Yeah. It is wild to think we know more about Universal's new Texas theme park resort than we do that vague concept based on two decently performing movies that could open anywhere from five to ten years, but most likely never.
What I don't get is why the whole Villains Land thing seems to be getting no attention.
While I think these two moves would be really mediocre things to devote entire new lands to in the MK, I think the Villains concept has enough to be a whole other park and if they actually filled it decently from the start, I believe, it would be the concept that could pull people away from the MK far better than anything they have now in the other three parks.
As a sort of a dark mirror image to the MK (Malificant's castle, maybe?), they could basically still use IP from any movie they wanted but have full license to lean more heavily into thrill-ride territory than is really appropriate for MK.
It would be a
major draw for the childless young-adult crowd that already seems to want to see MK rebuilt exclusively for their generation with less emphasis on the kiddos.
The theme would naturally discourage* many people with young children so more attractions with height requirements wouldn't be a problem and they'd have a solid foundation to compete with the kind of generally more thrilling/jossling attractions Universal offers.
Best of all for Disney and a lot of people on this forum, they could serve alcohol from every nook and cranny without breaking any long-held taboos. It would thematically make sense in this park.
Heck, Coco's Land of the Dead would fit in better there in an Ernesto de la Cruz attraction than a Day of the Dead land would fit in with Tomorrowland, Adventurland, Fantasyland and Fronteirland, don't you think?
But beyond that, any Disney movie with a Villain could work here. The attraction doesn't even need to be a thrill ride. The original Snow White's Scary Adventure would have fit into what I'm thinking, perfectly.
They could do an alternative Halloween party geared toward older crowds, they could have their own christmas party with a Jack Skelington theme and I don't think that would hurt business at the MK parties which already sell out, anyway because I'd imagine there are a lot of people who would shell out to get tickets for
BOTH up-sells while they're there.
It would also have limitless expansion potential without having to figure out how to problematically stick things that don't belong into it.
I mean, has nobody actually stopped to consider Moana in AK? So... Marry Poppin's possibly gets an attraction in World Showcase but the attraction celebrating Polynesian culture and and legend gets put in a park about animals?
That's supposed to be okay?
*discourage but of course, not eliminate
