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News Disney plans to reboot Voyage of the Little Mermaid stage show at Disney's Hollywood Studios
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Splash4eva
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Is anyone really shocked this is delayed just like almost everything else. Im sure all the pixie dusters will come defend them with excuse after excuse but lets face it this is Disney now sadly ….
Brer Panther
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How could it possibly take them so long to get this new show up and running?
dmc493
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I'm always quick to give any project the benefit of the doubt (seeing as construction management is my career), because depending on a million factors, something like a rooftop unit for HVAC systems can go from 16 week leadtime to 6 months with almost no notice, and there's probably several hundred examples of those types of things happening.
Bring in the added factors that come with Disney - their proclivity for delaying work to align with fiscal timelines, fluctuations due to creative decision making, or could be as crazy as last-minute-added design changes to accommodate a relocated future expansion (fingers crossed for AC Monsters).... But end of the day, it could totally just be as reported. You have a big idea for how set pieces or something will work in a space, and you go down the road with developing it, all for it to not work as you intended, and you're back to the drawing board. Ya never know. Smaller projects/tasks can sometimes turn out far more difficult than people expect
Bring in the added factors that come with Disney - their proclivity for delaying work to align with fiscal timelines, fluctuations due to creative decision making, or could be as crazy as last-minute-added design changes to accommodate a relocated future expansion (fingers crossed for AC Monsters).... But end of the day, it could totally just be as reported. You have a big idea for how set pieces or something will work in a space, and you go down the road with developing it, all for it to not work as you intended, and you're back to the drawing board. Ya never know. Smaller projects/tasks can sometimes turn out far more difficult than people expect
ToTBellHop
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AFAIK, this delay is partially necessitated by some changes to the queue and exit access required with AC closing next year for extensive demolition.
TrainsOfDisney
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dmc493
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If they had rotated Roundup BBQ 45 degrees counterclockwise, there could be such a natural pathway towards the AC expansion pad from TSL. it's still feasible but BBQ definitely looks in the way from satellite view. Still leaves Pixar Plaza, WDP-OMD, and VOTLM in a weird purgatory
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ToTBellHop
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I don’t think many will lament the loss of Launch Bay and Disney Jr.
As for TLM, I’ve actually been told this queue and exit movement will allow it to stay long term. The playground would replace its gift shop.
Disgruntled Walt
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What about Brown Derby?
rct247
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There's not much space for them to work with and those gift shops are very small footprints partially built into the building. The stage itself is along the wall shared by the queue. I wouldn't be surprised if Walt Disney Presents and Mermaid will eventually be removed.
TrainsOfDisney
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Oh not at all - I just meant Old Hollywood, modern Mickey, monsters, mermaid, Toy Story land - it’s quite the cluster.
To think we almost had Pixar movies together and the Star Wars and possibly other Lucas movie together as well.
For any of you surprised that this originally (rumored) temporary show is no longer temporary: this is Disney’s Hollywood studios. Why did you expect anything esle?
mattpeto
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The dining is the trickiest part. That’s why I think “Grand Avenue Plan” isn’t going away lightly.
Mr. Sullivan
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I am not at all an insider, and I am not at all saying this is an insiders opinion; I am going purely off the vibes of this announcement. But I think we might have just discovered where Monsters Inc. is going and the reason this got delayed is they’re having to make alterations to the building to accommodate it.
PizzaPlanet
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If Monsters goes to AC, is it safe to assume Disney Junior becomes the sushi restaurant? It would make sense since it used to be a restaurant, already has a connected kitchen, etc.
No Insider but what's wrong with VOLM's Quene that worked 1992-2020?
ToTBellHop
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It will all need to be reworked to allow both the entrance and the exit to connect outside of AC.
Meanwhile, for one man’s dream, one proposal would be for everyone to exit back into the museum. It’s clunky to enter and exit through the same doors, but it also isn’t that popular of a show.