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I imagine the lightning improvements are directly related to the new faces. The projected faces are only effective (to the extent the feature works at all) in near total darkness. Otherwise the faces get washed out by the light. With the new articulated faces, they can spruce up the lighting a...

Less popular characters are less likely to be mobbed by crowds. This is why in TSL you can find Green Army Men roaming around and interacting with guests, but you have to wait in line to meet Woody, Jessie, or Buzz.

Yes and no. Technically they can decide how many of these to sell, but they’re ultimately constrained by total attraction capacity, which is fixed (at least in the short term. Long term they can, and absolutely should add more). Realistically, they must reserve a certain share of that capacity...

This is the same debate that always came up regarding DinoRama. One one hand, Disney recreated a setting that is very true to the thing it’s based on. On the other hand, that thing is kind of ugly and uninspiring, and so the replica is too. Painstaking accuracy is only valuable insofar as the...

FEA is technically not a book report ride, it takes place after the Frozen film. It’s very hard to retrofit an existing attraction into a book report ride. If a ride’s story is predetermined, you can build a ride around that story. And if the track layout is predetermined, you can create a...

It’s possible they make fewer Premier Passes available (while jacking up the price) on busy days to ensure there is enough LL capacity for the increased number of LLMP holders.

Not according to guest ratings. I think SGE was the only attraction at WDW where guest satisfaction increased when it was closed

Exactly. Jurassic World Adventure in Universal Beijing uses those same SCOOP vehicles, but with primarily physical effects (no 3D)

I hope they at least relocate the Rafiki and Timon M&G

And then Journey of Water becomes Kali?

My kids love Bluey, but this won’t open until after our trip in late April/early May. And now we also won’t have the train and petting zoo during our trip :(

I’ve been told on 2 different occasions, by 2 different people, that they really enjoyed the “Jurassic Park ride” at Animal Kingdom. I don’t understand why Disney would ever want to replace it!

My money is on the Open Path being the one and only entrance to Villains. The Big Thunder Trail will be used for backstage access. The long thing building will contain a series of shops facing into Villains Land. And the smaller building will hold the HM extended queue.

The app still shows Chip and Dale meeting in the Dinoland that no longer exists… (Donald and Daisy are now meeting in the Oasis)

Indy doesn’t just have a building, it also has a track. Removing the themed elements from Dinosaur and enclosing the Encanto building wouldn’t really put them on equal footing. But even if they were at the same stage of construction, it doesn’t mean the remaining work would equal (e.g. if one...