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lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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hopemax said:
If it were true that the River is in such a poor state, that would be a pretty big indictment of how WDW runs its operations. Which would have negative implications for all the other 50+ year bits around the MK, and the commitment to operations of any future development.
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Like the water bridge connecting Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake.

But again I ask, what are the consequences of this supposed impending failure?
 
Tha Realest

Tha Realest

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hopemax said:
If it were true that the River is in such a poor state, that would be a pretty big indictment of how WDW runs its operations. Which would have negative implications for all the other 50+ year bits around the MK, and the commitment to operations of any future development.
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It was fully drained for many months in 2020-21 during a big refurbishment. If the catastrophic failure was imminent then, why was nothing done of it?
 
phillip9698

phillip9698

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TrainsOfDisney said:
Enough people were riding the boat that Disney paid quite a bit of money to refurbish it - including a new boiler I believe - which isn’t cheap. They also spent the money to drain the river and re-do the track. Disney wouldn’t have spent that kind of money if the boat wasn’t getting enough daily riders.
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Or maybe they didn’t have an idea of what to do with it at the time other than let it sit unused. They have a plan now and are fully committed to executing it.

The cost to replace that boiler is pennies compared to this new project.

A lot of things can change in 6 years.
 
peter11435

peter11435

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TrainsOfDisney said:
Enough people were riding the boat that Disney paid quite a bit of money to refurbish it - including a new boiler I believe - which isn’t cheap. They also spent the money to drain the river and re-do the track. Disney wouldn’t have spent that kind of money if the boat wasn’t getting enough daily riders.
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Even when they did that work they already knew the boat was on borrowed time. There have been plans to remove the river/boat for nearly two decades. I’m aware of at least three proposals for the site.
 
TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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peter11435 said:
Even when they did that work they already knew the boat was on borrowed time. There have been plans to remove the river/boat for nearly two decades. I’m aware of at least three proposals for the site.
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Oh I know… it was a major victory when they decided to do the refurbishment. That was when they were looking at options for the railroad locomotives as well.
 
Phicinfan

Phicinfan

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peter11435 said:
Even when they did that work they already knew the boat was on borrowed time. There have been plans to remove the river/boat for nearly two decades. I’m aware of at least three proposals for the site.
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I have to assume this is correct, I wonder do you or anyone know if there were plans to extend or move the RR further out as well, to allow for expansion passed BTMRR while Tron was being built? Seems like this is a huge miss.
 
Sir_Cliff

Sir_Cliff

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Magicart87 said:
Alot of the Cars shorts relating to Piston Peak were of a spooky nature as well. Disney could potentially lean into that if they wanted a transitional area leading to Haunted Mansion.
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While they're breaking taboos, they might as well fold Haunted Mansion into the new Cars land.

I'm sure you can make a case that this
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is less relevant to contemporary audiences than this
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TheRealSkull

TheRealSkull

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Incomudro said:
I was quite happy with a Radiator Springs Cars Land being built in DHS!
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It would have made so much more sense, especially where Galaxy's Edge currently sits. This is what I mean by saying DHS could've been a full day park. Especially now with Monsters Inc. in Animation Courtyard.

(note i would not have sacrificed Muppets for Cars Land, but the 2nd photo fixes that)
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larryz

larryz

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lentesta said:
I mean, there are only four possible timelines (who wins the election and whether HOP closes before the show can be updated with that result).

Write out those four possibilities.

The one that *I* would least like to be asked to justify to the board, guests, cast members, and the media is "We closed Hall of Presidents before anyone could see the United States' first woman President there."

They have options. They could announce before the US election that HOP is closing no matter who wins. They'd probably get the same "Here's why there'll NEVER be a woman in Disney's Hall of Presidents" clickbait headlines, but maybe for a shorter period of time.

Given the fan reaction to Rivers of America (and Muppets, if/when that happens), my guess is they have enough to handle right now.

I could be wrong.
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They could always put an AA of the winner in City Hall in a glass case welcoming all the visitors (who happen into City Hall) to the Magic Kingdom. Then make the HoP home to Sam's Tribute To All Nations Of The World (But Mostly The United States of America).
 

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