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Updates: Removed Tiana's Bayou Adventure due to completion Added new source from O.C. Register on new entry gates at DL and DCA and changed status to "under construction" I get the sense I'm missing a few things so please let me know if so.

TDR Explorer has an explainer here: https://tdrexplorer.com/tokyo-disneysea-expansion-fantasy-springs/#h-how-to-get-into-fantasy-springs Basically, if you don't have a specific hotel stay or vacation package, then you need to get a (free) standby pass or buy a premier pass for any of the FS...

Based on recent data, you almost certainly won't be able to get a pass for Frozen, but it's very possible you could get some for Tangled or Peter Pan.

Closure of MV aside, I’m not really getting all the negativity for RnR starring Muppets. Sounds like it has the potential to be cool and is an infinitely preferable option to what it could have been. I’m also curious if this was the plan from the beginning or if all the insider back and forth...

Buried in a press release that OLC just released today: New locations and characters are coming to Star Tours at TDL starting April 8, 2025. The new locations will run locked until June 30, after which they will become part of the standard scene rotation. The press release doesn't mention what...

Nice photo from today showing SM 2.0 starting to gain its outer structure while SM 1.0 is starting to lose its. Source: Attractons360

I'll be curious to see how much the percentage of foreign visitors continues to increase. The latest attendance report has foreign guests at 12.7% as of FY 2024, which still seems kind of low to me considering the unbelievably insane numbers of tourists that can be found in every single...

OLC news dump today mostly focused on announcing the new seasonal event periods for early 2025. TDL gets a Vanellope event and TDS gets a Duffy one (opinion: all of these events are small and lame and are just the bare minimum to get local Disney otaku to repeat visit throughout the year)...

Wasn’t able to post in real time as I’m traveling, but Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters is officially closed as of October 31.

I agree with your general sentiment (train has left the station), but the difference is they didn't replace their best ride ever with Web Slingers.

Having lived in Japan for five years, the amount of foreign tourists is absolutely bonkers now. Every where you go in Tokyo they are everywhere. Every neighborhood, every train, every restaurant. Just packed to the gills everywhere you look.

I think it’s pretty obvious what happened. They panicked in the middle of a politically heated moment and so pushed something for virtue signaling reasons as opposed to actually designing something that would fit. Considering the sociopolitical significance to the company of replacing Splash...

This continues to be such an embarrassment for WDI. Just a strike out on pretty much every level. And it only cost them their best ride ever. America Sings figures cosigned to Yesterland is a kicker especially.

Forbes article breaking down OLC's finances. It mentions that OLC appears unlikely to meet their 2024 attendance forecast, despite the opening of Fantasy Springs, and that OLC's capitalization has decreased by $22.3 billion this year...

That was my experience also.

I went on my first WDW trip in a decade this year and despite all of the doom prognosticating on these forums I had a great time. I went to Universal immediately before WDW and the difference was just unbelievable. WDW was such a better experience across every level. From the second I got on...

Funny story about that, I filled out the application online and then took it to my local visa processing center (1 hour from my house) and it turned out that because I had visited China in 2016 I actually didn't need a new visa since my old one was still active until 2026. So I didn't end up...

Interesting. I rode 5 times and apparently got the same ending every time.

It seems like the ending was changed at some point. I saw POV vids from 2016 where Jack sings Yo-Ho at the end, but I rode 5 times and never got that ending. The ending I got is Jack saying something, then the “treasure” in front of him turns into garbage via projection mapping and he gets...

Generally speaking, I find the more active an "insider" is on these forums, the less likely they should be taken seriously. The people on this forum who have actual inside connections are taking risks every time they disclose something. They have to be very careful about how and when they share...