DHS Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[TrainsOfDisney]

That’s probably too glass half full for some but I said possibility not certaint

In the next few years Elon Musk could buy Disney and demand Splash and mr. Toad return. Anything is possible! Haha.

My question is…. If there is a “bigger plan” for AC… what’s the hold up? Why choose monsters over this “better plan” unless you want to delay it by another 10 years.

 

[MisterPenguin]

In the next few years Elon Musk could buy Disney and demand Splash and mr. Toad return. Anything is possible! Haha.

I know you're not serious, but for those who may think this is something that can be easily done...

To change what the park is doing, you need control of the Board.

To get voted onto the Board, you have to get a majority of stockholders to vote you and your cronies in to take it over.

If you can't convince the majority of stock holders to vote you in (just like Peltz couldn't), you could theoretically buy up over half of Disney stocks and thus, control the vote.

That would cost you over $110B... at least.

As you buy up those stocks the cost, tho, would continue to climb making it much more expensive than $110B. And you may have the big investment companies, like Vanguard, declining to sell their shares.

So... Elon's not going to be in control of Disney without mostly everyone wanting him to. And I don't think you'd find that mostly everyone would like Elon to be in control of Disney.

 

[Professortango1]

I know you're not serious, but for those who may think this is something that can be easily done...

To change what the park is doing, you need control of the Board.

To get voted onto the Board, you have to get a majority of stockholders to vote you and your cronies in to take it over.

If you can't convince the majority of stock holders to vote you in (just like Peltz couldn't), you could theoretically buy up over half of Disney stocks and thus, control the vote.

That would cost you over $110B... at least.

As you buy up those stocks the cost, tho, would continue to climb making it much more expensive than $110B. And you may have the big investment companies, like Vanguard, declining to sell their shares.

So... Elon's not going to be in control of Disney without mostly everyone wanting him to. And I don't think you'd find that mostly everyone would like Elon to be in control of Disney.

How about Journey into Imagination sponsored by Elon Musk? I'd go on that darkride version of "The Cell."

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

To change what the park is doing, you need control of the Board.

To get voted onto the Board, you have to get a majority of stockholders to vote you and your cronies in to take it over.

Naturally I’m joking, I don’t think Elon wants Disney. But Elon or Bezos could certainly make anything happen if they wanted to.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

Naturally I’m joking, I don’t think Elon wants Disney. But Elon or Bezos could certainly make anything happen if they wanted to.

Is there any evidence that Musk has ever been to WDW, let alone that he has any nostalgia for extinct attractions

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Is there any evidence that Musk has ever been to WDW, let alone that he has any nostalgia for extinct attractions

Yes, Elon and Bezos have both visited Disney parks.

 

[GoofGoof]

My question is…. If there is a “bigger plan” for AC… what’s the hold up? Why choose monsters over this “better plan” unless you want to delay it by another 10 years.

Probably just basic math. It’s a 10 year plan so they won’t start everything at once. Disney wants to spread capital spend out over 10 years and without borrowing a lot of money they actually need annual cash flows to fund the various projects. Assuming relatively even spend over each year the $60B over 10 years leaves about $30B left for the last 5 years. This is worldwide spend including cruise ships and all of the other parks but a chunk is allocated to WDW. For WDW they selected AK project and Cars/Villians as well as Monsters for the first phase. That does not add up to the total spend expected for WDW which leaves money on the table for a phase 2 of projects after 2030.

Monsters is the cheapest of the 4 major WDW projects, probably by a lot. Due to the need to get access behind BTMRR they kinda needed to do Cars first then Villians so there was not an option to push Cars back and sub in AC instead. If we assume the AC project will be much more expensive than Monsters I would say that is the biggest reason it’s going second at DHS. There’s probably some operational reasons too. Muppets was an underperforming area financially but while AC has limited guest offerings it has backstage office space that is rented internally to offset some of the costs.

So at this point someone is getting ready to respond and say that phase 2s never happen. True in a lot of cases. We won’t know for a few years if the “rest of the money” they said they plan to spend at WDW over the decade is actually greenlit. If they do anything after these 4 projects at DHS it would be hard to imagine it’s not AC. Echo Lake could be a possibility but Indy is still a people eater.

 

[Agent H]

In the next few years Elon Musk could buy Disney and demand Splash and mr. Toad return. Anything is possible! Haha.

My question is…. If there is a “bigger plan” for AC… what’s the hold up? Why choose monsters over this “better plan” unless you want to delay it by another 10 years.

I know you’re joking but 2 words N O I’d rather have Mr. Cheapskate back

 

[Fox&Hound]

Yes there is

Zootopia? Heroes? Any hints?

 

[J4546]

normally id totally agree tht Elon running Disney would never happen, but seeing as how it seems a good chunk of the country is ok with him buying his way into running our govt....anything can happen

 

[Agent H]

I've not seen any reliable insider back up any of these wishes except that 'something' is happening in AC 'sometime' in the future.

Also, get your return key fixed.

What’s wrong with my return key?

 

[HMF]

In the next few years Elon Musk could buy Disney and demand Splash and mr. Toad return. Anything is possible! Haha.

I would rather see Disney broken apart and sold in pieces than sell it to that SOB.

 

[harrisonm]

Not sure if anyone else has pointed this out yet - does anyone else think that the muppets artwork partially matches up with the "AC" artwork? I say this because it shows the sushi restaurant in generally the same location, with it being on the left side of the entrance into the factory plaza (although the AC artwork has it pushed over more). I think we might see the "street" leading into a version of the wide plaza outside the factory

 

[James Alucobond]

Not sure if anyone else has pointed this out yet - does anyone else think that the muppets artwork partially matches up with the "AC" artwork? I say this because it shows the sushi restaurant in generally the same location, with it being on the left side of the entrance into the factory plaza (although the AC artwork has it pushed over more). I think we might see the "street" leading into a version of the wide plaza outside the factory

There won't be a wide plaza there. They're likely using the narrowness of the avenue to hide the gravity building without having to resort to as much industrial clutter as you see in the AC concept.

 

[disneylandtour]

What's your guess when construction walls for Cars land will go up (knowing no actual work will be done behind them )?

There's no reason to lose capacity in MK until there's an approved plan for storm water management, which is one of the hold ups right now. So your guess is as good as mine. The initial plan was to put up walls late in 2024...then in Jan 2025...and now ???

 

[disneylandtour]

Genuine question, how long does it take to build a roller coaster? Slinky Dog was built in about a year, right? Is there a possibility that Monstropolis will open in 2026 or 2027 if they start construction on the coaster in March (when some construction walls are set to go up)?

The show building and show elements will had a lot of time to this project versus Slinky, a Mack Rides outdoor coaster with some light theming and one AA.

 

[TheDisneyParksfanC8]

Zootopia? Heroes? Any hints?

Moth has hinted that Simpsons is in the running for AC. But if by some chance Disney gets the full Marvel rights back for WDW, that is probably what they'll gravitate towards for the spot.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Moth has hinted that Simpsons is in the running for AC. But if by some chance Disney gets the full Marvel rights back for WDW, that is probably what they'll gravitate towards for the spot.

No chance of Disney getting the Marvel rights back this decade or the next.

 

[TheDisneyParksfanC8]

No chance of Disney getting the Marvel rights back this decade or the next.

Stranger things have happened though.

The reason why there is probably no intel on what will replace AC is because Disney is waiting on their upcoming movie slate to see what takes off and what doesn't. While Zootopia seems to be what a lot of fans think will take over the area, I also wonder if Incredibles is being considered if 3 does well. If procuring the Marvel rights is going to be a no-go for the foreseeable future, Incredibles could be the next logical thing. You could port the Infinity Defense ride system to WDW with that IP.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Stranger things have happened though.

Have they? We’ve been talking about Disney getting the rights back on these forums for years. It’s not happening.

The reason why there is probably no intel on what will replace AC is because Disney is waiting on their upcoming movie slate to see what takes off and what doesn't. While Zootopia seems to be what a lot of fans think will take over the area, I also wonder if Incredibles is being considered if 3 does well. If procuring the Marvel rights is going to be a no-go for the foreseeable future, Incredibles could be the next logical thing. You could port the Infinity Defense ride system to WDW with that IP.

While it is plausible Disney is still making a decision, the reason there is no intel because they will not be breaking ground on anything for AC for at least another 3 years.