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DHS Makeover - What we know so far.....
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doctornick
Well-Known Member
It was rumored they'd be doing that in the old Animation building. Of course, that's where Star Wars Launch Bay is going later this year, but @wdwmagic indicated they could be enough room for both things there.....
dstrawn9889
Well-Known Member
you really expect to drag the whole band to a single park per day? a bunch of 15-18 year olds? that is cute. back in 96 - wow way back, they gave us passes and where chaperones would be in each park, and let us go
robonakabob
Active Member
My HS marching band went in 2006 and we all had to go to the same park each day, but we were free to roam about on our own. We just had two times each day that we had to check-in at a designated area w/ chaperones. It worked out really well.
dstrawn9889
Well-Known Member
ok, but then again we were a 325-350 piece marching band at that time, so that would be really funny to see the our whole band going from attraction to attraction... hey, lets skew the wait time at Horizons!
doctornick
Well-Known Member
We went on our senior class trip to WDW with the school and it was the same deal -- set park each day, but everyone was free to do whatever they liked inside the park. We just had to check in at a set time. Also, there was a set location where a chaperon was located throughout the day that we could go to if we needed to see them.
French Quarter
Well-Known Member
Just one point...they couldn't just move the Jedi Academy because they are creating a whole new show. I assume most of the people that were involved in the old show are occupied with this.
Paragraphs....please?
Hardly. For a few hundred geeks maybe.
Crowds will carry on going because tourists will know no better. It's once they get in the crowds will really begin.
Exactly. I have several relatives planning trips to WDW for next year and didn't have a clue that any of this was going on. I've got to believe a good percentage of visitors will not know of closures or what's planned until they arrive at WDW.
trevorfs
New Member
It might be just me, but I'm a little underwhelmed by these announcements for the two new lands. I am very excited for them and think they will be great, but this is not the park makeover I was expecting. When rumors and announcements came out I thought we would get an entire re-imagining of all of the park and more than just slapping two lands into it so people forget that the other parts of the park with the empty buildings and tired rides in need of a refurb are there. I am probably wrong, or maybe they are just waiting to do that, but I don't know.
trevorfs
New Member
Then again I haven't really been watching this thread so...
flyerjab
Well-Known Member
You should check out the last 2 pages of recent posts on the Star Wars Land thread. It gives an idea of the most latest version of the construction timeline, as well as hints at the as yet unannounced expansion/refurbs for this park. There have been mentions of a Cars Land for phase 3, as well as a proposed but not yet completely approved phase 4 for this park. There are also hints that point to a refurb of the theater used for Beauty and the Beast, a significant refurb for Fantasmic, the Muppets area, and so on.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
As other have said, it's very likely that these two lands are NOT the extent of the refurb DHS is getting.
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Goofyernmost
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I'm sure that is true to an extent, but, I know better and yet there are a lot of things at DHS that I enjoy. ToT, RnRC, Toy Story, Muppets, Indy, Star Tours and others... so I go every visit. The stuff that was taken out are mostly things that didn't interest me to begin with. Don't get me wrong, the closed (non-fenced) attractions are an abomination and smack in the face of how you do business and not look like your are going under. But, there are still things there that make my hopping option worthwhile.
trevorfs
New Member
Okay thank you
MerlinTheGoat
Well-Known Member
I know we have it on good authority that there are third and fourth phases planned for the park, but I would remind people of Disney's track record regarding following through with phase 2's and beyond. In this case at least, they've basically got no choice but to build phase 2 given that it's Star Wars and they already announced it. Unless the new movie bombs (which isn't going to happen unless they have literally impossible box office expectations), you can be absolutely sure they'll feel obligated to exploit the popularity in the parks.
But for the third and fourth phases, i'm not holding my breath. They've not been announced, it's unknown (beyond rumors) what they'll even build and it also sounds like they're not greenlit yet. Construction on Toy Story Land and Star Wars Land are said to be starting fairly soon (within the next year or two), phases 3 and 4 are likely to be at least 4-5 years away from even starting.
A lot can happen by that time, including economic downturn and leadership change in Disney's corporate level (the latter of which IS going to happen). There's no telling what is approved, changed or shot down within that period.
But for the third and fourth phases, i'm not holding my breath. They've not been announced, it's unknown (beyond rumors) what they'll even build and it also sounds like they're not greenlit yet. Construction on Toy Story Land and Star Wars Land are said to be starting fairly soon (within the next year or two), phases 3 and 4 are likely to be at least 4-5 years away from even starting.
A lot can happen by that time, including economic downturn and leadership change in Disney's corporate level (the latter of which IS going to happen). There's no telling what is approved, changed or shot down within that period.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Honestly I think that's a bad assumption because "most" people at WDW have no idea they are even doing construction at DHS until they get there. Crowds may go down but I would think very slightly for some of the informed crowd
It also appears they are going to try to offer little things here and there during construction to keep people wanting to visit.
wannabeBelle
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I hope so Ghost!!!!! Marie
Brer Panther
Well-Known Member
Well, if Toy Story Land's not replacing Streets of America and Star Wars Land's not replacing Streets of America, they could do something with that. Maybe some of it could be used for the Muppets and some of it could be used for something else PIXAR. If not Cars, I vote for Monsters Inc.