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I don’t think there’s a demand problem, but everything is relative. Attendance at WDW has generally (very roughly) followed a 40%-20%-20%-20% MK-Ep-DHS-DAK pattern, and I’ve seen no evidence to indicate that the reservation system has drastically changed the distribution (or we would have seen...

For better or worse, these days the WS pavilions essentially represent the greatest region that encompasses its nominal country and no other pavilion’s country. Norway effectively serves as the Scandinavian pavilion, Morocco as the Middle Eastern pavilion, etc. If they add Brazil, it would...

I understand all that. But my point is that the number of guests entering MK on a given day is not determined by the park’s max capacity (with a few exceptions, like Christmas). It’s primarily driven by demand. If you add more attractions to MK, it’s popularity relative to the other parks will...

If Disney is just going to force people to go to the park they want them to using the reservation system anyway, why does it matter which park they add new attractions/capacity to? The reasons it matters are (a) reservations don’t fill up for every park every day and (b) the number of...

I don’t necessarily agree that this is an inevitability. MK has ~twice as many rides as the other parks, and that’s always been the case, so it’s natural that most guests prefer it. In theory, if they built up the other parks to the same extent (which they have ample space to do), and especially...

Why do they need buses? Can’t they just use the floo network?

A part of me feels like they didn’t want to talk much about Epcot this year because they already spent so much time on it in 2019, and they didn’t want to draw so much attention to all the things they didn’t do and also make it seem like this project is just dragging on forever, so they...

If they want to combine Coco and Encanto into a single land, and want to avoid going the geographic route (i.e. Latin America Land), there’s another angle that could work — both films are centered around family. They can create a new Familyland featuring these IPs, which would have the benefit...

It’s not that they’re incompatible, it’s just that there’s an unnecessary leap from the film. If the ride takes place after the movie, let the movie itself serve as the backstory. We have a whole film dedicated to Tiana’s pursuits of opening a restaurant. Now we get a glimpse into future Tiana...

They completely replaced the most important aspect of Tiana’s character from the film (wanting to own a restaurant), for no discernible reason. The equivalent would be if in FEA, Disney created a backstory that after the events of Frozen, Elsa discovered she could not only control ice and snow...

I agree with the larger point that EU is not a threat to Disney, but not with this comparison of EU to Disney’s half-day parks. - EU’s projected 11 rides on opening day is more than DHS or DAK have ever had in their 24+ years of existence - EU will have 11 brand new rides. Epcot, DHS, and DAK...

I’m all for more LK representation, but I disagree with the notion that FotLK is only superficially related. It heavily features the 3 most popular characters and the entire soundtrack.

My thoughts on this project: First, for some background on me — I am not against IP in the parks. When it comes to thematic integrity, I certainly prefer it be maintained, all else equal, but I’m open to allowing a theme to be stretched if it will allow for more/better attractions. Despite all...

Those are synonymous. When one hears New Orleans, the first thing that comes to mind is always “it’s within 150 miles of a salt mine”

I heard that they’re just testing the waters (no pun intended) with the salt mine idea, and if people take issue with it, they’ll just change Tiana’s business to Plan B — a sweatshop

It’s hilarious on multiple levels that they shoved that irrelevant piece of info into the backstory. Firstly, there’s the irony of a gigantic, publicly traded media conglomerate implying that traditionally structured corporations are exploitative. And then there’s the fact that Disney is...

Disney will probably see a long-term dip in market share, which will be offset by an increase in total tourism to Orlando — they’ll get a smaller piece of a bigger pie. I would imagine a bigger concern for Disney would be on the resort side. Disney hotels are not priced competitively and don’t...

Arguably when the character itself is effectively just a mountain with a face

As much as people complain about “book report” style attractions, I much prefer rides based on well-crafted stories that existed previously to rides with minimal plot that effectively function as Meet & Greets with animatronics from moving vehicles.

The fact that the only prominent feature from the original concept art did not even make it into the ride really underscores how early and hastily put together that initial announcement was.