Tokyo Disneyland Resort Expansion

[BrianLo]

This is probably beyond unrealistic but is there even a 1% chance that if the Port Discovery building is actually hiding a show building, we could be getting an original D/E ticket?

The lack of any kind of IP theming on the building is giving me hope. But I know how IP focused OLC is obviously that's the draw for the license and for marketing so this is probably next to impossible...but a boy can dream.

Sorry, why are you so convinced it’s not an attraction?

It’s a show building, blatantly. No hotel is going there, it’s against the sea wall. No guest rooms are in the middle of a warehouse without windows.

 

[BrianLo]

All of this reminds me of their first wave of the last redo.

It’s interesting to see intention, but I’d be pretty surprised if that Disneyland thing is remotely close to a final product. Though they’ve gone and edited the concept to make it obscure.

Recall frozen, small world and Alice all dissipated, moved or didn’t.

I think the real thing we can glean is that Up and Moana dark rides continue development. Plus that large scale development has been given a thumbs up. Plus Jungle Cruise clearly opens a sizable expansion opportunity…. That doesn’t mean they’ll use it.

But so does merely the backstage building UP occupies in the concept art. I’d love an Up attraction in a more major form somewhere in the world.

 

[SweetDuffy101]

Also reviewing the 2 different concept art shown.
for Port Discovery, I do believe they will be planning a rerouted version of the transit steamer line in favor of an expansion plot in Cape-cod/port discovery.

 

[dennis-in-ct]

I mean unless we’re talking just rides it was the Adventureland treehouse in Disneyland right?

I would not be upset if the treehouse in MK went away or bigger, better things.

 

[Agent H]

I would not be upset if the treehouse in MK went away or bigger, better things.

I wouldn’t mind too much either but I have to wonder why they would do that. Space seems like it would be very very limited.

 

[tanc]

These TDL plans are truly fascinating though, just goes to show that nothing is sacred. The possibilities for other parks and what could happen is going to be very interesting these next 10 years. I really wonder what this upcoming D23 could demonstrate.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

I mean unless we’re talking just rides it was the Adventureland treehouse in Disneyland right?

Oops! I forgot this one. The Swissapolka made me think of Swiss Family Robinson, haha.

Man I really hope we get more fully/mostly original attractions. It’s so much cooler to discover an original word and original characters. I can stream and watch Disney movies online at any time. Why would I pay to only experience those movies over and over?

 

[CosmicDuck]

Sorry, why are you so convinced it’s not an attraction?

It’s a show building, blatantly. No hotel is going there, it’s against the sea wall. No guest rooms are in the middle of a warehouse without windows.

I am convinced it's an attraction, I was talking about the odds that it's an ORIGINAL attraction not based on an IP.

 

[BrianLo]

I am convinced it's an attraction, I was talking about the odds that it's an ORIGINAL attraction not based on an IP.

Ah, sorry. An earlier post of yours mentioned a hotel and it was hard to parse out from there.

Maybe a few percentage chance it’s original? Mostly because it doesn’t overtly look like something. Probably a 25% chance it’s a Duffy attraction, which is pseudo parks original I guess.

Depends what OLC is after. Soaring did quite well for them without a clear IP touch point.

 

[britain]

I am convinced it's an attraction, I was talking about the odds that it's an ORIGINAL attraction not based on an IP.

I mean…. Sigh… I guess you could have a beautiful 1900 New York exterior and then inside it, you have your time & universe jumping clone of Infinity Defense.

Seems like a disappointment to me though.

 

[BrianLo]

I mean…. Sigh… I guess you could have a beautiful 1900 New York exterior and then inside it, you have your time & universe jumping clone of Infinity Defense.

Seems like a disappointment to me though.

That strikes me as even more unlikely. They aren’t into funding R&D on other parks attractions anymore. Even within Disney’s owned portfolio these days, for whatever reasons executives have gravitated towards project individuality and a lack of ‘cloning’.

 

[Timothy_Q]

I mean…. Sigh… I guess you could have a beautiful 1900 New York exterior and then inside it, you have your time & universe jumping clone of Infinity Defense.

Infinity Defense will use the same ride system as Neverland Adventure, so it's unlikely

And TDR is in the process of removing their existing clones, so they wouldn't add another one now

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Infinity Defense will use the same ride system as Neverland Adventure, so it's unlikely

And TDR is in the process of removing their existing clones, so they wouldn't add another one now

Does TDS have any clones aside from Soarin’? IIRC everything else is original. I imagine the clone removal is focused in TDL then?

I believe these would be all the clones:
* Versions that are unique but still based on something else
Bold are attractions I think are safe.

• Jungle Cruise*
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Swiss Family Treehouse
• The Enchanted Tiki Room*
• Western River Railroad*
• Big Thunder Mountain
• Country Bear Theater*
• Mark Twain Riverboat
• Tom Sawyer Island Rafts
• Westernland Shootin’ Gallery*
• Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes*
• Alice’s Tea Party
• Castle Carousel
• Cinderella Castle
• Dumbo the Flying Elephant
• The Haunted Mansion*
• It’s a Small World
• Mickey’s Philharmagic
• Peter Pan’s Flight
• Pinocchio’s Daring Journey
• Snow White’s Adventures
• Snow White Grotto
• Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin
• Star Tours
• Space Mountain*

I’m not sure if Space Mountain would still count as a clone, perhaps if the attraction is different enough it wouldn’t count?

 

[ThemeParkTraveller]

Does TDS have any clones aside from Soarin’? IIRC everything else is original. I imagine the clone removal is focused in TDL then?

Toy Story Mania, Indiana Jones Adventure, Raging Spirits, and Tower of Terror. The latter has a completely original story though.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Toy Story Mania, Indiana Jones Adventure, and Tower of Terror. The latter has a completely original story though.

Totally forgot all of those were there! I’ve never been to TDS and I don’t know its layout well, haha

 

[tanc]

Magic Lamp Theater still being around is pretty interesting to me, always wondered if it's going to be rethemed eventually or not.

 

[ThemeParkTraveller]

Magic Lamp Theater still being around is pretty interesting to me, always wondered if it's going to be rethemed eventually or not.

I imagine Magic Lamp Theater will be the first to go when they switch their focus to Arabian Coast. 3D shows are very dated now, and it would open up an opportunity to expand into the backstage area if/when they relocate the buildings there.

 

[mysteriousislandlurker]

Magic Lamp Theater is a classic and fun, but I agree its dated and should go. They can even expand the space, I believe theres some backstage space next to the show

 

[Agent H]

Totally forgot all of those were there! I’ve never been to TDS and I don’t know its layout well, haha

It feels good knowing that I’m not the only one who talks about this stuff when they haven’t been to the park. Whenever I talk about a resort that isn’t Disney world I feel like people are judging me for it.

 

[eddie104]

I would not be upset if the treehouse in MK went away or bigger, better things.

Why do people always bring up a random WDW attraction they hate or want to get rid of in threads like these ?