You know what I would love?
I'd love for an insider at Disney or Lucas to ever come forward and anonymously reveal what's kept Star Wars from becoming a full "land" at DHS. It would be MARVELOUS there.
For years, I've gone back and forth wondering if Star Wars would be a good fit for Tomorrowland...and it's really not. But it could be a marvelous and immersive land at DHS.
I run my own aquaculture business. I am by no means a big deal, but I do a good business. If someone wanted to start up an operation to compete with mine nearby, I'd pull out all the stops in upgrading my facilities with the latest advancements. I'd go all out. 80% of it for good business sense, but 20% just because I'm not the kind of woman who lets someone come in and steal her thunder without one hell of a fight.
It BOGGLES my mind that Disney did not immediately begin Star Wars immersive land at DHS the day after they heard about Universal building a Potterland in Orlando. They could have had a Star Wars area opened right around the time that Universal opened Potter...because I can't imagine Disney doesn't have spies that tell them what rivals are building.
It just amazes me that Disney allowed Potterland to be built without Disney creating a new "land" of its own to usurp its thunder. A highly immersive, large-scale, Star Wars land at DHS would have stolen Potter's glory. The Star Wars fan base is much bigger and people have literally been waiting for this for decades.
I am fascinated by the mystery of why this has never happened.
Is it George Lucas who is preventing it?
Is it that Disney just wanted to be cheap and not spend any money, hoping Potter would fail?
Coke is the biggest soft drink company in the world. Pepsi will never beat Coke. It's just not going to happen. But Coke does not ignore Pepsi. Whenever there's a new flavor of Pepsi coming out, Coke has something new and in many ways better to counter it.
I'm so puzzled why Disney does not behave this way too. They just sort of let Potterland happen, and did nothing to really compete with it or usurp it. I wonder why.
There has to be a business decision for this. I just can't figure out WHAT it is.