News Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[radiorae]

One piece of concept art looks a lot like Grand Ave. The other looks a lot like Animation Courtyard. Is it possible they’ve done the math on both plots and are floating them out there in the public to gauge reaction? Or do we think the location has 100% been confirmed by someone holding a shovel ready to break ground already?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I have noticed that the piece of concept art they’ve decided to showcase for this on their various social media accounts is the one that closer fits the AC plot, so that’s potentially good news.

Yes, and the physical model matches the facade and structure in AC that they most likely intend to keep and use. That physical model doesn’t naturally fit into an area around muppets / star tours.

This is probably a stupid question, but I’ll ask it anyway. If this goes into Animation Courtyard, is the door coaster replacing RnRC? I know they’d have to gut the existing track system seeing how it’s completely different.

Not if it goes into AC. I had thought it may end up replacing rnrc based on the art of the huge building but this actually looks like a pretty small and compact coaster design.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

This is probably a stupid question, but I’ll ask it anyway. If this goes into Animation Courtyard, is the door coaster replacing RnRC? I know they’d have to gut the existing track system seeing how it’s completely different.

No. Disney is not replacing RnRc with the Door Coaster.

 

[Ichabod Crane]

RnRc isn’t going anywhere, Alicia was just spit balling possibilities is all not saying that’s what she thinks is going to happen.

 

[SirLink]

People are under the impression that the animation building is sitting empty and vacant and easy to demolish, which is not true

Time to kick the squatters out

Time to improve the guest experience than managements

 

[JustInTime]

This is probably a stupid question, but I’ll ask it anyway. If this goes into Animation Courtyard, is the door coaster replacing RnRC? I know they’d have to gut the existing track system seeing how it’s completely different.

I really don’t think RNR is going anywhere.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Not if it goes into AC. I had thought it may end up replacing rnrc based on the art of the huge building but this actually looks like a pretty small and compact coaster design.

If that’s the case, I’ll be pleased, and a smidge surprised. I know there’s been several ideas over the years for AC with a new pathway leading to a rethemed RnRC. Will be nice if this is a separate coaster.

 

[Rteetz]

If it is Animation Courtyard would they reroute the Ariel show exit? Given they are debuting a new show there I am curious to see how that would work/layout.

 

[celluloid]

It does not. The door coaster won't go upside down. It is family friendly.

DK capacity is going to be awful. Even before the just posted models assuming they asked Vekoma for capacity this ride system could do Guardians capacity if they wanted it to.

Did not say capacity for DK would be great. But it will be better than a Vekoma Suspended. Long train family coasters typically only one on the track. Maybe two if we get a Tron situation of a lot of blocks.

 

[Casper Gutman]

So i'm curious whether this ride is going to have varied scenery incorporating the bedrooms that the doors lead into. Or will it take place exclusively in the industrial door warehouse? Because even with the Monsters characters and their interesting designs, I hope it's not just the latter case. By itself, the door warehouse is a very visually uninteresting and boring environment (incidentally it also made for one of the most bland and ugly/lazy looking floats in Paint the Night). The movie offsets this otherwise bland environment by the characters constantly jumping through the doors and winding up in bedrooms from all around the worlds like Japan, Hawaii and Paris.

Yeah, the model is not reassuring. The whole point of a door coaster is to go THROUGH the doors…

 

[celluloid]

They do still intend to open Mermaid, which makes no sense…. Unless they some how reroute entrance / exit through One Mans Dream.

Construction will take years. Mermaid can play for a year or two of busy holiday seasons while the Main attraction and rest get built.

 

[GoofGoof]

I’ve never heard of a MI coaster with inversions.

It does not. The door coaster won't go upside down. It is family friendly.

Good news for me then. I don’t do upside down. I don’t mind fast or drops at all, ToT and Hagrids are 2 of my favorite rides. Family friendly is probably best for this park. The height limit will knock out the pre-school crowd but it looks like some type of play area in the concept art maybe.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Construction will take years. Mermaid can play for a year or two of busy holiday seasons while the Main attraction and rest get built.

They said ground is breaking next year. Even if they just start on the show building for the Coaster, it’s going to take a while to convert the Mermaid building into something else. The Disney junior building as Harry Hausens makes sense as they can connect it to brown derby and share a kitchen.

 

[radiorae]

What are the chances, assuming the AC plan is a go, they’ll move Disney junior elsewhere in the park (Mickey shorts theater + Olaf/Minnie M&G area maybe?) and use that space for part of the land? Not sure how much space you could recover but that might fit Harry Hausens. Maybe brown derby and HH share a kitchen?

 

[Sectorkeeper71]

They said ground is breaking next year. Even if they just start on the show building for the Coaster, it’s going to take a while to convert the Mermaid building into something else. The Disney junior building as Harry Hausens makes sense as they can connect it to brown derby and share a kitchen.

I’m p sure the Disney junior building was originally a restaurant back in the day too. So

 

[solidyne]

Yeah, the model is not reassuring. The whole point of a door coaster is to go THROUGH the doors…

If I remember the movie correctly, we would actually ride the doors, not go through them.

 

[celluloid]

They said ground is breaking next year. Even if they just start on the show building for the Coaster, it’s going to take a while to convert the Mermaid building into something else. The Disney junior building as Harry Hausens makes sense as they can connect it to brown derby and share a kitchen.

Mermaid opens this fall/Christmas time.
Mermaid's building in two years will become an indoor playground area/meet and greet and shopping. It won't take that long.

They run Mermaid until that part is one of the last to redo and the more elaborate gets finished.

It checks out.

 

[MouseEarsMom33]

Whatever is coming won’t be seeing guests till the end of the decade at the earliest. Epic will be on Phase 2 by then.

2025-2027 is going to be a very challenging time for WDW.

It depends on Universal's strategy. Right now, it seems like there may only be one day at Epic Universe on most/all multi-day tickets to start. If this is the case, it may actually impact a lot of Universal trips in 2025 (including mine) and there may be more split visits. If they can open Tropical Americas early 2027 and another ride in 2027, they may be looking at most impact in 2026.

 

[doctornick]

People are under the impression that the animation building is sitting empty and vacant and easy to demolish, which is not true

Oh how will they ever find office space anywhere else.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

There were 3 properties sketched in for the AC revitalization...

This is the best of the 3... and I sincerely hope it stayed as and where it was intended.

Monsters
Zootopia
???