Thank you. You said it better than I did.
I can only assume that the reason RNRC hasn't received a retheme is that it's on the table for a retheme as part of whatever this land/expansion may be. A re-theme to the Vibranium train would be kidn of cool.
I’m on the same boat with this one. It doesn’t make any sense that they haven’t rethemed RNRC unless it’s part of one of the gazillion blue sky ideas the suits are throwing around
This was what was said at D23 Expo last year and then it subsequently changed at the Destination D event last week.
I don’t want to nitpick but *technically* that wasn’t what they “announced”, that was an expansion that would happen “beyond” Big Thunder.
They were never meant to replace it. When they were being considered, they were an extension behind Big Thunder Mountain. We don't know to what extent those plans have changed given Encanto's move to Animal Kingdom in the latest drafts, but the fact that the Country Bears are staying probably means Frontierland will remain for quite some time.
The post I responded to was about how bloggers were talking about Coco and Encanto being added to the Magic Kingdom as if it was a rumor. It was something stated by Disney as something they were considering. That being said, the Tropical Americas plans for Animal Kingdom have clearly shifted that part of the MK expansion.
I’m not advocating for a land at all, but if they did make one and they wanted to immerse you into the story to the point of staffing the place to sell the idea that every cast member there is a citizen of Wakanda, no, I wouldn’t see a problem. Then again they didn’t even go that far for Galaxy’s Edge even though they announced it that way so it’s a moot point anyway.
There would have to be some kind of “Wakanda Exchange Program” storyline put in place. Maybe the “Land” is a Wakanda outreach project in whatever park they out it in.
This! I'm obviously not part of the the currently targetted demographic, but I'm reading the thread and seeing debates on the merits of a Wakanda land or Blank Panther land and which company has the rights...well, I just don't have a clue who or what Black Panther is. I'm not in the least bit interested in IP and movies and I don't have any connection with any attraction based on them. Frozen killed off my interest in the Norway attractions, France has become boring IMO. Galaxy's Edge leaves me indifferent (then again, I think it does that to Star Wars fans too!). It's not the reason I got into the Disney theme parks. At the time, Disney were top of the game with original and compelling attractions, ideas and concepts that really, really hit a spot, but now they're just copying Six Flags and Universal. They are spreading the propaganda that non-IP material is not interesting, doable, popular or profitable.
Under Iger’s watch, they have (so far) paid what is approaching a hundred billion dollars to become the biggest IP hoarder in the history of the planet.
I really like it at the Epcot countries.
Because we live in the United States.
