Brer Panther
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Like I said, I'm fine with the Toy Story Playland stuff, but I hope that's not the ONLY thing they're gonna do to expand PIXAR Place. There's a lot to do with that land!
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Toy Story Playland
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Bocabear
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Unfortunately it seems like TDO tends to do the least amount they can get away with, and then never expands the project to it's potential... Like Chester and Hester at Animal Kingdom....always felt like a placeholder for the exciting new addition that would be coming.....which never did. I have a feeling that Toy Story Playland would complete their vision for a Pixar presence at DHS.
doctornick
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It wasn't really all that long ago -- late summer/early fall of 2014 -- that we had insiders (I think @Lee and @marni1971 and @articos ) talking about how DHs was approved for a "DCA sized" budget (greater than $1 billion) for a large makeover. It sounded to me like significant things were on the way, even if Star Wars was not in the immediate future. I thought there was talk of construction starting in spring 2015 for some Pixar stuff, but here we are heading into summer and the only thing that has apparently been happening has been the BAH coming down and TSMM being expanded. I really thought by now we'd at least hear of some activity on the old Backlot Tour footprint in terms of clearing it for future builds.
Lee
Adventurer
There was such a budget assigned to DHS, and as far as I know it still is.
The whole project is sitting at a yellow light, waiting...and waiting...
The hat did get done, and the new theater space is under construction. Both are part of the larger plan.
Next Big Thing
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Mike S
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Well, everything Disney anyway...
Lee
Adventurer
It's often the case.
To paraphrase Jim Moriarty, "They're soooo changeable!"
doctornick
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Well, that's better than the alternative of the budget being cancelled, I suppose.
That's fair. And I guess there's also the TSMM expansion and the GMR updates (though the later may be paid for simply by the sponsorship money). But why can't something actually new get built? It's just well beyond ridiculous at this point.
Next Big Thing
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And meanwhile, Disney is arrogant enough to shortchange their guests and sell them on Frozen when really it's just a Maelstrom retheme...
But Rivers of Light should be interesting next year at least.
Next Big Thing
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Well, that's what I meant.
Next Big Thing
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No, the property I think everyone has really been waiting for (but they don't know it yet) is Kazaam.
A giant Shaq AA could rival a King Kong AA over at IOA
Mike S
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"Universal's got Nintendo? Bah, who needs em'? We got Shaq Fu"!!!No, the property I think everyone has really been waiting for (but they don't know it yet) is Kazaam.
A giant Shaq AA could rival a King Kong AA over at IOA
Animaniac93-98
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Well...I was waiting for it.
And now that they have, they can move onto The Rocketeer, Return to Oz and the rest of my wish list.
Next Big Thing
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Supposedly Shaq is still trying to get funding together for a sequel to that game lol
Animaniac93-98
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Is it really? The movie is a fan favourite that consistently gets good ratings on ABC Family broadcasts and has no problem selling home video units every fall with little to no effort on Disney's part.
Throwing the 3 witches into the existing castle show isn't exactly a major investment and it gets the core party audience all excited. I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.
Mike S
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I know, lol.