ThemeParkJunkee
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Bob Iger at WDW now ... BoD to Follow?
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mahnamahna101
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$3 billion? Just for DHS? DHS better be completely fixed with that price tag
and I mean Sunset expansion along with Star Wars and Pixar all kidding aside, even with reworked infrastructure and two parking garages, that's a lot to work withI'd imagine Epcot/MK would get some of that budget, though. $3 billion for one park would be amazing, but show just how glaringly dismal DHS really is right now.
stevehousse
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that is a ton of money! I just really need my Incredibles ride now and not Carsland. Wishful thinking, but DHS needs a water ride! I think an Indiana Jones family water coaster would be a great fit!
Cesar R M
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or monsters inc door coaster... *wishful thinking*
doctornick
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Well, if so.... Wow. If it really is that much, there's going to be a crapload coming to DHS and I've got to think that it would be more than just Pixar and Star Wars. I mean, even if they spend $1B on just Star Wars stuff, plus another hefty $800M on Pixar, and had to spend a couple of hundred million on infrastructure like parking and such.... that would still leave maybe $600-800M more to spend on a new parade or fireworks or something like a Toontown or Indiana Jones or GotG or a new Disney Animated Features area (Wreck It Ralph, Big Hero 6, etc).
Will be interesting to see what gets revealed at D23.
BrerJon
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The best and most intricately themed park in the world, DisneySea, cost 335BY to build in the late 90s. That's about $2.7B. Adjusted for inflation, that's about $4.8B in today's money.
Now the TDS budget had to also pay for a hotel, but let's assume US inefficiencies and labor laws cancel that out and probably add more, so let's call it $5B to build a DisneySea today.
So if DHS is getting $2.5B (with the rest going to the other parks), and if the work is done to the same level of quality and detail, we can expect to get about 50% of DisneySea, which has 7 intricately themed lands, 4 of which have E-tickety rides.
So based on past history, for its $2.5B DHS is looking at getting 3 1/2 lands, 2 E-ticket rides, and a few smaller attractions... call one of those lands a parking garage, and yeah that sounds about right with what we've been hearing, certainly enough to fix the park, but not a lot left over for tons of other crazy projects across property before people get too excited.
Now the TDS budget had to also pay for a hotel, but let's assume US inefficiencies and labor laws cancel that out and probably add more, so let's call it $5B to build a DisneySea today.
So if DHS is getting $2.5B (with the rest going to the other parks), and if the work is done to the same level of quality and detail, we can expect to get about 50% of DisneySea, which has 7 intricately themed lands, 4 of which have E-tickety rides.
So based on past history, for its $2.5B DHS is looking at getting 3 1/2 lands, 2 E-ticket rides, and a few smaller attractions... call one of those lands a parking garage, and yeah that sounds about right with what we've been hearing, certainly enough to fix the park, but not a lot left over for tons of other crazy projects across property before people get too excited.
ToTBellHop
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Oh, I know. I was saying this is the first time I've seen $3b stated in the open. I don't see you throwing out a number that big unless it is actually the number discussed last week.
P_Radden
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Here is another article from a different site. http://www.slashfilm.com/disney-hollywood-studios-changes/
PhotoDave219
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$3 billion? Just for DHS? DHS better be completely fixed with that price tag
I'd imagine Epcot/MK would get some of that budget, though. $3 billion for one park would be amazing, but show just how glaringly dismal DHS really is right now.
Well, I posted the 6 month crowd breakdown the other day and you're right. DHS is awful in that they're just not pulling a crowd
PhotoDave219
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Uh no. My people asked me to keep it quiet. Someone else broke it and I'm comfortable saying "at least $3B"
Sped2424
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Yeah the article doesn't add up. 3 billion for a real star wars land, toy story playland and indy? Not sure if that's 3 billion.
well my guess is if 3 billion is the number
there will be a huge infrastructure budget into this ie parking garage etc....but you can easily see 1.8-2 billion for DHS
Lee
Adventurer
Yep.
In excess of $3b for the resort as a whole. The vast majority for DHS, a bit for EPCOT and MK.
I'm glad somebody else put it out there first...
Lee
Adventurer
Yep.
The number includes parking garages, infrastructure changes/upgrades, etc.
DisDan
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Lee
Adventurer
I believe there is some truth there.
stevehousse
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with this much money, now that i think about it, would they still be optioning to building into the parking lot area to increase the size of the park? there were those "plans" on the news section of this site the other day about new road infrastructure planned around the DHS area... if 3 billion almost gets you 3/4 of a park, it would make sense to build it out? idk, are the plans for this bigger than we actually think or know of???
PhotoDave219
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Well. The number is right.
And we're talking about DHS.
And Star Wars. and Pixar.
But as for attraction specifics? What he's put out are things that were circulating previously (some of which was shot down).... So it is unclear at the moment.
I wouldn't take any of it for certain yet. I really believe Star Wars is being done on a much grander scale.
