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Tower of Terror will not get the Guardians of the Galaxy overlay that the one in Anaheim is getting [confirmed by Bob Chapek]

• Reaffirmed: ToT will remain untouched by GotG [here]

Star Tours

• Star Tours eventually reconfigured for some other IP after SWL opens [here]
  • But now, not likely to happen [here]
• but pandemic can change/delay/scuttle plans...
• Ahsoka will be added to the list of destinations Spectacular failure, dumba$$ me didn't do the research. Ahsoka is actually a character, not a planet. Oops.

Galaxy's Edge

• Rise of the Resistance: Overlay?
  • Rise of the Resistance could be rethemed to another era in the Star Wars timeline [here] (in fact, that was a point imagineers made about SWL when building it.
  • Any new timeline overlay would not be a seasonal thing, but permanent [here] (until they decide to change it again)
  • Such a change (not decided upon yet) would take less than a year [here]
• Any "Phase II" updates to Galaxy's Edge are now indefinitely delayed   [here]

Echo Lake area is safe for now [here]

Drive-in and Commissary safe for now [here]

Sunset Blvd

• no current plans disrupt the theming of Sunset Blvd [here]
• but a hint that whatever RnRC remains or become may not wind up on Sunset in a further expansion of the park [here]
  • RnRC may be rethemed, or just reoriented from Sunset Blvd to be part of a new land(s) that will be behind it taking over currently back stage areas (and maybe Animation Courtyard buildings?) [here]
  • And now - At least a few higher ups are at least somewhat considering giving RnRC a Queen theme [here]
  • And RnRC, or at least its theme, may be on the chopping block, but that will be "a ways off" [here]

Hub

• Nighttime animation hub show could replace the Star Wars night show [here]

Shows

• Indy is safe for now.  [here]
  • The announcement that Indy will take up shop at DAK may have complicated things a bit
• A Rapunzel Show was coming to DHS... and it's delayed, with changes   [here]
• Mermaid, Beauty... are all long running shows and plans were made for replacements but then delayed. Will they ever be updated with, e.g., the Aladdin show that was in Anaheim or the Tangled show that's on the cruise ships? (At least the latter one was planned at some point, as shown above)
  • Both are due for some change [here] and [here]
  • But changing them, which was definitely on the table and one supposed to happen in 2018, ended up on the backburner. It is unknown why there doesn't seem to be any movement on this [here]
• The Theater of the Stars where Beauty and the Best plays could be demo'd for something new or possibly enclosed [here] and probably enclosed again [here]
• Little Mermaid could be replaced when TSL opens in 2018.
  • Voyage of the Little Mermaid stage show is likely slated to be replaced with a 'black box' ride, which is a C-Ticket dark ride that can be easily rethemed into a new ride as needed [here] and Walt Disney Presents, too, would go to be part of a new ride [here]
  • Voyage of the Little Mermaid (along with multiple others) is now permanently closed [here]. No word on if any replacement is expected.
• Launch Bay changed in 2019 or even sooner. Disney Jr. is safe. [here] NOPE
• Of these four: Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast Stage Show, Fantasmic, and Indiana Jones Stunt Show; expect 1 to be changed in 2018, another by 2019, and the other 2 refreshed by 2021. NOPE Also expect a new show in a new-ish location. [here]

The rumored "Phase 3" is not going to be another land, but instead, updates like the Mickey ride; however, there once was talk of "2 new areas" in the planning stages which are now off the table

• No other big stuff for five or six years [here]
• Is Monstropolis / Pixar Land Coming to DHS? [not very likely] [and still no]
• Animation Courtyard is next after SWL for a re-do. [here] and [here]
• Still some undetermined plans for DHS after SWL opens [here]
• Pre-pandemic, Martin hinted that a proper Phase 3 (as in an actual new land) was a possibility [here]. It could relate to the rumors in the Sunset Boulevard segment of this post.
• Launch Bay could be the site of a walkway connecting to a possible expansion behind Sunset, possibly the same expansion Martin hinted at in the Sunset Boulevard segment of this post. [here]
  • ToTBellHop stated that the area from Launch Bay to RnRC is next in line for an expansion of the Studios, but added that it would be "a ways off" and that the IP is not set in stone. [here]