News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom

[MagicHappens1971]

I love Tangled so that needs to be done. It could even connect to the Encanto/Coco land,

My Blue Sky would be to raze/move Small World & the bathrooms and use that plot to build a Tangled boat ride and the Snuggly Duckling. But small world is such a classic and this will never happen

 

[GhostHost1000]

I love Tangled so that needs to be done. It could even connect to the Encanto/Coco land,

It doesn’t fit there unless they connect fantasyland to it imo.

 

[KingMickey13]

It doesn’t fit there unless they connect fantasyland to it imo.

That’s what I meant

 

[Rich Brownn]

My Blue Sky would be to raze/move Small World & the bathrooms and use that plot to build a Tangled boat ride and the Snuggly Duckling. But small world is such a classic and this will never happen

Funny enough they could have - at one point the IASW rehab was so extensive literally the only thing left was the ceiling and walls. Even the floor had been removed. Could have easily built another warehouse building further down the slope and moved it. (Heck at ground level we could even have gotten a better exterior!)

 

[KingMickey13]

Funny enough they could have - at one point the IASW rehab was so extensive literally the only thing left was the ceiling and walls. Even the floor had been removed. Could have easily built another warehouse building further down the slope and moved it. (Heck at ground level we could even have gotten a better exterior!)

I dislike the exterior too, but nowadays that unfortunately won’t happen.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

I absolutely HATE the idea of IP specific mini-lands in MK. Completely betrays the parks design philosophy and cohesiveness. Same reason I do not like how Galaxy’s Edge is in Disneyland.

 

[KingMickey13]

I absolutely HATE the idea of IP specific mini-lands in MK. Completely betrays the parks design philosophy and cohesiveness. Same reason I do not like how Galaxy’s Edge is in Disneyland.

I was hoping it would just be “Latin American square” or whatever. Yeah, Galaxy’s Edge doesn’t really fit Disneyland.

 

[castlecake2.0]

My dream to fix capacity right now would be for Josh to challenge MK (with funding approved) to reopen all previously closed venues, whether it be food and bev, merch, or attractions. So many shops in adventureland have disappeared, the candy store in Frontierland never reopened, aunt Polly’s on TSI, the snack bar on the liberty belle, Tomorrowland terrace, stitch escape. Give people additional places to just be rather than clogging up pathways, then after that, add the stuff behind thunder mountain.

 

[ToTBellHop]

My dream to fix capacity right now would be for Josh to challenge MK (with funding approved) to reopen all previously closed venues, whether it be food and bev, merch, or attractions. So many shops in adventureland have disappeared, the candy store in Frontierland never reopened, aunt Polly’s on TSI, the snack bar on the liberty belle, Tomorrowland terrace, stitch escape. Give people additional places to just be rather than clogging up pathways, then after that, add the stuff behind thunder mountain.

I gather they want more physical space for guests—thus the HKDL strategy of creating a large expansion with several components with 1 attraction each. If they are themed like the HKDL lands, I don’t hate it. Make a land that just happens to have a Coco ride.

 

[castlecake2.0]

I gather they want more physical space for guests—thus the HKDL strategy of creating a large expansion with several components with 1 attraction each. If they are themed like the HKDL lands, I don’t hate it. Make a land that just happens to have a Coco ride.

Totally get that as well, I just hate how the parks are so crowded but there’s all this capacity sitting behind closed doors.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Totally get that as well, I just hate how the parks are so crowded but there’s all this capacity sitting behind closed doors.

Dining, in particular, is stupid. It’s sitting there waiting to reopen and the lines at the existing locations show they need everything open!

 

[castlecake2.0]

Dining, in particular, is stupid. It’s sitting there waiting to reopen and the lines at the existing locations show they need everything open!

Imagine reopening the snack bar on liberty belle with some TikTok trending specialty slushy/snack? Gets more people on the attraction and creates revenue. Seems like a no brainer. Same with Aunt Polly’s, draw people to the island and make $$$. Everyone wins.

 

[lazyboy97o]

My dream to fix capacity right now would be for Josh to challenge MK (with funding approved) to reopen all previously closed venues, whether it be food and bev, merch, or attractions. So many shops in adventureland have disappeared, the candy store in Frontierland never reopened, aunt Polly’s on TSI, the snack bar on the liberty belle, Tomorrowland terrace, stitch escape. Give people additional places to just be rather than clogging up pathways, then after that, add the stuff behind thunder mountain.

True leadership would be taking away the parking that replaced the Galaxy Palace Theater.

 

[MisterPenguin]

My Blue Sky would be to raze/move Small World & the bathrooms and use that plot to build a Tangled boat ride and the Snuggly Duckling. But small world is such a classic and this will never happen

Funny enough they could have - at one point the IASW rehab was so extensive literally the only thing left was the ceiling and walls. Even the floor had been removed. Could have easily built another warehouse building further down the slope and moved it. (Heck at ground level we could even have gotten a better exterior!)

1. Build a bigger, better IASW in EPCOT.

2. Raze the old IASW.

3. You now have a wide path to access acres and acres of land north of HM & RoA that will connect with where this blue sky stuff is proposed.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

I was hoping it would just be “Latin American square” or whatever. Yeah, Galaxy’s Edge doesn’t really fit Disneyland.

Still, if that hypothetical land was only comprised of re-creations of places from Coco and Encanto, no matter the name it would not fit in Magic Kingdom. Fantasyland is the only area with anything outside of an attraction is re-created from a movie, and that works given the content of the land.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Not being able to ride the train, roll through the wilderness past the steamboat on the Rivers of America would be a true loss.

 

[KingMickey13]

Still, if that hypothetical land was only comprised of re-creations of places from Coco and Encanto, no matter the name it would not fit in Magic Kingdom. Fantasyland is the only area with anything outside of an attraction is re-created from a movie, and that works given the content of the land.

I was hoping it would not be overly themed to Coco and Encanto, but that’s unlikely.

 

[GhostHost1000]

1. Build a bigger, better IASW in EPCOT.

2. Raze the old IASW.

3. You now have a wide path to access acres and acres of land north of HM & RoA that will connect with where this blue sky stuff is proposed.

That’s not a bad idea

…as long as they completely rethink the blue sky things they shared with us

 

[CaptainAmerica]

That’s not a bad idea

…as long as they completely rethink the blue sky things they shared with us

Encanto could work as a neighborhood in Fantasyland.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Encanto could work as a neighborhood in Fantasyland.

Personally I’d rather it just be a ride and not a neighborhood. I am not for additional lands in MK but bring me all the attractions and expansion they can afford