Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris

[mrflo]

The small steps are bigger than before, but Paris would need everything which has been announced for other parks and more like now imo. It's a miracle they survived without any real additions for 20+ years.
Also long overdue SM 3 return to its original theme, get rid of Buzz and Aladdin spinner, enlarged SW land behind Star Tours. Tear down Autopia and build 20'000 leagues/journey to center of the earth from Disneysea instead expanding the Verne theming.
Tron somewhere without ruining the theme of existing attractions would be nice.

Fully agreed. In terms of scope nothing additional has been shown since the WDS 2.0 announcement in Feb 2018. Now we just know confirmed that Star Wars has been replaced by the Lion King. The US parks already have major announcements from the Turbocharged plans while DLP is waiting for those initial projects to finally open. Apart from those details around the Lion King, the big question for me is what is the timeline moving forward and if/when/how DLP will benefit from those 60 billion Turbocharged dollars. Some sources seemed very confident and insisting that DLP would benefit in a major way - even more than DLR - from those investments. Was it all just blue sky plans to pitch for the money that is now still going mainly to the US parks after all?

 

[rickreptile]

I honestly was expecting a bit more in terms of announcements with slowly more and more themeparks (especially the Efteling and Europapark) competing for the international market and with a potential new Universal park coming to Europe, Disney will be facing some competition, they will remain number 1 i'm sure but at this rate i can see people skipping disney in favor of parks that actually invest into new rides properly.
I know plenty of people who have no interest in visiting DLP because of the high price and nothing new for years.

I'm wondering as well why Frozen still needs another year to actually be completed.

 

[Gusey]

I think once Lion King is nearly done, they're going to start adding more. I also think the 2nd flat ride was too small an announcement for D23, and will be announced on a random Tuesday

 

[croboy82]

Yeah a third boat ride will be an overkill so I doubt Paris is getting the DCA Avatar ride. Hoepfully something brand new as it will still take about 5 years to even start with that one.

 

[mrflo]

Me also just fully realising that in the meantime DCA will get a completely new Avatar land and double the size of their Avengers Campus each with all-new unique e-ticket rides plus a Coco attraction. I think WDS/DAW will not be able to catch up with DCA any time soon. At least we have the space for all those things.

 

[Aramar]

I'm going to try to be positive. Hong Kong and Shanghai also got only 1 ride announced and Tokyo nothing. The D23 is always focused on the American parks, so all other resorts can announce new rides at any other time. Fingers crossed

 

[Toni25]

So let me get this straight:
6 years since the expansion was announced, they now confirmed Stars Wars is getting replaced with Lion King.
Basically NOTHING new, no new ride, no new land, just a replacement of something announced in 2018.
An ENTIRE LAND with what seems to be a rethemed Splash Mountain. So we are STILL on the original 2 billion budget.
NOTHING announced for the main park. NO NEW LANDS OR RIDES for the Studios.
Doesn't feel turbocharged to me, it's barely charging in fact there's constant power outages.

I am extremely underwhelmed and disappointed to say the least.
I expected something to be announced for the main park.
I expected an Avengers Campus expansion or a 3rd land or a new E-Ticket.
I expected the Lion King announcement to be better?! The concept art was a mess, a barren savannah.
A single ride, the old cheap splash. This is the "upgrade" from RISE OF THE RESISTANCE?!
It all feels so mediocre, I find it absolutely baffling. Where does all that money go?

 

[UpAllNight]

I read somewhere pre d23 they’d kept some announcements back for another section. Could this possibly be the imagineer panel today where they discuss, say Runaway Railway and be like, “oh and we’re building one in Paris too”? I know I’m clutching at straws here but, seriously unimpressed with Paris’ lot.

If nothing else just give us some top tier clones, like Mystic Manor in advertureland.

 

[fTs]

Hopefully we get more clarity on the log flume. Not sure the art with the CGI Lion King is the latest since it shows a log flume with 1 person per row whilst the model shows 3 per row and animated Lion King.

 

[Toni25]

Hopefully we get more clarity on the log flume. Not sure the art with the CGI Lion King is the latest since it shows a log flume with 1 person per row whilst the model shows 3 per row and animated Lion King.

I seriously hope it's not a direct splash copy.
This ride better be 15-20 minutes long with a unique layout and some cool mechanics & effects in place.

 

[cjkeating]

I think everyone had way too high expectations. Historically DLP has had next to nothing announced at D23.

DLP does not do what the American parks do and announce things in advance. WDW and DL have announced plans that are going to stretch to 2030, many of these plans are not ready to be built. DLP announces things when they are ready to be built or even don't announce projects when they are being built. The WDSP expansion was a rare exception because of its scope.

Why would they announce another lake land on the same day as announcing LK? Expect that at the next D23.

This also doesn't mean they can't announce plans for the main park, SM etc. before then but they really want the current focus to be on WDSP for its relaunch and continued expansion.

 

[marni1971]

Insight or personal guess?

Its speeding along now.

I take it back.

 

[nickys]

I mis-posted this in the WDW forum initially.

I read elsewhere that the Rapunzel spinner won’t open until 2026 either. Is this true or misinformation?

Please tell me it’s not true.

 

[cjkeating]

I mis-posted this in the WDW forum initially.

I read elsewhere that the Rapunzel spinner won’t open until 2026 either. Is this true or misinformation?

Please tell me it’s not true.

Very much up to DLP to decide and announce.

 

[nickys]

Very much up to DLP to decide and announce.

So they didn’t announce an opening date?

I’m going to try and find out the source. Will probably find it’s the site that shall not be named.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I mis-posted this in the WDW forum initially.

I read elsewhere that the Rapunzel spinner won’t open until 2026 either. Is this true or misinformation?

Please tell me it’s not true.

Maybe they're having those artisans who worked on restoring the castle turrets lovingly handcraft the ride vehicles?

Overall, the announcements did feel like they're not really in a hurry to do much with DLRP nor do they really know what to do with the resort. Just seems to be slowly plodding along with fairly random additions here and there.

 

[Gusey]

So they didn’t announce an opening date?

I’m going to try and find out the source. Will probably find it’s the site that shall not be named.

We know that World Premiere and World Premiere Plaza will open 2025. Frozen, Adventure Bay night show and Disney Adventure World 2026. Frozen and Regal View Restaurant have a chance of opening in 2025, especially as the exteriors are finished for both

 

[nickys]

We know that World Premiere and World Premiere Plaza will open 2025. Frozen, Adventure Bay night show and Disney Adventure World 2026. Frozen and Regal View Restaurant have a chance of opening in 2025, especially as the exteriors are finished for both

Yeah, the post I saw summarised the DLP news and seems to have jumped to several erroneous conclusions.

I really hope they do open Adventure Way next year, just to open up the park and get rid of the dead ends.

 

[SplashJacket]

HUGE NEWS for the DAW Lion King Flume.

The concept art showed single-file seating, but the model shows 3 rows of 4. The single-file concerned me about the scale and scope since the capacity would’ve suffered dramatically, but 12-person vehicles for a log flume is very good.

Also worth noting almost none of the land is outside. I assume they’ll build the ride to not get you wet during the winter.

 

[sid35]

I take it back.

Me too......very dis-ney-appointing....