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Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris
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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.
Moon knight
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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, ...