A Spirited 15 Rounds ...

[yensidtlaw1969]

(Toy Story Land) is a step above Dinorama and CMM.

Sure.

Actually it is several flights of stairs above those.

Not really.

 

[jt04]

Oooooooooh that’s a bit of a burn

You mean Tomorrowland?

Oooooooooh that’s a bit of a burn

I almost said Tomorrowland but remembered a pic that made Frontierland look like a Links Course. Martin might have a picture.

 

[WDWTank]

I think that it just isn't what people were hoping for, even if it is exactly what Disney has planned, which is a minor area that offers attractions for younger visitors. I don't think it was ever meant to be a major land that was supposed to "wow" guests. It has done fine and people seem to be okay with it. It has the misfortune of being the first major new addition to a park that had really gone downhill in the previous decade and opening before Galaxy's Edge. Had it opened after GE, I think it may have been looked upon more kindly. Once GE opens, people will forget about their over-inflated expectations for TSL and it will simply be the "kids' area" of DHS, as it was meant to be. With that said, Swirling Saucers would be underwhelming in any situation. TSL is drawing people into the park during the waiting period before GE opens. Slinky Dog is still a coveted FastPass for now. It may not being the draw that Disney had hoped it would be, but they'd be fools if they seriously thought it was going to pull in crowds like a major new land would. Until GE and Runaway Railway open, DHS is lucky to get the crowds it does. I know we're only heading over there briefly next week to catch Fantasmic and so my wife can ride Star Tours. If we didn't have Park Hoppers, we would have skipped it entirely.

What Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and Rock n roller coaster?

 

[Mike S]

You mean Tomorrowland?

Funny joke, but Tomorrowland has only 1 Pixar dark ride (2 in Tokyo). My idea would be more like Fantasyland so since TSMM was already there add 4 more dark rides. For the park to really have increased capacity (which it desperately needs) Mickey should’ve also been a new build.

 

[WDWTank]

Bob Iger, IT’S TIME TO RRREEEEAAAALLLIIIISSSSSEE, III’MMMM NOT YOU’RE FFFOOOLLLL
NOBODY’S FOOL
NOBODY’S FOOL

 

[Princess Leia]

Funny joke, but Tomorrowland has only 1 Pixar dark ride (2 in Tokyo). My idea would be more like Fantasyland so since TSMM was already there add 4 more dark rides. For the park to really have increased capacity (which it desperately needs) Mickey should’ve also been a new build.

Buzz is the only ride, but there’s also M.I.L.F.

 

[Mike S]

Buzz is the only ride, but there’s also M.I.L.F.

Yeah, I know. My point is about rides though.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Cough mickeysbirthdaystarlandcircusbeautifuldayintheneighborhood cough

That took less than a year to build. Toy Story Land took 3.

Toy Story land is an OK kiddie land / bridge land. It's better than Storybook Circus, but it's decent execution on a bad theme. Kathy Mangum herself said they were going for Cars Land immersion, and while no one believed her, it was said at the announcement.

 

[jt04]

That took less than a year to build. Toy Story Land took 3.

Not trying to minimize what your saying but the scope of the project is very different. Though roughly the same footprint.

 

[wdwgreek]

I always think of those early pictures of Frontierland.

Or the original queue for the haunted mansion or the uncovered tea cups...

 

[JJJ]

Disney Is Spending More
on Theme Parks Than
It Did on Pixar, Marvel
and Lucasfilm Combined

Lots of tidbits:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...a/disney-invests-billions-in-theme-parks.html

 

[solidyne]

Disney Is Spending More
on Theme Parks Than
It Did on Pixar, Marvel
and Lucasfilm Combined

Lots of tidbits:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...a/disney-invests-billions-in-theme-parks.html

Disney Is Spending More
on Theme Parks Than
It Did on Pixar, Marvel
and Lucasfilm Combined

Lots of tidbits:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...a/disney-invests-billions-in-theme-parks.html

Hmm. "Future Showcase"?

 

[Bairstow]

Hmm. "Future Showcase"?

I mean, there are worse ways of describing Innoventions.

 

[brb1006]

I keep forgetting Disney will be launching a new sub-brand in 2019. The new sub-brand will be called "Disney Animals".

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Or the original queue for the haunted mansion or the uncovered tea cups...

Opening day is forgivable. The idea though is that after fifty years you learn from that.

 

[GhostHostWiththeMostToast]

I keep forgetting Disney will be launching a new sub-brand in 2019. The new sub-brand will be called "Disney Animals".

RIP Disney's Animal Kingdom

 

[Mike S]

RIP Disney's Animal Kingdom

Attractions based on their animal IP have been there from the start though...

 

[Cesar R M]

Attractions based on their animal IP have been there from the start though...

yes, but they had shows and areas with no ip titled to conservation and real animals. Now I imagine they stamping IP everywhere in an even more obnoxious way. Like they did with the bird show.

 

[brb1006]

Disney annoucement of "Disney Animals" was also revealed at a French Disney Presentation.

 

[doctornick]

Disney annoucement of "Disney Animals" was also revealed at a French Disney Presentation.

Isn't Disneynature based in France? Not sure if that had anything to do with it being presented there.