Other/General
A Fifth Gate?
- No. Not one trusted insider has indicated this is anywhere in the works. No. {added}
The Great Park Fight: Indy/Dinosaurs/Shanghai PotC tech/DAK/DHS/Epcot
- parks are vying (with the exception of MK) for ride systems (e.g., Shanghai Pirates or FoP Theater) and maybe over an IP (e.g., Indy) [here]
- The Flight of Passage mechanics is in the mix for cloning at some time in the future [here]
- but seemingly later rather than sooner [here] {added}
- And now... the latest proposal is for Indy *and* Dinosaurs to co-exist! Indy with a Dino theme (e.g., Lost Word type of thing) would take over DINOSAUR and DinoRama would be an updated Excavator coasters. This means no South America Land for this area. [here] and [here] {added}
- A reskinned Shanghai PotC type of attraction is still up in the air, between DHS and Epcot for some IP other than Indy. [here] and [here] and [here] {added}
- Not likely to happen until 2019 [here] {added}
Transportation
- Monorail
- Now that the automation has been completed, expect upgrades to the vehicles [strong] which includes being flush to the loading platform for easier load of vehicles [strong]
- Bob Gurr and Bombardier
- Legendary and retired Imagineer, Bob Gurr, let loose that WDW was in the process of contracting with Bombardier for new monorail trains (thanks, in part, to several recent non-lethal but-could-have-been mishaps). Not a done deal... yet. {added}
- Option: Extending the stations to accommodate longer trains. [here] {added}
- Gondola Lift!
- the plan is to discontinue bus service from the Skyliner resorts (Riviera, CBR, Pop, AoA) to Epcot/DHS. [here] {added}
The Great Capex Recession
- It seems that some of the projects announced and unannounced are being cut or scaled back due to reduction in allotted capex (capital expenditure budget). [here]
- The D23-announced Main Street Theater looks to be definitely cut (or put off to some indefinite future).
- It may likely be cancelling or putting off to much later the Coco overlay of Gran Fiesta [here]
- OR... Coco may be back on. [here] and [here] {added}
Resorts
A Star Wars theme hotel with a two-night interactive component [strong, corroborated by official survey about such a resort] [confirmed at D23 2017]
- it may even open at the same time with the Land! [here]
- and probably won't be able to in time [here] {added}
- Likely Site is Project H in this permit [here]
- Project H***** is the SW Resort [here]
- And it stands for "Hubble" [here] and [here] {added}
Epcot Main Entrance: Brand new resort complexes in the area of Epcot entrance (not Crescent Lake),
four in the running [
at least two somewhat likely]
- Epcot Main Entrance: Brand new resort complexes in the area of Epcot entrance (not Crescent Lake), four in the running [at least two somewhat likely]
- Exploratory borings for a new Epcot retention pond seems likely to indicate new building in the area [here]
- Perhaps even a park entrance resort like MiraCosta at DisneySea [here]
- Expect one resort by 2021 or two resorts to be done by 2023 [here]
- Narrowed down to three locations [here] {added}
- the inside the park option has been dropped; the three remaining are: Park Entrance; on the current bus site; west of the bus site. [here] {added}
- and the central one is the less likely one [here] {added}
