News Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[doctornick]

They’re not removing Mermaid a few months after opening a new show. C’mon.

On that note, can we assume One Man’s Dream is safe for the time being?

 

[doctornick]

Additionally there has been talk off and on for years that theater of the stars would be replaced with something else but shows crew (I forget the actual name of the department) took that threat seriously and this was about the same time that the special events and unique holiday shows started popping up in 2014ish in TOT's. Ultimately I don't think the theater will go away entirely but there is a lot of real estate dedicated to it that could be reconfigured to use the Highland ave. / Perimeter road area to get to the field behind TOT's. That said, This area absolutely will not be used for Monsters Inc so I'm not sure why it's being discussed.

It was brought up because some have suggested that Disney “needs” to use the Muppets footprint in the short term because there is little other space in the park to use for any additions.

I brought it up to illustrate that there is literal designated “expansion pads” in the park available that could be used before Muppets has to be looked at as a site for any build.

 

[Casper Gutman]

They’re not removing Mermaid a few months after opening a new show. C’mon.

If the garbage Mermaid show, which should have closed forever in 1993, pushes out the excellent Muppets 3D (the second time the show will have pushed out a Muppets show), it’s a mind-boggling indictment of Disney’s judgement.

Disney can do excellent shows - Lion King, Nemo, Indy, etc are all great. But the survival of the profoundly mediocre Mermaid and Beast shows (and, to be fair, the much better Indy show) is incomprehensible. To give context for the attractions age, The day after Mermaid debuted, President George H W Bush vomited on the Japanese Prime Minister. These shows, which barely rise above the level of something you’d see at a local park, have outlived The Great Movie Ride, World of Motion, Horizons, Journey into Imagination, Mr Toad’s Wild Ride and a bunch of other, vastly superior attractions.

Fans understandably focus on Disney’s removal of beloved rides, but equally egregious is letting mediocre attractions fester long beyond any reasonable sell-by date. Mermaid, Beast, the husk of Animation, Mission: Space, the Figment zombie - all should be barely remembered footnotes. Since Animal Kingdom opened, Disney has given very little evidence that they can competently operate a theme park.

 

[Moth]

To Disney, The Little Mermaid is more 'Disney' and 'Timeless' than an acquisition that wasn't done by The Holy God Emperor of Disney That Banished The Vile Eisner and Chapek From This Holy Realm.

A lot of the stuff they've been replacing has been Eisner-era stuff. Just food for thought.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

A lot of the stuff they've been replacing has been Eisner-era stuff. Just food for thought.

It was so close to his end I actually thought Disney bought muppets under Iger!

 

[Streetway]

A lot of the stuff they've been replacing has been Eisner-era stuff. Just food for thought.

Eisner era imagineering was the best and I stand by that. (Well, not the dca/late stage part but you know what I mean)

 

[Brer Panther]

A lot of the stuff they've been replacing has been Eisner-era stuff. Just food for thought.

Has Iger's Disney ever replaced anything that THEY - not Eisner, not Walt - built? All I can think of is the Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow thing. Maybe the Narnia exhibit, too... was that built under Iger?

 

[Captain Barbossa]

To Disney, The Little Mermaid is more 'Disney' and 'Timeless'

But is it also More Family and More Relevant? And if so, can we put it somewhere in EPCOT?

 

[wbostic12]

But is it also More Family and More Relevant? And if so, can we put it somewhere in EPCOT?

If only it was Authentically Disney and Distinctly Chinese.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

But is it also More Family and More Relevant? And if so, can we put it somewhere in EPCOT?

They thought they would at one point...

 

[Animaniac93-98]

A lot of the stuff they've been replacing has been Eisner-era stuff. Just food for thought.

Eisner and WED. Basically, the Disney theme park experience of the 20th century.

(Yes, I know DCA and WDSP opened in the early 2000s, but they started planning and construction before then)

 

[Coaster Lover]

A lot of the stuff they've been replacing has been Eisner-era stuff. Just food for thought.

Dear Disney, please don't make me chain myself to Tower of Terror...

 

[Winter]

Well, people said they would have announced the location by the end of month.

Only an hour and twenty minutes left before we have a confirmed location! /s

 

[build_it]

At the speed they actual deliver projects, we won’t need a location for a while… maybe we’ll know this time next year. Why hurry.

 

[Quietmouse]

My funny feeling says that muppets will be gone and in a press release they will mention for muppets to reappear else where…which will lead to hall of presidents muppets transformation.

 

[ednamodedarling]

My funny feeling says that muppets will be gone and in a press release they will mention for muppets to reappear else where…which will lead to hall of presidents muppets transformation.

Which would lead me to think ZOOTOPIA is all but confirmed for AC as the next DHS expansion. If they are going to remove muppets for Monsters Inc.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I just wish we were getting the Tokyo Monsters ride...

 

[TheDisneyParksfanC8]

Which would lead me to think ZOOTOPIA is all but confirmed for AC as the next DHS expansion. If they are going to remove muppets for Monsters Inc.

Perhaps that will get an announcement at D23 2026?

 

[danlb_2000]

They’re not removing Mermaid a few months after opening a new show. C’mon.

They wouldn't spend millions of dollars on a new nighttime show for Epcot to only to decide to replace it a year later. C',mon.

 

[ToTBellHop]

They wouldn't spend millions of dollars on a new nighttime show for Epcot to only to decide to replace it a year later. C',mon.

You know that’s different. This show hasn’t failed yet and can’t actually fail in the way Harm did. Nighttime spectaculars have a lot more riding on them because they are how just about everyone closes out the day.