Any Bets on What Comes After Galaxy's Edge?

brihow

brihow

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MisterPenguin said:
Yes, and Bob Chapek announced a huge updating of Future World. However, WDW still hasn't decided how (except everyone agrees the Leave a Legacy must go). They were supposed to already have started on the Spine re-do, but that got pushed back and pushed back again. Mostly because, according to our insiders, they haven't committed to a final design. They were going to add Epcot-gate resorts and then abandoned that idea. The artist's concept we saw was hilariously vague about what was happening... because WDW doesn't know yet what will happen.
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Yes I remember the rendering being a SUPER high birds eye view at night. I hope they prioritize Epcot once SW:GE opens.
 
jt04

jt04

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MisterPenguin said:
Yes, and Bob Chapek announced a huge updating of Future World. However, WDW still hasn't decided how (except everyone agrees the Leave a Legacy must go). They were supposed to already have started on the Spine re-do, but that got pushed back and pushed back again. Mostly because, according to our insiders, they haven't committed to a final design. They were going to add Epcot-gate resorts and then abandoned that idea. The artist's concept we saw was hilariously vague about what was happening... because WDW doesn't know yet what will happen.
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This may be getting a rethink pending the Fox acquisition. Lots of new stuff Disney may want to reboot.
 
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jt04

jt04

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brihow said:
Yes I remember the rendering being a SUPER high birds eye view at night. I hope they prioritize Epcot once SW:GE opens.
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Shall we speculate?

Here are a couple franchises that might fit in well.

The Rocketeer, which is getting a reboot.

Alien, which Disney likely will soon own and they might also want to reboot.

Any others?
 
tirian

tirian

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MisterPenguin said:
Yes, and Bob Chapek announced a huge updating of Future World. However, WDW still hasn't decided how (except everyone agrees the Leave a Legacy must go). They were supposed to already have started on the Spine re-do, but that got pushed back and pushed back again. Mostly because, according to our insiders, they haven't committed to a final design. They were going to add Epcot-gate resorts and then abandoned that idea. The artist's concept we saw was hilariously vague about what was happening... because WDW doesn't know yet what will happen.
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I wouldn’t describe the rendering as “vague”; it had grass and bright colors. Nowadays, that’s a typical WDI PR rendering. ;)
 
jt04

jt04

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tirian said:
It would be brilliant in the Studios Junk Drawer Park.*

*I call it this because the attractions are cobbled together like items you toss into a junk drawer. Obviously, the attractions themselves aren’t junk.
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Iger mentioned they were keeping the current name emphasizing 'studios' if my memory serves (no guarantee)

So, I think eventually the drawer will contain sections for Pixar, Disney Animation, and Star Wars. Not sure if Muppets make the cut. Properties will be chosen that fit a cityscape (idealized Hollywood) and environs. (Hollywood Hills, Route 66, Pacific Ocean, etc)

It will take a long time but could be amazing contextually. Of course I could be completely wrong too.

Marvel's "studio" will be at DCA. Because reasons.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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jt04 said:
Iger mentioned they were keeping the current name emphasizing 'studios' if my memory serves (no guarantee)
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Iger was the one that solidified the rumor that the name was definitely going to change.

After a disastrous survey of possible names, all horrible, the Internet was aflame with hair. Disney Park Blogs then said the name was not going to change.

I and others have been making the argument that "studios' fits in the sense of production companies that Disney owns (film, animation, Pixar, LucasFilm, Marvel, etc...) rather than a studio lot where films are made. The "Hollywood" in the name is the theme of the public spaces, the locale of Hollywood and L.A..
 
jt04

jt04

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MisterPenguin said:
Iger was the one that solidified the rumor that the name was definitely going to change.

After a disastrous survey of possible names, all horrible, the Internet was aflame with hair. Disney Park Blogs then said the name was not going to change.

I and others have been making the argument that "studios' fits in the sense of production companies that Disney owns (film, animation, Pixar, LucasFilm, Marvel, etc...) rather than a studio lot where films are made. The "Hollywood" in the name is the theme of the public spaces, the locale of Hollywood and L.A..
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Originally they were going to change the name but I thought recently he put emphasis on the word "studios" but I may not have heard correctly.

I think another of the elements or sub-plots of the park will be content that is connected to Walt's creative legacy. I think Lucasfilm and Pixar fit that requirement. And of course WDAS.

I consider Lucas and Cameron to be part of the Disney coaching tree to use a sports analogy. Even though they never worked directly for him. Interesting that it took two people to carry on in his footsteps but that is how I see it. Iger and Lasseter should be mentioned here too.

I think it will work. Or they could just turn everything into Springfield. Who knows?
 
tirian

tirian

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jt04 said:
Iger mentioned they were keeping the current name emphasizing 'studios' if my memory serves (no guarantee)

So, I think eventually the drawer will contain sections for Pixar, Disney Animation, and Star Wars. Not sure if Muppets make the cut. Properties will be chosen that fit a cityscape (idealized Hollywood) and environs. (Hollywood Hills, Route 66, Pacific Ocean, etc)

It will take a long time but could be amazing contextually. Of course I could be completely wrong too.

Marvel's "studio" will be at DCA. Because reasons.
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Have you been to DCA? No number of attractions can fix the overall park layout that’s segmented with no natural flow. Individual studios would work well over there.
 
jt04

jt04

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tirian said:
Have you been to DCA? No number of attractions can fix the overall park layout that’s segmented with no natural flow. Individual studios would work well over there.
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Well they have a dedicated Pixar area (incl Carsland) and soon Marvel area. The Buena Vista Street is timeless and up to Disney standards.

Everything else probably is up for reimagining in the next decade or two. IMO.

PS- I like that the studio parks do not follow a symmetrical layout. Encourages wandering and discovery.
 
Marc Davis Fan

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jt04 said:
Well they have a dedicated Pixar area (incl Carsland) and soon Marvel area. The Buena Vista Street is timeless and up to Disney standards.

Everything else probably is up for reimagining in the next decade or two. IMO.
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I hope Pixar Pier gets out of there soon. They replaced a moderately immersive “1920’s seaside boardwalk amusement park” with an area that has no consistent sense of time or place whatsoever. It‘s literally just rides named after / decorated like different Pixar franchises, which is exactly what you’d see at an amusement park rather than a theme park. I think Pixar Pier might be as low as Disney has ever gone in terms of an area genuinely lacking immersion or even an attempt at immersion (even Dino-Rama has a consistent theme, albeit an aesthetically bad one). Okay, end of rant, Pixar Pier is just so contrary to Disney design principles that I still can’t believe it was greenlit.
 
jt04

jt04

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Marc Davis Fan said:
I hope Pixar Pier gets out of there soon. They replaced a moderately immersive “1920’s seaside boardwalk amusement park” with an area that has no consistent sense of time or place whatsoever. It‘s literally just rides named after / decorated like different Pixar franchises, which is exactly what you’d see at an amusement park rather than a theme park. I think Pixar Pier might be as low as Disney has ever gone in terms of an area genuinely lacking immersion or even an attempt at immersion (even Dino-Rama has a consistent theme, albeit an aesthetically bad one). Okay, end of rant, Pixar Pier is just so contrary to Disney design principles that I still can’t believe it was greenlit.
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If they eventually remove Cali Screamin there is some land behind it for a potential dark ride. That would be a good start to rehabilitate the area into something more up to the mouse's standards. Just spitballing here. I have no idea but I would guess the attraction has never been considered a keeper. Hence the limited overlay.
 
yensidtlaw1969

yensidtlaw1969

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jt04 said:
If they eventually remove Cali Screamin there is some land behind it for a potential dark ride. That would be a good start to rehabilitate the area into something more up to the mouse's standards. Just spitballing here. I have no idea but I would guess the attraction has never been considered a keeper. Hence the limited overlay.
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There's room behind Screamin' whether they remove it or not. It spent years earmarked for something with an entrance where the Maliboomer used to be. Pixar Pier is throwing a wrench into placing an entrance in that spot, but the space still exists.

Screamin' has the single largest footprint of any attraction in the DLR. It is a massive, massive, steel coaster. It has always done well with guests - even in the baaad early days of DCA - so that plus the recent retooling (which is lame and a total waste) suggests the ride is absolutely considered a keeper. For all the bad adding The Incredibles did for the ride, it did still cost some real cash and they don't throw money like that after something they have on a short list to kill off.
 

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