Transformative Multi-Year Expansion Announced for WDS Paris

[lazyboy97o]

+ Toy Story Mania

Toy Story Midway Mania! is a bit of an odd one because its origins are very much as a Disney’s California Adventure exclusive and yet it ended up not only at Disney’s Hollywood Studios but even opening their first. The whole “under the bed” conceit is thinly there to make it work at Disney’s Hollywood Studios but so much effort was put into barely making it work but making it for Paradise Pier. Then there was the whole fight over the name where Walt Disney Imagineering wanted and installed Toy Story Midway Mania! because that was its intended location but marketing dubbed it Toy Story Mania! which better suited the two park and video game synergy.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Is it really a "new" Jessie statue if the same mold has been used all around the world multiple times?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Disney…. Stop trying making Jessie happen.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Is it really a "new" Jessie statue if the same mold has been used all around the world multiple times?

You don’t call anything you purchase new because it’s not a one-off custom item?

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

You don’t call anything you purchase new because it’s not a one-off custom item?

Sure I do. But come on, can't we have a Toy Story themed area where Jessie isn't holding lights? It reeks of homogenization.

 

[nickys]

Is it really a "new" Jessie statue if the same mold has been used all around the world multiple times?

By that measure none of Tron, Rise, Smuggler’s Run, Remy, MMRR were new at WDW either.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

By that measure none of Tron, Rise, Smuggler’s Run, Remy, MMRR were new at WDW either.

Well, MMRR was new at WDW, but yes, I do wish all of those other things were more different from their original incarnations. I appreciate the color difference in the rocks of Galaxy's Edge, but Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain are better examples of how two parks can have the "same ride" but still have it be different.

I'm very opposed to homogenizing the Disney Parks. There should be uniqueness.

 

[Gusey]

Considering DLP had the original Buzz statue, it makes sense to get the last Jessie statue

With Jessie arriving already, do we think the new entrance may open this year?

 

[Aramar]

Precisely the Topy Story Lands are good examples of variations of the same idea despite having some identical elements like the statues. In Paris, Toy Story Land has 4 entrances:

- Entrance with Buzz
- Entrance through Ratatouille tunnel
- Entrance from Cars Road Trip with the drawings painted on the gates and the new food kiosks
- Entrance with Woody and Jessie

Hong Kong's version is identical in rides, but the layout is different. Shanghai's is different and Orlando's is very different. Most Europeans will be happy not having to fly to other continent to see the statues.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Disney accidentally bought a dozen giant Jessies.

Look for her to show up at resorts and water parks, too.

 

[marni1971]

With Jessie arriving already, do we think the new entrance may open this year?

They’ve said it all opens at once.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Let's be honest: Mission Space is not a GREAT attraction. It's fun for what it is but not incredible by any means. (And I have ridden both versions.)

 

[sid35]

They’ve said it all opens at once.

I am still hearing front half open in Spring 2025, and the rest late Automn of the same year.....Fingers crossed....

 

[marni1971]

I am still hearing front half open in Spring 2025, and the rest late Automn of the same year.....Fingers crossed....

That’d be nice. Lord knows they need the room.

Or is that just studio one (which was always this spring ?)

 

[nickys]

Let's be honest: Mission Space is not a GREAT attraction. It's fun for what it is but not incredible by any means. (And I have ridden both versions.)

Mission Space? I thought that was just at Epcot.

 

[Bernswss]

Disney announced that the English Gardens at the start of Adventure Way will open alongside World of Frozen in 2026. This was what they said during that huge tree installation announcement: "Ahead of their scheduled opening in 2026, the themed gardens of Adventure Way are gradually taking shape, notably thanks to the arrival of a large number of trees, creating a green walkway that will serve as a gateway to the new immersive worlds of the resort's second park. "

 

[Kevin_W]

Mission Space? I thought that was just at Epcot.

I assume he meant the orange and green versions of M:S.

 

[X-filed]

 

[sid35]

That’d be nice. Lord knows they need the room.

Or is that just studio one (which was always this spring ?)

Studio 1, walkway and even Rapunzel....but no m&g until much later. But we will have towait and see.

 

[denyuntilcaught]

Did a kiosk need a backstory?