This is my fault for making an assumption based off the concept art. I made an assumption in the moment and I was wrong. The art does look like a boat ride, but it's not. A trackless ride would make sense with how the Casita could move us around. My apologies for the incorrect reporting.
Not sure about boneyard but both Dinosaur and restaurantosaurus are surviving the 1st phase of closings. I’m guessing Dinobites stand connected to Resto and Trilobites also survive.
I think the lion king ride will be a Tron situation where it'll be completed in Paris first and then announced to start building following the completion of the Tropical America's area. Unless ppl hate the ride or something.Let’s hope it doesn’t take decades more to get to the 5th full land (no Rafiki doesn’t count)
I 100% agree that Tropical Americas looks like it will be so much more cohesive with the rest of the park. Lion King ride makes sooooo much sense. Each land would have 2 main rides with most having a show or smaller attractions sprinkled in.
No big deal! Right now, I'm leaning omnimover over trackless. Though the art kinda reminds me of Figment more than something like spaceship earth. Given the model and what has been said about the ride, they might go omni over trackless to avoid needing elevators to change elevation.
The crews don’t work for Disney. They work for the contractor and subcontractors which are hired on a per project basis. Even if it was the same contractors, the people who do things like finish paint aren’t the same ones doing site prep work.
If the omnimover isn’t a new iteration of the system which can slot cars out in a spur for ADA and slower loading guests, then slot back into the chain, then what’s the point?
Except for the presence of dinosaurs and mythical creatures (aside from the yeti).
Hollywood Studios survived off ToT, RnR, Muppets, Indy, and Star Tours for like three years.
You jest, but I’ve seen it tried. It did not go well.
Looks like I wasn't far off.
If anything, expect a logo change at some point. Once Dinoland is done converting.
Makes sense. Dinosaur being the biggest draw it makes sense to keep it open the longest (of course I wish it weren't closing at all, but here we are). The Restaurantasarous is a solid "standard" QS with "normal" amidst the more exotic options in AK food so again makes sense to keep it open. Trilobites is almost outside of the land anyway, so I don't see why it needs to close at all -- if anything I'd figure they just rename it, switch out the sign, and keep it as is, essentially.
Late Summer/Early Fall 2025 is my guess.
And New Orleans research trips!
