sarcastic I’m genuinely asking