montyz81
Well-Known Member
In order of Help needed:
Epcot ($600m for FW and $400m for WS needed)
HS
AK (Coming with Avatar)
MK (Coming with FL)
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After the Fantasyland expansion, then what?
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Epcot ($600m for FW and $400m for WS needed)
HS
AK (Coming with Avatar)
MK (Coming with FL)
Prototype82
Well-Known Member
Couldn't agree more.
Yankeeplex
New Member
I personally believe they should bulldoze Lights Camera Action and put their own Cars land...it is already right there with Pixar place and they have plenty of room back there
FigmentJedi
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They ought to do a deal with Hasbro and build a My Little Pony dark ride since they scrapped Pixie Hollow. I think that would make Magic Kingdom 20% cooler.
Please no. A Brony swarm in Magic Kingdom would be even worse then the Brazilian tourists.
invader
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They should stick away from shows unless it comes with a strong back story like ToT.
Example; AIE.
Well, we can always hope for a mistake. "According to my calculations, as little as we can possibly get away with is a 1.6 billion dollar EPCOT expansion." :lookaroun
ACTKK
Member
ToT? (sorry for the ignorance):shrug:
Tower of Terror. For a list of common WDWmagic acronyms and abbreviations go here - http://www.wdwmagic.com/Acronyms.htm
ACTKK
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ACTKK
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By the way...you don't think that LOST has a strong back story? I am thinking in an enclosed steel roller coaster, with the Black Smoke chasing you and a pre show with explanation video starring Dr. Pierre Chang. Namaste:animwink:
FigmentJedi
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JWG
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Seems like there's a lot going on besides just Fantasyland:
- Avatar land (meh)
- Test Track
- Downtown Disney changes (ok, seem on again off again)
- Grand Floridian expansion / DVC
- Art of Animation and crazy size pool
I truly believe that MK and maybe WDW as a whole will get the DL 50th treatment. Over the next 10 years we'll see the park gradually spruced up to shine for its 50th birthday. Maybe even that elusive Soarin' over ??? video will surface before then :lookaroun
- Avatar land (meh)
- Test Track
- Downtown Disney changes (ok, seem on again off again)
- Grand Floridian expansion / DVC
- Art of Animation and crazy size pool
I truly believe that MK and maybe WDW as a whole will get the DL 50th treatment. Over the next 10 years we'll see the park gradually spruced up to shine for its 50th birthday. Maybe even that elusive Soarin' over ??? video will surface before then :lookaroun
AEfx
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I feel the same in some respects, but here's the situation as I see them:
1) There are several sections that are simply unimpressive and/or artificially elongated due to budget/rights/etc. These would include, most specifically, the Tarzan scene and the "Horror" scene (which is really just about as generic as it gets). Some put Aliens in this category, but I disagree - I think that section needs some reworking, and also some new animatronics (these break down too frequently), but it's a highlight of the ride personally.
2) There is also quite a bit of wasted space. For example, the really long entry into the gangster scene. The Western scene could be shortened.
3) They could selectively trim and update and then add stuff around them, or they could start from scratch. Something tells me, the latter is what "they" would push for, only because it's easier to gut and rebuild anew than to work out all the logistics of working around the stuff already there. I, of course, would prefer the former.
An additional problem is the extent of licensing/branding/corporate "families", now vs. the 80's when the original ride was constructed. There are several films in there that are not Disney and I think they'd have a harder time getting rights to such things for additional films to include now as opposed to then (i.e., any Universal or Warners films would be excluded due to their current contracting with competitors, etc.). And, let's face it, live action Disney isn't exactly brimming with Oscar winning movie classics.
It's something I'd like to see, done right, but I think I'd side with the 'leave well enough alone' if they were going to drastically rethink it. The one thing I'd like to see rethunk the most, though, would be if they dropped the "soundstage" thing - take me IN to the movies, immerse me...it's the same way I felt about Star Tours 1.0.
A ride showcasing FL's landscapes would certainly increase the ride capacity - since the ride film would be about 90 seconds, with a good half that time devoted to a gator scare mid-film.
A ride? No. An experience? Well, it certainly would be awesome in that River Country plot.
Some say LOST is over so why would they, but with such an incredibly rich mythology, it's also screaming for a "secret DHARMA station" for you to explore, spend time in, etc. Heck, even offer an "overnight" package, including your very own DHARMA jumpsuit.
I also think we haven't even begun to hear the last of LOST - everyone swears up and down the show is over, but I have no doubt within the next 5 years some LOST project will show up, so many possibilities with so many characters, the time travel aspect, etc. - probably short form miniseries, etc. I honestly think it's the best IP for the "boutique" park concept they could come up with.
Do you have kids?? My 2 yo DD loves the Clubhouse AND all the old Disney clips. Neither is crap. Both are excellent.
skellington22
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with the success of Tangled I HIGHLYYY doubt Disney will be fully separating itself from hand drawn animation.. after all thats whats made disney disney... but theyll continue with the Pixar as well... and because of the growing pixar success... a pixar studios expansion would seem self evident... incorporating such movies as Incredibles, Up, and Monsters Inc to that area would seem rather crowd desiring... I think itd be smart for Disney to announce some time.. after Brave comes out in theater or perhaps to dvd.
skellington22
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forgot to mention im a former cast member, and there were rumblings of a refurb for GMR for a longgg time just never happened..... but if there is a DHS expansion.."if" more like "when".... GMR refurb will be incorporated with a possible relocation to sunset...
I guess anything is possible, but
