Rich T
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By 2025 the whole franch--- Never mind.
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News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions
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nevol
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DeadBy 2025 the whole franch--- Never mind.
Truly, I'm not out here to play devil's advocate. I'm both cynical of the films and excited for the land.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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Never said those things, but nice try.
And I don't know where I got the idea that robots would one day be turned loose on the parks...It's almost like you said it.
Disney Irish
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Thats what you alluded to, or the way it came across to me, in this post:
As referring to droids roaming in SW:GE, not all over the entire park.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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Well that's the way it came across to me
And I most surely wasn't alluding to a park with no humans.
nevol
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@Rich T, now that we are done arguing, give this a read! It is one of the best pieces on disney parks i've seen in my life. https://www.scribd.com/document/17664805/Disneyland-Is-Good-For-You
Disney Irish
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Well that's the way it came across to me
And I most surely wasn't alluding to a park with no humans.
Anyways, we're talking about SW:GE droid and possibility of bots being used in SW Hotel. That's it, no other parts of the parks.
mickEblu
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You heard it here first. Tomorrowland becomes the Star Wars hotel with an undeground transportation system to Star Wars Land.
God please no.
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Wow, how refreshing to see a Disney fan have enough self-awareness to own their negativity without being defensive or combative plus a bit of self-depreciating humor on top! I sincerely appreciate it, your attitude makes interacting with you here a pleasure.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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nevol
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I actually think the existence of star wars land (and of a tomorrowland movie, and of the marvel sci-fi comic dystopia in DCA) gives them the freedom (and the necessity) to develop a real tomorrowland that is clean and optimistic. Not necesssarily IP-absent, because they'll want to leverage tron or big hero etc, but certainly something nicer than what is there now and without any star wars will become more possible.
Curious Constance
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I bet Disney is just a tad nervous about the performance of Solo, given they're currently building an entire hotel and multiple Star Wars lands (some big, some teeny).
Somewhere deep in their lizard brain an inkling of Star Wars fatigue worry is starting to dredge up.
Somewhere deep in their lizard brain an inkling of Star Wars fatigue worry is starting to dredge up.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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As of right now its sitting at $115m domestically and just around $83m internationally.
Granted, it should easily cross over $200m worldwide after this weekend, but I will not be surprised if it doesn't even eclipse $500m all in.
So, it took 7 days to hit it's low estimate instead of 4 days.
I think having legs is still an option.
I think having legs is still an option.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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Maybe, but if history is any indicator, those "legs" tend to short out after opening week.
Look at IW. In its second week it dropped almost half its revenue.
So using that projection, Solo should be making less than $100m in its second week.
EDIT: there are exceptions of course, but its rare for a movie to see its B.O. weekly take
increase the longer it stays in theatres. The best hopes for Solo are for everyone who was
on the fence about it before to finally decide to give it a shot.
Rich T
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I'd guess budgets are being cut as we spea-- Never mind.
dweezil78
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Nah... Star Wars as IP is massive enough to coast on its own even if it were to strictly become a theme park entity without any kind of theatrical releases. The last Harry Potter film came out in 2011 (unless you count Fantastic Beasts), yet the theme park business is not only thriving but seeing continued expansions. I honestly don't think they have even an ounce of concern when it comes to how well this stuff is going to perform in the parks or as a resort.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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I don't know man. I highly doubt Iger and the other money-grubbing bean counters are just sitting back with their feet-propped up after seeing Solo's B.O. numbers. They're a company now that is only aiming to hit grand-slams. And when they don't, they look to fire the hitting coach. Now, not saying anyone will lose their job over this (perhaps), but meetings are most definitely being held to "discuss" why it did so poorly so that Disney can ensure this kind of thing doesn't happen again.
TP2000
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Here's something fun to think about for us, but should strike fear into the heart of every crowd control CM at Disneyland. For its first 40 years Disneyland opened a new E Ticket on average every 3 and a half years.
1955 - Disneyland Opens
1959 - Matterhorn & Submarines - 4 Years
1963 - Enchanted Tiki Room - 4 years (admission was actually higher than an E Ticket, the first E+ Ticket)
1966 - It's A Small World - 3 Years
1967 - Pirates of the Caribbean - 1 Year
1969 - Haunted Mansion - 2 Years
1972 - Country Bear Jamboree - 3 Years (the last theater E Ticket)
1977 - Space Mountain - 5 Years
1979 - Big Thunder Mountain - 2 Years
1987 - Star Tours - 8 Years
1989 - Splash Mountain - 2 Years
1995 - Indiana Jones Adventure - 6 Years
2019 - Star Wars Land 2 E Tickets - 24 Years
And during those 40 years Disneyland also added 15 other smaller rides during the years in between the big E Ticket openings. Disneyland also added two new lands (New Orleans Square '66 and Bear Country '72) and rebuilt two existing lands (New Tomorrowland '67, New Fantasyland '83).
Then suddenly in 1995 Disneyland stopped. Paul Pressler was in charge and in the late 1990's he radically altered the way Disneyland operates, they opened DCA to disastrous results in 2001, and then spent the next 15 years trying to fix DCA with only minor tweaks to Disneyland that mainly centered on seasonal overlays, quick decor packages, and modest upgrades to existing attractions (Small World, Pirates, Jungle Cruise, Space Mt., Matterhorn). The lone exceptions are the addition of the Pooh dark ride in '03 and the Buzz Lightyear dark ride in 2005, but that wasn't an E Ticket and it replaced the loss of the Country Bear Jamboree, and the poorly executed Rocket Rods that only operated for one year in 1998-99.
So Disneyland has gone nearly a quarter of a century without adding a new E Ticket, with two smaller rides added in that time (Pooh '03, Buzz Lightyear '05) that replaced three rides closed since then (Country Bear Jamboree '01, Rocket Rods '99, Keelboats '97). Next year they get two all new E Tickets opening at the same time, in a massive new mega-budget Star Wars Land.
If I were Disneyland management I would be planning for the apocalypse, but they probably aren't. They are barely starting construction on a new parking structure as it is, and can't even handle a civil relationship with Anaheim City Hall right now.
1955 - Disneyland Opens
1959 - Matterhorn & Submarines - 4 Years
1963 - Enchanted Tiki Room - 4 years (admission was actually higher than an E Ticket, the first E+ Ticket)
1966 - It's A Small World - 3 Years
1967 - Pirates of the Caribbean - 1 Year
1969 - Haunted Mansion - 2 Years
1972 - Country Bear Jamboree - 3 Years (the last theater E Ticket)
1977 - Space Mountain - 5 Years
1979 - Big Thunder Mountain - 2 Years
1987 - Star Tours - 8 Years
1989 - Splash Mountain - 2 Years
1995 - Indiana Jones Adventure - 6 Years
2019 - Star Wars Land 2 E Tickets - 24 Years
And during those 40 years Disneyland also added 15 other smaller rides during the years in between the big E Ticket openings. Disneyland also added two new lands (New Orleans Square '66 and Bear Country '72) and rebuilt two existing lands (New Tomorrowland '67, New Fantasyland '83).
Then suddenly in 1995 Disneyland stopped. Paul Pressler was in charge and in the late 1990's he radically altered the way Disneyland operates, they opened DCA to disastrous results in 2001, and then spent the next 15 years trying to fix DCA with only minor tweaks to Disneyland that mainly centered on seasonal overlays, quick decor packages, and modest upgrades to existing attractions (Small World, Pirates, Jungle Cruise, Space Mt., Matterhorn). The lone exceptions are the addition of the Pooh dark ride in '03 and the Buzz Lightyear dark ride in 2005, but that wasn't an E Ticket and it replaced the loss of the Country Bear Jamboree, and the poorly executed Rocket Rods that only operated for one year in 1998-99.
So Disneyland has gone nearly a quarter of a century without adding a new E Ticket, with two smaller rides added in that time (Pooh '03, Buzz Lightyear '05) that replaced three rides closed since then (Country Bear Jamboree '01, Rocket Rods '99, Keelboats '97). Next year they get two all new E Tickets opening at the same time, in a massive new mega-budget Star Wars Land.
If I were Disneyland management I would be planning for the apocalypse, but they probably aren't. They are barely starting construction on a new parking structure as it is, and can't even handle a civil relationship with Anaheim City Hall right now.
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