News Destination D23 2023

[Sirwalterraleigh]

So what exactly adds any incremental capacity to any of the four parks?

This is proof that they are rigging their capacity for selling genie

We were just talking about this morning.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

So I’m confused. Dino land and MK and TT are just concepts at this point?

Yes, they clearly said it was a bunch of blue sky maybes. There's no telling if any of the MK or AK projects ever happen at all, or if they'll change form a bunch more times. They're already dramatically different than the stuff they showed off last year. Last year, Moana and Zootopia were shown off for Dinoland, that's now scrapped. Beyond Big Thunder was supposed to be Coco, Encanto and Villains Land. Now they've moved Encanto over to AK along with Indy. I wouldn't bet on any of this being close to final.

 

[JustInTime]

Looks like Bruce Vaughn, Josh D'Amaro, and Bob Iger have reworked WDI's plans for WDW for the better.

Yep!! It looks so good. I wish Joe would come back to spearhead South America. This will Orlando’s best park even better.

 

[maleficentfan]

The good news: I didn't throw my laptop!
The bad news: That's an hour and a half of my life I'm never getting back.

Let's be honest. We all realized we weren't getting any big announcements this year because it's a Destination D23, not the actual full convention out in Anaheim. But still, the announcements we got were... lackluster... at best. The only real thing I think got me perked up was the announcement of the new nighttime spectacular at EPCOT and the reimagining of Test Track, whatever that happens to be.

I think the big slap to the face for all of us was "Look what awesome stuff is happening at a park nowhere near where you live if you're in the USA and look at all the amazing 'announcements' we have for you here at Disneyland and WDW!". Hopefully D23 next year will fill in the missing puzzle pieces for us here at WDW because we are in need of some serious love, especially with all the teasing that they've done with MK and AK expansions.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Magic Kingdom gets even vaguer Blue Skyland!

 

[SplashJacket]

Except it wasn’t an official announcement and may never happen

They didn’t announce anything for Magic Kingdom’s changed/real plans. These Animal Kingdom plans are far more real and are actually likely to happen.

 

[Indy_UK]

I think you can tell Bruce Vaughn came back and said the AK plans aren’t authentic to the park

 

[esskay]

I can’t believe they have decided to just…concede to Epic Universe.

Just wait for the finances call in 2025 where Iger will be saying "Nobody could've predicted Epic Universe would affect us this much!"

 

[Surferboy567]

Ya know, they still haven’t actually announced D23 Expo yet for next year.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Overall I’m content with what they had planned.

Would I like more? Of course.

I feel like next D23 will be when they fill go all out and get these ideas fully out for the public.

It’s about capacity. That’s why things are expensive and have begun to suck.

This is a disaster on that front. If you expected real change which many of us no longer do

 

[GhostHost1000]

Remember when some got excited over the blue sky stuff last year and now it’s not even on the list this year lol

 

[Epcot81Fan]

In theory IF the encanto/indy/whatever land happens it could. But only because Dinoland is a ghost town most of the time.

The rest of it? Zilch.

I was not referring to increasing current capacity utilization, have they announced any incremental new attractions that would increase today’s current capacity?

 

[Surferboy567]

KINGDOM HEARTS REFERENCE!

 

[HuckleBerryFin]

I can’t believe they have decided to just…concede to Epic Universe.

People keep saying this but Destination D isn’t the place they’d do it..

 

[Big_Shakalaka]

That was very disappointing. I’m extremely worried about Imagineering.

I'm not. they had plans, a new guy took over WDI, he's reworking the plans. Takes time to pivot.

 

[DomVF07]

So, hypothetical. But, if last year they proposed Encanto/Villains blue sky beyond BTM and now switching gears and throwing Encanto/South America in DAK….again hypothetical and full of wishful thinking but quite possibly Villains has life behind BTM?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I can’t believe they have decided to just…concede to Epic Universe.

They actually did it years ago…

And simply for this:

 

[Surferboy567]

People keep saying this but Destination D isn’t the place they’d do it..

They don’t have enough time, it’s too late.

 

[monothingie]

Yes, they clearly said it was a bunch of blue sky maybes. There's no telling if any of the MK or AK projects ever happen at all, or if they'll change form a bunch more times. They're already dramatically different than the stuff they showed off last year. Last year, Moana and Zootopia were shown off for Dinoland, that's now scrapped. Beyond Big Thunder was supposed to be Coco, Encanto and Villains Land. Now they've moved Encanto over to AK along with Indy. I wouldn't bet on any of this being close to final.

So basically it’s the “we’ve got nothing in the pipe” so here’s some more concepts for the pixie dusters to soil themselves with and we can use as trial balloons for the next year until it gets changed again.

 

[tanc]

KINGDOM HEARTS REFERENCE!

Where is the reference??