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Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

Charlie The Chatbox Ghost

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mattpeto said:
I think some people gloss over 2020 like it didn’t happen.
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ToTBellHop said:
First two were Covid and last was replaced with something better, so…
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I'm just bringing up the point that there have been officially announced projects that never happened. Those are all recent so they're in my mind, but I can go super far back into the company's history:

(These are only projects that were publicly announced and advertised to the public, it doesn't include any scrapped projects that were never announced like the Snow Queen's Palace)

Entire Parks/Resorts
  • Mineral King Resort
  • St. Louis Park
  • Disney's America
  • WestCot
Disneyland
  • Edison Square
  • Liberty Street
  • International Street
  • Rock Candy Mountain
    • Land of Oz Dark scenes for Storybookland inside of RCM
  • Mickey's Starland
  • Indiana Jones Stunt Show
  • Hollywoodland
    • Dick Tracey's Crimestoppers
    • The Great Movie Ride
    • ToonTown Transit
    • Baby Herman's Runaway Baby Buggies
  • LucasPort / VenturePort
    • Star Wars Rollercoaster
  • Tomorrowland 2055
    • Alien Encounter
    • Plektu's Fantastic Galatic Revue
  • Here Come the Muppets
  • MuppetVision 3D (Replacing Lincoln)
  • Little Mermaid Dark Ride
Magic Kingdom
  • Thunder Mesa
    • Western River Expedition
    • Mine Train Coaster
    • Log Flume
  • Discoveryland
    • Flying Saucers
    • Astronomer's Club
    • Plektu's Fantastic Galactic Revue
  • Pixie Hollow in New Fantasyland
Epcot
  • Equatorial Africa, Israel, Spain, Soviet Union, and Switzerland at World Showcase
  • Meet the World in Japan
  • Mt. Fuji Coaster in Japan
  • Rine River Cruise in Germany
  • Space Pavillion
  • Hollywood Pavillion
  • Cherry Tree Lane
    • Mary Poppins Teacup Ride
  • Play Pavillion
MGM Studios/Hollywood Studios
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth in the Backlot Tour
  • Dick Tracey's Crimestoppers
  • Maroon Studios / Roger Rabbit's Hollywood
    • ToonTown Transit
    • Baby Herman's Runaway Buggies
    • Roger Rabbit Rollercoaster
  • Mickey's Movieland
  • Muppet Studios Land at MGM Studios
    • Great Muppet Movie Ride
    • Swedish Chef Restaurant
    • Gonzo's Pizza Restaurant
Animal Kingdom
  • Beastly Kingdom
    • Dragon Rollercoaster
    • Unicorn Maze
Walt Disney Studios Park/Disney Adventure World
  • Galaxy's Edge
A lot of these were scrapped due to financial issues, failure of movies the projects were to be based on, or in the Muppet's case, death of Jim Henson.
Credit to YesterWorld's video on this topic for most of these.
There's probably a lot I'm missing for the other parks, but after Animal Kingdom, Disney started to keep planned projects secret until they were most likely happening.

EDIT: Organized the list by Park!
 
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PREMiERdrum

PREMiERdrum

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ToTBellHop said:
Mary Poppins seemed charming enough and modest. Honestly a bit surprised it hasn’t been approved as a small Epcot addition for 2026 when not much else is coming online.
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They could build the slightly-lessened version they planned to do anyways just by shaking the change out of the seats on CoP. Alas, it wouldn't move merch or bump LL sales. And that's how we decide things now.

Back on topic, the AC plot has been earmarked - so to speak - for a larger expansion. An expansion that isn't funded yet. They were caught flat-footed with their HoP plans and are historically bad at adapting. Pressure seems to be having a tiny bit of effect, which is more than the typical zero. Still think this boots MV - which was going to be leaving within the next few years anyways under a few different plans - while AC soldiers on without another real expansion funded.
 
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Streetway

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PREMiERdrum said:
They could build the slightly-lessened version they planned to do anyways just by shaking the change out of the seats on CoP. Alas, it wouldn't move merch or bump LL sales. And that's how we decide things now.

Back on topic, the AC plot has been earmarked - so to speak - for a larger expansion. An expansion that isn't funded yet. They were caught flat-footed with their HoP plans and are historically bad at adapting. Pressure seems to be having a tiny bit of effect, which is more than the typical zero. Still think this boots MV - which was going to be leaving within the next few years anyways under a few different plans - while AC soldiers on without another real expansion funded.
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is muppets in HOP dead basically?
 
Coaster Lover

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SpectroMagician said:
Josh Gad is not a "Disney Legend". He voiced one character that is kind of annoying.
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I mean, he was also in the Live Action BatB movie, he narrated that really cool show on Disney+ about the animals at Animal Kingdom, he's done "one off" voice cameos for a bunch of other Disney cartoons, and he was in Artemis Foul (though I can forgive you if you didn't see that)... but otherwise, I agree with your sentiment...
 
Horizonsfan

Horizonsfan

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It’s odd that Disney wouldn’t consider putting a new iteration of the Magic of Animation back into the Launch Bay building as a stop gap until AC is ready for redevelopment.

Is launch bay truly more popular than the animation exhibits were?
 
TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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ToTBellHop said:
I believe “MI replaces MV” is etched in granite
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Or maybe wet cement?
ToTBellHop said:
Why didn’t he care when they yanked it out of DCA? I presume he goes to DL more.
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Well it never closed really… the frozen sing along was an overlay that didn’t take out any of the muppets infrastructure. It was temporary. After frozen it became philharmagic. I actually think if they had given muppets a street facing marquee like they did for philharmagic it would be getting decent numbers - it was very well hidden.

mattpeto said:
He did hear that somebody in the know was kicking around ideas rerouting the entrance for Muppets and they would have to build back behind it. I'm paraphrasing here, but maybe it's something they are wrestling with.
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That’s an interesting thought…. It would be very easy to reroute just use the old extended Q and take down the marquee. If the theatre was going to remain anyways - this lowers the budget for the land since they don’t have to create a new show.
The Chatbox Ghost said:
I feel like it's easier to demolish an abandoned animation studio than it is to completely reroute the entrance of Muppets AND build an entire land on top of the service road and employee parking lots
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The animation studio is not abandoned - that’s part of the issue.
SpectroMagician said:
Josh Gad is not a "Disney Legend". He voiced one character that is kind of annoying.
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He is a Disney Legend - you may not agree but he is. Haha.
 
brb1006

brb1006

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Frank Oz's Tweets from December 2018 on Disney's handling of The Muppets post-Henson is just as relevant than ever.
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Can't forget this
 
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PREMiERdrum

PREMiERdrum

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TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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HauntedPirate said:
Gad is nowhere close to a Disney Legend, unless you lower the bar to the floor and have little-to-no standard on what constitutes a "Disney Legend". Oh wait...
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I mean technically he is, none of us get to decide who is or isn’t.

I wasn’t necessarily a fan of his but I saw him in “Gutenberg the musical” on broadway and he completely won me over. The guy is a very talented entertainer.
 
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celluloid

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ToTBellHop said:
Sure, but they won’t be canceling this, Tropical Americas, or Cars. They announced them much closer to construction starting than has been the case in the 2010s. They are budgeted and commence construction imminently. We will see on Villains and things like Incrediblercoaster and Zootopia.
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Cars will not be open until 2029-2030.

Plenty of time for that to be altered quite a bit.

Indy and Zootopia are the only definites. Encanto ride is going to happen scale may dissapoint. Monsters Inc Coaster is the only solid after.
Monsters as a land will likely not feature as much as people will think.

So many grounds have broken to false promises before.
 

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