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

[Cesar R M]

Yep. And they closed Backlot Tour 8 months ago and today, the fruits of all their labors are revealed: a gift shop open 15 days over the next month!

and themed bathrooms..

Maybe some good ole fashion Joker-style try outs with the Burbank crew would do some wonders?

the pencil trick would work wonders for WDW's top executives.

Or simply show them how to make a pencil disappear........

great minds...

 

[Sage of Time]

MK has become saturated and the new park construction is a strategy to balance the crowds. See Pandora at DAK, Star Wars at DHS and Frozen in WS. Also expanding TSMM and Soarin.

Simple logic.

I'll believe it when I see it happen.

 

[Sage of Time]

See California Adventure and its 2.0 overlay and the impact it had on DL's daily traffic patterns.

Give people a reason to not stand in the Hub each night watching Wishes or a color changing castle. That will prevent the need for mass exodus and the bottleneck on Main Street. Keeping the other parks open longer and giving people reasons to stay all day are the only way to help MK.

The solution to MK's issues can't be found internally unless you want to continue to slice more and more space out of the equation to either cram more people in or bypass people out.

The only solution is to give them a reason to not all be there to begin with. They have 3 other parks. Fill them and then you can get back to the business of upping MK's gate. Adding more reasons to be inside the MK only compounds its problems and the overall problems plaguing the rest of the parks.

NFL made things worse. Not better.

The real issue is that TDO doesn't care because a gate spinning somewhere is still money in their pocket. Who cares of if quality suffers (refurbs cut short or underfunded, Hub refurbs that have taken more than a year, and yes... the evil light towers).

Pandora, Star Wars Land, Pixar, Frozen will help... but, much more is needed. A Universal effort is required with years of things in the queue for the other 3 parks before the problems with MK will be eased.

I totally agree, but I don't see this happening with what they're doing at the moment. They need more and different thematic content in the other three parks. Not MK content spread around.

Lookin' at you, EPCOT...

Anyway, back to the hub....

 

[Next Big Thing]

MGM frequently closed during its opening year. It wasn't unusual for the parking lots to be full by 930am. They even opened at 8am to deal with the crowds.

Well there also wasn't much to do at the park beyond GMR and the BLT (although the BLT was a much, much larger scale).

And it had the draw of being a working studio on it's side (which quickly faded with the lack of actual production).

 

[roj2323]

Photo Update?

 

[halltd]

Photo Update?

Of Epcot, or Studios?

 

[Cesar R M]

must be hella quiet in the parks these days. Its unusual to have been this long without updates.

 

[Andrew C]

I hope they announce a ton at D23 Expo so everyone will shut the....

Wait, n/m...I hope they announce nothing...otherwise the time frame is going to drive everyone even more nuts than it already is

 

[marni1971]

Well there also wasn't much to do at the park beyond GMR and the BLT (although the BLT was a much, much larger scale).

There was enough for a day, as we found out. The full length tour. Full Animation tour. GMR. Superstar and Monster. Indy. Star tours. Muppets. Sorcery. New York St.

With queues to boot in an at capacity park that had limited capacity.

 

[Next Big Thing]

There was enough for a day, as we found out. The full length tour. Full Animation tour. GMR. Superstar and Monster. Indy. Star tours. Muppets. Sorcery. New York St.

With queues to boot in an at capacity park that had limited capacity.

Yes, the park has quite sadly, over it's 26 year life span,lost itself and become a park without an identity. There's less to do now than there was in the parks infancy. 26 years later.

You'd think somebody in Parks & Resorts would be ashamed and even worried that the park may hurt the brand. But nope. Just rake in the Star Wars and Frozen cash and call it a day.

 

[roj2323]

Of Epcot, or Studios?

Umm, no. This thread is about the Magic Kingdom hub update.

 

[halltd]

Umm, no. This thread is about the Magic Kingdom hub update.

Would never know that based on the recent posts!

 

[Goofyernmost]

Would never know that based on the recent posts!

That's because one can beat a dead horse just so long before their arms get tired so they find some other interest.

 

[roj2323]

That's because one can beat a dead horse just so long before their arms get tired so they find some other interest.

I think people are just looking for a lighter bat so they can continue beating the horse. I feel bad for the horse.

 

[marni1971]

The horse needs to gallop a bit.

 

[Goofyernmost]

The horse needs to gallop a bit.

With the numbers of people in that area every single day, it is a wonder that the horse can even walk.

 

[articos]

With the numbers of people in that area every single day, it is a wonder that the horse can even walk.

The horse had an unfortunate accident years ago and replaced by a somewhat functional AA that is brought out only every other Sunday.

 

[DaGoof00]

Would never know that based on the recent posts!

Nothing new to report, heRe now and it lools unchanged from previous photos

 

[photomatt]

You'd think somebody in Parks & Resorts would be ashamed and even worried that the park may hurt the brand. But nope. Just rake in the Star Wars and Frozen cash and call it a day.

Why would they ever even THINK about building new E-tickets nowadays? All they have to do is mass-produce Star Wars or Frozen junk, call it "limited-edition", and watch people line up for hours so they can buy it.

The lack of new attractions is entirely the "fault" of today's guests. TDO and TDA are just responding to demand.

 

[Sped2424]

Why would they ever even THINK about building new E-tickets nowadays? All they have to do is mass-produce Star Wars or Frozen junk, call it "limited-edition", and watch people line up for hours so they can buy it.

The lack of new attractions is entirely the "fault" of today's guests. TDO and TDA are just responding to demand.

If today's guests didn't want or respond to new eticket lands and expansions the wizarding world of harry potter wouldn't be a think would it? So I wouldn't put the blame solely on the clientele. And TDA does respond very much so to building better attractions and events for their guests so your point doesn't stick well there either. Now TDO is the only one that I have seen to be constantly underestimating guest demand for experiences.