Recent content by BasiltheBatLord

They will set up an Imagineering office in the UAE for construction and design. Same way they handled Tokyo and all other foreign parks.

I am kind of surprised that there does not seem to much interest on here so far regarding this. This is a historic day: a seventh Disney resort in a completely new part of the world, which I don’t think anybody was expecting to get announced anytime soon (I certainly wasn’t).

IP is everything at TDR. It’s what powers the massive Disney fandom in Japan. Much more so than in other countries. I don’t know how concrete these plans are, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all to see them exchanging opening day attractions for unique IP attractions.

I did a double take when I saw this. Is this the first park hopper ever in TDR history?

Could you share a source for this? I monitor Japanese Gov announcements pretty closely and have not heard of this. I know a lot of local attractions and shops are looking at dual pricing for tourists vs. Japanese, but have not heard anything about the Government making any kind of top down...

I think it's Luke post-ROTJ as he appears in the TV series.

Breaking: Standby lines coming to Fantasy Springs attractions starting April 1. No more standby pass required (Premier Access still available).

I think we can say this one is safely out of rumor territory now.

Very interesting.

Coco is in PhilharMagic now.

Seems like there is a concerted effort to fix things at the parks within the past 6-12 months, just based off of all the reports of effects being fixed. My uneducated hope is that this is COVID-era bottlenecks and labor shortages finally getting worked out to a reasonable degree.

He's a journalist, getting emotional is what they do.

Still works perfectly every day in Tokyo.

Next to Lost River Delta. And maybe the parking lot behind Midway Mania. Nothing as big as Fantasy Springs though. The last expansion possibility remaining in the current resort area beyond the above two are the OLC offices, but I assume those would be earmarked for a Rivers of America...

This could just be a longstanding myth, but I recall hearing that the company conducted a feasibility study for an Australian park and determined that the population was not sustainable.