Upcoming Announcement?

[mickEblu]

I’m 100% certain Zootopia is coming to DLR, just not replacing Avatar in the backlot. So all this steam is likely coming from a different direction than people think it is.

Why would they announce Zootopia coming to DLR as part of DL Forward NOW? Considering that would likely be at least 10 years away? You have WDW Magic who alluded to news of a big change possibly being announced for DLR soon. You have Marni who has now hinted at Zootopia going in the backlot. And you have me the Resident Shaman/ tea leaf reader who’s been saying this might be happening for weeks. What else do you need?

 

[Disney Irish]

Why would they announce Zootopia coming to DLR as part of DL Forward NOW? Considering that would likely be at least 10 years away?

I'm not saying its being announced now. How many times have we heard rumors years in advance of them being announced.

You have WDW Magic who alluded to news of a big change possibly being announced for DLR soon. You have Marni who has now hinted at Zootopia going in the backlot. And you have me the Resident Shaman/ tea leaf reader who’s been saying this might be happening for weeks. What else do you need?

That is the smoke I'm talking about coming from a different direction than people are thinking....

 

[Gusey]

The only 2 thing that seems to contradict it a bit for me are:
1) It's hinted to be a clone of Shanghai, and Disney today seems to be moving away from the clone model of their parks. The last 2 clones being Frozen at DAW (announced 2018) and Tiana's (announced 2020) which is at least a 6 years ago thought process. Any other "clones" have just been updates to Soarin and Millennium Falcon
2) This seems to have been a quick jump from Zootopia is Shanghai's most popular attraction (also still its newest) to they're building it instead of Avatar at DCA. The last time I saw a rumor jump so quick was the supposed Lion King ride going to Animal Kingdom (which went from DLP is going to get Lion King -> it'd be nice if it was at AK too -> it's definitely coming to AK -> it was never announced to come to AK).

I'm happy to be proven wrong, but it's just not adding up yet for me