Tom Morrow
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Yep, in fact if not for this very specific, obscure view, they weren't even going to do the top hat!
(nice pic)
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Yep, in fact if not for this very specific, obscure view, they weren't even going to do the top hat!
(nice pic)
HauntedMansion513
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If it were a Disney ride it would be timelapse January 2017 - ????
Tom Morrow
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Reminder that Disney has been building multiple attractions at a time instead of just one at at time.
lazyboy97o
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That is completely irrelevant. The actual building is handled by third party contractors and vendors. Even within Disney people are generally assigned to single projects full time. The cultivated image of one small team working on everything isn’t true.
Tom Morrow
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It is relevant. In other words, Disney spaces out their construction according to their timeline of when they want to open these attractions. They build slow intentionally, not because they're just sooo stupid UnLiKe UniVeRsAL. I'm aware that different construction teams are handling each project.
Jrb1979
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Disney would be better off opening a new attraction every year. One year DHS gets one, next year Epcot and continue. Instead they slowly open them.
That's like saying, "Whenever a Disney attraction opens is when they wanted to open it," even if that isn't actually true. There's been plenty of delays in Disney construction, especially with the pandemic. It's not all intentionally spaced out, and they have multiple construction companies working for them, so it's not like they need to be spaced out.
Tom Morrow
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That's literally exactly what they have been doing, except for 2020.
lazyboy97o
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Disney being slow has nothing to do with the number of projects. Even if they had just one project it would still be slow.
Tom Morrow
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Delays don't change the fact that they're NOT trying to open each one of these as fast as possible and they're going slow intentionally.
But also! They're not always going slow. Galaxy's Edge was built in roughly 3 years, but the first year of that was demolishing a massive section of the park. So all of Galaxy's Edge was built in only slightly more time than Velocicoaster, and don't even try to compare the scope of the two.
But I know that doesn't fit the narrative of Good Smart Boy Universal and Dumb, Inept Disney.
That's even worse. Especially with this being MK's 50th and the park having nothing to show for it because, "Hey, we'll get around to it eventually." The fact that their competitors all started projects at a later date than Tron, that are now ready to open, is not a good look at all.
Are we not allowed to point out when they're inept? Was it smart to announce Pandora before they had even begun designing it? Or before they got a chance to see if the film series would wind up in development hell?
Tom Morrow
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You're continuing to pick and choose which of Disney's construction projects to focus on to fit your narrative. They don't always go slow. It's in their best interest to space some of these out to both save money and keep people coming back.
Little Green Men
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MMRR opened in 20
Little Green Men
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2017- Pandora
2018- TSL
2019- Star Wars Galaxy's Edge
2020- Mickey and Minnies Runaway Railway
2021- Ratatouille
lazyboy97o
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Again, there is absolutely no correlation between choosing to go slow and spacing openings. They could go faster and still hit a desired cadence of openings.
Tom Morrow
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There is a correlation though! By having multiple projects going at once AND choosing to move more slowly on them, they save money but are still allowing for scheduling a new attraction opening every year. Universal takes a different approach, by mostly working on one at a time and not starting the next until the current one is close to completion. It's smart for Universal to do it this way and it's smart for Disney to do it their way. The narrative is that Universal is smart because they build fast and Disney is dumb and inept because they build slow... but that isn't true.
Also I'd estimate that Disney's projects typically take about 30% longer. That really isn't that bad.
thelookingglass
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Disney built Galaxy's Edge in approximately the same time it took to build Diagon Alley. Universal also built Velocicoaster in approximately the same time. So maybe Universal built Velocicoaster kind of slow?
Oh wait no, every project is different and it's not fair to make blanket statements that Universal Good at Construction and Disney Bad.
Oh wait no, every project is different and it's not fair to make blanket statements that Universal Good at Construction and Disney Bad.