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Walt would probably be surprised that there even was an RoA in Florida to be honest.

Dude, they closed Splash Mountain, one of their best and most beloved rides ever. They’re not going to back off Muppets because of backlash. They don’t care.

On a related note: it is WILD how much the Overton window has shifted on what can be changed, cut and reconfigured at the parks. Things like retheming Splash Mountain and nuking RoA feel like ideas that would never have been seriously considered by the company even 10 years ago. Nothing is safe...

Mostly agree with this. It's a radical move and the park is going to lose part of its classic ambiance, but RoA in WDW is a copy and will still exist in CA. If they tried to remove it at Disneyland I'd be a bit more up in arms.

Oh so like... the ENTIRE RoA is gone? Wow.

I agree but I think we need to manage expectations on "scariness". They're not going to put a legitimately scary land in MK. I'm expecting a dark gothic tone overall but nothing "scary" or inappropriate for children. Unless they're really taking bigger risks with this than assumed (1971 Snow...

IMO, RoA needs to stay at Disneyland. I am not as miffed about it leaving at WDW as it's not the original, however I understand that ambiance is going to be permanently lost.

D23 Megaupdate: Disneyland Added opening date for Tiana's Bayou Adventure and Critter Country rename to Bayou Country Added Walt Disney: A Magical Life Added new Mando & Grogu mission coming to Smuggler's Run Added Disneyland 70th Anniversary Celebration Added intel that Tomorrowland overhaul...

Jokes aside, I think he's correct. They replaced their highest GSAT ride (Splash Mountain) and turned it into an objectively worse experience. Nothing is sacred or untouchable in the company anymore.

For what it's worth, Pocahontas has her own rock work section at Fantasy Springs.

Worth highlighting that this article confirms that all of Walt's dialogue will be archival audio.

So DHS is just going to become a Pixar park?

The circumstances around Iger's abrupt departure are still incredibly weird. Feels like something happened there that never surfaced publicly. Some have speculated that Iger saw the early writing on the wall that things were about to hit the fan with COVID and he wanted to cash in his...

The issue with Josh as CEO is that he has zero Hollywood experience. Have to keep in mind that Disney is still a leading Hollywood studio and half of their business is film & TV. That was part of why Iger was chosen in the first place since he had a long career in television. Chapek had little...

Also strikes me as a strange choice since the last Indy movie bombed and showed that the franchise has little to no staying power with Gen Z. And that was before this got greenlit.

Pixar Pier and Mission Breakout was the beginning of the end for DCA 2.0. It's all out the window since then.

Definitely the most hyped I've been for a theme park land since Super Nintendo World.

I am somewhat surprised there were no details at all on this at D23. I was under the impression they were raring to go as soon as it got approval. I guess either they want to roll things out for this more cohesively, or it's still a bit blue sky.

I think it fits much better than at any other park. The idea of having two castles/Fantasylands in MK, a light and a dark, is really appealing symbolism. And if done correctly could be one of the bolder ideas Disney has ever taken on.

Interesting, thanks for the intel. Those actually sound like two of the best possible outcomes (choice of Cars IP aside).