Sorry, but other 20K discussion was getting long and off-topic, thought I'd start a slightly different one.
Hopefully we see some pics with some progress soon. I think it will be interesting to see the lagoon emptied and construction going on right in the extremely crowded Fantasyland.
One thing that I think makes sense for this area is adding another entrance to Mickey's Toontown Fair. All the other lands have more than one way in/out, why not this one? Also, even if Indy Speedway is removed (not exactly on topic, but others are wavering too) is that inbetween these two empty areas are The Tea Cups. Now I don't think that these will be removed, or even moved for that matter, however I think that if they want to do major refurb to this whole area where Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, and Mickey's Toon Town Fair meet up, Alice just seems to be in the way.
But back to the 20K Lagoon site... While many people wish a major E-Ticket like Fire/Bald Mountain should go there, I disagree. Fantasyland and Mickey's Toon Town are the best part of the parks for those small children. While families with leaving strollers everywhere is an annoyance to park all day as a CM (believe me, it sucks) or to the guest who has to walk around them, I have no problem with thousands of small children filling up these two lands. E-Tickets, or many times just great attractions, often require height restrictions, which just wouldn't fit this area. (I am still curious to see how this will play out with Stitch Encounter.) Rather than one large attraction. There are some really great ideas out there, not sure if I heard them all, but I will try to summarize:
MTTF Entrance - Will help flow in/out of land
Roger Rabbit themed attraction - Not gonna happen, legal issues
:dazzle: New theater or stage show - As much as I would like this to happen, I don't know how likely it is since Mickey's Philharmagic is new and would make more sense to fix up (or just put a show in) Galaxy Palace Theater in TL.
Alice Maze from DLP - I also like this idea, but I doubt she can support two attractions in such close proximity?
*Pinnochio attraction - could be nice, fits in well with rest of Fantasyland
Grassy relaxing landscape - boring, but EPCOT is considering it, so who knows?
Character Meet/Greet - good idea, there are so many characters availible, and you always see huge lines, especially big names
Merchandise/Pin Shop - Very likely, would increase revenue for area
DVC Booth - Not likely with close proximity to TL stand
Little Mermaid Attraction - Also not likely, with crowds down (I think) at LM show at MGM and also due to the fact that Ariel is not being promoted quite so much as other Disney Princesses. For example both Little Mermaid DVDs are in vault, cancel this idea if they could coordinate the opening of a new LM attraction with a Platinum DVD release, but hey, even the The Lion King didn't sell that well. So where does this leave us???
Disney Princess Attraction - These ladies generated over $1 Billion in merchandise sales last year. From the Shareholders meeting last month, you can bet the WDC would LOVE to get them all in the park together. Granted they are spread all over MK now, but can't you just picture a pink building of some sort. I have no idea what the attraction would be - a Philharmagic style show would have been great, but now that thats been done, very unlikely.
Ok, I'm done rambling, what do you think?
Hopefully we see some pics with some progress soon. I think it will be interesting to see the lagoon emptied and construction going on right in the extremely crowded Fantasyland.
One thing that I think makes sense for this area is adding another entrance to Mickey's Toontown Fair. All the other lands have more than one way in/out, why not this one? Also, even if Indy Speedway is removed (not exactly on topic, but others are wavering too) is that inbetween these two empty areas are The Tea Cups. Now I don't think that these will be removed, or even moved for that matter, however I think that if they want to do major refurb to this whole area where Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, and Mickey's Toon Town Fair meet up, Alice just seems to be in the way.
But back to the 20K Lagoon site... While many people wish a major E-Ticket like Fire/Bald Mountain should go there, I disagree. Fantasyland and Mickey's Toon Town are the best part of the parks for those small children. While families with leaving strollers everywhere is an annoyance to park all day as a CM (believe me, it sucks) or to the guest who has to walk around them, I have no problem with thousands of small children filling up these two lands. E-Tickets, or many times just great attractions, often require height restrictions, which just wouldn't fit this area. (I am still curious to see how this will play out with Stitch Encounter.) Rather than one large attraction. There are some really great ideas out there, not sure if I heard them all, but I will try to summarize:
MTTF Entrance - Will help flow in/out of land Roger Rabbit themed attraction - Not gonna happen, legal issues:dazzle: New theater or stage show - As much as I would like this to happen, I don't know how likely it is since Mickey's Philharmagic is new and would make more sense to fix up (or just put a show in) Galaxy Palace Theater in TL.
Alice Maze from DLP - I also like this idea, but I doubt she can support two attractions in such close proximity?*Pinnochio attraction - could be nice, fits in well with rest of Fantasyland
Grassy relaxing landscape - boring, but EPCOT is considering it, so who knows? Character Meet/Greet - good idea, there are so many characters availible, and you always see huge lines, especially big names Merchandise/Pin Shop - Very likely, would increase revenue for area DVC Booth - Not likely with close proximity to TL stand Little Mermaid Attraction - Also not likely, with crowds down (I think) at LM show at MGM and also due to the fact that Ariel is not being promoted quite so much as other Disney Princesses. For example both Little Mermaid DVDs are in vault, cancel this idea if they could coordinate the opening of a new LM attraction with a Platinum DVD release, but hey, even the The Lion King didn't sell that well. So where does this leave us??? Disney Princess Attraction - These ladies generated over $1 Billion in merchandise sales last year. From the Shareholders meeting last month, you can bet the WDC would LOVE to get them all in the park together. Granted they are spread all over MK now, but can't you just picture a pink building of some sort. I have no idea what the attraction would be - a Philharmagic style show would have been great, but now that thats been done, very unlikely.Ok, I'm done rambling, what do you think?
