News D23 Expo 2022

[CaptainAmerica]

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

You're assuming they would build if people stopped coming and they had to draw us back.

I assumed they'd build because people keep coming and they need somewhere to stick all of us.

I think we might both be wrong.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I mean. I don’t really care either way, but I did expect at least one major announcement of something ride or land wise.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

his sealed my desire to do Universal/Sea World in the future over Disney.

Fun Spot is looking pretty good too.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

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

The problem is a 5th park is never going to happen. I hope they build more expansions like this in the parks, I’d like to see them takeover one of the DHS parking lots and build a villains lair land, take over some of the existing park (Indy/Backlot Express) and start there

 

[Smugpugmug]

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.

For me the most appealing Disney park is Tokyo Disneyland/sea. Those parks are way better than the US parks. When restrictions on tourism lessen and Fantasy Springs opens, I'm going there instead.

 

[Indy_UK]

So other than opening Tron and tidying up the front of Epcot, we can’t expect anything new at WDW for a good 5-6 years really.

And all these Blu Sky images are they’re answer to Epic Universe. Why stick Moana in 2 parks?

Why stick Moana and Zootopia in AK when you have IP like Jungle book that makes so much more sense?

 

[mightynine]

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.

There is no plan. There were no commitments. That literally was just blue sky filler.

I can’t over or undersell something that, as of right now, exists mainly as conceptartd23_v3.png

 

[Andrew C]

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

They mentioned two very specific locations.

 

[networkpro]

I wish I had been wrong, but unfortunately, WDW drew the short budgetary straw again. So I guess we'll be going to Universal Epic Universe in 2025 for something new.

 

[tanc]

I seriously can't believe there was an entire section of what if. Epic Universe really must be playing with the mind of Disney to be bold enough to even show that. Does Disney even have the money for such expansions?

 

[djkidkaz]

I really hope universal knocks it outta the park… Disney needs to play catch-up again… guess they didn’t learn from Potter

Disney isn’t playing catch up and I don’t think Epic Universe is going to take a huge bite out of Disney at all. The fact that you have to mention Potter, which was the one moment in time when universal really got it right, proves my point. That opened in 2010 and it’s still the go-to to somehow say that Universal is beating Disney or playing catch up to them. At most, Epic Universe will cause Animal Kingdom to potentially take a hit as it’s the park most Guests might skip to go down to Epic Universe instead.

 

[DCLcruiser]

The problem is a 5th park is never going to happen. I hope they build more expansions like this in the parks, I’d like to see them takeover one of the DHS parking lots and build a villains lair land, take over some of the existing park (Indy/Backlot Express) and start there

There is plenty of space for a 5th Gate. Will it happen? Probably not.

 

[gmajew]

I was really thinking and hoping we got a new country and imagination redo finally……. @marni1971 so painful but not surprised.

 

[marni1971]

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.

It’s been a solid plan for six years now. It’s called the Frontierland Connector.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

There is plenty of space for a 5th Gate. Will it happen? Probably not.

I didn’t say there wasn’t enough space. It doesn’t make sense logistically to build a 5th park especially not any time soon. Maybe once all the parks are running at 100% and they’ve expanded and built more capacity to the point where they can’t anymore, than maybe build a 5th park, but that’s probably 20-30 year down the line.

 

[trainplane3]

So I guess the new Epcot art got yoinked. Oh well.

Anyways, how many people actually bought the Harmonious posters?
You now have a piece of Disney history of a show that couldn't make it 2 years.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I was really thinking and hoping we got a new country and imagination redo finally……. @marni1971 so painful but not surprised.

I'm not sure why they didn't just produce some concept art for a hypothetical Wakanda Pavilion at World Showcase to follow their Animal Kingdom Zootopia trolling.

 

[fgmnt]

It’s been a solid plan for six years now.

Yeah, I just can't imagine getting up and hollering over "a plan." Who cares!? There are half a dozen projects that were explicitly announced at a D23 that are no longer in development. Why place any stock into anything until they go vertical on construction?

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Did they at least announce a new bar for EPCOT?

 

[LSLS]

I still think the most shocking part of this thing was how badly Josh botched just about every major anouncement.