Who's to say they could do both a trackless dark ride and indoor coaster in the Simba lot buildout.
Both a trackless dark ride and indoor coaster could be possibilities for Simba. But there is the matter of order. The first phase of Simba would have to be a more catch all theme area like Disney Animation proper with no Pixar(and lean heavy into updatable attractions) since it would be connected to the bridge to be built in the paradise gardens area. In that type of area, a trackless ride makes more sense. but for phases 2-3 of Simba, an indoor coaster could be feasible.
There's room on Simba for four 80,000 sq. ft. attraction show buildings (around the perimeter, roughly) and 300,000 sq. ft. of outdoor themed "land" space (in the donut hole) about the size of Main St., plus utility roads, buffers, etc. That could be broken up into two or even three smaller outdoor spaces if they pursue multiple themes, say.
The EGW is key to the Simba lot going for DCA expansion. The EGW will in all likelihood be ready for LA2028. My theory is the first phase of Simba will be announced at D23 2028 since any new plan for TL seems still stuck in development hell.
I honestly don't see any reason why they would need to wait until the 2040s (15+ years) until they move into Simba and the rest of the DLForward plots. Many think that as part of the Coco construction they will be building the bridge over to Simba. And that wouldn't be done already if they weren't ready to move into Simba as well.
Yeah I'm still thinking the 1990s was only like 10 years ago lol.
Exactly. Hard to believe DCA 2.0/Cars Land opened 13 years ago! Time goes so slow before something opens, and so fast after.
I don't know how old you are but I can tell you as you continue to get older time seems to go faster. I mean we're already almost done with 2025, and before you know it we'll be in the 2030s.
In my 50s. I agree about the sense of time going by. I think the difference being a theme park fan now is having so much discussion and dribbles of information on a daily basis about an upcoming project. It makes time crawl. Years/decades ago, you'd hear about a project and then other than seeing the construction with your own eyes, there wasn't much of any public info for years, until it opened. It was a different experience being a parks fan.
Yeah when discussing it daily here it can seem like its a long time. But I don't know about you, even that seems to go faster as time goes on. Seems like just yesterday we saw this Avengers project start with dirt moving and now its almost ready to have a facade put on the buildings shell and it'll be blocked from view.
I'd argue M&MRR's been a crowd pleaser as well.
To avoid crowd congestion, wouldn't it make more sense to demo the Paradise pizza and pasta eatery and have that spot be the bridge to Simba?
Obviously we'll see as time goes one, but the concept art for Coco leads one to believe that Boardwalk Pizza stays. So not necessarily means they get rid of it for congestion reasons, it all depends on how big they make the bridge on the other side of it and how they orient it in relation to the rest of the area.