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

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Last I heard was MK Coco, Cars and Moana. No phase 2 until they flesh out Frontierland conversion. DHS Monsters and Villains.

But we'll see.

 

[Surferboy567]

Brayden has reported the following, again and I have stressed this before but no one seems to read it. I am not saying Brayden is credible I’m just posting this here as he has gotten things right in the past.

- Frontierland gone turned into Bayou (separate land from desert)
- Desert land features Radiator Springs Racers
- Big Thunder Mountain worked into the new desert land
- Rivers of America on the chopping block
- WDW Railroad will be effected in some way
- Tom Sayer Island is gone and is turned into a Woody Roundup Attraction
- Villians Land behind Haunted Mansion with at least 1 e ticket and 1 d ticket
- Country Bears opening in August
- Haunted Mansion Restaurant cancelled

Some of this seems plausible.

 

[Tha Realest]

Brayden has reported the following, again and I have stressed this before but no one seems to read it. I am not saying Brayden is credible I’m just posting this here as he has gotten things right in the past.

- Frontierland gone turned into Bayou
- Bayou desert land features Raditaor Springs Racers
- Tom Sayer Island Woody Roundup Attraction
- Villians Land behind Haunted Mansion with at least 1 e ticket and 1 d ticket
- Country Bears opening in August
- Rivers of America on the chopping block
- Railroad will be effected in some way
- Haunted Mansion Restaurant cancelled
- Big Thunder Mountain worked into the new desert land

Some of this seems plausible.

What is a “bayou desert land?” Did the salt mine explode in a natural catastrophe and kill off the verdant vegetation?

 

[Surferboy567]

What is a “bayou desert land?” Did the salt mine explode in a natural catastrophe and kill off the verdant vegetation?

The bayou and the desert land are two different things not one land.

Bayou takes over and kills Frontierland up till Tiana’s. Desert land is BTM and beyond.

EDIT: Apologies on wording I made it more clear.

 

[DisneyDodo]

"Desert land" doesn't make sense. Yes, Big Thunder and Radiator Springs have the same landscape but they do not fit together at all.

I don’t necessarily believe this is happening, but I also don’t think it would be so far-fetched for Disney to retheme a land based on western expansion in the U.S. to one just themed to the western U.S. with no ties to any particular time period. I definitely prefer that approach to them scrapping Frontierland entirely and replacing it with various single IP lands.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Brayden has reported the following, again and I have stressed this before but no one seems to read it. I am not saying Brayden is credible I’m just posting this here as he has gotten things right in the past.

- Frontierland gone turned into Bayou
- Bayou desert land features Raditaor Springs Racers
- Tom Sayer Island Woody Roundup Attraction
- Villians Land behind Haunted Mansion with at least 1 e ticket and 1 d ticket
- Country Bears opening in August
- Rivers of America on the chopping block
- Railroad will be effected in some way
- Haunted Mansion Restaurant cancelled
- Big Thunder Mountain worked into the new desert land

Some of this seems plausible.

These have all been mentioned before as possibilities by our insiders -- except a "bayou desert land" (??!!??)

Anyhoo, we know execs were casing out Pecos Bill.

Lotta ingredients here... don't know which ones will make it into the pot.

 

[doctornick]

I think Cars for WDW is true... but I believe that'll be for DHS as the "major" addition.

I really hope. It would be a good option for the current Animation building plot (and backstage in that area).

 

[Surferboy567]

These have all been mentioned before as possibilities by our insiders -- except a "bayou desert land" (??!!??)

Anyhoo, we know execs were casing out Pecos Bill.

Lotta ingredients here... don't know which ones will make it into the pot.

I wrote that wrong I corrected it.

The bayou and desert are two separate things.

 

[MaximumEd]

I don’t know what all will end up happening at all the parks, but I’m here for the rumors. This is exciting.

 

[Surferboy567]

I don’t know what all will end up happening at all the parks, but I’m here for the rumors. This is exciting.

Very exciting time indeed, it’s been a while since I’ve been this excited for the future of the parks. I’ve been excited but no rumors to latch onto.

 

[DisneyDodo]

I wrote that wrong I corrected it.

The bayou and desert are two separate things.

Well thank goodness, because I’m pretty sure the bayou’s wetness and the desert’s dryness would have just canceled each other out, leaving us with Moderate Boring Land

 

[Ichabod Crane]

So is he claiming that the southern half of Frontierland will become New Orleans Square?

Yeah he’s claiming eastern Frontierland up to country bears I think becomes Liberty square and everything by TBA becomes New Orleans. Then Big Thunder becomes part of a dessert land with Radiator Springs and Woody. Then the rest/most of the space is for villains. He also claims rovers of America will be shortened or removed entirely.

 

[PREMiERdrum]

Re: "Bayou Desert Land" (face hits desk)

Expect a little carveout for current Pecos, TBA, and a couple related structures to be grouped into an east coast New Orleans Square. The boardwalk across from CBJ to BTMRR will remain Frontierland, giving them (on the map at least) an uninterrupted flow, with NOS abutting and transitioning from AL directly.

 

[J4546]

Radiator Springs behind BTMRR is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. The thought of seeing those cars with cartoon faces on them while you ride the riverboat...

wouldnt see them from reiverboat probably. River will be shortened Im guessing.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Re: "Bayou Desert Land" (face hits desk)

Expect a little carveout for current Pecos, TBA, and a couple related structures to be grouped into an east coast New Orleans Square. The boardwalk across from CBJ to BTMRR will remain Frontierland, giving them (on the map at least) an uninterrupted flow, with NOS abutting and transitioning from AL directly.

Wouldn't the Boardwalk be removed since RoA is "on the chopping block"?

 

[peng]

Re: "Bayou Desert Land" (face hits desk)

Expect a little carveout for current Pecos, TBA, and a couple related structures to be grouped into an east coast New Orleans Square. The boardwalk across from CBJ to BTMRR will remain Frontierland, giving them (on the map at least) an uninterrupted flow, with NOS abutting and transitioning from AL directly.

That's what's probably happening as opposed to Lights, Camera Brayden's "frontierland is going away for stuff that was rumored in 2015." Besides there's a lot more smoke to Coco still coming to MK (hell the only things he probably got right were the railroad closing again and the Villains land being early in development). ROA will probably be shortened but will probably not disappear entirely. Besides, why would disney spend money to retheme the boardwalk area when it would be cheaper to keep it as is.

 

[Brer Oswald]

Ugh

 

[PREMiERdrum]

Wouldn't the Boardwalk be removed since RoA is "on the chopping block"?

ROA will probably be shortened but will probably not disappear entirely.

I'm just a guy on the internet.

 

[FigmentFan82]

If that happens it will be quite frustrating that we have a Moana Adventureland style walk through at Epcot.

I really can’t stand modern Disney plopping down IP wherever they want with no thought on the future.

Except it's not an adventureland style walkthrough, nor does it claim to be any adventurous, but rather the cycle of water - edutainment.

 

[TalkingHead]

If Cars Land is considered for WDW, it should go in DHS.

Cars is a pretty terrible fit for MK even if the aesthetics might be reasonable next to Frontierland. Coco is a far better option.

Why is Cars a bad fit for MK?