Rumor D23 2024 WDW Rumors, Predictions & Discussion

[pwnbeaver]

Little kids, especially boys, take to it a ton. It's like the boy-targeted brand for Disney in contrasts to their Princess brand.

Yep, where Pirates failed, Cars succeeded. Cars has generally light theming that visually matches BTMRR and is very popular with kids. It's way more of a draw in America with their weird obsession with personal motor vehicles than a lot of other franchises discussed. I don't really want it (I like Coco, myself), but it would work.

Villains would obviously be better but putting out a mediocre Villains land when EU seems to be about to drop one of the greatest rides of all time in their horror land would be bad. It would have a magnifying glass on it just as strongly as Spider-Man did, and that didn't go well. I would take cancelling that as a white flag.

Ohhhh I must have missed that. That’s gross.

I’m all for an Encanto dark ride - I’m getting used to Indy…. It’s a great, proven attraction at Disneyland and I can see that corner of the park being very nice when completed - hopefully they will keep the dig site but maybe as an Indy themed archeological dig - same with the theme of the “camp site” for restrauntosourus

This is exactly what the theming for Indy is in Japan. It looks spectacular, is visually imposing, has endless detail, and has a legit really good restaurant in it. Florida could only be so lucky.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

The 1964-65 Worlds Fair panel was probably one of my favorite panels I attended.

That was the subject of a destination d several years ago and it was truly fascinating. There is so much history of Disney and in general connected to that fair!

 

[wdwmagic]

oooops

 

[OSUPhantom]

Well lets see what actually happens.

We've seen VERY late changes in the past, like almost "day of" - so at this point we still don't know the details with any certainty.

Overall based on your knowledge how do YOU feel about the planned announcements? Positive? Negative? Mixed bag?

 

[brb1006]

if I recall they reused alot of old floats for those?

I wonder how many miles that castle crystal float has by now? lol

Yeah, FOF's opening unit and finale were lifted from Tokyo Disneyland's Jubilation Parade which celebrated the park's 25th Anniversary. Making those section 16 years old as of 2024.

 

[James Alucobond]

Overall based on your knowledge how do YOU feel about the planned announcements? Positive? Negative? Mixed bag?

It’s still largely expansion and restoration of entertainment, which has to count for something. People are never going to agree on content.

 

[brb1006]

yes

 

[TheEPCOTHistorian]

The effect of Lightning McQueen was so powerful that the entire thread has just turned into this:

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

[monothingie]

When about 66% of the ride is outside is the best bit, it'll be closed more times than open during the summer months. If they do make a different version then it will get bad GSR as the expectations will be of something grand and it most certainly won't if WDI aren't capable of doing another design blunder for the swamps.

Guests already will have paid the admission, so in their minds who cares.

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

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[MisterPenguin]

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

I remember coming across this image online a few years back that mocked the amount of "Farewell Tour" Disney gave the parade for both WDW and DL.
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Also can somebody make an edit of this pic of Wolverine holding a picture frame but featuring the Spectromen from Spectromagic? I'm still not over how WDW treated the parade!
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Who has more farewell tours- The Main Street Electrical Parade or Big Al?

 

[MisterPenguin]

 

[SirLink]

"This cost HOOOOOOWWWWWW much?"

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Agreed. Definitely wasn’t thrilled about the potential for a third Soarin’, so that’s one positive. I could also see it being okay if the cars themselves are generally obscured from my view while riding Big Thunder and there’s some sort of transitional logic and/or connection to whatever is replacing Villains (assuming it’s something else).

I am think of a great transition- the village from Coco with the graveyard and tombs being on the border of it and Villains!

 

[Tha Realest]

“I said more trees. I don’t see any trees Meredith. Where are the trees?”

 

[James Alucobond]

I am think of a great transition- the village from Coco with the graveyard and tombs being on the border of it and Villains!

The original artwork in fact had Ernesto’s mausoleum next to the portal, which I thought made sense. Basically, you had Villains flanked by Coco and Haunted Mansion, which felt good transitionally.

That said … maybe I could be a bit more on board with Cars if it’s in addition to Coco rather than instead of Coco. Like, you could have the village from Coco face toward RoA with the backside of Piston Peak as a backdrop behind it and Ernesto’s mausoleum to the east to transition back to the Haunted Mansion.