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PeterAlt
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I didn't know they were getting PotC. Looks like they are investing close to their initial investment in DLP.
I just saw this report on 60 Minutes on how China has ghost cities with brand new buildings and skyscrapers built or partially built that go on for miles and miles (think dozens of Detroits but brand spanking new). Their real estate economy has a bubble far worse than the 2008 one in the US that is only getting bigger. It will burst sooner or later.
What will happen to SDL when it does? Is Disney in for a mess far worse than EuroDisney?
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Soarin' Over Pgh
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They know how to build quickly and efficiently when the right $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is talking.
Apparently this does not apply to Florida. So in the 3-4 years it took to build Mine Train, they're building all of Shanghai Disneyland. Do I got this right?
Sigh.
ABQ
Well-Known Member
Well this is something for someone far more educated than I, but from what I read about the building most of the Chinese Olympic projects, you were looking at migrant workers making the equivalent of $200 a month. Certainly, I can see why they can get this done faster, if this is the case, as they can employ 10-50 times the manpower.
Again, I'm only basing this on what took place to construct the stadiums and villages of for the Olympics a few years back, it may be nothing like this at SDL.
Darth Sidious
Authentically Disney Distinctly Chinese
I needed to share this incase any of you haven't seen it before:
http://abc7news.com/entertainment/k...illiams-death/255124/#&cmp=fb-kgo-post-255124
http://abc7news.com/entertainment/k...illiams-death/255124/#&cmp=fb-kgo-post-255124
stevehousse
Well-Known Member
That's too sad...
danlb_2000
Premium Member
They will have a version of PotC but it won't be a copy of the existing ones.
Not really. Eurodisneys total cost to opening was 4.5-5 billion US dollars in 1992 money.
PeterAlt
Well-Known Member
What is SDL total Phase 1 cost?
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
until theres a thaw at least
Which will have a mine train lol
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
i like my nuts free
PeterAlt
Well-Known Member
And thus the conversation degenerates from this point on... I was searching for a joke to contribute at this juncture but anything I could say would degenerate the conversation to uncharted levels I do not dare go!
Soarin' Over Pgh
Well-Known Member
I sure hope they got the 'extended' version. I can't imagine the capacity issues that ride will face in Shanghai in it's current state.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Agree and it's sad because for the longest time eating at WDW was part of the 'experience' I recall 'King Stefan's Banquet Hall' it was WALK UP!!! as was CRT in the early days and expensive but not overly so. But you were at a RESORT so it was going to be more costly than Sodalak's in College Station TX so you paid the differential but when the differential is 100-200% of local prices one simply says NYET!
But now prices are out of control so being DVC we eat in our unit, For me it's not a hardship as I enjoy cooking and since I travel for a living its actually another fun WDW activity.
I miss the EXPERIENCE of WDW dining - but we simply refuse to support for the most part the blatant ripoff WDW dining has become in the 2012- onward period.
We still do a couple of favorites but its only a couple of meals not like before where ALL meals were eaten at WDW regardless of having a full kitchen which at the time was used simply for snacks and late night feasting.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
You are the free nut
Mike S
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Mike S
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There were overhead pics somewhere that basically confirms Shanghai is getting the same ride we got. Maintenance of said ride may vary.
I sure hope they got the 'extended' version. I can't imagine the capacity issues that ride will face in Shanghai in it's current state.
doctornick
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The length of the ride shouldn't impact capacity much (in terms of how many people ride per hour) since it is basically determined by how quickly vehicles are unloaded/loaded/dispached.
Length of the ride does impact capacity in terms of "how many people are riding a ride at a given time" since more vehicles can be in action at the same time.