A Terror-rific Spirited 13th (ToT fans have lots to fear)...

NearTheEars

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Beats a new bench.

Speaking of benches, I saw a ton at DHS a couple of weeks ago. Especially near Star Tours. Maybe it's always been like that.

Obviously it would be nice to have benches on MSUSA, but I see why that's not possible any more. Now everywhere else in the park? I got nothing.
 

NearTheEars

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Dunno, but the overly serious tone for a sequel to Pixar's silliest and most frivolous (worst) franchise seems unearned and miscalculated. I guess there are people out there that care about these characters but this teaser made my eyes roll harder than Buescher at Talladega.

Love Cars. But I also love racing. I was not a fan of the second one, however.

Hopefully this sequel is a step forward.
 

Cesar R M

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What the hell, that kinda reminds me of the Planes 2 storyline.
Also, new more modern car overtaking L. McQueen? sounds like how The King was finally replaced by McQueen.

also, holy crap, talk about realistic rendering on the background and race.
 

Mike S

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Won't those fit in perfectly with the newly released concept art for SWL...not! They are seriously thematically appalling.
To be fair they would probably be themed but it still doesn't change the obvious purpose behind the idea. Here's the post btw.
So I assume most have seen pictures of these really sad cabanas popping up at MK at WDW:

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Welp...I just saw this on the WDW side of the board:

lentesta: So what I've heard is that it's a test in the MK, and soon in Epcot. If it's successful, planners have already set aside 1.5 acres in DLR and in DHS's Star Wars areas for more substantial versions of them.

Yikes

I guess @lentesta should come in to further explain.
 

WDW1974

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Original Poster
So curious. In light of the announcement at D23 this weekend, are your sources saying this is a lie? Is it really still a go for the Tower to become the Marvel at the Studios and still certainly being developed for Florida despite Disney denying it this weekend? You are usually spot on so wondering what your sources are saying.

My sources aren't saying much (well, beyond that RoL may be dead as we know it and may have to be completely retooled with a new opening sometime next year) as this is a holiday week and they are all over and I am headed off on a Spirited attempt to eat as much as I can and still look smallish compared to the average WDW Guest.

I can only say that I have never lied to anyone here. Disney execs lie almost everytime they open their mouths with fans or media or Wall Street analysts. Considering the timeline on this, Disney can come back in three years, do it and say ''We never had any plans, but the amazing response from our fans at Disney California Adventure Park and Florida fans clamoring for their own version just won the day. It's a tough decision to make, but we know when Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakdance Back In opens at The Bob Iger Memorial MAGICal IP Land Theme Park in 2022, just in time for GotG 5 to hit theaters and Corneal iChips everywhere, that everyone will be boogieing on down (cue: Let's Groove Tonight by Earth Wind and Fire since they'll have to be on 80s music by then)."

I stand behind everything I have posted as being accurate at the time. I know of nothing conflicting beyond Chappie's Bizarre Address to me and my flock of followers (and even the haters are followers because they read and spread my word like Jesus on the Mountain! I mean, my lawn man Jesus riding BTMRR and yelling ''Jesus, they were too damn cheap to add in the Anaheim and Paris effects here?!??!") I have had a bulge since the weekend and wonder if I should call my doctor or just invite over a few of my favorite fanbois.

Marvel is absolutely planned to be a component of the third gate in the swamps. I have heard chatter that the Dr. Strange IP might find a home in the Tower instead. I am simply relaying this because it does NOT come from any of my trusted sources.

In a more serious note, I spent part of tonight at the local Disney outlet store and they sure have loads of Star Wars merchandise and Marvel merchandise and all of that stuff that is supposedly selling so well at full price. I happened upon a Hall of Presidents tee from the 28 and Main collection for the low-low price of $14.99. First, they look like will last approximately 2.3 washings before disintegrating ... then, I was wondering if with the recent collective suicide attempt by the USA if buying one to mock would be in bad taste. At times like this, I do sit back and wonder what would That Dude Derek Burgan do?

Oh well, I need to go break my Bob Iger bank (it's a piggy bank, but the piggy is named Bob Iger) to see if I can add to the $54.97 I have toward one of those fancy upscale Tomorrowland Teabagging Tents. I just gotta sit on one of those lounges near the Tomorrowland Toilets and send a minimum wage CM over to Cosmic Ray's to grab me some vittles. Yup, this is how those Beverly Hills elites live.
 

the.dreamfinder

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http://scmp.com/news/hong-kong/econ...el-attractions-planned-hk10-billion-hong-kong
Frozen and Marvel attractions planned in HK$11 billion Hong Kong Disneyland expansion
Construction of the new attractions is set to begin in 2018 as part of a six-year expansion plan for the theme park
Hong Kong Disneyland is set to embark on a HK$10.9 billion six-year expansion featuring attractions based on the Frozen and Marvel series of films.
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The project is scheduled to begin in 2018 with the Hong Kong government and Walt Disney injecting HK$5.8 billion and HK$5.1 billion respectively. The expansion will also see a transformed Castle and Hub area with new day and nighttime shows and “Adventureland Show Place,” which invites guests to “Moana’s Village Festival”.

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A map showing the planned expansion. Photo: SCMP Pictures

“We are more excited than ever about the future of Hong Kong Disneyland,” said Bob Chapek, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

Hong Kong Disneyland will be first Disneyland park in the world to feature the Frozen and Marvel-themed areas.

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The park will have a Marvel super hero attraction. Photo: SCMP Pictures

“We are bringing the best of The Walt Disney Company to this wonderful tourist destination, giving guests from around the world an experience only Disney can deliver and an experience they can only have with us at Hong Kong Disneyland.”

The expansion also involves a major renovation of the park’s Sleeping Beauty Castle, which is expected to close to all visitors next year, Doris Woodward, executive creative director and producer of Walt Disney imagineering, Asia told the Post.

She added the project would require two years to enlarge the scale of the castle to host more shows, and was scheduled to completed in 2019.

Samuel Lau, executive vice president and managing director at Hong Kong Disneyland suggested visitors visit its other attractions during the castle’s construction period.

The expansion comes after the park’s first descent into the red in five years and large-scale layoffs earlier this year. It lost a total of HK$148 million last year, while the number of visitors to the park dropped 9.3 per cent.

Shorter lines, more fun: Hong Kong Disneyland still draws fans as doors open at Shanghai counterpart

Apart from the city’s tourism downturn, which saw number of visitor dip 9.6 per cent in the first ten months of the year, Hong Kong Disneyland is also facing stiff competition from its mainland counterpart.

Shanghai Disneyland – which opened in June – had been flooded with visitors. . The mainland park is three times bigger, but ticket prices are similar to those charged by the Lantau park.
 
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No Name

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So, as per usual, Tom Amity Clueless puts up a crazy **** rumour and everyone runs with it. This tale was far out of the spoiled manchild's wheelhouse. This one was from all the way in China. A place he likely will never visit because he doesn't have the money of the other O-Town Lifestylers who have made the long journey of late.

The tale he spun was one of two brothers. One was older and lived in Hong Kong. The younger was more flamboyant and resides in Shanghai. It was a tale of supposed castle envy. Size matters my friends. Ask any fanboi when you play a game of "Find the Vinylmation."

The older sibling was jealous of his younger brother's size advantage and set about to blow up his MAGICal castle for a more ostentatious one (think anything Trump here). He too would have a large castle and not lose face, nor fanbois, in China. Sound good?

Except, like most of what you read on the Internet, it ain't true.

Just think about the stupidity of the story. I don't even want to poke holes into this because you should be able to figure them out on your own. Why this was so out there.

How does this happen? Does he simply make things up as he goes (when he isn't stealing stuff from me or others here or elsewhere)? I don't think so. Much like an old blogger who lives for attention and takes 10% facts and makes up the other 90% cloaked in folksy homsepun BS, I believe he (or, more likely a source) found plans for a castle rehab that has been on and off for years. Basically, Sleeping Beauty Castle in HKDL was built as a carbon copy of DL's like much of Main Street and the entrance. Except, unlike Anaheim's, which features a shop and a charming walk-thru, China's first MK has a castle that is really simply a facade. You enter one side in the Hub and come out in Fantasyland. That is it. Don't like it? Blame Pressler and Eisner and Co. (you could also blame Iger since he was the No. 2 at the company then).

For years, plans have existed to plus the exterior of the castle a bit and add something or somethings to it. The space exists as the castle was literally copied from DL. So this could easily be done ... or they could be a bit more creative with the space, although not much.

The point is that is all that will be done. HKDL still has some issues, although it certainly is a beautiful and unique Disney park now. No one has castle envy and the idea of this happening ... well, I know I am the one telling you things like the GotG taking over one and now, possibly, two ToTs ... is crazy and dumb.

I would suggest something to Tommy Boi, though. Make sure you know who your sources are and where their information is coming from and what their agendas are. Or else you will wind up with No. 69: Egg Foo Young on your face.

I am disappointed that people simply take his stuff for truth when so much is crazy like this. But then you see him on Ch-9, the ABC affiliate in O-Town and you realize that real news doesn't exist in this country anymore.

BTW, this episode reminded me of the entire Joe Rohde and Tom Ftizgerald are losing their jobs insanity, which did start here and then jumped to Tommy's site. Vet your damn information and these things wouldn't happen.

Well, it's no tall tale. In fact, it was just announced.

Just reread your post... who sounds like the fool now? :rolleyes:

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Might want to take your own advice and check up on your sources.

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lentesta

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To be fair they would probably be themed but it still doesn't change the obvious purpose behind the idea. Here's the post btw.

I guess @lentesta should come in to further explain.

What I hear is that these Tomorrowland cabanas are a test of guests' interest. If they're successful, I'm told that there's space already set aside in the DLR and DHS versions of Star Wars Land - about 1.5 acres each - to add themed versions. No word (or concept art) on exact location or where they'd fit in.

A back-of-the-laptop calculation shows that 50 cabanas at $650/day can bring in $11MM in revenue. For a park like DHS, that's more than $1 per guest on average.

50 cabanas in 1.5 acres is a SWAG. There are 65,340 square feet in 1.5 acres. Give each cabana 600 sf and you end up with 110. That would be $22MM/year in revenue. Per park. They may be targeting around 100, just looking at the math.
 

PREMiERdrum

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Might want to take your own advice and check up on your sources.

To be totally fair, it looks like a new structure is being built directly behind the original castle facade...

The design inspiration for this through, yeesh.

Take the top 2/3rds of Cinderella Castle and plop it behind Sleeping Beauty Castle, and then "tie it together" with some off-the-wall Kremlin-inspired turrets.

It's like someone mixed up the different bags in a Lego set and they just said "eh, go with it."
 

Bocabear

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I would agree, there is a more delicate hand in the design, it's tall but elegant and refined...Not a brick box with some towers on top...that said, the tower is just way TOO tall and the moorish onin dome on top is silly...but overall, it is an impressive idea needing a little refinement.,
If this is actually a real thing,it fits the idea of joining all the fairytales into one castle structure, and gives the park an epic wow moment...a real monument.
but alas the tallest spire looks like photoshop...
 

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