We're done with EU v. WDW and moved on to EPCOT in this Cars Piston Peak thread?
It'd be nice if the OP kept changing the thread title to keep up.
It'd be nice if the OP kept changing the thread title to keep up.
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MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom
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Gusey
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I think at some point we need to accept that World Celebration as an outlier that was impacted by a worldwide pandemic and the world recovering from it. World Celebration was the last project finished that was impacted by the pandemic and unless something else unexpected happens on that scale, it's not going to longer than the 3-4 years it took to build Galaxy's Edge
Disstevefan1
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Excellent spin on this blaming on what happened in EPCOT on the pandemic. I knew Disney would get a lot of milage out of the pandemic excuse!
Who knows, maybe you are right? I sincerely hope so, but as I have said many times, my faith is lost.
Chi84
Premium Member
What pandemic? Disney should have seen that coming and used its magic to avoid the pandemic repercussions we're still dealing with in my city and nearly everywhere else in the world.
Must be the management
Disstevefan1
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Or just ask Universal how they did itWhat pandemic? Disney should have seen that coming and used its magic to avoid the pandemic repercussions we're still dealing with in my city and nearly everywhere else in the world.
Must be the management
Dranth
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Why, we already know.Or just ask Universal how they did it
The pandemic pushed the opening of EU back from 2023 to 2025 and during that time, according to reports, plans were redone/shuffled for more than one area of the park including cutting attractions and venues. So, it looks like they did roughly the same thing Disney and nearly every other company on the planet did during that time. They even significantly cut entertainment at their new park right before it opened, but sure, let's ask the guys pulling the EXACT same stunts we all complain about at WDW.
Disstevefan1
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From my point of view (and only my point of view)
Scorecard:
Disney: Ugly planter and broken ground lighting in EPCOT.
Universal: EPIC Universe.
Dranth
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You're not wrong at all that a new park > EPCOT redo, and Disney should get NO leeway with the sorry state of that area of the park, but this notion that Comcast isn't facing the same issues and pulling the exact same type of large corporate stunts just seems off.
TrainsOfDisney
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Ya know…. It is interesting there is no train station in that art.
Haunted Mansion isn’t on there either.
TrainsOfDisney
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But haunted mansion is not usually considered part of Frontierland at WDW.
Starship824
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- In the Parks
- No
The proportions are also widely off and there are many artist choices made here so this is not fully accurate to what we're getting at all. Doesn't mean the train station is going anywhere. Especially when the WDWRR is still operating in shuttle mode. They're not going to keep it in shuttle mode forever.
TrainsOfDisney
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Oh yeah - that is very much an “artistic illustration” - but still. It’s worth noting.
Fido Chuckwagon
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Umm, no. Disney paused all construction everywhere. Universal did not. Velocicoaster managed to open in June of 2021, construction started in 2019. Tron opened in 2023. Construction on Tron started in 2018.
To put effort into creating a caricature of a classic toon in Cars form leads me to believe "Autobahn" will be featured prominently in the land. Not just on posters but possibly "in person". Could a show featuring Ranger Autobahn using the same talking car tech of Lightning McQueen Race Academy be a possibility? What would such an attraction even look like?
lazyboy97o
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Universal paused and cut Epic Universe. They killed a number of other attractions. Velocicoaster continued because there was no good way to pause it. Universal Creative was absolutely decimated by layoffs in a way that is and will continue to hurt them going forward.
peter11435
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Don’t let facts get in the way of your beliefs
Just because one project wasn't paused shouldn't give the impression that Uni kept all other projects going -- they didn't. EU was paused for 8 months.
TRON's pause went beyond the general COVID stoppage. Disney had other reasons to delay it's opening known only to them. TRON's pause doesn't represent WDW's general pause just like Velocicoaster doesn't represent Uni's general pause.
Bringing this back around to Piston Peak... doesn't seem to be any pausing here. Disney has 4 (or 4 1/2) years to complete it as per last year's D23. Disney built all of Pandora in 3 1/2 years.
Also, right now, TWDC has more free cash than it has had in the previous six year. All these D23 projects are all happening around the world at the same time because TWDC can easily afford it now... unless global economy radically changes things.
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