I decided to take a crack at putting a DLR tracker together as I've felt for a while now that this forum deserves one, despite the relatively smaller amount of information compared to the WDW forums. This thread is of course based off of/inspired by @MisterPenguin's stickied thread in the WDW forums (I asked him for permission to make this thread and he agreed).
I want to be clear that this thread is considered to be in "beta" at the moment, in other words this thread is a work in progress. I am well aware that there are other members of this forum who have been around much longer than I have, are more well-connected than I am and are generally more knowledgeable on the DLR and its history than me. Therefore, I would really appreciate everybody's feedback in adding to and correcting this thread as it stands now. If there's anything that you feel is missing from this tracker, anything that does not deserve to be here, or anything that is factually incorrect, please let me know (you can post in this thread or PM me, I don't care). In particular, I think we could use more info on the current parking structure/transport and DTD hotel projects.
Worth noting that there are some longstanding DLR rumors that are not mentioned here because they have simply gone silent (ex. Monstropolis at DCA, Frozen FL expansion etc.) I tried to structure this around only current rumors/projects. I also tried to take sources for rumors strictly from this forum as much as possible so as to avoid debates over what sites do or do not constitute a credible source.
Disneyland Park
2018
I want to be clear that this thread is considered to be in "beta" at the moment, in other words this thread is a work in progress. I am well aware that there are other members of this forum who have been around much longer than I have, are more well-connected than I am and are generally more knowledgeable on the DLR and its history than me. Therefore, I would really appreciate everybody's feedback in adding to and correcting this thread as it stands now. If there's anything that you feel is missing from this tracker, anything that does not deserve to be here, or anything that is factually incorrect, please let me know (you can post in this thread or PM me, I don't care). In particular, I think we could use more info on the current parking structure/transport and DTD hotel projects.
Worth noting that there are some longstanding DLR rumors that are not mentioned here because they have simply gone silent (ex. Monstropolis at DCA, Frozen FL expansion etc.) I tried to structure this around only current rumors/projects. I also tried to take sources for rumors strictly from this forum as much as possible so as to avoid debates over what sites do or do not constitute a credible source.
Disneyland Park
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge (under construction)
- Opening Summer 2019 [official]
- Same 2 E-tickets (Battle Escape and Millenium Falcon) as DHS [official]
- Oga's Cantina will break park's 64 year prohibition [official]
- Alcohol coming to other park table service restaurants over next few years [source]
- Star Tours is staying for the foreseeable future, might get replaced eventually. Iron Man simulator is NOT coming to DLR. [source]
- Toontown Overhaul/Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway (planned)
- Plans exist for an overhaul & expansion of Toontown, the headliner of which being a clone of Runaway Railway from Florida. [source]
- Project is on-hold until at least 2019 in order to gauge future relations with City of Anaheim (November elections matter), but project may be complete before Superhero Land in DCA [source 1] [source 2]
- Plans are for backstage areas to be demolished for expansion, Roger Rabbit does NOT seem to be in danger at this point. [source 1][source 2]
- Runaway Railway was originally planned for DCA, moved to DL due to death of Eastern Gateway project [source]
- Fantasyland Expansion
- Matterhorn queue overhaul (under construction)
- Tropical Hideaway (under construction)
- New quick service (?) restaurant/lounge opening late 2018, replacing Aladdin's Oasis [official 1] [official 2]
- Parades
- Nighttime Entertainment
- New non-IP based fireworks show coming 2019 [source]
- Unnamed Superhero Land (under construction)
- Opening 2020 [official]
- At least 1, maybe 2 E-tickets, replacing Bugs Land theater and maybe Timon lot [rumor]
- Spider-Man dark ride using new pendulum ride-system [rumor]
- Could be just a C-ticket spinner ride instead [source]
- Avengers coaster (cancelled?) [rumor]
- Allegedly axed completely due to capacity issues [source]
- E-tickets have been sent back to the drawing board due to capacity issues and will miss land opening, pushed back to 2021/2022 [source]
- All attractions in land will be unique (i.e. no clones of Paris or Hong Kong's Marvel attractions, nor Epcot's GotG coaster) [source ]
- Spider-Man dark ride using new pendulum ride-system [rumor]
- Pixar Pier Delayed Additions (under construction)
- Jessie's Critter Carousel opening 2019 [official]
- Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind opening 2019 (very likely re-skinned Flik's Flyers) [official] [source]
- Bing Bong statue still behind construction wall in Bing Bong's Confectionaries #BingBongWatch [source]
- Luxo lamp AA still M.I.A. Delayed or cancelled? [original concept art]
- World of Color
- Paint the Night
- New Hotel (on hold)
- The 4th hotel, announced to open in Downtown Disney in 2021 is on hold following a tax feud between Disney and City of Anaheim. [source (L.A. Times)]
- Despite the hotel not moving forward, work will continue on the site to clean up contaminated soil as well as pathway construction for the rest of the resort. [source]
- New Restaurants (under construction)
- "Cleo" Parking Structure (under construction)
- Annual Pass System Reform
- The AP system is being overhauled starting June 2019, blockout dates will become park-specific depending on AP tier [source (O.C. Register)]
- New Hotel Food/Beverage (under construction)
- Eastern Gateway (cancelled/on hold?)
- Plans for the famous Eastern Gateway project were officially shelved in October 2017. Could it ever make a comeback? [source (O.C. Register)]
- Plans had called for... [planned blueprint]
- New parking garage
- Bus/rideshare drop off point relocation
- Security checkpoint moved east
- Pedestrian bridge over Harbor Blvd.
- May not be dead yet... Coming back from the dead late 2019? [source]
2018
- Late: Matterhorn reopens with new queue
- Late: Tropical Hideaway opens in DL
- Late: World of Color returns to DCA (?)
- Late: Ballast Point opens at DTD
- Late: Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer opens at DTD
- Late: Salt & Straw opens at DTD
- Late: White Water Snacks re-opens at Grand Californian
- Early: World of Color returns (?)
- Early: Paint the Night goes seasonal at DCA
- January: Soundsational Parade returns to DL
- Spring: New pool bar opens at Grand Californian
- Before SW:GE: "Cleo" parking structure opens
- June: AP system overhauled
- Summer: Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opens in DL
- TBA: Jessie's Critter Carousel opens at DCA
- TBA: Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind opens at DCA
- TBA: Tangaroa Terrace restaurant opens at Disneyland Hotel
- TBA: New fireworks show at DL
- TBA: Superhero Land opens in DCA
- New night parade to DL (?)
- Toontown overhaul/Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway in DL
- E-tickets open in Superhero Land at DCA
- Downtown Disney hotel opens
- Fantasyland expansion (?)
- Eastern Gateway revived (?)
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