News Disney plans to accelerate Parks investment to $60 billion over 10 years

[HauntedPirate]

Apparently Bob skipped the "Reviewing the Florida land suitability map" meeting.

 

[Tha Realest]

Regarding today's announcement from Iger. Could and will have different connotations. Just because someone COULD do something does not mean they actually WILL do something.

They could do a lot. Like,

- see through the Play Pavilion construction
- move forward with needed SSE work
- replace the carpeting in MMRR
- Make Soarin’s ending make sense
- do something - anything - with Stitch’s great escape

They choose not to. That is the problem.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Thank you for your service promoting Disney+

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Thanks for that

I had it first…I’LL SUE!!!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Apparently Bob skipped the "Reviewing the Florida land suitability map" meeting.

…he had the ifit Aconcagua circuit on the Vertical Climber that day

 

[ToTBellHop]

Meanwhile at the Imagination Pavilion in Epcot....

It’s amazing that it can be that awful but I still fixate on Eric Idle’s crooked teeth more than anything else.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Show me the work being done and I'll start to believe it. Until then...

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It’s amazing that it can be that awful but I still fixate on Eric Idle’s crooked teeth more than anything else.

…never been to London…or Parkersburg, West Virginia, huh?

 

[monothingie]

It’s amazing that it can be that awful but I still fixate on Eric Idle’s crooked teeth more than anything else.

Show me on this Figment plushie where the bad man hurt you.

 

[Horizons '83]

Difference between Disney and Uni right now is that its not lip service from Uni. Iger says we could, we might, blah blah blah. Uni is actually building something wonderful right now in their backyard. This isn't a good look to be constantly talking about something for years without producing much.

 

[capsshield]

Well we know of 3 areas that they are trying to add too.
Disneyland forward
Beyond thunder
Dino replacement

I don't think he's counting fantasy springs or the frozen land
Paris is in line already with some big expansions, so I don't think he is referring to that park yet.

My guess is that Shanghai is on that list as well

I also think the studios should be on that list if it's not.

I look at fantasy springs with 4 attractions and 3 restaurants and see something similar for Beyond thunder

Dino replacement will maybe increase ride count by 1 if we're lucky but it will get rid of a cheap looking section of the park.

Disneyland forward will be huge if they can get it through.

Probably 5 mini lands 1 attraction each but also a restaurant and store and very immursive.

 

[yensid1967]

"...the company has "entered into a phase where we can start building. We have 1000s of acres of lands to develop, we could actually build seven new full lands if we wanted to around the world, including the ability to increase the size of Disneyland in California..."

Those 5 little words holds a lot of meaning! Could and if they wanted to, doesn't sound too promising that they have something in the final planning stage that they will announce soon! For me, it seems like a lot of BLAH BLAH BLAH just to keep fans interested enough and hanging on to the edge of their seats that Disney will start building soon.
But with ticket prices announced as increasing, a lot of fans are being priced out! I thought Iger said that the ticket increases from Chapek was too extreme!? What ever happened to that sentiment? Just proves that he is just like Chapek, because Iger COULD (there's that word again) do something like not raise the ticket prices, get rid of Genie+ and get rid of tiered date based pricing for the parks! Instead of raising prices for your guests, how about the Executives take a pay cut for once!? Although I am a Disney fan and am holding on to hope that things will change for the good, I can tell you with 100% for the first time being a fan, that I AM DISAPPOINTED with Disney and they way the current management is taking things!
Most of the Resort hotels are being refurbished to contemporary designs, there is no imagination any more! Could that be because of the Imagineers being shipped to Lake Nona, or quitting because they had to move to Florida!? Or just being laid off!? Disney+ is losing money, Marvels is losing money, DHS has a massive hotel that was a WASTE of MONEY! I think Star Wars Land was a waste of time, land and money...there are only so many fans. What happens when those fans become disinterested!?
It makes me a little sad to see the directions that Disney is going. I am afraid that very soon Disney will not be attainable for a lot of the middle class. I am giving Disney one more chance, 2026 WILL BE MY LAST TRIP EVER to a Disney park! I hope things change!

 

[James Alucobond]

Well we know of 3 areas that they are trying to add too.
Disneyland forward
Beyond thunder
Dino replacement

I don't think the statement was specific enough to know if Dinoland's update even counts. That's retooling an existing land.

 

[doctornick]

Again, I think the quote is talking about the scope of the potential investment/amount of build, not the specifics of plans. It probably makes more sense to think of it as "7 lands worth of stuff"

 

[Advisable Joseph]

Well we know of 3 areas that they are trying to add too.
Disneyland forward
Beyond thunder
Dino replacement

Iger meant seven new Disneylands, as a measure of available space:

I think Iger misspoke. Back in September he stated they had over a thousand acres of land to expand across all their resorts, enough to build seven new Disneylands.

With "thousands of acres," they could build 7 new parks, let alone lands.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

The Cherry Tree Lane addition looks great!

 

[networkpro]

"...the company has "entered into a phase where we can start building. We have 1000s of acres of lands to develop, we could actually build seven new full lands if we wanted to around the world, including the ability to increase the size of Disneyland in California..."

Just more talking points for D23, that is depending on how the April 3rd meeting goes. To show how much of an impact it has on me, I'll just be in WDW that week ignoring all the theatrics.

 

[HauntedPirate]

He never said they would or are building anything. Anyone getting their hopes up based on his words are misguided, at best. This is a fat nothing-burger.

But I bet the price of land around DL just went even higher.

 

[yensid1967]

Just more talking points for D23, that is depending on how the April 3rd meeting goes. To show how much of an impact it has on me, I'll just be in WDW that week ignoring all the theatrics.

Unless I saw progress from Disney, I would not be paying the price for D23, just to hear BLAH BLAH BLAH and rumors with no follow through! At this point I think Disney has got to prove they are in the game of creating Magic, Fantasy, Wishes in order to get guests comfortable with spending years to save to go to a Disney park!
When Epic Universe opens next summer, Disney will be hurting! And if they are being so lazy about the opening of a competitor's park that will have an affect on them, they deserve to hurt!! :-( Then let the executives look at one another and wonder what happened! Where are all the guests? Its just a sad thing to talk about lately!

 

[Indy_UK]

Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company could build seven new full lands at its theme parks​

Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company could build seven new full lands at its theme parks

Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company could build seven new full lands at its theme parks

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[Turtlekrawl]

So good at hyping up the possibility of maybe announcing the potential of adding something at some park(s) at some point in the (probably distant) future.

Only Disney…