Toy Story Land Already Disappointing?

[Matt_Black]

Lot of pouting and crying in this thread, and so close to Christmas too! Shameful.

 

[marni1971]

Lot of pouting and crying in this thread, and so close to Christmas too! Shameful.

Who's crying?

 

[rkleinlein]

Lot of pouting and crying in this thread, and so close to Christmas too! Shameful.

It's "shameful" for people to share their thoughts in a discussion forum? Really?

 

[Chef Mickey]

So, which are you going to choose "give it a chance" or "be skeptical"? You're contradicting yourself. Also, you're being skeptical over one single rendering of TSL.

7DMT isn't the centerpiece of Fantasyland, Cinderella Castle is. It's the centerpiece of that land, that park, the WDW Resort, and basically of their movie division.

As far as 7DMT goes it wasn't even a part of the original New Fantasyland design. It was added to balance out all of the girl-centric additions that Disney was going to add to that land. The location of 7DMT is confined to that small location. There was nothing else
they were going to be able to do about the length of the ride. The focal point of that ride is the mine itself. That's what makes that
attraction special.

Toy Story Midway Mania will continue to be the main attraction of TSL. There is no height limitation on TSMM, but there will be one
on the roller coaster. The popularity of TSMM is the reason why they are adding a third track.

I don't consider it a failure, yet; I just don't have the same excitement as I did before the Iger era.

I think you can BOTH be skeptical and give it a chance. If they do what they are capable of, great...but Iger hasn't done it yet.

There is still yet another faction of people that think the proposed additions will not be good enough and is already disappointing. I can't disagree, but I am holding out hope.

 

[Matt_Black]

It's "shameful" for people to share their thoughts in a discussion forum? Really?

It's shameful to be a Negative Nancy at Christmas time, yes, you Grinchy McScrooge.

 

[Kate F]

So...is there any reason as to why they haven't even started on this yet?

 

[mitchk]

So...is there any reason as to why they haven't even started on this yet?

$$$$$$$

 

[DfromATX]

You will get E-tickets attractions in Star Wars Land and Pandora.

I hope you are right. At this point I'm just happy new lands are being built.

 

[Bairstow]

Does "Today's Disney" ever do more than the bare minimum anymore?.

That depends on how one defines "the bare minimum."
If "the bare minimum" is Six Flags, then clearly, yes.

 

[Chef Mickey]

$$$$$$$

I'm so tired of that.

Disney has never had more money and resources than they do today. I know that's the reason, but it's super frustrating.

And yes, I am excited for Toy Story, but I can already tell it has training wheels on it. I hope we end up surprised/amazed, but the Iger administration hasn't impressed when it comes to park additions.

 

[NormC]

So...is there any reason as to why they haven't even started on this yet?

They have started. Just no shovels in the ground yet.

 

[Chef Mickey]

They have started. Just no shovels in the ground yet.

So they haven't started?

 

[NormC]

So they haven't started?

Yes, they have. Just because you cannot see a backhoe digging a hole does not mean work has not started.

 

[Chef Mickey]

Yes, they have. Just because you cannot see a backhoe digging a hole does not mean work has not started.

Yeah, lately for Disney, "starting" means picking up the Coke cans that are on the ground where the new rides will be.

 

[NormC]

Yeah, lately for Disney, "starting" means picking up the Coke cans that are on the ground where the new rides will be.

Or converting an existing backstage building to a construction office etc. Plenty going on, just not at the point you can stick a camera over a wall to see yet.

 

[Kate F]

Or converting an existing backstage building to a construction office etc. Plenty going on, just not at the point you can stick a camera over a wall to see yet.

Sure they may have started the "behind the scenes" stuff, but that still doesn't excuse their slow pace. At this point, they really should have their shovels in the ground. It's been months since it was announced.

 

[Andrew C]

Sure they may have started the "behind the scenes" stuff, but that still doesn't excuse their slow pace. At this point, they really should have their shovels in the ground. It's been months since it was announced.

Just because it was announced months ago, doesn't mean they immediately have actual plans in hand where they can start construction.

 

[Kate F]

Just because it was announced months ago, doesn't mean they immediately have actual plans in hand where they can start construction.

Yeah, I guess I'm just really anxious for some new rides. I'm not too excited about this land in the first place, but I still hope that they can really start getting to work on it soon.

 

[NormC]

Sure they may have started the "behind the scenes" stuff, but that still doesn't excuse their slow pace.

Actually it does as all this "behind the scene" stuff has to be done and it takes time.

 

[danlb_2000]

Yeah, I guess I'm just really anxious for some new rides. I'm not too excited about this land in the first place, but I still hope that they can really start getting to work on it soon.

Avatar was over 2 years from announcement to construction starting, TSL is proceeding at lightening speed in comparison.