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

[wdwmagic]

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.

Indeed, there are bigger fish to fry at those meetings than a single project at WDW.

 

[KrazyKat]

Really disappointed to hear this. I also agree the placement off to the side was a little odd. Wouldn’t surprise me if TDO decided to build it at Disney Springs instead and sell tickets instead of it being part of your MK ticket. There’s a huge parking lot near cirque du soleil and a third parking garage is being built.

 

[Magic Feather]

Not too surprised, although this project was announced a tad prematurely (but it was solid as of a month ago). I will say, I can think of a few proposals in MK, Epcot, and AK that run under a similar budget and could be ready for WDW50.

 

[CalebS]

What do you think?

The disappointing option of the two

 

[matt9112]

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.

in share holders pockets....

 

[matt9112]

Please let the replacement be a nice, long dark ride. If there is nothing to replace this project, then at least bump Tron up a year or two. MK needs capacity BAD.

TWDC doesn't care BAD. cram as many guests as you can for the least amount of labor and than extract as much USD out of each breathing body.

 

[raven]

Really disappointed to hear this. I also agree the placement off to the side was a little odd. Wouldn’t surprise me if TDO decided to build it at Disney Springs instead and sell tickets instead of it being part of your MK ticket. There’s a huge parking lot near cirque du soleil and a third parking garage is being built.

That would compete with Cirque and House of Blues and make crowds very congested with guests at night. That back lot fills to capacity quite often on concert nights. But I love the idea of placing a large theatrical facility somewhere near Disney Springs.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

I think it's pathetic they cut it but at least they didn't close something and not replace it with this project.

 

[ToTBellHop]

My understanding is that this isn’t a “cut” so much as a “reallocation of funds”. Sometimes it is shocking how mercurial this company is. I remember the challenges of keeping up with the DHS redo right up to its announcement.

 

[Bolt]

I think it's pathetic they cut it but at least they didn't close something and not replace it with this project.

Unless there is something else being swapped in instead.

 

[Sped2424]

Hahahah ahahaha :")

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Unless there is something else being swapped in instead.

I doubt it. At this point it's too late to announce anything that will be done other than some stupid new show or something in time for 50th. My guess is what they announced at D23 is what we're getting. Nothing more.

Edit: I hope I'm wrong

 

[Tim Lohr]

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?)

The only other theater style show that been announced since this is the new Cirque du Soleil show that will feature classic Disney characters, which is something that seems like it would be competition for this theater, but not something they can make a boat load of money on like Cirque du Soleil... kind of a bummer if this turns out to be true, but they could fit a couple of dark rides in that parking lot, both the show buildings for both Small World and Haunted Mansion could fit in that space.

I still think they need a permanent pathway along side Main Street, and my hope is more that they eventually return Main Street to the "small town" experience it had originally, instead of the "giant gift shop" that it's become. I don't know that they need a theater to accomplish that. This has to be a new record for cancelling a WDW project that they made a huge announcement for... 6 months? at least they can still do something quickly, but this is why I don't get my hopes up for anything they announce until it's finished being built and I can stand in the middle of it

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Well, this flat out sucks. I was really looking forward to it. And the best part about it (brace yourself), is that it actually had a connection to Walt and made sense

 

[Bolt]

I doubt it. At this point it's too late to announce anything that will be done other than some stupid new show or something in time for 50th. My guess is what they announced at D23 is what we're getting. Nothing more.

Edit: I hope I'm wrong

Still have three years.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

DHS deserves more rides instead of shows. Can they please put The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage shows to rest now? They are the oldest remaining shows at the park right now.

The state of those two shows right now is very sad.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I doubt it. At this point it's too late to announce anything that will be done other than some stupid new show or something in time for 50th. My guess is what they announced at D23 is what we're getting. Nothing more.

Edit: I hope I'm wrong

The 50th is 44 months away.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Indeed, there are bigger fish to fry at those meetings than a single project at WDW.

Bigger fish like questions about smoking in Disney movies, the return of Dreamfinder and Figment and Kingdom Hearts

 

[mikejs78]

I doubt it. At this point it's too late to announce anything that will be done other than some stupid new show or something in time for 50th. My guess is what they announced at D23 is what we're getting. Nothing more.

Edit: I hope I'm wrong

The insiders seem to indicate that it may be more of a reallocation.

 

[RSoxNo1]

if this is true than this must be the largest cancelled project at WDW in decades, and really makes me worried a lot of things in the EPCOT spine redo/concept art will get cut.

Hyperion Wharf?
Original Fantasyland Chateaus?