Site prep is construction…
Agreed. I really wish they would go all out with this park and add a whole bunch of new things over a short time period. Outside of Dinoland, it’s so aesthetically pleasing and well themed, but it is vastly lacking in the attractions (specifically rides) department. And they have so much room to expand. The fact that the park is 26 years old and has 7 rides in operation is pretty pathetic.
They made the same mistake in DHS when they tore down the back lot to build SWGE instead of putting it behind Star Tours. They destroyed a massive (but expensive) people eating LMA! show, backlot tour, and HISTK play area. Now DHS is screaming for capacity and they boxed themselves in.
I believe I recall that they were originally planning to start work on the Dinoland (or at least Dino-Rama) replacement even sooner, which is why they were so quick to demolish PW and prep the land for construction. But then I guess they couldn’t get their sh*t together quickly enough, which is why we got the blue sky nonsense at D23.
How about Indy is pursuing a macguffin that will bring skeletons to life. We have giant dinosar skeletons that come to life like the pepper's ghost effect in Shanghai Pirates and Tokyo's Beauty and the Beast. Also, I need to be chased by a boulder.
DHS isn't boxed in. There are expansion pads.
Just curious, what is actually being proposed for the Encanto ride? Even taking out the surrounding trees and support buildings, it’s not a massive area for a C or D Ticket dark ride.
Hence the vague mention, and no clear expectation it’s a full bore attraction/ride.
It's been demonstrated in the past that it's large enough for Mystic Manor, so it can easily support a large-scale dark ride. Also, if the artwork remains accurate, the courtyard in front of Casita is to take over the entire Dinoland carnival area with the spinner/carousel being pushed farther out of the space.
There are expansion areas, but it’s not as accessible as they are in other parks. If they had chosen the original approach to SWGE it would have been much easier to make better use of expansion without having to tear things down to get it.
Not sure what makes you think DHS' plots are so inaccessible.
Who said C/D ticket?
Concept art can be misleading. It just seems like a very small area to work with. Unless they’re going for a Navi River Journey type ride where the queue is mostly outside?
They can go all the way back to savanna circle if they want. Nothing small about the area they could work with here.
What gets torn down to access the parking lot? What significant space do you have east of World Drive without extensive site prep? (Maybe right next to RNR?)
Enlighten us?
Have you considered maybe being less combatant with the people who seem to have information you want to know?
Asking questions is not being combative. Respectfully I’m not sure why there’s the need to get so defensive.
It would take probably 5 years to open a ride in MK. DAK can open in under 3 years. I presume there’d be overlap between construction. But, it makes sense to start here and actually open something this decade.
