Jazzy, I’m sure. We won’t notice as long as The Zach starts off each post with, “because Walt Disney said Disneyland (and Disney World) would never be complete...”
Willing to bet money on this one!
My hope is that Princess Tiana's Splash'n Bayou Jubilee* will transition from Frontierland's current Old Westified Bluegrass to a swampy banjo/washboard sound to Zydeco to Jazz throughout the attraction. I'd also hope WDI swampifies it a bit more, as it would be slightly easier to visually transition Fronterland to a Swampy motif vs Fronterland to Jazz Age architecture. In any case, I'd be shocked if they actually do anything.
This is what I have been wondering. We have pushed our trip back to next May so that wdw will be back to normal. I hope that normal includes an operating Splash.
I think we are looking at at least 2 years before Splash closure. Financially speaking, while it is still very much a priority to the company, it has almost certainly been delayed to some degreedue to COVID. Funds are already eaten up (hence the pause of Tron and the slow pace that EPCOT is progressing at). But more-so, it is unlikely they will close such a popular attraction during the 50th. It's possible (even likely) that work on DLR's Splash begins much sooner. Additionally, when the announcement was made, it was still quite early in the planning and they provided not even an estimate of a timeline. All that combined, I think the likelihood that we see a closure within a year is very, very unlikely.
Thanks! An insightful and helpful answer. All about that!
I think its pretty much guaranteed that Disneyland will remodel their Splash first
Disneyland has lost over a year of revenue and will open to limited capacity. I really doubt they'll be the first to retheme. Of course, I still think this is all more than 4 years off (at least).
People assume it will be Disneyland first because its the easiest. Its already close to NOS, and it would be much easier to pull their rethemr off than Orlando since its much more swampy as opposed to Orlando's field/forest vibe. Plus Tokyo may be delaying Orlando's retheme
I vaguely remember this being the talk with regards to Space Mountain too. This was mentioned way before the Splash overly was a mention publicly, Tron was to come into play so other rides come be refurbed.
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Thank you for the information, I'll give it a look!
