Wasn’t that exactly what they envisioned though? A series of black box mini-attractions that could be updated in the blink of an eye?
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News New Play Pavilion to replace Epcot's Wonders of Life
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lazyboy97o
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Even updating digital assets means incurring the cost to decide what the update and to update it as well. When they’re trying to contain costs as much as possible it seems hard to believe they would make this project more expensive.
HauntedMansionFLA
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There will not be any food and wine pairing demonstrations, celebrity brunches and possibly no party for the senses. Another bare bones F&W this year, sadly.
skypilot2922
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why would Disney do these if people come anyway. Expense reduction == more profit for the Bob’s ‘growth company’
I wouldn't expect PLAY! to open until all children were able to be vaccinated.
DoleWhipDrea
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Exactly. It's something that we all just have to wait for. It would look really bad on Disney to open a children's play area right now. It also just makes sense to open it around the same time as GotG.
In the meantime, WDI can continue to tinker with the tech.
Bocabear
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Play will not be open byr the 50th, GOTG will not be open by the 50th, Moana's Journey of fountain splash pad will not be open by the 50th...Mary Poppins was cancelled, The Spaceship Earth refurbishment was cancelled, The Giant Barstool party venue was cancelled...So now for the 50th the sum of the Anniversary offerings are a replacement Fireworks show, Ratatouille, and a completely destroyed central core of the park. Wow that is some amazing work by the world leader in theme entertainment....
oh and I am sure cupcakes and lots of merchandise....
oh and I am sure cupcakes and lots of merchandise....
CaptainAmerica
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There's a global pandemic on. You may have heard something about it. It's been in all the papers.
CaptainAmerica
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JustInTime
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I expect that to happen this year. Here’s to hoping.
rename/rethem the play pavilion into the imagination pavilion, thats what it is already it seems. Put a new figment dark ride in it.
Then rename/retheme the imaginiation pavilion into the sky pavilion and make it all about flight and have a cool science museum vibe with a lot of interactive stuff. Then you have the organic land, sea, sky pavilion on one side, and the techy GotG, Imaginiation, Mission Space and Space 220, and TT on the other
Then rename/retheme the imaginiation pavilion into the sky pavilion and make it all about flight and have a cool science museum vibe with a lot of interactive stuff. Then you have the organic land, sea, sky pavilion on one side, and the techy GotG, Imaginiation, Mission Space and Space 220, and TT on the other
SplashJacket
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https://blogmickey.com/2021/08/the-boneyard-playground-reopens-at-disneys-animal-kingdom/
Wonder if this help paves the way for progress on Play.
Wonder if this help paves the way for progress on Play.
Little Green Men
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The 50th lasts til 2023. GOTG will be open during it, Journey of not a splash pad will be open. Innoventions East will open with Creations and club cool. SSE was delayed not cancelled. Oh and Space 220 opens before it.
Bocabear
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so you are telling me that no one is going to the parks and they are not doing any construction...people are not spending money and the hotels and restaurants at WDW are not packed?
Phicinfan
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For the record SSE refurbishment is not cancelled, only delayed. You can't have Play until kids can safely participate. Yes by all reports Giant table and Mary Poppins has been cancelled. But rest have just been delayed. Personally they need to be ready for the 40th Epcot anniversary more than MK's 50th... IMO.
As for what they have added to WDW for the 50th, you list is a bit short. They are doing quite a bit of polishing and painting in MK, updating Jungle Cruise, redoing the bakery, updated the castle and redid the night time show. There's more than that, but no they won't have a Tron to really blow it out.
HauntedMansionFLA
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Even newborns?
HauntedMansionFLA
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Yes!! I saw it on The Facebook so it had to be true
Bocabear
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but wasn't a lot of this necessary maintenance and necessary expansion to meet the capacity of guests?
Yes, painting the castle pink and decorating it is purely for the 50th, but most of the other stuff is just necessary expansion tp deal with the increasing number of guests that visit the park... They need more Capacity in all the parks to match the crowds they are bringing in...
Phicinfan
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No, I don't think so. They have to add, to increase draw, but I don't think anyone expects these adds to add capacity as they are all short rides for the most part. I agree, I am sure they wanted most of these for the 50th, unfortunately with Covid and work pauses that went out the window.