I think you're right on the money here. I never expected a drop on Coco, since the ride will be a clone (trackwise) of Gran Fiesta Tour (mark my words). Has anyone compared the size of the show building for GFT with the space available here?
And it was this part that I was actually responding to originally -
Yes, and almost the entire Mexico Pavilion can fit in the space we assume will be allocated to Coco, so certainly GFT can fit in that space.
disneyparksblog.com
And where is the confirmation in that that the rest of the backlot is surviving as you claim as a fact?“Additionally, we’re looking forward to transforming a portion of the current Hollywood Backlot area into our Avatar destination in Disney California Adventure.”
Future Expansion Plans for Disneyland Resort
Today, we’re excited to share a peek behind the curtain at some of our long-term plans to expand and grow here at Disneyland Resort!
Look you want to make an assumption over Disney’s intention fine. But let’s be clear about that and not call it a fact. Because all they said was a portion would be used for Avatar, they never said what would happen with the rest. Maybe it survives, maybe it doesn’t. But they don’t actually confirm one way or another on it in that blog post. That is all I’m saying, so no need to get mad. You like to hold me to account for what I say also, and I appreciate it when you do.
That quote says portion, which is a synonym for part, and if only a part is getting converted one can assume the other part is not. They would not have used that extra word if they planned to convert all of it.
lol, that’s fine.
That is an assumption though not a confirmation or fact, which is the point. Because for all we know there are other plans yet revealed where the rest of the backlot is used for other things, we don’t know. The fact that they didn’t outright state what will happen with the rest can’t be considered as confirmation of anything, ie it’s not a fact because it’s not stated.
Pretty sure they've stated that the Animation Academy and Disney Jr are staying, which are part of the Hollywood Backlot area. That would still leave everything to the north of the street, and would fit into the definition of "part".
DCA has 4 confirmed attractions coming, that’s the most pending attractions then Disney has announced for one park since DHS, when you combine the Eastern Gateway stuff I think it’s fair to say there probably isn’t anything happening at DCA for some time after this.
Maybe, maybe not. But none of that means that other construction outside of attractions can’t happen like new shops or restaurants sometime in the near future.
I think it’s safe to assume that we’ll see in about 9 month the real meaning of that post, if it’s the entire “backlot” that gets closed or only a portion of it.
I think it’s safe to assume that we’ll see in about 9 month the real meaning of that post, if it’s the entire “backlot” that gets closed or only a portion of it.
lol I’ve always left it open to “we’ll see” on this, as I have an opinion but don’t know anything for sure and will be the first to admit it.
Maybe you didn’t intend it to come across as saying it was a “fact”, but it read that way to me which is why I asked for clarification. Also we’re all playing semantics here, as we’re all dissecting a few words from a blog post about a silly Disney project that has no real meaning since we don’t have access to the actual project documents.