Tokyo Disneyland Resort Expansion

[Magic Feather]

My Hot Takes (90% Conjecture):

Name probably Enchanted Springs or something with “Springs” as the noun

They Must Really Love Boats

Frozen will probably get the Pirates technology

Tangled belongs at the other park, but oh well

Pan‘s vehicle should be suspended and lifted out of (fake?) water

The Hotel? Eh. Call it a proof of concept?

Entry Should be on the Sliver of Land between Carpets and Raging Spirits. Tiny chance one gets nixed for space, but unlikely.

Yes, the Pixie Ride should be the inevitable Flat, Most Likely a direct lift from MK’s old NFL Plan.

Tangled will have about as much tech as Sinbad, with half of the ride.


At the end of the day, it is what Tokyo needed. As much as I would have loved for the old Scandinavia Plan (with a tad of Frozen) to happen, this is spectacular, while still leaving another expansion plot open.

 

[Timothy_Q]

My Hot Takes (90% Conjecture):

Name probably Enchanted Springs or something with “Springs” as the noun

They Must Really Love Boats

Frozen will probably get the Pirates technology

Tangled belongs at the other park, but oh well

Pan‘s vehicle should be suspended and lifted out of (fake?) water

The Hotel? Eh. Call it a proof of concept?

Entry Should be on the Sliver of Land between Carpets and Raging Spirits. Tiny chance one gets nixed for space, but unlikely.

Yes, the Pixie Ride should be the inevitable Flat, Most Likely a direct lift from MK’s old NFL Plan.

Tangled will have about as much tech as Sinbad, with half of the ride.


At the end of the day, it is what Tokyo needed. As much as I would have loved for the old Scandinavia Plan (with a tad of Frozen) to happen, this is spectacular, while still leaving another expansion plot open.

Any truth to the rumors of this land connecting both parks through Fantasyland?

 

[mickeyfan5534]

Tangled will have about as much tech as Sinbad, with half of the ride.

So a lot of AAs?

 

[Ag11gani]

In my opinion, while I'm sure the rides will be great, they really don't belong in TDS. Not becuase they don't have a relation to the sea but because they don't feel like real places. Every land in TDS (except Mermaid Lagoon) feel like they could exist in real life. Despite the Aladdin influences on Arabian Coast, it still feels real. Mermaid Lagoon gets a pass as it really the only land that has a strong relation to the Sea, despite the fact that TDS's theme isn't the sea. None of this except maybe the frozen area could really feel real. At least with the Scandinavian area it would most likely be akin to Arabian Coast, with influences from the movie but not entirely focused on it.

So all and all, I am acctualy kind of disapointed that they went with this over the Scandinavian area but if they want to clone the Rapunzel ride, that TDS is getting, into MK then I'll have no problems with them doing that.

EDIT: Wrong Wording

 

[Suchomimus]

but if they want to clone the Rapunzel ride in MK then I'll have no problems with it.

Bathrooms are not rides

 

[BrianLo]

Actually Wrong,This the part 2 of their 5 billion dollar expansion that will take 10 years started back in 2013.

Correct, although the endpoint timeline on this is now very fuzzy as I think the whole thing got pushed back 3 or so years. They requested an 'extension' in 2014 to revisit all the plans. The first phase (Soarin' + Beauty and the Beast + the new theatre + big hero 6 whip) is costing 75 billion yen (~750mil USD).

As others have pointed out this is significantly, significantly more expensive. Hopefully good news for the quality of these rides. I have no idea how much hotels cost, I look forward to OLC's inevitable ride by ride budget breakdown.

I'd guess the remaining 125 billion (~1.25 billion USD) will be rolled back out to Disneyland for expansion through about 2025-2026 completing their stated 10 year timeframe. That's sort of what they originally promised when this was all announced - multiple expansion slots for TDS and a new ride/attraction for every land in Disneyland.

 

[brb1006]

My Hot Takes (90% Conjecture):


Tangled will have about as much tech as Sinbad, with half of the ride.

That caught my attention.

 

[Ag11gani]

Bathrooms are not rides

I meant that I'd have no problems with them cloning the TDS Rapunzel ride into MK, I now realise the wirding was wrong.

 

[Robbiem]

Correct, although the endpoint timeline on this is now very fuzzy as I think the whole thing got pushed back 3 or so years. They requested an 'extension' in 2014 to revisit all the plans. The first phase (Soarin' + Beauty and the Beast + the new theatre + big hero 6 whip) is costing 75 billion yen (~750mil USD).

As others have pointed out this is significantly, significantly more expensive. Hopefully good news for the quality of these rides. I have no idea how much hotels cost, I look forward to OLC's inevitable ride by ride budget breakdown.

I'd guess the remaining 125 billion (~1.25 billion USD) will be rolled back out to Disneyland for expansion through about 2025-2026 completing their stated 10 year timeframe. That's sort of what they originally promised when this was all announced - multiple expansion slots for TDS and a new ride/attraction for every land in Disneyland.

Wow, we’ve got new fantasyland and tomorrowland rides announced i wonder what new rides are planned for Adventureland and westernland, could we see a return of the carsland in rivers of America idea from a few years ago?

 

[BrianLo]

Wow, we’ve got new fantasyland and tomorrowland rides announced i wonder what new rides are planned for Adventureland and westernland, could we see a return of the carsland in rivers of America idea from a few years ago?

My guess is no to Carsland. OLC purposely turned it down and they are clearly picking things that appeal to their locals and not just co-financing completed North American attractions.

That said... River of America and a punch out behind Space Mountain/Monster's Inc. into the parking lot are really their only two options.

Sacrilege, but I'd be fine with Rivers being torn out.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

My guess is no to Carsland. OLC purposely turned it down and they are clearly picking things that appeal to their locals and not just co-financing completed North American attractions.

That said... River of America and a punch out behind Space Mountain/Monster's Inc. into the parking lot are really their only two options.

Sacrilege, but I'd be fine with Rivers being torn out.

Do you consider theme parks to be an art form?

 

[Timothy_Q]

Do you consider theme parks to be an art form?

Considering how big the Fantasyland and Springs expansions are, I can see OLC removing RoA for an equally sized expansion on that side of the park. Otherwise there really isn't much space for anything of substance.

And honestly, we already have RoA in 3 other parks, I wouldn't mind seeing something unique to Tokyo put in its place.

 

[BrianLo]

Do you consider theme parks to be an art form?

Yes, but not always an art museum.

I just don't think the Rivers of America as an attraction justifies the space it occupies. The front half of the river is lovely, the attraction as a whole? The back half could easily be filled in without losing the illusion of a river that continues on.

We're talking about a park very limited on space and far better artful demonstrations of the medium next door. The copy of a copy is different than talking about relative preservation of the attraction in Anaheim's Disneyland to me.

I knew it would cause a stir though when I wrote it. That's not to say they can absolutely make it worse, but they definitely could utilize it to ever greater potential.

 

[Robbiem]

My guess is no to Carsland. OLC purposely turned it down and they are clearly picking things that appeal to their locals and not just co-financing completed North American attractions.

That said... River of America and a punch out behind Space Mountain/Monster's Inc. into the parking lot are really their only two options.

Sacrilege, but I'd be fine with Rivers being torn out.

I could see a galaxies edge type star wars land going behind space mountain. I can only dream what an OLC star wars land would be like

 

[stitchcastle]

with all those mock-ups, it's looking more and more like this was supposed to be part of a New Fantasyland for TDL but then they decided at the last minute to tack it onto TDS.

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

I could see a galaxies edge type star wars land going behind space mountain. I can only dream what an OLC star wars land would be like

Don't hold your breath. The IP is not as sizzling hot as it is in the States.

 

[SweetDuffy101]

Correct, although the endpoint timeline on this is now very fuzzy as I think the whole thing got pushed back 3 or so years. They requested an 'extension' in 2014 to revisit all the plans. The first phase (Soarin' + Beauty and the Beast + the new theatre + big hero 6 whip) is costing 75 billion yen (~750mil USD).

As others have pointed out this is significantly, significantly more expensive. Hopefully good news for the quality of these rides. I have no idea how much hotels cost, I look forward to OLC's inevitable ride by ride budget breakdown.

I'd guess the remaining 125 billion (~1.25 billion USD) will be rolled back out to Disneyland for expansion through about 2025-2026 completing their stated 10 year timeframe. That's sort of what they originally promised when this was all announced - multiple expansion slots for TDS and a new ride/attraction for every land in Disneyland.

I think that the remaining of the budget will go on the Relocation of the offices of OLC, Plus an upgrade on parkwide entertainment (regular and seasonal events)and other facilities as well, It was announced a few weeks ago that a new monorail will be added in 2019 with a budget of 25 million dollars.

 

[Disneylover152]

It was announced a few weeks ago that a new monorail will be added in 2019 with a budget of 25 million dollars.

But the new Disney World monorail won't be ready until after the 50th? (according to rumors)

 

[GiveMeTheMusic]

But the new Disney World monorail won't be ready until after the 50th? (according to rumors)

TDR’s monorail has nothing to do with WDW

 

[Disneylover152]

TDR’s monorail has nothing to do with WDW

No but if Tokyo announced a new monorail for next year, why is WDW's new monorail informally announced for POST-2021? Just a thought.