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Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris
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mrflo
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Considering how desperate the DLP PR/Comms team seems to be to sell any little novelty as major news, why would they not share more about the expansion project if they can? Would this not also be a decision made by the DLP Management team when/what to communicate and WDI providing the content to share?
I have also brought up the topic to have something similar like the Blue Sky Cellar for the WDS expansion a few weeks ago. Hence, I am fully onboard with your comments that it would be a good for DLP to share the overall new concept, story & timeline for the WDS expansion.
With all the major leadership changes over the last couple of months (from Disney CEO, to WDI Creative Lead & DLP COO) including major layoffs and budget adjustments could it also be the case that many plans are getting re-evaluated? Bob Iger wants and needs to make major changes to course correct on the creative side of the company. Maybe he was not impressed with what he saw for the WDS expansion plans and has asked to raise the ambition & quality? This is pure speculation. But if it was the case, it would explain the lack of future WDS plans that the team could share last week.
Moon knight
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The first concept art of Avengers Campus was released in October 2018 when it could very well have been presented a few months during the general announcement of the expansion plan.
When 2/3 of this expansion will be essentially a huge tribute to the Walt Disney Animation Studios, it really would have been a no-brainer to use the post-show area as a preview center indeed...
Everything that could be re-evaluated in this project already had been at the time of his visit like a month or so prior...
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dreamersnight
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I knew that the Frozen area the will not be ready before the end of 2025 or even the beginning of 2026....
Moon knight
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ughhh I think everything will be ready by june/july 2025 : Theater District and Studio 1, the Lake Promenade, the daytime parade, the Summer Pavillon (Art Nouveau Table service restaurant), the quintet of jazz musicians in front of the Tower of Terror, the Ursula and Rapunzel flat rides, the Toy Story Playland new entrance, the British garden and its show, the Eastern Pavillon, Frozen Ever After and the new nighttime show.
Timothy_Q
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Any idea where the Ursula flat ride would go?
Hopefully once these 2 spinners are open they can finally remove the carpets and redo that corner
That corner will become the new ugliest part of the park once everything else is done
dreamersnight
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wired. We told me (from a guy working on the Frozen site) that the land and the lake area will open later due to issues regarding material supplies. The third area based on the Lion King will not open in 2027 or 2028 but later too, sadly
I mean is it a whole lot different to having the teacups next to Dumbo in most castle parks worldwide?
stitchangel
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I hope they have redesigned the Ursula flat ride as from what I remember from the concept art that I saw a few years ago, it did not look great. While Mermaid Lagoon looks definitely beautiful, it would be an error to replicate it in this park, it is not as if we didn't have a Toy StoryLand which has the exact same category of rides, the best would have been to get Prince Eric's castle with a Little Mermaid dark ride, and who knows, anything is possible in the future as Moon Knight said that there was enough space to put a ride between the future quick service food point and the LK land.
What I fear the most after the expansion, Pandora and Lion King included, is that the Castle park will be seen as the park that has all the old attractions. Even if a mini version of Galaxy edge is to happen, I think it is not enough to make that park look young enough for the future guests! I hope they are planning to add more rides or even modernize some like Snow White which has received an incredible update in California.
What I fear the most after the expansion, Pandora and Lion King included, is that the Castle park will be seen as the park that has all the old attractions. Even if a mini version of Galaxy edge is to happen, I think it is not enough to make that park look young enough for the future guests! I hope they are planning to add more rides or even modernize some like Snow White which has received an incredible update in California.
Sir_Cliff
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While I also think Parc Disneyland needs updates and investment, I wouldn't worry too much about it falling behind WDS in the estimation of many guests even if all of these additions come to pass. If they keep putting in the time and effort to refresh the park and keep everything working in top order, it will still be far and away the premium experience out of the two parks. They just need to push the Studios up to more of a DCA-level companion that is at least competitive with the original Disneyland for people's time. So far, it still seems like they have a long way to go.
JakeDLP
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Can't guarantee that the ride will look anything like this but this is a design
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Sir_Cliff
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That looks somewhat hysterically grotesque!
cjkeating
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But I love it.