MaxW
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lol i know, i was kidding around. But i always appreciate a good counter point in discussions
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Possible Frontierland expansion
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Sonconato
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Yeah. If they fill in RoA, then where will these guys go?
Brer Panther
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I'm sure there's room for our alligator friends at Gator World.
MaxW
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Wow, that'd bite!
Lol
Unplugged
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Perhaps appear on the menu at the Jungle Cruise Skipper's Canteen. Mmmmm, mmmmm.
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So @whylightbulb are there any updates on this? Did it ever get approved or are we talking coffee table book material?
Sped2424
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Given the announcements of all the cuts I am worried the fate of this is more or less dead. Would love to be wrong.
Have we heard about any cuts from large capital investments? (Seriously, I don't think I've seen that -- in fact, Disney actually announced purchasing two new cruise ships.) The "cuts" we've heard from P&R are operational budgets it seems.
Sped2424
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Cruise line seems to operate on a different budget than the parks. From what we heard anaheim parking garages were being scaled back and other various things in the parks. I wouldn't be shocked if a frontierland expansion got put on hold due to these cuts. Not saying I am right but that I wouldn't be surprised.
SpaceMountain75
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Whenever I click on this thread it's like opening up the fridge for the 30th time in a day - I keep hoping something interesting will be in it, but all I leave with is regret for even looking in the first place.
aladdin2007
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agree, MK is such a capacity issue though they need to do something, the place is bursting at the seams.
I don't disagree. I think you could argue that Adventureland needs an large E-ticket as well before Frontierland. The one big advantage for expanding Frontierland IMHO is that you could start to expand around the RoA more to the north and actually open up additional space for guests.
MK is in kind of a weird position right now. Any attraction you add that will increase capacity will in turn attract more people and defeat the purpose.
It is something you see in road design called induced demand. When a highway gets clogged up it is logical to add lanes to increase the capacity, but what happens is more people take the new and improved highway and the same problem starts all over again.
One of the ways you solve the problem is to give people other options.
Disney seems to be doing that very thing right now. AK has a big expansion and new night time show just around the corner, the Disney Springs Expansion is nearly finished and DHS is getting what could be one of the most popular theme park lands in history. Hopefully major work at Epcot is somewhere on the horizon as well.
This should, when complete, help to move guests from MK to other parts of the property and help relieve some of the strain on MK.
UpAllNight
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Whilst I agree, Disney over the past decade has conditioned people to expect one or the other (or often nothing at all). With the money ringing through the tills, attendance doing what it is, it is entirely reasonable to expect the Walt Disney Company to solve this problem by investing In both quality options to divert guests away from MK and also offer new experiences to increase capacity at MK. The fact that this idea seems so alien to many is depressing, meanwhile what should be their premium product offers an experience which isn't what it could be.
ToTBellHop
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This project is still in early development. There is an understanding that the 50th needs to be big.
But a lot can change in 5 years. Hopefully we get more than just new fireworks and two parades.
But a lot can change in 5 years. Hopefully we get more than just new fireworks and two parades.
Compelling, attractive people eaters would help too. They've tried various ways to persuade people to go elsewhere and so far they've not worked. They tried MyMagic and that didn't work.
Three rides the size of EPCOT Centers legacy attractions would take nearly 10,000 people an hour. That's 1/5 - 1/6 of average daily attendance.
Half a dozen b and c ticket omni-movers was what I wanted to see for the Fantasyland expansion. They are relatively inexpensive to build, staff and maintain, fit the demo for that section of the park and would have pulled thousands of guests off the sidewalks and into attractions every hour.
Yeah, MK needs a bunch of high capacity complementary rides, not headliners. Little Mermaid was actually a good addition to that end. They should have had at least 1 if not 2 more dark rides as part of that expansion to help with crowds.
That said, I do think they should add at least one headliner E-ticket for the 50th; hopefully, by that time, they'll have build enough at the other parks to spread out crowds which would enable MK to hand additional guests and visits that the headliner would bring.
That said, I do think they should add at least one headliner E-ticket for the 50th; hopefully, by that time, they'll have build enough at the other parks to spread out crowds which would enable MK to hand additional guests and visits that the headliner would bring.