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Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris
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Since two weeks it's not the first time we hear someone saying this. If more people acknowledge this info it is not a good sign. Indeed, knowing you will be late this early in the construction would means that they already know they won't be able to caught up. So if it turns out to be true, the delay won't probably be just one or two month.
Sir_Cliff
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Is it accurate ?
I'm still so puzzled about these rumours of a Lion King land as I don't understand how it could work. What will the shops and QS outlets look like, for example? Rocks?
Animaniac93-98
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In my brain, I'm picturing something like Africa at AK...or EPCOT's "Outpost".
Sir_Cliff
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I haven't seen the live action Lion King, so it is possible there are people in that version or that animals construct structures, etc.
Thinking about the animated version, though, something like Africa at AK wouldn't really fit within the world of the film as that is a world without humans where animals live within a natural rather than constructed environment. If they are building an "Africa" land with some Lion King attractions, that just sounds a little weird to me and kind of duplicates Adventureland.
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mrflo
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Some of the available land might be excluded for expansions at this stage including the area directly next to the Frozen zone. Maybe DLP can change this easily. But only the zones highlighted in yellow where presented as the expansion areas for the public consultation a few years ago.Is it accurate ?
Moon knight
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Is it accurate ?
Nope, The Lion King themed land will be build where Star Wars was envisioned, you've forgotten most of the kiosks that will be near the Lake, besides the Promenade layout isn't accurate.
Btw, could you please quote the forum in your future tweets when you do reuse some pieces of information that you've found here, it will be greatly appreciated, thank you.
Timothy_Q
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A Lion King land doesn't make any sense to me either.
The closest thing we have for a land being entirely "natural" is Pandora, and even that has man made structures everywhere for food, shops, queues, bridges, etc. An entire land with no humans present in the backstory seems really hard to pull off
The closest thing we have for a land being entirely "natural" is Pandora, and even that has man made structures everywhere for food, shops, queues, bridges, etc. An entire land with no humans present in the backstory seems really hard to pull off
And to be very precise there were discussions about the Lion King land on some Discord servers more than 3 years ago. Then it became public on Youtube 2 years ago.
Same thing for the gardens, the Tangled flat ride, the lake restaurant, Theater District, ...
Moon knight
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I'm talking about this kind of tweet, where twitter users copy paste some posts seen of this topic :
I mean I don't really care, it's just that I've always been told to quote my source when there's one... Some would call it courtesy.
Mermaid Lagoon (2001), their first ever IP-land ? They even have a shop inside a whale...
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Timothy_Q
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Mermaid Lagoon is very much a blend of natural and man(merman)-made structures like Pandora
Moon knight
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Yeah, 5% of the land at best...
Absolutely
Jordan dby
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Avatar land works without big blue aliens walking around everywhere.
Lion king will win people over if there is a massive drone Mufasa talking to everyone from the sky
Lion king will win people over if there is a massive drone Mufasa talking to everyone from the sky
Sir_Cliff
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I guess that's a point in that they mainly set it under the ocean rather than in the town of the merpeople.
That said, they could also get around the need for signs (and a theatre) by referencing the human world also present in that film but not The Lion King.
Moon knight
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They have to catch up with the American and Japanese parks : (Winnie the Pooh ?), Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, The Incredibles and Monsters Inc. need a permanent place somewhere in the resort. Besides, they have to feature the Studios latest hits : Frozen, Rapunzel, COCO, Luca, Star Wars, Moana, Avatar and Marvel. That's what happens when you haven't invest properly in your parks for decades...
Once the WDS expansion complete, most of those new IPs will be home at DLP. They'll only have to find/build more elaborate experiences inspired by Cars, Star Wars and COCO and introduce, in the meantime, to the European audience : Avatar, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Moana in an immersive way.
For instance, they want Avatar to be part of the new 2025 parade and nighttime show of the WDSP and Moana is, so far, the IP that will replace Frozen in Animation Celebration. That may change if Wish proves to be successful though.
