flynnibus
Premium Member
Sure, hindsight is 20/20....
Being a big boy in business is not about deciding 'will star wars pay off' -- its more about how much star wars, when, where, and at what level?
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Bob Iger at WDW now ... BoD to Follow?
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Sure, hindsight is 20/20....
Being a big boy in business is not about deciding 'will star wars pay off' -- its more about how much star wars, when, where, and at what level?
GiveMeTheMusic
Well-Known Member
The bag used at WDW has Sleeping Beauty Castle on one side and Cinderella Castle on the other, both marked "Disney Parks." This bag was in use at DLR as well until May 2015, when it was replaced with a Disneyland Diamond Celebration bag. All paper goods and bags at DLR have become resort specific as of May, dumping the stupid Disney Parks branding in favor of Disneyland 60.
truecoat
Well-Known Member
How much money do you have and how soon can you build it.
IMFearless
Well-Known Member
Echo lake is forced... It is part of a giant hidden Mickey which can only be seen from the air.
Not so easy to spot now but it was clear as day when MGM opened.
flynnibus
Premium Member
So you'd rip out all of WDW and make it into Walt's Endor World? Or how big should Annie's scrapper pod race be? Or how long should the flying over Naboo with Jar Jar ride be?
Oh wait, it's not that simple??
Isn't it funny how just winning the lottery and having a lot of money ISN'T good enough to be successful?? shocking one might say..
Disneyhead'71
Well-Known Member
Who's being patient? I am spending my money where people are investing.
Investing will be rewarded.
SYRIK2000
Well-Known Member
I'm willing to try it.
Progress.City
Well-Known Member
No announcement yet... Oy vey!
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Well the good news is that none of that is happening, I think.
The plans were at the head of WDI for review a couple of weeks back and those are the plans that were presented to the board this week.
From what I am able to figure out from everybody hinting at things… So take this with a grain of salt… it looks like it's going to be a multi phase makeover of the park. It looks like the only parts that will not be touched our Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards, which let's face it that's where most of the attractions are right now.
It looks like Pixar will come first. It looks like Star Wars will be a phase 2.
I've also heard that some backstage areas will now become onstage areas and some current onstage areas will be backstage by the time all is said and done.
That all this is inference and supposition on my part. I could be off base but I don't think I am. I don't have specifics, I don't have budgets, I don't have details beyond what I'm putting out. And that is an overall picture that I'm trying to paint here…
The big picture? Disney is finally doing something.
stretchsje
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PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Don't expect one anytime soon either…
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dizneycrazy09
Well-Known Member
Are we still looking at a 2020/2021 completion date? Any word on how long Pixar -phase 1 will take?
asianway
Well-Known Member
Considering ST II didn't move any needles I continue to be skeptical Star Wars will provide a Potter level lift to the Studios. Sorry Dave...
prberk
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That's cool. Learned something today.FWIW:
flynnibus
Premium Member
I'm more optimistic... but it's going to take a rebuilding greater than DCA v2 IMO to turn the thing around. They haven't done enough to make me blindly believe they will go that far. A mini-land and some attractions isn't enough -- this place has a serious identity crisis and needs to address its overall attraction makeup. Yet, unlike many, its actually one of my favorite places to go (for key attractions). But I know it needs a reboot. DMGM is long dead.
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
I have no idea yet. Five or six years to do a multi phase makeover of a theme park sounds about right and falls in line with what happened at to California adventure.
So IDK.
MerlinTheGoat
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I hope whatever they have planned for the Pixar expansion is at least considerably more substantial and ambitious than, say, another clone of the Toy Story Playland carnival nonsense. Even if "Pixar Land" isn't going to be as big as the Star Wars plans, i'll still be VERY disappointed if all we're getting for "Phase 1" is THIS garbage-
Though I also wouldn't be surprised. Given the lack of talk recently as well as possible rumors pointing away from the possibility, i'm going to assume Cars Land is off the table at this point. One hopes we at least get some decent dark rides, I don't know if it's too much to expect an E ticket out of this...
Though I also wouldn't be surprised. Given the lack of talk recently as well as possible rumors pointing away from the possibility, i'm going to assume Cars Land is off the table at this point. One hopes we at least get some decent dark rides, I don't know if it's too much to expect an E ticket out of this...
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1023
Provocateur, Rancanteur, Plaisanter, du Jour
Florida has 6 simulator bays as opposed to California's 4. The queuing differences (time wise) in Florida and California are reflections of that as Florida has 80 more people worth of capacity every 4.5 minutes. I can tell you that the change to ST2 cranked up the wait times in California. (*snark*) Maybe the east coast doesn't like Star Wars? (/*snark*) The lineup on that side of the park will drive attendance. Just like the TSPL carney stuff will...
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