Rumor D23 2024 WDW Rumors, Predictions & Discussion

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Biggest takeaway: It's still early days. Josh was vague on everything.

 

[MagicEye99]

The yeti references gave me hope that Joe Rohde managed to negotiate a fix as a condition of returning on a consulting basis.

But nope, turns out to be just a tasteless joke at the audience's expense. Trashy.

It’s the rage and nostalgia bait I’ve gotten used to over the past decade or so. Really a shame that TWDC and WDI now think so lowly of their customers.

 

[splah]

my hot take with the paris lion king...it is an admission of defeat they got star wars wrong and they know it. gave up on plans for a 3rd iteration

 

[the_rich]

Biggest takeaway: It's still early days. Josh was vague on everything.

He did date tropical America's. Also said we should see construction starting this year or next on everything(I don't think he said this for villains land). Personally I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt.

 

[SweetDuffy101]

Okay. so Theres still room for announcements as D23 Brazil will be happening after the next few months.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I mean it's all already started or starting next year.

Not at all. Some, yes. But not even close to all. DAK is the only thing I think is for sure happening for WDW. And the light parade of course.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

ZERO CLONES

ONE ATTRACTION CLOSING (Monster’s Inc)

Excluding the known Animal Kingdom

You might be missing a few.

 

[Mike S]

why is every announcement based on a movie??

what happened to stuff like Haunted Mansion, Alien Encounter, and Space Mountain?

Would you take it if it used the Xenomorph if Alien Romulus is a hit?

I would.

 

[andysol]

Tonight feels more preparing for Pokémon in USF than anything. Pokémon will be a game changer due to how MASSIVE that IP is.

They’ve conceded Epic Universe to winning all the press and adoration for 2025/2026.
They are aiming to be the rebound, which is a good strategy based on the position they put themselves in. 2027-2029 is perfect for all of these to come online.

And if they, by some miracle, ALL actually make it to fruition- what a great time to be a park fan. Feels like it will be like 2014-2019 all over again with new stuff coming out in rapid succession.
But this time even better as they are additions and less replacements- and, you know, an all new park!

 

[the_rich]

Not at all. Some, yes. But not even close to all. DAK is the only thing I think is for sure happening for WDW. And the light parade of course.

Montstropolis he said early next year. Cars he said dirt was already moving. He didn't say anything for villains.

 

[McMickeyWorld]

Surprisingly, I actually liked it. I enjoyed the Surface Pressure cover (it’s a great time to be emo and a Disney fan jajajaj). For the Epic stuff, I was hoping for some collabs with other games, not just Fortnite. Anyway, I’ll talk about the rest in the other threads.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I feel less enthused about the announcements tonight than most.

For one thing, they were so vague on details. That goes for Villainsland especially, but also where the hell additions like the Cars area of Frontierland and Monstropolis are going. My suspicion is that they didn't want to say because those two things involve some unpopular replacements.

I'm also not down for Cars in Frontierland. If anything, the fact that Josh D'Amaro framed the new addition as part of Frontierland and part of a re-thinking of Frontierland makes me think they're going to screw it up and basically theme it to a contemporary Western tourist town.

The Paris Lion King ride looks like another mistake heaped upon an entirely mistaken re-launch of that park.

The Disneyland additions, though, all seemed good to me.

Very surprised to hear you say this…but appreciate the candor.

I share the concerns. I smell a lot of REPLACEMENTS lurking here…and maybe straight blue sky (BS being so appropriate)…

But I don’t want to be right.

But you can’t trust these guys. Company is in financial trouble purely from their mistakes and they keep doing what they thing is perfect but lead to the problems. Like clockwork.

I’ll say this:

Like the monstopolos idea…but not perfect/subject to change.

The villains thing makes sense on a ton of angles…but no details.

Like the lion king concept for Paris

DCA getting a lot…and it needs it. Encouragjng that’s being acknowledged.

Less positive:
Dak getting a reskin…might be a positive…but marginal because the entire complex is in shambles by failure to manage ride capacity. Replacements do not help.

Epcot redo turned out poorly…and they are ignoring that. That problem will only intensify.

Wish they’d rip the bandaid off on Star Wars land. The most obvious thing that Napoleon will never do. Their mishandling of the property continues to set world records.

The cars clone is good and bad. First…it’s an add. No complaint there. Second…the cars IP is outdated…and weak. So that might be just lazy trying it again.
If they build that…seems very BS as of now

Hey @peter11435 this held up well

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I’m surprised Peter got cross up on this…seriously.

But magic kinda did too…so it was not a normal day.

 

[Winter]

Gonna be honest, I really don't care if they replace Tom Sawyer Island. That's probably the biggest waste of space in the park, it could easily be used for something better. Not sure whether I'd prefer above big thunder or at Tom Sawyer Island though....depends what would leave better room for another new land. Hopefully a villain land but not getting my hopes up lol.

....No Radiator Springs Racers though? ? That's what I wanted most lol. And supposedly the main ride is gonna be a speedway clone? Why???

NEVER MIND I CAN GET MY HOPES UP HELL YEAH VILLAINS LAND IS HAPPENING

 

[Jedi14]

That was great honestly. The reveals were fun and Feed the birds almost made me cry.

 

[arich35]

He did date tropical America's. Also said we should see construction starting this year or next on everything(I don't think he said this for villains land). Personally I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt.

I think he said Earth has already starting moving for Villains Land but not positive

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Montstropolis he said early next year. Cars he said dirt was already moving. He didn't say anything for villains.

Where and what is the operational impact? We need ask these questions.

 

[BrerFoxesBayouAdventure]

Is Monsters Inc. going into what used to be Animation Courtyard?

 

[the_rich]

I think he said Earth has already starting moving for Villains Land but not positive

Yea, I can't remember if he did or not.

 

[wutisgood]

D23 Announcement Budgets Tallied

• DCA ~$1.6 Bil
• Avatar Land ~ 800 Mil
• Avengers E-Ticket and B-Ticket ~ 500 Mil
• Coco Ride ~ 300 Mil

• DHS ~$600 Mil
• Monsters Inc Land ~ 600 Mil
• DAK ~$800 Mil
• Indy Ride ~ 200 Mil
• Encanto Ride ~ 400 Mil
• Land & Carrousel ~ 200 Mil

• MK ~$2.5 Bil
• Villains Land (2 E-Tickets) ~ 1.5 Bil
• Cars Land / TSI Reconfig ~ 950 Mil
• Night Parade ~ 50 Mil

• SDL ~$500 Mil
• Spider-Man Coaster/Land ~ 500 Mil

• HKDL ~$500 Mil
• Spider-Man Dr. Octopus Tower of Terror ~ 500 Mil

• DLP ~$700 Mil
• Lion King Land and Log Flume ~ 600
• Lake Show ~ 100 million

• DCL ~$5 Bil
• 4 New Cruise Ships

~$12.2 BILLION total in announcements tonight

The fact that disney can't build a new major attraction for less than 400 million seems insane. I was hoping the guardians coaster was somewhat of an anomoly. Evrest as the most expensive attraction ever made at the time is like 170 million adjusted for inflation. What the hell happened at disney?

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

I feel like that was 90% filler and only a handful of actually big announcements. Better than blue sky I guess?

Highlights:

• Villains land
• Country Bears not only referenced but were the finale of the show
• Coco ride seems cool
• Monsters Inc Land

Negatives:

• Cars in Frontierland- literally my nightmare
• Walt animatronic feels like it’s really leaning into the cult side of the company and the further degradation of Walt’s legacy, making him more mythical character than real human
• Live action Lion King land
• The entire Deadpool bit
• Fortnite in general
• All those awful musical numbers meant to pad the run time
• Bayou Country- makes no sense with Pooh and CBJ being there. Should’ve made Tiana’s NOS and then reverted the rest to Bear Country, or just left it Critter Country
• No Hungry Bear Barbecue in MK

Neutral:

• Everything I didn’t mention above

Definitely better than the blue sky years but man they needed more. Why not surprise everyone with a new Figment or the return of Horizons? A retrack of Space Mountain and Big Thunder with new effects? An expansion of Adventureland with Moana? I dunno man.