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

[TalkingHead]

True. The future world pavilions (with the exception of Mission: Space) are fully designed buildings all around. Probably due to the fact that they can be seen on all sides from the monorail.

Depends what you mean by "designed buildings all around." Walk around backstage in Future World West and you'll see those buildings are just as utilitarian as the show buildings in MK.

 

[IMFearless]

"decemeber"
"imminement"
"adamanant"
"fathem"
"definately"

it's almost like you aren't reading a thing you yourself are writing

Perhaps he has put himself on ignore.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Remember a couple of weeks ago when you told me to have faith ... where is your faith Dave

I have plenty of faith… 3 1/2 billion reasons to have faith…

 

[SirLink]

I have plenty of faith… 3 1/2 billion reasons to have faith…

Disneys ability to over pay and under deliver and since when are they paying $3.5b for DHS, isn't $2.8b less infrastructure so around $2b?

 

[PhotoDave219]

Disneys ability to over pay and under deliver and since when are they paying $3.5b for DHS, isn't $2.8b less infrastructure so around $2b?

I haven't any idea… once what little information we could verify leaked on the Internet things dried up very quick.

I am hopeful that as soon as September or October comes, the bulldozers come out.

 

[Captain Neo]

I have plenty of faith… 3 1/2 billion reasons to have faith…

A big chunk of that is going to demolition and wasted on bloated WDI budgets

 

[cba]

A big chunk of that is going to demolition and wasted on bloated WDI budgets

And somehow you know this because...?

 

[bakntime]

A big chunk of that is going to demolition and wasted on bloated WDI budgets

Demolition costs peanuts. Don't spread nonsense.

I'll quote myself:

Demolition, relatively speaking, isn't that expensive. Construction, design, painting, electrical, plumbing, wiring ... none of that is part of demo. Wreck, smash, bulldoze, done. By comparison, it just a lot cheaper than building. Not "cheap" per se, but not expensive when taken in the context of $2+ billion.

Just as an off the wall example, When Yankee Stadium was demolished in 2009/2010, the cost was reportedly $22 million. That's a HUGE undertaking in a highly populated urban environment where everything costs more to do, and they weren't permitted to do any implosions, they actually had to tear it down piece-by-piece. If you look at other large-scale demolition projects like that (stadiums and such), they rarely go much above $10-$20M or so. And the demo work that would need to be done at DHS shouldn't go much beyond that scope/scale. Even if the demo work went several times that (unlikely), it's still just a small dent in the budget.

You could probably demo Lights, Motors, Action, Indy, and Catastrophe Canyon for $10M combined. Probably less.

 

[Mike S]

Demolition costs peanuts. Don't spread nonsense.

I'll quote myself:



You could probably demo Lights, Motors, Action, Indy, and Catastrophe Canyon for $10M combined. Probably less.

Hell, just give some Disney fans the proper equipment and it'll get done for free.

 

[bakntime]

Hell, just give some Disney fans the proper equipment and it'll get done for free.

And Disney can just sell off all the pieces of what's left. Maybe if enough people want to pay $10 for a piece of Catastrophe Cayon rockwork, the budget will get even bigger

 

[ToTBellHop]

And Disney can just sell off all the pieces of what's left. Maybe if enough people want to pay $10 for a piece of Catastrophe Cayon rockwork, the budget will get even bigger

I actually think those pins made from ride scraps are cool. As a fan, I'd buy one. It is less wasteful and offsets those ENORMOUS () demo costs.

 

[The Mom]

Please stay on topic. Thanks.

 

[RSoxNo1]

GotG was proposed to use some of the GMR building as an LPS ride.

Luckily TCM came along and the idea was crushed for now at least.

So you're praising a band aid when a heart transplant is needed?

 

[ford91exploder]

Remember a couple of weeks ago when you told me to have faith ... where is your faith Dave

The reality of Today's WDW is slowly creeping in...

 

[ToTBellHop]

So you're praising a band aid when a heart transplant is needed?

More like an aspirin, which is better than a nose job for a park with congestive heart failure.

 

[marni1971]

So you're praising a band aid when a heart transplant is needed?

I'm praising the cancelling of the replacement of the GMR with a single, questionable IP.

Now the upgrading of what was a great E Ticket has to continue.

 

[marni1971]

Did Horizons have a show building behind the facade or did the orange theming cover everything? I know Imagination had a show building but the others really didn't.

Nope. Horizons was a sight to behold from every angle. Like Motion and Energy, it was designed to be seen from all sides by park guests and the LBV monorail line.

Even imagination wasn't a simple box warehouse. Single / double / triple levels. Overhanging upper level. An atrium built into the actual building as opposed to adding it on. A show room higher in parts than the floor of the Imageworks. Of all of Futureworld, Energy was perhaps the most in common with a warehouse. One vast open space with few support columns. Albeit one with sloping walls. And sloping roofs. And angled sides.

 

[Bparso87]

My last trip at DHS was about 3 hours got fast passes for three rides did them and left and I think we squeeze little mermaid in to. They need to add stuff to this park in a big way my trip in October we will not even go.

 

[G00fyDad]

Why are posts being censored if we dare say DHS is in a poor state?

All my posts deleted.

It doesn't look like any announcement on Star Wars Land - does this mean the insiders are talking rubbish?

It may have been decided that your posts are not on topic by a moderator. It happens.

 

[Nemo14]

It may have been decided that your posts are not on topic by a moderator. It happens.

Yes, considering a mod stepped in and asked for things to remain on topic. If you have concerns you want to voice, you could always start your own thread about it.