Tomorrowland Overhaul Speculation

[BrianLo]

Any chance Chapek gets booed at D23? That would be amazing.

More tellingly... will Chapek actually be giving the presentation...

 

[mickEblu]

More tellingly... will Chapek actually be giving the presentation...

And then also if he gets fired does everything get undone with an infinity gauntlet snap of the fingers and does TOT reappear?

 

[TROR]

And then also if he gets fired does everything get undone with an infinity gauntlet snap of the fingers and does TOT reappear?

Berenstain reverts to Berenstein.

 

[britain]

David Koenig Disneyland Rumors: Putting Off Tomorrow

Last week I had the opportunity to briefly converse with a Disneyland insider familiar with the park’s current long-range plans. This person cautioned that this only reflected where discussions are at the moment—everything’s fluid, is

www.micechat.com

Here is also forum discussion about it on wdwmagic:

David Koenig on the (near-ish) future of Disneyland park

MiceChat's David Koenig has posted an interesting article talking about the latest insider information about the upcoming Fantasyland overhaul, what's planned for Tomorrowland and more.

forums.wdwmagic.com

Okay thanks, but that’s mighty dated info.

 

[mickEblu]

Berenstain reverts to Berenstein.

The Bears?

 

[Phroobar]

Okay thanks, but that’s mighty dated info.

That time table he presents is completely wrong now.

 

[Phroobar]

Hey, no fair! Smoggy day, flat light and lots of type cluttering up the Shanghai picture. Here's a better shot, courtesy of http://www.disneyphotoblography.com/2017/03/tomorrowland-dreaming.html

It's always smoggy in Shanghai. It never looks like that. However the sunsets are amazing.

 

[Phroobar]

Could have been worse, they could look like this. (Skip to 36:05 for the Seven Dwarfs)

They look like the mom and dad with button eyes from Coraline!

 

[voodoo321]

They look like the mom and dad with button eyes from Coraline!

That's why I won't watch that movie again even though I think it is very creative. Very few things give me the creeps but that part of the movie did it for me for some reason.

 

[T.Will]

Sorry to bother with this again, but a Disneyland person I'm sort of acquainted with is going off again about a Tomorrowland overhaul rumor from his insiders. He's saying it'll be the big announcement for D23. I've relayed his rumors in the forums before. I don't want to say them again, and I'm especially skeptical of them.

 

[mickEblu]

Sorry to bother with this again, but a Disneyland person I'm sort of acquainted with is going off again about a Tomorrowland overhaul rumor from his insiders. He's saying it'll be the big announcement for D23. I've relayed his rumors in the forums before. I don't want to say them again, and I'm especially skeptical of them.

Can you remind us?

 

[ParkPeeker]

A Disneyland AP I'm familiar with apparently has a source and the source talked about Tomorrowland. (I know it sounds like "a friend of an uncle of my cousin's nephew said" but bear with me) This is the info he gave about the TL refurbishment.

- The refurbishment is expected to be announced at D23 in 2021.

- The Autopia would go the way of the dodo. They have tested sightlines and hight, presumably for a show building for Frozen.

- The subs would be gone, but the lagoon would stay.

- There is a Tron ride coming, but it's not Lightcycle Power Run. It'll be a new ride designed by Joe Rohde. The Tron ride is a thrill ride that weaves around TL, giving you great views of the land and other attractions. Think a high capacity Rocket Rods. The Tron theme was forced on it against DL management's wishes.

- Lightcycle Power Run will instead go to Marvel Land, presumably as the Avengers coaster.

- The new E-ticket attraction will be an overhauled Space Mountain. The idea is to make a much larger show building with better projection effects in the ride. The Magic Eye Theater would be demolished to become the new queue with a pre-show. The ride itself will be nothing like the current Space Mountain. It would feature longer trains and inversions. Similar to Space Mountain at Disneyland Paris.

That's all the info the source gave. If true, I'd think this plan would suffer budget cuts and be compromised. Again, that's if it's true.

What do you guys think?

found it

 

[T.Will]

found it

To add to that, the Monorail will be rerouted and maybe go through the middle of TL.

He also believes that TL overhaul for DL and MK is the Secret Walt Disney Company Project.

 

[mickEblu]

found it

Beat me to it! Everything sounds Pretty good to me except for Space Mountain.


EDIT: ugh. Forgot about Chapek and who would actually be creating this new TL. It sounds pretty good on paper though.

 

[mickEblu]

To add to that, he believes that TL overhaul for DL and MK is the Secret Walt Disney Company Project.

Has he offered an new details in addition to what you ve posted before?

 

[T.Will]

Has he offered an new details in addition to what you ve posted before?

The only other thing he said he was told was that the TL overhaul would be used to refurbish and redo the trains and railroad. Such as to replace one of the sideways train sets with a forward one for higher capacity.

 

[ParkPeeker]

The only other thing he said he was told was that the TL overhaul would be used to refurbish and redo the trains and railroad. Such as to replace one of the sideways train sets with a forward one for higher capacity.

aww I like the sideway train sets

 

[TROR]

Are we to assume Buzz is replaced by the TRON ride in this scenario? If so, it makes a lot of sense.

 

[T.Will]

Are we to assume Buzz is replaced by the TRON ride in this scenario? If so, it makes a lot of sense.

He didn't mention the Tron theme for some reason, even though he did the first time. He's still adamant that it'll be demolished and replaced with what can be described as a reliable Rocket Rods.

 

[mickEblu]

So according to our friend @T.Will s rumors the TL roster would look something like this...

Space Mountain 2025
Troncket Rods
Buzz Lightyear AstroBlasters (maybe given the Shanghai treatment?)
Rethemed Star Tours

And then Hopefully a properly located Astro Orbitor or equivalent