MysticMDisney
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Tarzan’s Treehouse will reopen later this year! And they basically confirmed that the Marvel expansion is delayed as the park continues to recover from the pandemic.
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Tarzan’s Treehouse will reopen later this year! And they basically confirmed that the Marvel expansion is delayed as the park continues to recover from the pandemic.
Supersnow84
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Extremely likely, there is an agreement older than the “preferential treatment for the second gate” agreement surrounding the master planning of penny’s bay that severely restricts what can be built on the site of the second gate, TDLR it’s basically another non competing tourist attraction or government buildings, nothing of real use
On top of this during the meeting yesterday they discussed the second gate site still from a very Disney centric perspective (they used an example of building Shanghai disneytown on it) plus the park is experiencing record high favourability ratings amongst the Hong Kong population
It’s likely that the decision to not renew the contract was just pageantry on the part of the government so that when Disney is ready to buy it they can get a more favourable deal, it is at least good in the short term the park has 4 more expansion pads, another hotel space (and think the explorers lodge is huge they don’t need hotel space) and a short term space for downtown Disney on the esplanade
Supersnow84
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Google maps has updated with arendelle and really gives a look at the nitty gritty of the land
It appears though there is no connection to TSL unless they plan to break the trees down at the last minute
Definitely seems like a fantastic addition to the park
As far as I’m aware the TSL connector is for service / emergency use only.
Supersnow84
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Paris just seems to be getting the worst version of every land that’s at every other park
It’s better than old WDS but it certainly isn’t going to be a draw for frozen fans for example pro go to Paris when they have the Hong Kong land
Timothy_Q
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I get the sentiment, but I'd argue Avengers Campus at WDS has a much better layout, food options, and walking space than the one at DCA
Supersnow84
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I know that WDS has HTH next door but I think that GOGMB is a better redesign of an old ride than avengers assemble flight force
For me all avengers campus’s are ugly (the only concession I’ll give it HK manages to hide it as appearing more like just more of Tomorrowland) so DCA wins out on principle of having better rides, and while none of the three of them can get quinjet off the ground I think DCA has the best chance at getting it first
But ultimately you’ve got a pretty equal avengers campus, a decidedly inferior arendelle, one of the worse TSL’s (I rank them DHS->SDL->WDS->HDKL) and a French area in a French park that EPCOT does better than it, oh and a potential GE mini land even though despite its monstrous footprint GE’s main problem is it feels too small for what it’s trying to achieve
It really isn’t selling me
Supersnow84
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That seems strange, walking from TSL into fantasyland, around fairy tale forest and the train to walk back into arendelle when if that expansion pad gets used they are just going to open that path again anyway
I’m guessing because they want arendelle to kinda be an expanded fantasyland rather than a wholly unique land but still
cjkeating
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Obviously we can have two difference preferences but I don't see how Rat shoehorned into the back or the French Pavilion is better than a more spacious Place de Remy with fun themed restaurant and shop? Also the sightline are better with no 2D facades.
Supersnow84
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I think for me it’s a combination of
1) WDS is just that bad (which to be fair to the land that’s not really it’s fault)
2) the idea of a French land in France goes off just about as well a park about California in California
If I had to compare them purely based on space and design of that space then yeah I’d say the WDS one is better, but the EPCOT one achieves its theme much better
MysticMDisney
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Disney’s Hollywood Hotel reopening on July 14!
DznyRktekt
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Looks like a nice hotel, but those are some pretty rough concept sketches.
Supersnow84
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Does Hong Kong really need the third hotel open right now draining resources
I know with this, the Tarzan treehouse reopening and the move to 7 day operation the resort wants to give the impression that it’s fully back open and ready to go but even before Covid the park rarely needed all three hotels open and with the park trying to cost cut without affecting service is maintaining 3 hotels useful right now
I know with this, the Tarzan treehouse reopening and the move to 7 day operation the resort wants to give the impression that it’s fully back open and ready to go but even before Covid the park rarely needed all three hotels open and with the park trying to cost cut without affecting service is maintaining 3 hotels useful right now
You’d think they know what they’re doing. I’d hope so anyway.
While I understand that the concept of having a French-themed area at WDSP is a bit ... convoluted... I think the area there is far better done than what they did in Epcot (As long as you don't enter from the tunnel to TSL.
). It feels more organic, or at least did to me.
Supersnow84
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This is really random but had this thread disappeared off the wider “Tokyo Shanghai and Hong Kong” thread list for anyone else
I keep up to date on this thread by virtue of just leaving it permanently open on an extra tab which is annoying because it’s kinda become the default HK news thread
I keep up to date on this thread by virtue of just leaving it permanently open on an extra tab which is annoying because it’s kinda become the default HK news thread
