News Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[UNCgolf]

Monsters Inc. replacing the derelict Animation Courtyard is a nice add for DHS, even if a coaster is still not an especially good idea at the moment.

Monsters Inc. replacing Muppets and/or Star Tours would be a lateral move for the park at best and may actually make the park even worse from a crowding/long lines perspective.

Hopefully Disney makes the smart choice.

 

[ToTBellHop]

When we talk about Monsters going into Muppets Courtyard, does this include the Star Tours area as well?

Or would Star Tours be spared for now?

I would hope it doesn’t replace BOTH. That would be a capacity reduction.

 

[marni1971]

What do you think the reason for the vastly different concept art was? Maybe they don’t know yet?

They know.

 

[Inspired Figment]

Pretty sure he means the plan that was made back in the day at Disneyland to put Muppet•Vision 3D where Great Moments with Lincoln was. So imagine them simply plopping the pre-existing show into Hall of Presidents and maybe theming Liberty Square to a Muppets themed land. Ultimately regarding the Muppets going into Main Street Opera House, They ended up getting pushback and eventually it got brought to DCA instead. Truth be told though, to add more return investment on DL. Bringing Muppet•Vision back to DCA would be incredibly simple IMO & a net positive to those that’d miss at DHS. Heck, if you wanted to, Could even have it rotate between the current Mickey’s Philharmagic if you wanted to you could even bring a version of The Great Muppet Movie Ride to DCA in that same area where the current Monsters Inc. darkride is now... but yeah.

Ya know, actually, the smart thing to do.. if they really wanted to regarding that.. if you still wanted WDW presence. You could always do the same thing at WDW in Fantasyland by changing the name to Fantasyland Theatre and showing both Muppet•Vision & Mickey’s Philharmagic ‘there’ aswell.

 

[Streetway]

with all the division in what some people are hearing, there is some division. Idk, things might change.

 

[MaximumEd]

Glad to see you back reading the tea leaves, @marni1971 D23 didn’t seem the same without reading your usual hints leading up to it.

 

[Streetway]

They know.

Well why the hell didn’t they do AC then?

 

[ToTBellHop]

with all the division in what some people are hearing, there is some division. Idk, things might change.

Not with the timescale of this project. We will know everything soon and then they’ll build it and close something or somethings whether we like it or not.

 

[Inspired Figment]

Ya know, actually, the smart thing to do.. if they really wanted to regarding that.. if you still wanted WDW presence. You could always do the same thing at WDW in Fantasyland by changing the name to Fantasyland Theatre and showing both Muppet•Vision & Mickey’s Philharmagic ‘there’ aswell.

‘And’ if you wanted to retain the Hall of Presidents while also bringing back Great Moments in History with the Muppets. Why not move Great Moments in History w the Muppets over to where EPCOT’s American gardens that bands and such perform at during F&W over there. They already have the Muppets themed Regal Eagle restaurant over there. Makes the most sense and wouldn’t cost much to simply redo part of the stage to accommodate the performers.

 

[marni1971]

Well why the hell didn’t they do AC then?

AC?

 

[SirLink]

It’s not execs in that building, that’s what Team Disney is for. This building is full of office and technical departments, some specific for DHS and some that are global. Most could probably be moved to one of the buildings in Celebration, but this is a very active and functioning office complex.

I never mentioned TDO ... some in those global roles are senior and general managers though.

 

[Streetway]

Animation courtyard.

AC?

they better do that muppets thing in hop then. I honestly think they maybe rush an announcement out before the ride closes. Though.

 

[ChewbaccaYourMum]

AC?

animation courtyard

 

[SirLink]

AC?

Animation Courtyard

 

[marni1971]

Animation courtyard.

they better do that muppets thing in hop then. I honestly think they maybe rush an announcement out before the ride closes. Though.

animation courtyard

Animation Courtyard

Thank you thank you thank you. I had a brain fart there.

 

[mightynine]

I had a brain fart there.

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[Horizons '83]

It will be truly disappointing if this is taking over Muppets. A new add (more capacity) is what DS has needed for years. You take away Muppets (and possibly Star Tours), you're going to exacerbate the issue. Not sure how imagineers can't see that.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Hopefully Disney makes the smart choice.

What is this foreign concept you speak of?

 

[MaximumEd]

Disney must like the footprints of their parks as-is in Orlando. Any pure expansion adds infrastructure to maintain and more cast to run, thus cutting into the bottom line. There’s really no other explanation as to why they have all that acreage but never seem to give us much of an expansion.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

I don’t understand why we’re talking like removing Muppets is an automatic issue regarding capacity. The way I see it, the coaster expands into the parking lot and a second attraction goes into the Muppet theater. Replace Mama Melrose with Harryhausen’s. Pizza Rizzo becomes a QS Monsters location. Christmas Store reopens as a Monsters shop. You have a net gain of at least one attraction.