Rumor D23 2024 WDW Rumors, Predictions & Discussion

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

I currently have a 5 yo cousin that can't get enough of Cars and Planes. I think this would be a good grab for WDW, especially if a response to EU phase 2 is what they're worried about.

At the same time, there's already Cars at HS. Why not put Cars there, especially since that park needs more to do? There's plenty for kids at MK already, so why ruin Frontierland?

 

[UNCgolf]

I will say that although I think Cars sound like a terrible idea for the Magic Kingdom, I also thought the rumored Coco flying simulator was a bad idea.

I like Coco in general at the Magic Kingdom, though. Just not that specific rumored attraction.

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

[GhostHost1000]

I know there may be some expansion at MK but don’t a few of the other parks need it much more?

 

[UNCgolf]

I currently have a 5 yo cousin that can't get enough of Cars and Planes. I think this would be a good grab for WDW, especially if a response to EU phase 2 is what they're worried about.

Yeah, it's all anecdotal. Mine are 5 and 7 and watched Cars once and had no further interest.

The Racing Academy does seems fairly popular, though, so I don't have trouble believing the IP is still a draw.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

I would think they sell more toy Dino’s than Indy merch..

I doubt it. Have you seen their Dinosaur merch selection? It’s abysmal (Fossil Fun Games prizes excluded).

 

[Advisable Joseph]

Cars is going to be a monumental hit at Magic Kingdom. They make almost all attraction investment decisions based on merch stats, as admitted by Josh in that interview a few months back…
Which makes Avatar going to Disneyland all the more puzzling. I never see or hear anyone buying merch for Avatar or a strong fandom for those movies.

Could you describe the interview more, so we can find it?

Disney+ viewership is involved.

 

[Nland316]

Any cast members doing any streams of the livestream?

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

This is amazing. Walt truly was a one of a kind, in both vision and personality. You wouldn't see Bob Iger flying an animatronic in Economy!

For real though, I wish we'd have another Walt leading the company. Hell, even an Eisner. Anything over the bland, boring Bobs.

 

[brb1006]

Festival of Fantasy deserves to be put to rest at this point. The current state of the parade is depressing compared to its first few years. Also they better not announce on bringing back MSEP to WDW for the millionth time!

 

[GhostHost1000]

Festival of Fantasy deserves to be put to rest at this point. The current state the parade is depressing compared to its first few years. Also they better not announce on bringing back MSEP to MK for the millionth time to MK!

Festival of Fantasy could be fixed. They just won’t. Covid gave them an excuse to screw a lot of things up.

 

[JKick95]

Any cast members doing any streams of the livestream?

Or a watch party? I’ll bring drinks

 

[Brian]

Also they better not announce on bringing back MSEP to MK for the millionth time to MK!

 

[Brer Panther]

Why am I afraid to hear what they announce?

In fairness, PIXAR was the only one last night who actually had original concepts to showcase. Sure Toy Story 5 makes them an easy punching bag, but they’re still allowing original ideas to flourish.

That's a good point. How come nobody seems to have a problem with Disney announcing Zootopia 2 and Frozen 3?

They did. Half a billion in Box Office.

Yes, but it took a while for it to get there. Everyone was going on and on about how bad the movie looked from the second it was announced. And even nowadays I still see people brush it off as a flop.

And really no coco attraction? I would almost give a little bit of grace if Coco still gets announced.

Isn't Coco going into the Tropical Americas land at Animal Kingdom? Y'know, despite it having nothing to do with animals or even nature?

Dark ride instead of a screen based attraction?

I have this horrible mental image of them building a trackless Cars dark ride, the climax of which is the riders being parked (no pun intended) in front of a screen that simulates you racing. That would be horrid.

Any chance the parks announcements could be positive and refreshing at this point, or are we likely just going to get "this IP goes here" and "this IP goes there"?

That's all we've been getting since, what, 2015? "This IP goes here" and "this IP goes there". We could end up with Tangled in Animal Kingdom at this point, I wouldn't put anything past them.

 

[Comped]

He sure is!

Did nobody tell him that's why there's a big handle on the top?

 

[IanDLBZF]

Honest Opinion: If the COP update is confirmed, the song "Now Is The Best Time Of Your Life" better come back or I am going to throw a fit of rage.

 

[UNCgolf]

Honest Opinion: If the COP update is confirmed, the song "Now Is The Best Time Of Your Life" better come back or I am going to throw a fit of rage.

No way! There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow is the best.

I mean, they can use both I guess, but definitely don't get rid of There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow.

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

That's all we've been getting since, what, 2015? "This IP goes here" and "this IP goes there". We could end up with Tangled in Animal Kingdom at this point, I wouldn't put anything past them.

You know, that is fair- WDW hasn't had a purely original new attraction since Everest iirc. But I don't even need new things to be entirely original to the parks (as awesome as that would be), I just need it to make sense. Guardians of the Galaxy in Epcot makes no sense. Encanto and Indiana Jones in Animal Kingdom makes no sense. Cars in Frontierland makes no sense. Woody's Roundup in MK when there's a Toy Story Land dying for something new in HS makes no sense. Villains in HS over MK makes no sense. It feels like everything Disney is doing/rumored to do just seems like careless placement of IP.

 

[wdwmagic]

Festival of Fantasy deserves to be put to rest at this point. The current state the parade is depressing compared to its first few years. Also they better not announce on bringing back MSEP to MK for the millionth time to MK!

It is not MSEP