PREMiERdrum
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Ear to the ground, it seems like this unified project may have now been split - both literally and figuratively - in a somewhat less ambitious arrangement. And it's still early.
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News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom
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Bocabear
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But they didn't tear out Splash...they re-skinned it...but the ride is still there... Rather than any of the other suggestions, it would be great if the area behind Big Thunder just became the new and improved Frontierland... Immersive with new attractions...like Frontierland felt back in the 1970s... Make the current Frontierland be a New Orleans Riverfront setting... It would add a better narrative to the park as you travel around the Rivers Of America loop...
DisneyDodo
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Oh it’s certainly feasible. I just don’t think it’s the direction Disney will ultimately choose to go, given that they have so many other places they can expand to (and, more to their liking, so many existing attractions they can replace) that would require much less investment. I think it’s more likely we see a Moana E-ticket in the Adventureland expansion plot, something (Incredibles?) in the SGE building, something in the MK theater plot, and/or something new where the speedway currently sits before they build a new land all the way behind RoA.
ToTBellHop
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Those options are certainly easier. Who knows. I expect more on DAK first, anyway.
DisneyDodo
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If Disney decides to build a Frozen-themed land at MK, I expect it would be set in the Enchanted Forest from Frozen 2 rather than Arendelle, considering that we essentially already have Arendelle in Epcot. It would be like the approach Universal took with Potter. First they built a land around the most iconic setting from the franchise (Hogwarts), and then they built a land set in a different location in order to differentiate it from the first.
Also, I don’t know why it would involve tearing out BTMR when they have an empty plot next door.
mattpeto
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A little more information via Robert Niles from the media event at Walt Disney Imagineering.
"Iger said that Disney will be filing permits, presumably with the Southwest Florida Water Management District, for construction preparation on a site west of Frontierland. A graphic shown by Iger showed a work area that spans both the waterway connecting the Rivers of America with the Seven Seas Lagoon as well as Floridian Place, north of Maple Road."
"Iger said that Disney will be filing permits, presumably with the Southwest Florida Water Management District, for construction preparation on a site west of Frontierland. A graphic shown by Iger showed a work area that spans both the waterway connecting the Rivers of America with the Seven Seas Lagoon as well as Floridian Place, north of Maple Road."
Disney confirms two major expansion projects in Florida
www.themeparkinsider.com
doctornick
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A little more information via Robert Niles from the media event at Walt Disney Imagineering.
"Iger said that Disney will be filing permits, presumably with the Southwest Florida Water Management District, for construction preparation on a site west of Frontierland. A graphic shown by Iger showed a work area that spans both the waterway connecting the Rivers of America with the Seven Seas Lagoon as well as Floridian Place, north of Maple Road."
Disney confirms two major expansion projects in Florida
www.themeparkinsider.com
West of Frontierland? The area abve the RoA is more north, so now I'm wondering exactly how this is expected to work.
doctornick
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Quick thought: if they are doing work west of the current Frontierland, I wonder if they might replace the current parade storage area and use that for guest stuff (a proper New Orleans Square?) and then store and start parades more west than now?
Surferboy567
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So…we still think it’s villains land?A little more information via Robert Niles from the media event at Walt Disney Imagineering.
"Iger said that Disney will be filing permits, presumably with the Southwest Florida Water Management District, for construction preparation on a site west of Frontierland. A graphic shown by Iger showed a work area that spans both the waterway connecting the Rivers of America with the Seven Seas Lagoon as well as Floridian Place, north of Maple Road."
Disney confirms two major expansion projects in Florida
www.themeparkinsider.com
Ichabod Crane
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If those rumors about Disney wanting to see the reaction to Dark Universe before moving forward with villains were true I wonder if seeing the reaction to the land back in January during the initial announcement was enough to make them confident about it.
Still think its villains land, no clue what the others are. They would be dumb not to move on it, especially as the dark universe announcement was the one from the initial reveal that people who are outside of the theme park sphere were talking about (though mostly as the dark universe movie franchise was a punchline in filmtwitter and similar communities) and the villains are still big merch movers.
Also I'm surprised Disney is moving on multiple large scale projects at once after years of next to nothing in the pipeline. Hope construction is much faster than the Epcot redo.
Surferboy567
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They should really lean in to this “dark kingdom” idea. I think it could be super cool and be a draw for some older folk. Please make Maleficent’s castle, bald mountain, or maybe even the elephant graveyard. There is so much interesting visuals they could pull from. They don’t even have to make it “scary“ (not a fan of horror).
The EPCOT redo isn’t even done not with the rumors of test track possibly closing.
EricsBiscuit
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Whatever they do, I hope the WDWRR doesn’t close for a couple years due to construction.
Oh, hai, Cherny!
I guess they wanted to announce it before @danlb_2000 does!!
PREMiERdrum
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Worth noting that the permit area as outlined is for water management, not necessarily active construction.
With that said, I can't see them wanting to relocate all the parade barn, shop, and Imagination Campus facilities - and potentially the canal itself - for what's being proposed.
I do expect action here - and further south - but not exactly the way it's been presented.
With that said, I can't see them wanting to relocate all the parade barn, shop, and Imagination Campus facilities - and potentially the canal itself - for what's being proposed.
I do expect action here - and further south - but not exactly the way it's been presented.