jt04
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True, and I must be dreaming you wrote this or I am in the Twilight Zone.
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True, and I must be dreaming you wrote this or I am in the Twilight Zone.
Why would you say that?
jt04
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Just that you seem to normally discourage speculation. Especially from me.
I am ok with speculation that has some grounding In reality, which yours rarely does.
biggy H
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If that was the case wouldn't they all be the same size and shape? as some are curved, some stepped and one looks like it will have a hole in the middle. Just wondering...
Clowd Nyne
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I'm getting super jazzed about Star Wars land! By the looks of avatar land I truly believe they can pull off the concept art. Seems to me they are taking the bar uni set with Harry Potter world and raising it.
jt04
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I haven't even looked yet and will hit the like button.
AndrewsJ
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I was about to ask "why ?" So I'm glad I read on after I saw the DL pic. Your speculation sounds very logical to me. I was thinking similarly but didn't have the words to actually say it. I know nothing about construction but the whole process of fascinating.I know you couldn't see me shrug my shoulders in a puzzled manner when I wrote that, but, it was more a thought then a criticism. And speculating is exactly what I was expressing. Higher elevations, lower water table, previous or future landfill earthwork.
jt04
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So they are building Carsland? I was sure that was a false rumor.
Any idea what day these were taken? They don't show much progress since the last ones we saw.
Probably between Nov 30 and Dec 13. Looks like the stage isn't in the hub
Yep first week of December
There was some debate as to whether they were something old that was dug up, or if they were something new put in for ground stabilization that they are now excavating around. Comparing the picture from the end of November (top) to the latest one, you can see that the one group of posts has been cut off to the level of the bottom of the pit and a new set has been dug up. I am leaning towards these being something new since they have done a similar thing over at SWL for the battle ride "basement".
deWild
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I am very confused right now... From the aerial photos and from what I already know, the Muppets is literally smack dab in the middle of the proposed future Star Wars area and the current Star Tours attraction. That being said, what happens to the Muppets once Star Wars opens, and what happens to Star Tours?
Edit: *Didn't Disney just refurb Pizza Planet into PizzeRizzo too?
Edit: *Didn't Disney just refurb Pizza Planet into PizzeRizzo too?
It's very possible that Star Tours will get re-themed after SWL opens.
Indeed. Star Tours will not be part of SWL. That is the area of confusion. Our Top People say it will be rethemed.
My money is on Disney inertia keeping it Star Tours for years and years after SWL is built. Retheming costs money. And unless the greater Indiana Jones area is going to be redone into some new land, they probably won't touch it except to keep adding scenes from new saga movies. And so... it will be an out-of-place attraction gnawing at the OCD theming purists for many years to come.
deWild
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Wait a minute, Disney is going to build a multimillion dollar land themed to Star Wars, and the tentative plan is to keep the existing Star Tours attraction disconnected from this? That doesn't make much sense in my mind.
A thought occurred to me while writing this though. If Disney were to keep Star Tours separate from the new SWL, I could see Disney attempting something similar to what Universal has with the Hogwarts Express. Imagine Star Tours being the "space port" on Earth with shuttle service to the new SWL area. The last sequence on the simulator would be a new scene where the guests arrive on proposed planet that SWL is themed around. Following the ride, guests are rerouted around the back of Muppets through current backstage areas to the grand entrance of SWL. This way, Disney keeps Star Tours, continually updates the ride sequences, saves money on repurposing/demolishing the existing building, and creates the atmosphere of actually traveling at light speed to get to another galaxy.
Thoughts?