News D23 Expo 2022

[jaxonp]

Instead of adding a small thing of Disney Villians in MK, I think a 5th park all about villians would be pretty awesome.

No 5th park. Stop trying to make a 5th park happen… it is never going to happen.


It’s meet and greet season

 

[Casper Gutman]

The worst part about this is that more people will start coming to Universal, prices will increase, and there’s every chance Comcast will get as foolish and complacent about theme parks as Disney. Stay away, darn it! Universal’s mine!!!

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Soooo...Nothing even about Fantasmic!

 

[marni1971]

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

At the end of the day, they know people will keep going to WDW and pay the asking price. They may not be the same people, but they won’t run out of guests in the short to medium term.

Nothing will change drastically until that no longer happens.

They’re just not learning round here, Martin. Nothing today was “surprising” at all.

…I am still sorry about Brazil though

This is exactly what I was thinking. They don't see any reason to spend more money at WDW right now, unless it's a relatively small amount that helps push merchandise.

Exactly. It’s the truth.
But when you say it…you’re a “hater”…which is just fancy talk for “a realist that happens to be an adult”

 

[jaxonp]

Soooo...Nothing even about Fantasmic!

Fantastic meet and greet will be announced soon.

 

[WonderWab]

TRUUUE

 

[Mouse3268]

After this panel, I feel less bad about choosing to skip Disney to go to Epic Universe when that opens.

This sealed my desire to do Universal/Sea World in the future over Disney. If I do any Disney park in the near future it would be Disneyland.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

People should stop going to wdw- literally could spend the same amount or less and go to a superior park in Tokyo.

The customers determine what gets built. Too many just aren’t getting what that means.

 

[Andrew C]

I think y’all are underselling the plan to expand behind big thunder and redo Dinoland. They aren’t gonna throw that out without it being an actual plan to do something in those areas. We kinda thought dinoland was gonna happen eventually but the MK expansion definitely wasn’t on my radar.

 

[Br0ckford]

Our November trip is already paid off, but looks like Sea World San Antonio next year. And I guess finally time to go visit family in Chicago.

 

[kevlightyear]

I'm still bitter about the Figment sucker punch.

 

[Clopin Trouillefou]

The strangest thing is all of those magic kingdom ideas were great but they were (shockingly?) Candid about "having no earthly idea whether we'll do them or not."

And a Moana water coaster type ride could be stellar, albeit misplaced in animal kingdom.

Happy to see them redoing harmonious, and would love a new version with moveable barges.

 

[GhostHost1000]

That’s how it took it too.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Y

I'm still bitter about the Figment sucker punch.

Yeah it’s obvious they don’t understand their fans when they do that. It would have been better not to announce a figment meet and greet

 

[SoFloMagic]

Ok, final guesses time.

I'm going with lots of recycled stuff and updates, something really underwhelming for dinoland like a splash pad or something, a parade for one of the coasts (I'm going magic happens) and happily ever after (or an announcement that enchantment is dead).

Reposting to say - if their ideas are my ideas then imagineering is dead.

 

[UpAllNight]

The lack of announcements was one thing, but the idea that this was a charged event is another. Disney should be embarrassed & ashamed at charging people for such a shambolic presentation, even if we ignore the contents. Crikey I think that's the worst professional presentation I've ever watched. Imagine that at an Apple launch event.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Villians should be an entire 5th gate. There is so much content to make a Dark Magic Kingdom.

 

[TalkingHead]

I think y’all are underselling the plan to expand behind big thunder and redo Dinoland. They aren’t gonna throw that out that without it being an actual plan to do something.

Because they have principles like they wouldn’t dare lead their addicted customers astray?

 

[jaxonp]

Moana would be better, overall a Hawaiian themed land but they’ve been building a Moana land for 7 years in Epcot now….

Zootooia is a no.