nickys
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Oh great.
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To be honest this is the part that’s had no official news so far. Maybe it’ll be razed. I’ll miss the globe though !Oh great.
Toni25
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I don't fully understand why they extended into the Wishing Well area. Is that getting demolished?
Will the stage somehow extend all the way over there? or is it getting refurbished as well?
I always thought it is such a nice cozy little corner, I almost wish they made it a bit more like Snow White Grotto (at Disneyland Anaheim), with some sort of water feature and statues.
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The bridge was rotting and had been closed to guests for some time now
Trekkie101
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DLP is currently empty. The olympics have had very much the opposite effect.
DLP's new annual pass strategy has somewhat bitten them too.
DLP's new annual pass strategy has somewhat bitten them too.
nickys
Premium Member
Nope. Deals have been announced to try and encourage people to book - 20% off for D+ subscribers (existing and new).
Airlines are announcing bigger than anticipated losses.
The Olympics draw sports fans to the city. But others stay away at that time. London saw the same trend in 2012.
Paris numbers are down (but not as much as Orlando).
Plus they’re finally fixing a lot of neglect that was building up. There’s never a good time but I commend them for spending the money. At least you see where your admission is going. Plus a lot of Parisian refurbs are several months or years (Fantasyland paving began in 2021 if I recall) and they don’t exactly drag their feet either.
Hopefully, they can get to a point where it doesn't feel like everything is being done at once and is just continued maintenance to look after the park!
Guess it makes sense to get on with this year too, ahead of the big push at some point next year for Adventure World.
Guess it makes sense to get on with this year too, ahead of the big push at some point next year for Adventure World.
Trekkie101
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Oddly it doesn't really detract from the experience when you are there. The pictures online often show quite imposing walls and blockages. However on the ground it feels very different.
The castle stage isn't well used. The hub has been the focus for many years. The storybook area at the back of the park is often closed during slower periods anyway. Space mountain is still running despite being walled. The paving in Fantasyland is incremental.
In WDS, the walls initially seem big but they quickly navigate you round them. I actually enjoy the side path to what was the old Studio 1. Once you're past the first lot, the expansion wasn't an area you could have went to anyway.
So ultimately despite lots of activity - theres not a lot of stuff off the programme or 'in the way'. Making it quite easy to not be bothered by.
The Village and security tents - I have literally no idea what they're up to. They've been refurbishing the fences and tents/bag scanners continuously for 15 years now and I suspect they'll immediately start again - given the nice new security scanners they have at WDW are faster and require less staff.
The castle stage isn't well used. The hub has been the focus for many years. The storybook area at the back of the park is often closed during slower periods anyway. Space mountain is still running despite being walled. The paving in Fantasyland is incremental.
In WDS, the walls initially seem big but they quickly navigate you round them. I actually enjoy the side path to what was the old Studio 1. Once you're past the first lot, the expansion wasn't an area you could have went to anyway.
So ultimately despite lots of activity - theres not a lot of stuff off the programme or 'in the way'. Making it quite easy to not be bothered by.
The Village and security tents - I have literally no idea what they're up to. They've been refurbishing the fences and tents/bag scanners continuously for 15 years now and I suspect they'll immediately start again - given the nice new security scanners they have at WDW are faster and require less staff.
nickys
Premium Member
I disagree about WDS. It was literally in our face last year from when we came out of Studio 1.
Walls up around something right outside. Wandered down SoA to find the path blocked. Worse it still tells everyone that Galaxy’s Edge is coming.
And go past Pixar and again, route blocked with a wall.
It really does detract from a first time visit. At least put some foliage up in front.
Trekkie101
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Studio 1 is closed now. So you sort of get routed past it rather than how it was last year. The Galaxies Edge poster is gone now but it was there for far too long.
The one at the side of ToT and the other at Cars Route 66, they're not areas that were ever open, so they're not a net increase in a wall.
The one at the side of ToT and the other at Cars Route 66, they're not areas that were ever open, so they're not a net increase in a wall.
cjkeating
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It's very unlikely we'll see these in Paris in the future as in simplest terms the scanners aren't that reliable. In essence they are 'intelligent' detectors that use some AI/algorithms to try and decide if the object you are carrying is suspicious or not. They can be pretty reliable when detecting firearms as they were made for the US but knives or explosives far less so and DLP needs to be screening for all of those.
The ancillary checkpoints are (finally) being upgraded to something bigger and more substantial and to match the style of the main gate ones. Although why they’ve cleared the wider area by HNYAOM I’ve no idea.
In theory the main gate has enough lanes now to reduce wait times as opposed to installing new styles of equipment (which as cj said is unlikely) although in the bigger picture would that also need replacement scanners at the hotels too? And would that potentially need to address the historic lack of checks at the values too?
Trekkie101
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The values aren't contained enough I don't think that you ever could.
They have a US style one at the Newport, I figured it was being tested last time I wandered through it.
They have a US style one at the Newport, I figured it was being tested last time I wandered through it.