Main Street U.S.A. hub redevelopment at the Magic Kingdom

PirateFrank

PirateFrank

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wogwog said:
Wish that was so. But the crowds will only increase to fill the available space. When the Fantasyland expansion opened the official maximum capacity for the park was increased by several thousand folks. I will expect the same math calculation will apply with the Hub. More concrete? Let more people in to stand on it. Sad but very predictable and inevitable.
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This is only the case where max capacity is reached....a limit that I doubt is approached often. So in the majority of times, it will indeed serve to reduce congestion around the hub.
 
Sage of Time

Sage of Time

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JungleTrekFan said:
The brown/bronze light poles are the new color scheme for the light poles in the hub. Also the new light brown pavement (which can be seen near Crystal Palace, Adventureland and patches around the hub) will also be apart of a new color scheme for the hub.
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I wonder (I hope!) they'll convert all the green ones to brown, if that's the case... leaving them mismatched would be u-g-l-y.
 
note2001

note2001

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PirateFrank said:
This is only the case where max capacity is reached....a limit that I doubt is approached often. So in the majority of times, it will indeed serve to reduce congestion around the hub.
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Correct, for 2014/2015 you are right. But Disney's trend seems to be along the same lines as the Highway department: Increase the road size so it can handle traffic with a 10% increase with more cars on the road. Not figuring in that in 15 years there could very well be double.

And you can bet that Disney will increase their capacity numbers when this hub development is done.
 
Halloweenhead

Halloweenhead

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Looks like I booked my first ever WDW trip for the wrong time (April 2015). By the sounds of it (and listening to a WDW Prep to go podcast) seems '15 is a year for construction. Hope it doesn't take away the magic for us.
 
PirateFrank

PirateFrank

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note2001 said:
Correct, for 2014/2015 you are right. But Disney's trend seems to be along the same lines as the Highway department: Increase the road size so it can handle traffic with a 10% increase with more cars on the road. Not figuring in that in 15 years there could very well be double.

And you can bet that Disney will increase their capacity numbers when this hub development is done.
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I disagree. Will wdw's guest numbers double without the park adding demand? They certainly didn't get uni style boosts out of NFL and they need to add serious demand for people to want to come in the numbers that you're thinking. That means serious attraction upgrades. I don't see that happening in the Mk in the next 15 years. Heck I don't see it happening in 20. If they don't, that means you think people will just stuff themselves into the parks twice as congested that they are doing now....without added attractions? People are generally stupid, but not that stupid. If that happens, wait times will reach a critical mass - where people just won't bother. There's a number of minutes the average guest will simply not find it worthwhile to wait. I'm sure TDO has done enough surveying to know exactly what that is.

I agree that wdw will increase its 'max capacity' but until you give people a reason, the number of willing guests won't significantly increase.
 
danlb_2000

danlb_2000

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Halloweenhead said:
Looks like I booked my first ever WDW trip for the wrong time (April 2015). By the sounds of it (and listening to a WDW Prep to go podcast) seems '15 is a year for construction. Hope it doesn't take away the magic for us.
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There is going to be construction in one or more of the parks for the foreseeable future so there is no escaping it. I till only take away from the magic if you let it.
 

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