DHS Makeover - What we know so far.....

[djkidkaz]

So it seems like DHS is getting a lot of stuff ready for early 2016. Season of the Force, Club Villian, Launch Bay all seem to indicate that come January we'll probably see a few more closings ( OMD and Mermaid? ) with these new items being used to sustain attendance and dollars. That Villian event is the same price as a park ticket, so everyone who buys a ticket to that will essentially help make up the revenue for those guests who skip DHS.

 

[ToTBellHop]

So it seems like DHS is getting a lot of stuff ready for early 2016. Season of the Force, Club Villian, Launch Bay all seem to indicate that come January we'll probably see a few more closings ( OMD and Mermaid? ) with these new items being used to sustain attendance and dollars. That Villian event is the same price as a park ticket, so everyone who buys a ticket to that will essentially help make up the revenue for those guests who skip DHS.

Thank goodness for that. I wouldn't want the bottom line at an empty park.

 

[French Quarter]

...is it marvel? its marvel. Just confirm it lol

All my money is riding on Marvel.

 

[French Quarter]

There is a Tangled attraction between Fantasyland and Liberty Square

Spoiler

that was too easy.

I wouldn't mind seeing a real attraction either.

The Great Washroom Experience. Almost never a line.

 

[French Quarter]

Inevitable rebranding me thinks. DHS's future gets even brighter.

http://deadline.com/2015/10/tower-of-terror-movie-disney-theme-park-ride-john-august-1201592331/

So....a movie based on a ride based on a TV show. Got it!

(Playing ketchup.)

 

[French Quarter]

And even if people were not crazy about the muppets, if they made it a well-themed restaurant with incredible, unique food (more than just pizza and burgers) then people would come. If people realized they could get amazing food at the new swedish chef restaurant then it would make the area much more popular.

One of the things I am most excited about with the plans for DHS is the possibility for better dining. I'd love if we got a new restaurant in Toy Story land, SW land, Muppets, and whatever goes back in the backlot area (Cars/Monster's, etc). Add a new Starbucks and at least you get better variety than what was offered before the re-do. =)

It would have to have Swedish meatballs, no?

 

[French Quarter]

Sooooo, if Monstropolis is chosen for Phase 3, will they be moving the Laugh Floor there?

Deja vu!

 

[TabulaRasa]

Does anybody know what the plan is for the Earful Tower? Is it remaining or being removed to make way for Toy Story Land?

 

[danlb_2000]

Does anybody know what the plan is for the Earful Tower? Is it remaining or being removed to make way for Toy Story Land?

It's possible that it won't be on the land where TSL is going, although it will be close, so I am not sure how they would hide it from within the land.

 

[dizda]

The makeover so far has focused on Star Wars and Pixar, but has there been any serious consideration to having classic Disney animation represented, such as a revival of the old Mickey's Madhouse/Movieland concept?

 

[marni1971]

The makeover so far has focused on Star Wars and Pixar, but has there been any serious consideration to having classic Disney animation represented, such as a revival of the old Mickey's Madhouse/Movieland concept?

Not that I'm aware of.

 

[dizda]

Thank you for the info. It would be nice if they could work in some classic Disney.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Does anybody know what the plan is for the Earful Tower? Is it remaining or being removed to make way for Toy Story Land?

Poor tower. Barely had it been restored as the park icon with the BAHmolition, or it had to be discarded as an obsolete relic. DHS no longer purports to have a backlot, to have a - real or themed as real - studio, or to provide a behind the scenes look. Without a studio, there is no sense in a studio water tower.

 

[G00fyDad]

Poor tower. Barely had it been restored as the park icon with the BAHmolition, or it had to be discarded as an obsolete relic. DHS no longer purports to have a backlot, to have a - real or themed as real - studio, or to provide a behind the scenes look. Without a studio, there is no sense in a studio water tower.

Unless they make the park look like a tribute to Hollywood. It wouldn't necessarily have to look like a working studio, but more as a tribute to Hollywood. And water towers are an icon of almost every studio production lot. They are in some ways synonymous with Hollywood.

 

[marni1971]

^ this.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Unless they make the park look like a tribute to Hollywood. It wouldn't necessarily have to look like a working studio, but more as a tribute to Hollywood. And water towers are an icon of almost every studio production lot. They are in some ways synonymous with Hollywood.

The only reason I could see it going is if it drastically impairs sight lines in Toy Story Land, and none of us know EXACTLY where the land will be placed, so it's difficult to determine the impact on the Tower. Why remove it unless necessary? Unlike the much-maligned BAH, people like the Earfel Tower if they know it's there.

 

[Brer Panther]

So if the Earful Tower goes, what'll be the icon of the Studios? Tower of Terror?

 

[Nick Pappagiorgio]

So if the Earful Tower goes, what'll be the icon of the Studios? Tower of Terror?

They are already using it as the icon for most of the marketing materials and the like.

 

[Magenta Panther]

Thank you for the info. It would be nice if they could work in some classic Disney.

Oh, come now. Who goes to a Disney park to see Disney stuff?

 

[captainmoch]

I honestly think the Earful Tower should be relocated elsewhere in the park (or, demolished and rebuilt, but you know what I mean). For example, if they knock out the current animation building and build a path back to RNRC to fix the dead end, they could make RNRC, Disney Jr, Little Mermaid theater, Sunset Showcase theater, and a new redone animation building (smaller and more similar to DCA's) part of a studio themed area for the Hollywood Land side of the park. That area could both act as an homage to the original theme of the park, to the production side of Hollywood, and as a new home for a smaller version of the Earful Tower. Also, oops... sorry about that armchair imagineering tangent. I should really get back into the Imagineering threads.