Guess the 50 Golden Statues

[Smooth]

 

[MisterPenguin]

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Thank god for you posting that. I can now announce that I am one of the 50 golden statues.

 

[Doberge]

Are they all locks for parks? I can see putting some at Poly and Contemporary, so I threw in grand Floridian too. I think some could end up at Disney Springsntoo. I also went with a few groups because some need to be together without lowering the overall count and ability to include as many as possible.

1. Mickey
2. Minnie

3. Donald (with Three Caballeros)
4. Goofy (MMRR?)
5. Daisy (EPCOT hub or Disney Springs?)
6. Pluto (Echo Lake?)
7. Anna and Elsa and Olaf (Norway)
8. Belle and Beast (Hollywood Studios)
9. Rapunzel (near lanterns Fantasyland)
10. Ariel (her ride or grotto)
11. Snow White, Grumpy, Dopey, and Happy (Germany)
12. Aurora (France in front)
13. Jasmine and Aladdin (Morocco)
14. Mulan (China)
15. Pocahontas (Land Pavilion or AK somewhere)
16. Cinderella (castle)
17. Alice and Cheshire Cat (hub toward bridge to teacups)
18. Winnie the Pooh (UK)
19. Wall E (land Pavilion, if not Pocahontas there)
20. Dumbo (ride)
21. Jack Sparrow (ride)
22. Lady and Tramp (Town Square)
23. hitchhiking ghosts (madame Leota would be less photo friendly, ride)
24. Peter Pan and Tinker Bell (maybe separate? Left of hub near bridges to liberty square and fantasyland).
25. Huey, Dewey, and Louie (EPCOT hub? Disney Springs?
26. Figment (imagination)
27. Remy (France near ride)
28. Nemo (Seas)
29. Lightning McQueen ("attraction")
30. Buzz and Woody (land)
31. Yoda (and Baby Yoda?) (SWGE, timeline ruined)
32. Kermit (muppet vision)
33. John from Carousel of Progress
34. Mary Poppins (Grand Floridian? Bahahaha)
35. Baloo (Tree of Life)
36. Pinocchio and Jimminy Cricket (Italy)
37. Simba or Timon and Pumba (Attraction)
38. Mike and Sully (Tomorrowland)
39. Tiana (back to rivers of America for riverboat shots, but places on frontierland side with arms stretching out longingly toward Splash)
40. Moana and Maui (their construction zone? Polynesian)
41. Stitch (Tomorrow Land part hub, sorry Lilo)
42. Chip and Dale (EPCOT international gateway or hub)
43. Jose, Fritz, Michael, and Pierre (hub toward Adventureland)
44. Fantasia Mickey (fantasmic entrance)
45. Steamboat Willie (Disney Springs or Town Square)
46. Kevin from Up (Animal Kingdom)
47. traditional Donald Duck (Disney Springs)
48. Incredibles (Contemporary)
49. Mr. Toad (Pooh attraction)
50. Big Al (attraction)

I originally included a bunch of imagineers and musicians as the means to tell stories of the attractions. Then I realized no one would line up to photography and share on social media a photo with an X Atencio statue. Here are ones In started with:
X Atencio
Sherman Brothers
Buddy Baker
Arkenstone
John Hench
Mary Blair
Sklar
Both Davises
Gurr
Baxter
Coats
Rhode
And that's probably just a partial list

Sample of ones I'd love to see but think will happen:
Yeti, Trader Sam, Brer Rabbit, Steven Tyler, Master Gracey, luxo Jr, genie, rogernrabbiy

 

[Princess Leia]

1. Mickey
2. Minnie
3. Donald
4. Goofy
5. Pluto
6. Daisy
7. Chip & Dale
8. Sorcerer Mickey
9. Steamboat Willie
10. Snow White
11. Cinderella
12. Aurora
13. Ariel
14. Belle
15. Jasmine
16. Pocahontas
17. Mulan
18. Tiana
19. Rapunzel
20. Anna/Elsa
21. Moana
22. Hitch-hiking Ghosts
23. Red
24. Tiki bird
25. One of the Country Bears
26. Baby Groot (maybe with Rocket)
27. Figment
28. Remy
29. BB-8
30. Buzz
31. Woody
32. Simba
33. Timon & Pumbaa
34. Dory & Nemo
35. Mike Wazowski
36. Lightning McQueen
37. At least one character from Coco
38. Jose & Panchito
39. Baymax
40. Yeti
41. Na’vi character
42. Dumbo
43. Alice or Cheshire Cat
44. Winnie the Pooh
45. Tigger
46. Stitch
47. Nick & Judy
48. Tinker Bell
49. Jack-Jack
50. Kermit

 

[Fear]

A) This one is going into Animal Kingdom
B) This counts as two characters, evidenced from the logo at the end, where Timon and Pumbaa are in separate sections of the castle.

So...fewer than 50 statues. We know that Chip n' Dale are one statue, but will be two characters. Any guesses on who else gets lumped together?

 

[EagleScout610]

A) This one is going into Animal Kingdom
B) This counts as two characters, evidenced from the logo at the end, where Timon and Pumbaa are in separate sections of the castle.

So...fewer than 50 statues. We know that Chip n' Dale are one statue, but will be two characters. Any guesses on who else gets lumped together?

Donald's nephews

 

[UNCgolf]

So...fewer than 50 statues. We know that Chip n' Dale are one statue, but will be two characters. Any guesses on who else gets lumped together?

I think Mike and Sully from Monsters, Inc. are much more likely to be together than as two separate statues, if they are included.

Potentially Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, or Piglet, or all three.

They could do Cinderella with Jaq and Gus, or Peter Pan with Tinker Bell, or Belle dancing with the Beast.

 

[Fear]

This probably already disqualifies Phineas, Ezra, and Gus. Figment is still in the running, though.

Mike & Sully are a lock, possibly in Tomorrowland. Possibly Buzz & Woody in Toy Story Land. Jose and Panchito for Mexico (they wouldn't have Donald twice, would they?).

I wouldn't put too much stock in the Nephews, to be honest, mostly because I wouldn't know where to put them.

 

[ppete1975]

i think some characters will have multiple... mickey? sorcerer, original, 1980s, today, the new art style theres 5
hopefully we dont get original walk around character mickey

 

[UNCgolf]

This probably already disqualifies Phineas, Ezra, and Gus. Figment is still in the running, though.

Mike & Sully are a lock, possibly in Tomorrowland. Possibly Buzz & Woody in Toy Story Land. Jose and Panchito for Mexico (they wouldn't have Donald twice, would they?).

I wouldn't put too much stock in the Nephews, to be honest, mostly because I wouldn't know where to put them.

I wish they would do Dreamfinder with Figment, but I don't see that happening.

 

[ppete1975]

I'd give my right arm for a "Miss Bianca & Bernard riding Orville" Statue.
The parks have grievously under-represented The Rescuers.

I think they need a disney plus show, to get younger generations to go back and watch the movies. Like fox and the hound they are truly classics that seem to get lost.

 

[Fear]

i think some characters will have multiple... mickey? sorcerer, original, 1980s, today, the new art style theres 5
hopefully we dont get original walk around character mickey

I don't see multiple characters being a thing, especially as granular as you're getting. Here's the updated roster/advent calendar:

Mickey is not going to take up five of those boxes. I don't see them doubling anyone up, since it would look very, very boring from a design perspective.

What's most curious is that the "50" is one of the 50 boxes. That'll likely be the last one revealed. If there's a second Mickey anywhere, it'd be there, but it's also adjacent to the other Mickey.

 

[Brer Panther]

Any guesses on who else gets lumped together?

I'm guessing Anna and Elsa, Mike and Sulley, and maaaaaaaaaaybe Woody and Buzz will get lumped together.

 

[tanc]

Guess I need to get a print out of the Br'er rabbit statue

 

[Musical Mermaid]

Any guesses on who else gets lumped together?

Lady and the Tramp? I don’t know if they’ll be represented, but they have topiaries every year and have a themed restaurant.

I can see Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket together.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Counted as two more.

 

[tanc]

peter pan and tinkerbell

 

[UNCgolf]

Makes me wonder if they aren't going to do any of the princesses. I was expecting to see Belle, but with only 50 characters, 3 from one movie seems like a lot.

 

[Brer Panther]

Makes me wonder if they aren't going to do any of the princesses.

I'd be shocked if Tiana didn't get a statue, seeing as they're trying so hard to convince us that they suddenly care about The Princess and the Frog now. I'm betting on Anna and Elsa getting statues, too.

 

[tanc]

Would be cool to include original IPs like the Yeti or something but they're probably not going to do that

Constance Hatchaway or like the hitch hiking ghosts would be cool statues. With Pirates they could do Jack Sparrow