Bob Chapek Confirms Disney Will Overhaul Epcot

[marni1971]

Yeah, I remembered no info until the week before and then the rumors of what was going to be announced started to flood out and were in constant flux. Caught a Namelss Friend of ours off guard by getting a scoop that also had wrong information.

Dare I suggest the most accurate information was on these boards....

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Dare I suggest the most accurate information was on these boards....

Which basically boiled down too, 3 days out, Disney still wasn't sure what all they were going to announce.

 

[lazyboy97o]

There are still proposals to spend a not inconsiderable amount of money on the pavilion in the next decade.

(Said in my most honest yet vague way)

To be fair, redoing the bathrooms would cost the GDP of a small country.

 

[marni1971]

To be fair, redoing the bathrooms would cost the GDP of a small country.

Don’t make me save the bathroom audio. Again.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

To be fair, redoing the bathrooms would cost the GDP of a small country.

It most certainly would just to remove me being firmly chained to the bathrooms in protest.

Next to SSE and LwtL now the last bastion of classic FW.

 

[IMDREW]

And if I remember correctly the main street theater was a surprise to everyone including our insiders

 

[mikejs78]

And if I remember correctly the main street theater was a surprise to everyone including our insiders

You mean the theater that's not happening?

 

[FullSailDan]

Which basically boiled down too, 3 days out, Disney still wasn't sure what all they were going to announce.

This was so common at Disney when I worked there, huge projects that were run or being conceived in secret, then a week of meetings between the execs about what to reveal, present, etc. during quarterly or annual updates. And this was just for IT! Don't even get me started on the annual update to the BoD about IT security.....

 

[Cesar R M]

Even stuff announced at D23 doesn't always come to fruition.

Moment of Silence for the Main Street Theater.

RIP in peace..

 

[Thanks phoenicians]

See last years D23. Brazil came within less than two weeks of being announced.

Is this project still that close to being green lit? It feels like we've lost momentum on it, maybe just because its been quiet.

 

[raymusiccity]

We have been getting very confusing messages. Totally contradicting each other for a little while now. We are hearing, "pulling out the stops" and "think big". And the next paragraph we hear that they have cut budgets, trimmed down the BIG plans to save money, etc. Which of the two concepts is the truth? Cut Back and Think Big are not compatible statements. That is why I have decided to just wait and see what they do and not fret over it. What I think doesn't amount to a snowball in hell anyway, so why pretend it does.

As George Carlin once said, 'Jumbo shrimp!'

 

[marni1971]

Is this project still that close to being green lit? It feels like we've lost momentum on it, maybe just because its been quiet.

Still on the cards.

 

[Kman101]

You mean the theater that's not happening?

lol. It really should be though. I get it's something they could put off, but they need the capacity. I hope they do something with a theater in the Kingdom and surprise us. Maybe refurb PhilarMagic instead to host a stage show? That could explain where the budget went. But I'm sure it went for something else that ballooned in cost, but I'm just guessing.

And if I remember correctly the main street theater was a surprise to everyone including our insiders

It seemed to be, although I remember hearing about a proposed theater somewhere in the MK. I think it was just forgotten about. It wasn't a "we're getting a theater on Main Street" kind of post. I remember talks of possibly Frontierland with a theater. @marni1971 @Magic Feather do you recall any of this? I swear we had some mention somewhere of a possiblity of a theater in the MK but the news got sort of lost in the shuffle.

 

[marni1971]

lol. It really should be though. I get it's something they could put off, but they need the capacity. I hope they do something with a theater in the Kingdom and surprise us. Maybe refurb PhilarMagic instead to host a stage show? That could explain where the budget went. But I'm sure it went for something else that ballooned in cost, but I'm just guessing.



It seemed to be, although I remember hearing about a proposed theater somewhere in the MK. I think it was just forgotten about. It wasn't a "we're getting a theater on Main Street" kind of post. I remember talks of possibly Frontierland with a theater. @marni1971 @Magic Feather do you recall any of this? I swear we had some mention somewhere of a possiblity of a theater in the MK but the news got sort of lost in the shuffle.

Yes. Frontierland was mooted to get a theatre amongst other things.

 

[Kman101]

Yes. Frontierland was mooted to get a theatre amongst other things.

Thanks! I hate tagging you for silly stuff but I know you usually know the answer and I wanted to know I wasn't crazy

 

[MisterPenguin]

Thanks! I hate tagging you for silly stuff but I know you usually know the answer and I wanted to know I wasn't crazy

@marni1971 knowing stuff doesn't preclude you from being crazy.

 

[Kman101]

@marni1971 knowing stuff doesn't preclude you from being crazy.

Oh, I know I'm crazy

We're all a little mad, though, aren't we

 

[P_Radden]

Oh, I know I'm crazy

We're all a little mad, though, aren't we

 

[Haymarket2008]

Jim Hill (I know, I know “he can’t be trusted” or whatever) briefly mentioned in his new podcast that Inside Out has been gaining momentum for a presence in the Imagination pavilion? I hope not. Anyone have any info? I know many insiders say Imagination is many years away from any real movement, but I hope Hill is wrong.

 

[trainplane3]

Jim Hill (I know, I know “he can’t be trusted” or whatever) briefly mentioned in his new podcast that Inside Out has been gaining momentum for a presence in the Imagination pavilion? I hope not. Anyone have any info? I know many insiders say Imagination is many years away from any real movement, but I hope Hill is wrong.

With the way it works, it probably is at 99% chance today and then drops to a 10% chance tomorrow followed up by a 25% chance next week. Even if it did gain momentum, I wouldn't worry until we started getting a bit closer.