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Oh yeah, 100% excited for all of it. They’re putting in the hours and talking to the right people.

Let’s both say Happy Monday to everyone at WDW Comms who’s actively reading this thread with us.

Yep. Three days of really good stuff. It's just fun to see talented people doing things well. WDI made a point of saying everything in their presentation was confidential and not to share it. And I have to honor that. For last year's stuff I explicitly asked before they started talking, and...

I’m just gonna say that this is an amazing community with people who know way more than me. Sometimes I’m just the one that gets quoted.

Five years of leg days to get these glutes and you go with ... "pundit". SMDH.

I would be thrilled if this happened.

Permits can be re-done. Not a big deal. Remember they released detailed concept art for Fantasyland in 2010 before scrapping most of it for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

I haven't heard from anyone on the project. I've heard that the re-do of New Fantasyland back in the day, added 12 months to the rollout. So ballpark-y, maybe that?

I'll be surprised if we don't get some sort of dedicated meet-and-greet area. Remember that outdoor rides get shut down during thunderstorms. And those happen more often in Florida than California. Presumably the coaster is already outdoors. So they may not want 2 outdoor rides that get shut...

Good question. I think the coaster is still in the mix. And I think the thing that looks like a train station is a train station. I suspect - and I could be wrong here - that a lot of the new direction is like this: - Previous concept had a coaster. New direction is to "plus it". So it's...

The gist of it, as I understand it, was that WDI’s pitch was not big or bold enough. I don’t know if that original pitch was designed to hit some earlier-specified budget someone had in mind, or they were doing “value engineering” before anyone told them to. I do get the sense that the...

100% would love this idea.

I will attempt to get a before/after next week.

I believe this is very recent.

Literally checked with Bio directly before I said anything.

I’m hearing the initial plans for Villains Land have been scrapped. Imagineers have been told to think of bigger, bolder ideas. Budget secondary. Not sure if this is “new players, new game” re: Josh as CEO.

Not sure yet. They're villains, so I assume it's possible they're there.

Derek Howard, Executive Creative Ride Designer at WDI. Gaku Sotu, a mechanical engineer. And Ed Nemeth, who notably is also on the patent for Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters.

I think it’s the family ride. A spinner. It could be a configuration like Alien Saucers with 3 clones attached. One could have motorcycles, one cars, and one boats, as shown in the patent. That kind of appeal and re-ridabilitybwould boost Lightning Lane use too.

I have been told by reliable sources that this is indeed for Piston Peak. The names in the patent are a hint.