News New Theater to be built at the Magic Kingdom - now cancelled?

[brb1006]

They're getting ride of Talking Mickey and Tony's is one of the worst restaurants on property, if it was a location issue, why not just raze that building and build there instead?

Tony's needs more work.

 

[WDWTrojan]

What about the blessing of size?

Walt Disney World certainly has the blessing of size, however the current design of the Magic Kingdom has really limited the space for back of house operation. Lots of the "support" areas are built a few blocks away. It would take quite a bit of infrastructure alteration to change this fact.

 

[Kman101]

Maybe they decided to save the spot for a future Tomorrowland expansion? Not saying they're using it for that at this time but maybe they realized they wanted to keep the space for that?

But I hope the MK still gets a theater. Or something else. Curious where the money is going.

 

[asianway]

You forgot the TTA.

COP is up there, no?

 

[peter11435]

Highest theoretical capacity at WDW is Haunted Mansion with 3200, closest to 2000 for the Operational Capacity (factoring in potential stops) is Under the Sea with 1980. That's based off of these figures though (no clue how accurate the post is): https://crooksinwdw.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/theoreticaloperational-hourly-ride-capacity-at-wdw/

Those numbers are not entirely accurate. There are a couple MK attractions with higher theoretical capacities than mansion.

 

[CJR]

DHS deserves more rides instead of show.

I don't disagree that DHS needs rides, but they have multiple aging shows and if they already had one planned out, why not swap one of them out? The theater space is certainly there.

It'd need some tweaking (probably) to fit a different venue, but they've already spent some money on development, so it'd be a shame to waste it. I don't imagine that it would impact any potential rides in the foreseeable future.

 

[prberk]

I think they should bring back "The Walt Disney Story" in some form to the Expo location, in The Magic Kingdom where it belongs; and they should also use the old Galaxy Theatre space daily, or at least nightly, with outdoor live entertainment. It was designed for that. Back when I went to Night of Joy a few years back, it was nice to see live music in that venue again. It fit perfectly.

 

[kthomas105]

Here’s hoping that the Fox aqusition made someone want to make a ride with all of Disney’s new IP. (Please be GMR 2.0)

 

[ThatMouse]

I was thinking the theater would open up another route down mainstreet. Last time on a non-crowded day we were pushed single file through Casey's before the fireworks, because mainstreet and the circle is totally blocked off.

 

[smile]

They turned it into a curse a long time ago.

jolly good form, sir

 

[becca_]

Wow. This is 100% unexpected.. and I'm kinda bummed.

 

[IanDLBZF]

Wow. This is 100% unexpected.. and I'm kinda bummed.

And so am I, wasn't even expecting this to happen.

 

[BrowncatP]

Disney's annual meeting is March 8. The answer to the theater being cancelled or not should be given then, if not before.

 

[IanDLBZF]

Disney's annual meeting is March 8. The answer to the theater being cancelled or not should be given then, if not before.

In addition to a phone conference regarding Q1 FY2018 on 2/6.

 

[jt04]

In addition to a phone conference regarding Q1 FY2018 on 2/6.

I'll be busy watching Falcon Heavy launch.

 

[CalebS]

I wonder if the money will be reallocated for something or if its cancelled to save money with no other current plans

 

[Disney Analyst]

Whats Hyperion running nowadays? 2-3? That seems underutilized

Frozen is presented 4 times a day right now. So 7,936 people can witness the show throughout the day.

 

[po1998]

I wonder if the money will be reallocated for something or if its cancelled to save money with no other current plans

What do you think?

 

[Bolt]

Disney's annual meeting is March 8. The answer to the theater being cancelled or not should be given then, if not before.

The Disney company won't address this at an annual meeting. They gloss over parks to begin with so they aren't just going to call out a single project that got cut - they are trying to motivate investors.

 

[kthomas105]

Have other projects caused the cancelation? Or was the project cancelled due to its own cost/design issues (such as foundation/ground or even back of house operational issues cast parking/general access?)