Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris

[Supersnow84]

I’ll defend HK’s plussed FEA because nothing is left in the ride that screams “maelstrom retrofit” like Epcot’s weirdly small and boxed in scenes but I can see how it falls short for being the only ride within a 1 walk of the back of the park in WDS

There is nothing wrong with the modernised FEA, it just isn’t a park carrier like WDS wants it to be

 

[marni1971]

and one ride cloned from Epcot.

Nope. Not a clone. Very similar with some subtle (and one not so subtle) changes:

The talk about the rides led me to doodling. I pulled the original plans, ground floor only. Yellow Epcot, blue the new versions.

Same but definitely different.

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[Wendy Pleakley]

Nope. Not a clone. Very similar with some subtle (and one not so subtle) changes:

That was sort of my point, the Disney promo didn't sell me on it being any more than a clone of Epcot.

The YouTube video did.

I know most people won't care, but why not highlight how you've made a better version of the attraction?

 

[marni1971]

I know most people won't care, but why not highlight how you've made a better version of the attraction?

It’d only possibly mean anything to people on these forums. In the same way they’ve never publicly said “Tokyo’s is better than Orlando”. Joe bloggs wouldn’t know any different.

 

[IMDREW]

The only part Epcots version takes the cake is the first Olaf. That S curve around him and Sven is just pure magic. The depth of the scenes works much better than the flat theyve now got at DLP and HKDL.

 

[Kevin_W]

It’d only possibly mean anything to people on these forums. In the same way they’ve never publicly said “Tokyo’s is better than Orlando”. Joe bloggs wouldn’t know any different.

I like Orlando's better than most on the forum seem to, but you are right that Tokyo's is in a different league. I'm curious why DLP didn't clone that one. (Cost and/or footprint, I'd assume.)

 

[Pizza Moon]

The expansion makes the park feel like a park now, but Frozen needed to be an E-ticket.

 

[davis_unoxx]

Will Marvel land ever get 3rd ride?

 

[wdrive]

Visited today. I was shocked how quiet it was. Sat around the lake and had a beer. Was no one else in sight at points. The Friday of Easter weekend too.

 

[marni1971]

Visited today. I was shocked how quiet it was. Sat around the lake and had a beer. Was no one else in sight at points. The Friday of Easter weekend too.

Yesterday was a zoo.

 

[marni1971]

Will Marvel land ever get 3rd ride?

It’s been mooted.

 

[nickys]

Visited today. I was shocked how quiet it was. Sat around the lake and had a beer. Was no one else in sight at points. The Friday of Easter weekend too.

Good Friday isn’t a public holiday in France, so a normal working day.

Also for many with a strong Christian faith it’s more of a quiet, reflective day.

 

[wdrive]

Good Friday isn’t a public holiday in France, so a normal working day.

Also for many with a strong Christian faith it’s more of a quiet, reflective day.

Just for how new it is, I expected bedlam. But was eerily quiet at times.

I wonder how much is crowd flow design? The original part of the park seemed relatively busy. Around the lake though was dead, Frozen area not particularly busy. Waited 15 mins for Frozen Ever After. No one ordering at the quick service and a small scattering of occupied tables.

Not complaining however! I had a wonderful day.

 

[Pizza Moon]

I’ll defend HK’s plussed FEA because nothing is left in the ride that screams “maelstrom retrofit” like Epcot’s weirdly small and boxed in scenes but I can see how it falls short for being the only ride within a 1 walk of the back of the park in WDS

There is nothing wrong with the modernised FEA, it just isn’t a park carrier like WDS wants it to be

I've been warning people on these boards for months.

It will be a success long-term and will definitely pull huge crowds on busy days, but Frozen: Ever After is not the "Radiator Springs Racers" Disney Adventure World needed, neither in scale or execution.

The transformation isn't truly done until Lion King, at it was always supposed to involve that plot, but similar to Galaxy's Edge only opening with Smuggler's Run, the entire expansion is handicapped until its second major ride opens.

Just mind-baffling stupidity.

Plopping Frozen Journey should've been the minimum, and I feel like it's very corporate of Disney to just think "people will come anyway."

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train wouldn't be enough of an anchor, but this gives Under The Sea hubris vibes.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

It’s been mooted.

A shame as Avengers Campus feels anti-climatic without a true E-ticket and the stunt show theater does not look great

Also weird how it only has one store, not even an exit gift shop for Flight Force (which I thought RnRC had? Or was that only ever Florida?)

 

[Supersnow84]

I don’t think theatre in the stars will be around for much longer

It can’t hold a show, it is pretty ugly, and it’s in prime real estate for a land or sub land that bridges the old and new parts of the park

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I don’t think theatre in the stars will be around for much longer

It can’t hold a show, it is pretty ugly, and it’s in prime real estate for a land or sub land that bridges the old and new parts of the park

I'm hoping it gets replaced with something else, but given its location, another Marvel ride makes the most sense

 

[BrianLo]

For better or worse, the answer to this resort remains to ignore Disneyland (but refurb it and keep up entertainment) and just plug in a moderate project into DAW every 2-3 years. See if they reach their 22 million in a decade.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Just for how new it is, I expected bedlam. But was eerily quiet at times.

I wonder how much is crowd flow design? The original part of the park seemed relatively busy. Around the lake though was dead, Frozen area not particularly busy. Waited 15 mins for Frozen Ever After. No one ordering at the quick service and a small scattering of occupied tables.

Not complaining however! I had a wonderful day.

Given the layout of the park, what you describe honestly makes sense.

The park is very attraction dense in the front part, then there is a long walk back to one attraction and large areas around the lake where they is very little reason for anyone to be. It makes sense that even with the newness of Frozen, most people's day at the park will still be spent mostly in that first part with perhaps one trip out and back to do Frozen Ever After. Guests who aren't interested in Toy Storyland will still probably at least wander through there at some point during they day, but that wouldn't happen with World of Frozen or the lake.

 

[Supersnow84]

For better or worse, the answer to this resort remains to ignore Disneyland (but refurb it and keep up entertainment) and just plug in a moderate project into DAW every 2-3 years. See if they reach their 22 million in a decade.

It continues to be a long term blessing how overdeveloped Parc Disneyland was day 1