The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[Disney Irish]

But to play Devils advocate - D’amaro just got named CEO. Maybe he wants to make some big splashy announcement. Considering Iger is still there though would it be D’amaro making the announcement? Feels like he wouldn’t get full credit if it was announced now.

Which makes it less likely to be something related to a 3rd gate or a TL redo. He'd wait until D23 when he is fully installed as CEO and a few months under his belt, and then make the big splash of an announcement.

That is why I think this is just something related to the groundbreaking of EGW/New Harbor Entrance, and use it as a peak into DLForward to point that as a "future of Disneyland Resort". Basically something "boring" that won't get much headlines otherwise, with a look toward the future. Plus the timing is too on the nose, with the permits just getting filed this past week.

 

[Distorian]

They're bringing back the People Mover.

 

[BrianLo]

Third gate announcement incoming

Or new TL

Or Frozen ride/ land

Are they really going to have everyone fly out for more details on things that have already been announced? I guess that’s possible.

Yup! The last time this crowd was gathered it was a Tropical Americas deep dive at imagineering in Epcot; or there was another event with a bunch of 2026 date announcements for WDW projects just before Floridas D23.

It could very well be a project cycle update on DCA/EGW.

Unless something we don’t know about is going to be permitted before D23, I think those announcements are saved. But the company sometimes does weird things.

 

[mickEblu]

Yup! The last time this crowd was gathered it was a Tropical Americas deep dive at imagineering in Epcot; or there was another event with a bunch of 2026 date announcements for WDW projects just before Floridas D23.

It could very well be a project cycle update on DCA/EGW.

Hey I’ll gladly take some more info on any of the DCA projects. If see one more post about a beam signing at the Avengers ride I’ll lose it.

 

[BrianLo]

Hey I’ll gladly take some more info on any of the DCA projects. If see one more post about a beam signing at the Avengers ride I’ll lose it.

You might enjoy the beam signing at Encanto then?