Toy Story Land expansion announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[Jones14]

Did anything about the plans being potentially reworked again (ie minor changes) ever come to fruition? @marni1971 @Magic Feather

 

[Bolt]

I usually post on OU but thought I'd share over here as well:

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Star Wars Land seems to be ramping up its speed!

 

[marni1971]

Star Wars Land seems to be ramping up its speed!

You mean they've hit first gear?

Seriously I expect the buildings to rise quite quickly once the base work is complete. Falcon is still awaiting its ride system foundation though which is quite an engineering job.

 

[marni1971]

Did anything about the plans being potentially reworked again (ie minor changes) ever come to fruition? @marni1971 @Magic Feather

For TSL? I've not heard anything more.

 

[cjkeating]

What is really tragic is that is has almost been 2 years since TSL was announced and we have.. some foundations.

 

[AKL2003]

I feel like TSL was never going to move "quickly"....they have Avatar 2017, TSL 2018 and SWE 2019...they wouldn't want to have two "major" things opening the same year....that would be CRAZY (sarc)...they have themselves marketed for the next three years...then that will head right into MKs 50th....thats golden for them...especially since we should have some "minor" fillers throughout this time frame also....

 

[Rteetz]

Star Wars Land seems to be ramping up its speed!

Yeah I've noticed that SWL has really started to pick it up. It will be interesting to see how close the WDW version can get to the DL version if they work at this pace.

 

[Rteetz]

What is really tragic is that is has almost been 2 years since TSL was announced and we have.. some foundations.

It's a little more than foundations.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I feel like TSL was never going to move "quickly"....they have Avatar 2017, TSL 2018 and SWE 2019...they wouldn't want to have two "major" things opening the same year....that would be CRAZY (sarc)...they have themselves marketed for the next three years...then that will head right into MKs 50th....thats golden for them...especially since we should have some "minor" fillers throughout this time frame also....

Slotting the project to open at a certain time relative to other projects makes sense. What makes less sense is dragging out the project for so long.

 

[AKL2003]

Agreed 100%

 

[danlb_2000]

I usually post on OU but thought I'd share over here as well:

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Great pictures, thanks! You should post some of the Star Wars Land ones over in that thread.

 

[EdC]

What is really tragic is that is has almost been 2 years since TSL was announced and we have.. some foundations.

We easily forget everything that had to be removed from the area before any real work could begin.

 

[Mike S]

We easily forget everything that had to be removed from the area before any real work could begin.

Backlot Tour was closed for quite a while before anything was done. They could've started moving stuff the day after it closed. They didn't. It all sat for months.

 

[clemmo]

Great pics, one question though, how are we going to enter the land there doesn't seem to be any progress on the entrance yet.

 

[Jones14]

I'm wondering if Toy Story Mania is set to get an update whenever the land opens to coincide with the release of Toy Story 4. We all know they're gonna market it like it's a brand new ride, so I'd hope that they'd at least swap out some of the scenes.

 

[danlb_2000]

Great pics, one question though, how are we going to enter the land there doesn't seem to be any progress on the entrance yet.

They are probably leaving that until late in the process. It should take that long to create the entrance.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I'm wondering if Toy Story Mania is set to get an update whenever the land opens to coincide with the release of Toy Story 4. We all know they're gonna market it like it's a brand new ride, so I'd hope that they'd at least swap out some of the scenes.

"Experience the excitement of sitting on a couch in an empty room while playing a plotless Wii game ALL OVER AGAIN!"

 

[jt04]

Nice to see the boomerangs started. Looks like vertical on Alcatraz any day. Possibly happening already as we can't be sure of the date of the photos.

 

[DisneyJayL]

Once they are done with this, I hope they keep adding on little by little. TSL has too many possibilities to just not take advantage.

 

[jmuboy]

The RC RACER ride could be angled at the entrance near those 2 bungalows in such a way the spikes would not be seen. The spikes themselves are actually like 10 feet SHORTER than the center tower of the Chinese Theater. The queues could run in front of the bungalows. the TSL facing side of the bungalows could get minor facelifts to match thew TSL theme since the may be seen onstage. Like it or not......it would be a fun ride and add capacity. The teams at WDI culd make this work if allowed. It would also not cost more a great deal either. Alas lazy TDO wont add to TSL for a decade or so at least.