Stripes
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Martin doesn't know what it is. (Private convo.)
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News D23 Expo 2019
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Stripes
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Remember the phrasing specifically referred to a "project."
thequeuelinelectures
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That’s why I think it’s the AR app/game/social platform. It touches on parks and resorts, but also animation and pictures since it could be used to tie into all new movie releases and such
Stripes
Premium Member
Could be. A consumer product/interactive product or parks announcement are my two leading theories.
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eddie104
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A poster mentioned Brayden from Mickey views giving out hints about the announcement but all I could find is a vague tweet saying Disney has something up their sleeve and it hasn’t been speculated yet.
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brodie999
Active Member
Really? Can you please post the link on here? Some theme park reporters are calling this a well-known secret.
Franklin47disneyguy
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He tweets that he heard that Disney has big things to cover Universal, and replied that it was not a fifth gate.
Kamikaze
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All these 'bloggers' should be forced to put their guesses out there so they can't just say 'I knew but couldn't say anything!' after the announcement.
Kamikaze
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A boutique park is high on their 'wants' list. Low capacity, limited number of attractions, maybe not even a full day experience. High price to match the level of service & personal attention you are supposed to get.
MickeyMinnieMom
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We were speculating a bit about this as well... that definitely would be something that would warrant more attention... Must admit this type of announcement would still surprise me, mostly because we haven't heard any real rumors about it...
Ravenclaw78
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My monopoly money 
is on an AR/VR product of some kind with an innovative approach to immersion, either for home use or regional/local retail space like Void. Disney research has filed a lot of patents in that area over the last few years.
is on an AR/VR product of some kind with an innovative approach to immersion, either for home use or regional/local retail space like Void. Disney research has filed a lot of patents in that area over the last few years.
Rodan75
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The other thing outside of Parks, is that they seem to be staffing up their games division again with industry execs. But D23 doesn’t seem like the right place for that type of announcement.
Disney Plus is already a main attraction and has already started to promote all of the year 1 and 2 projects. Studios has a panel.
So Chapek’s division is still the most likely candidate. Timing could be good to do a full rundown on Triton class ships and maybe even announcing the names. As well as a rundown on lighthouse point. Just seems odd that wouldn’t have been announced originally on the schedule.
Current relations would likely not encourage an announcement of the second Chinese park. A HK size regional park in LatAm would have leaked. A fifth gate or obtaining full Marvel theme park rights would distract too much from WDW’s 50th.
Disney Plus is already a main attraction and has already started to promote all of the year 1 and 2 projects. Studios has a panel.
So Chapek’s division is still the most likely candidate. Timing could be good to do a full rundown on Triton class ships and maybe even announcing the names. As well as a rundown on lighthouse point. Just seems odd that wouldn’t have been announced originally on the schedule.
Current relations would likely not encourage an announcement of the second Chinese park. A HK size regional park in LatAm would have leaked. A fifth gate or obtaining full Marvel theme park rights would distract too much from WDW’s 50th.
Distracting fron the 50th in one thing but given that the company's 100th is coming just 2 years later something will be announced prior to 2021.
After taking on huge amounts of debts in its latest acquisitions, and in order to fund their new third theme park, Universal has sold back Marvel theme park rights to Disney. The announcement is a Marvel Land in DHS!!!!
Notes from Neverland
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The secret presentation's location doesn't indicate it's going to be anything as big as people are hoping. It's not in the main presentation area where the largest presentations are scheduled (like the parks area), so that could be an indicator of overall scale of the announcement.
tminus7
New Member
Yep. Within the last year, Disney bought nearly 2,500 acres of land in Osceola County for "conservation."
Disney Buys Additional Land in Osceola County for $11 Million
The company just purchased more than 1,500 acres of land.
www.mynews13.com
No Name
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I listen to just about every conference call and I’ve yet to find a less important question than the one you suggest.