Dr.GrantSeeker
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I like that at fist glance they believed in keeping the Peoplemover
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News People mover now reopened!
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I like that at fist glance they believed in keeping the Peoplemover
Mac Tonight
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Fair point. So is it any wonder why Iger/co. hasn't even tried to fix the broken yeti??
JoeCamel
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Simpler $$$$$$$
VicariousCorpse
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Are you sure this is for an Incredibles overlay? I have this picture saved under concept art for the proposed Tomorrowland 2055. Heres a better version with the name Skypods more legible.
Surferboy567
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That looks really cool! What are those springy arms? Is that a car on top of an arm?
Rteetz
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Looks like peoplemover meets Kuka arms.
Then “astro orbiter” meets jet packs from Shanghai.
Surferboy567
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Just noticed the “Skypods” name. Yeah, this doesn’t look very incredibles (besides the orange color) to me unless we are missing something.
Movielover
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DGracey
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To be fair, at the time Disneyland was constructed, the company did not have that many films (or IP) to fill the entire park. Hence why many attractions were built based on themes and not from movies.
Now the company has the reverse situation. Way, way too many IPs and franchises and not enough places to put everything. They will never be able to use everything they have (a blessing? or a curse?).
RSoxNo1
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They did that already and it took them longer to build the Tangled Bathrooms than it took Universal to build Transformers.
Dutch Inn '76
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I'd just like to say that there was probably more thought put into the Tangled bathrooms than the Transformers ride...
yensidtlaw1969
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I think it had less to do with Walt Disney wishing he had more properties to promote in his park (He had plenty in his lifetime that were never given meaningful representation at Disneyland) and more to do with him having more diverse and dynamic interests than the company does today.
I always like to point out that Walt Disney's Treasure Island film was released in 1950 and a huge hit, but they never built Treasure Island: The Ride, they built Pirates of the Caribbean, a wholly original experience. It's not like they forgot they'd already made a hit Pirate film.
Walt wanted to do something new with the new medium.
I believe the idea was revisited. Like a lot of 2055 there were plenty of proposals and versions and some hold overs. The Kuka ride was mentioned to me with the IP attached.
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yensidtlaw1969
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Do you have a sense of what the latest was on a New Tomorrowland for DL pre-COVID?
Presumably anything they were thinking is in the bin at this point, but I'm curious what kind of lead they were thinking of taking.
Long term plans in two phases optioned Tron coaster with the removal of the subs and Autopia, repurpose of the carousel building, Star Tours overhaul/overlay and Buzz overlay. And removal of the overhead tracks.
yensidtlaw1969
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My eyes when I hear they're considering "two phases":
Trying to think of the last time they followed through meaningfully on a second phase . . . I'm sure it'll come to me . . .TRON would have HAD to be a revised experience rather than a direct clone, right? I can't imagine that warehouse plopped down in the middle of Disneyland.
Such a shame that we seem to be reaching the actual end days of the Submarines. I'd kill to see a non-Nemo show in the lagoon. Would be even more of a shame to lose them to the 52-second version of TRON that's currently out there.
I'd be fine with seeing the Carousel Theater, Star Tours, and Buzz be redeveloped. I'd even be fine with the loss of the Autopia if they found a way to do it without killing the Subs, which I'm pretty sure is near impossible.
On the edge of the park - just like Orlando. Didn’t bother them there either.
yensidtlaw1969
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I’ve never measured it but I assume so.