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Disney and Universal working on Marvel deal for Florida?
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You don't have to be mean. This is a rumor discussion forum. Hence discussion.
Oh, plenty has been planned. By Comcast AND The Mouse.
Just not a lot has happened. Yet.
Never say never.
That is true. What are they waiting for? Universal strikes while the iron is hot, Disney is one who waits and delays.
Universal has been planning for 18 months at least. That I know of.
They have kind of been busy elsewhere too.
Mr. Peabody
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Both parties are pretty content with the current arrangement.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
H2O_Mouse-Ears
Active Member
This is true.....
Makes me wonder why this is. Maybe too much is currently invested for its other projects such as Avatar Land and Shanghai Disneyland. The Iron Man Experience in HKDL seems pretty cool. Odd how Disneyland is not utilizing.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
Stark Expo basically IS what Future World should be.
A company the size of TWDC today could do both those with one eye closed.
H2O_Mouse-Ears
Active Member
Is this true? I understand TWDC is massive, but the funds for theme park development cannot be limitless. These two projects in itself must come with a hefty price tag even by their standards. But if this is the case, the high budget used for Next Gen Magic Bands should not irritate people as much as it did.
Disney as a company has sufficient capital (and access to much more) to fund, if desired, projects the size of Avatar-land at every park simultaneously. That's not to say that it would necessarily be a smart thing to do (or that the capital markets wouldn't penalize the stock price if it happened). But if corporate management thought it WAS a smart thing to do, there'd be no problem having the capital to do it.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
TWDC could do all of those things simultaneously without jeopardizing cash flow. But it would not be without consequences. Most specifically, Wall Street wouldn't like a "mature" company like TWDC spending so aggressively on capital projects unless there was an extremely healthy projected ROI.
WDW1974
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Walt Disney Productions was tiny when it built EPCOT Center, TDL and a REALLY new Fantasyland in Anaheim at the same time. Today's Disney could be building multiple resorts the size of SDL at the same time if it wanted.
But who's paying for Shanghai?
Monoblanco13
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I love all the vague comments feels like you know more than you tell. lol
hopemax
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We know Disney is hesitant to take the risk or shell out the cash to develop large scale theme park projects. New Fantasyland did not have an E but 2 D's one added at the end, Avatarland is getting an E but not much else, Star Wars is going to take forever, Frozen gets the C/D treatment. Anything big Marvel, would be pushed off to 2030, even if Disney were free to build based on their current build strategy.
It seems like there should be room to allow Universal to take on that "risk" that Disney doesn't want and Disney to collect an appropriate licensing fee. And find a way to allow Disney to do the small scale stuff meet & greets, parade appearance or something without harming Universal's draw for the big stuff.
It seems like a classic case of a rising tide lifts all boats, but I know big business can't always see that.
It seems like there should be room to allow Universal to take on that "risk" that Disney doesn't want and Disney to collect an appropriate licensing fee. And find a way to allow Disney to do the small scale stuff meet & greets, parade appearance or something without harming Universal's draw for the big stuff.
It seems like a classic case of a rising tide lifts all boats, but I know big business can't always see that.
I tell what I can
WDW1974
Well-Known Member
I'm not being mean. I'm telling you reality. If you don't like that, it isn't my fault. I don't like seeing thousands of people dying in an earthquake on the other side of the globe, but I can't do anything about it either.
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Launchpad McQuack
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Especially something like Innoventions. They could retheme an area in the building to either Iron Man or Big Hero 6 and showcase robotics, AI, etc.