What will Disney announce for Disney World at the 2022 D23 expo?

Disney Glimpses

Disney Glimpses

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CaptainAmerica said:
My gut tells me we're heading to the land of cool new awesome stuff... with accompanying insane pricing (and pricing schemes).
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It's clear that they've fully committed to being a premium offering. Which should mean significant investments with hefty price tags. Heck, just being able to charge $15-20 per person to skip an individual ride softens the blow to the budget when building an attraction.
 
gerarar

gerarar

Premium Member
SplashZander said:
All-encompassing list on absolutely anything that could potentially be announced

Disney Cruise Line
  • Disney Believe to begin construction in Meyer Werft for its quarter 1 2025 maiden voyage.
  • Disney Imagine name announced with expected delivery in 2026.
  • Concept art for the new Fort Lauderdale port opening in Fall 2023 and how Disney plans to make the boarding process more magical and seamless
  • Construction update on Lighthouse Point (Joe Rhode's Final Project as an Imagineer) with it set to welcome cruisers in late 2024.
Walt Disney World Resorts
  • New Hotel north of the Grand Floridian along with a dedicated entrance into Magic Kingdom
  • Reflections revived
Walt Disney World transportation
  • Skyliner expansion
  • Completed walking loop around Seven Seas Lagoon that connects Wilderness Lodge Villas walking path via a walking bridge that goes over World Drive and connects to an area that will hold a future hotel.
Epcot
  • Play Pavilion Opening Timeframe
  • Moana Opening Date
  • Space Ship Earth overhaul update
  • New Harmonious Segment(s) featuring Encanto and potentially other IPs
  • Mary Poppins Update
  • Figment Update
  • Coco ride addition utilizing plot adjacent (south) to the current pavilion
  • New pavilion
  • Seas update
  • New China Film
  • Eastern Gateway
Magic Kingdom
  • Updated HEA returning
  • More Splash Mountain details
  • Main Street Theater
  • Attraction to replace empty Stitch space
  • New mini-land/attraction on the west side of the park to accommodate direct hotel side-entrance
  • New nighttime parade
  • New Seasonal night party
  • Tomorrowland Speedway, Cosmic Rays, Space Mountain, and Buzz updates
Hollywood Studios
  • Star Wars Dinner Show
  • Opening date for Toy Story BBQ
  • Opening date for Fantasmic
  • Animation Courtyard overhaul plans
  • RnRc retheme
  • Echo lake overhaul
  • BatB show replacement
  • Mermaid show replacement
  • Third Star Wars ride announcement
  • Incorporation of Mando in Galaxy's Edge (possibly via new Falcon mission)
  • Updates on new Star Tours films
Animal Kingdom
  • Dinoland overhaul / Primeval Whirl replacement
  • Third Pandora attraction / promotional event / content for new film
  • New standalone attraction north of Pandora
  • New standalone attraction north of Kali
  • Kali retheme
  • New standalone attraction in the foothills of Everest (Mystic Manor-esque family attraction south of Everest)
  • New Nighttime show
Disneyland Resort Misc
  • Eastern Gateway
  • Disneyland Forever Shenanigans
Disneyland Park
  • Toontown Updates
  • New Fantasyland attraction between Small World and Matterhorn (possibly Frozen)
  • Tomorrowland Overhaul
  • Space Mountain, Star Tours, and Falcon potential updates
Disney's California Adventure Park
  • New Coco attraction in Pixar Pier
  • Avengers E-Ticket announcement
Walt Disney Studio's Park Paris
  • Clarification on what's replacing Galaxy's Edge (potentially Lion King?)
  • New details on the Night show
  • New details on the full area, including Rapunzel flat ride, etc.
  • Avengers E-Ticket announcement
Disneyland Paris
  • Star Tours potential update
  • Misc standalone attraction
Tokyo Disneyland
  • Expanded details on their Space Mountain overhaul project that transitions into updates across the world
  • Updated Star Tours update
Tokyo DisneySea
  • Expanded details and views into Fantasy Springs, including an opening date
Hong Kong Disneyland
  • Avengers E-Ticket re-announcement
  • New details on Frozen land, including the opening date
Shanghai Disneyland
  • Zootopia land opening timeframe and general update
  • New hotel announcement
  • Toy Story Mania announcement

Let me know if I'm missing anything major. I wouldn't expect more than 10% of the mentioned things even to be acknowledged, but I want at least 95% of the announced things to be on this list.
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Still can't believe their ditching the proposed/prev-announced mini Star Wars land and ROTR for WDS in WDPR. That park really deserves an attraction like that.

They may end up getting a FoP-like attraction instead according to rumors, but alas.
 
SplashJacket

SplashJacket

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gerarar said:
Still can't believe their ditching the proposed/prev-announced mini Star Wars land and ROTR for WDS in WDPR. That park really deserves an attraction like that.

They may end up getting a FoP-like attraction instead according to rumors, but alas.
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Honestly, if they built Rise alongside Star Tours in the main park and turned it into a mini-land with a cantina, I would be happy. The main park needs a killer ride just as badly, and that could be done a lot easier with a similar effect.

Cloning a small Galaxy's Edge isn't a huge win; cloning Rise was a huge win. Rise packaged differently is still the same incredible ride.

We'll see what they choose to replace it with. If it's something big and grand that serves the same purpose, then no harm, no foul.
 
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J4546

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Id love to see a fully realized IJ and the lost Expedition get dusted off and built in DHS or DSP. GIve either/each of those parks a Temple of Forbidden Eye, Jungle Cruise like water ride, Minecart coaster, and the cherry on top, a camp discovery style rope course around the land on ruinous temple remains that cloak the showbuilding

Also I think the 2 parks should offer different experiences but also some overlap of course. I kinda like giving one of the parks something major and a smaller experience in the other if applicable

build a major IJ land in Paris, and you can still have a smaller IJ experience in DHS with the show. along with DL and TDS
build a major Marvel land in DHS and you can still have a smaller Marvel experience in Paris. along with CA
I love Star Wars, and if you love Star Wars there is a park on each coast of USA that provides a major SW experience

Id love the 3rd expansion around the lake to be something exclusive and unique with at least 2 attractions
 
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James Alucobond

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Henry Mystic said:
And HWS being as overcrowded as it is absolutely needs a new land. It needs to be large and lush with plenty of shade and wide walkways. It could even be done cheaper since mostly trees is not expensive like building massive facades. I feel like it'll be Indy, so if those three projects happen, plus toss in a Stitch replacement over the next 4 years, that's a success IMO. I feel like it'll happen too since they want to massively increase prices.
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As much as I do think reworking the Echo Lake area into a more fully realized Indiana Jones land makes sense given the new remit of the park, I feel it would be wiser to focus on the Animation Courtyard first. It's pulling pretty much zero weight for the park at the moment, so closing it for an overhaul doesn't really negatively impact existing capacity and, if built wisely, could give them the flexibility they need to close other areas for rework in the future.
 
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UpAllNight

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I have no insider information, but I feel people's expectations are well out here.

I expect updates on current projects and some entertainment bits, such as bringing back Fantasmic and packaging it as new, for example.
 
SailorMercury

SailorMercury

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UpAllNight said:
I have no insider information, but I feel people's expectations are well out here.

I expect updates on current projects and some entertainment bits, such as bringing back Fantasmic and packaging it as new, for example.
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I’m keeping my expectations low, especially with the absence of leaks. The pandemic definitely backed Disney up when it comes to new projects. The closest to anything “new” I would guess are confirmations that Avengers E-Ticket and Mary Poppins are still on the table. And if anything brand new were to be announced, I’d imagine it would be something inevitably coming within the next year that would also be easy to do, like RNRC retheme.

They’ll definitely talk Fantasmic though.
 
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drizgirl

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FulcrumSolo said:
I’m keeping my expectations low, especially with the absence of leaks. The pandemic definitely backed Disney up when it comes to new projects. The closest to anything “new” I would guess are confirmations that Avengers E-Ticket and Mary Poppins are still on the table. And if anything brand new were to be announced, I’d imagine it would be something inevitably coming within the next year that would also be easy to do, like RNRC retheme.

They’ll definitely talk Fantasmic though.
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Funny how the pandemic didn't back Universal up for new things.
 
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doctornick

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I think there’s enough smoke from inside sources that some things are going to be announced D23. Maybe that’s just bringing stuff back to the table like the Avengers Eticket at DCA (and Paris?), Poppins in Epcot and the MK Theater. They will certainly provide some updates on existing projects and maybe some entertainment changes. But I sense that at least some new things might be announced, most likely something for DAK - especially with PW being removed and that space vacant.

I’m keeping my expectations low though and that anything new, if announced, won’t be anything ground breaking.
 
CaptainAmerica

CaptainAmerica

Premium Member
SplashZander said:
All-encompassing list on absolutely anything that could potentially be announced

Disney Cruise Line
  • Disney Believe to begin construction in Meyer Werft for its quarter 1 2025 maiden voyage.
  • Disney Imagine name announced with expected delivery in 2026.
  • Concept art for the new Fort Lauderdale port opening in Fall 2023 and how Disney plans to make the boarding process more magical and seamless
  • Construction update on Lighthouse Point (Joe Rhode's Final Project as an Imagineer) with it set to welcome cruisers in late 2024.
Walt Disney World Resorts
  • New Hotel north of the Grand Floridian along with a dedicated entrance into Magic Kingdom
  • Reflections revived
Walt Disney World transportation
  • Skyliner expansion
  • Completed walking loop around Seven Seas Lagoon that connects Wilderness Lodge Villas walking path via a walking bridge that goes over World Drive and connects to an area that will hold a future hotel.
Epcot
  • Play Pavilion Opening Timeframe
  • Moana Opening Date
  • Space Ship Earth overhaul update
  • New Harmonious Segment(s) featuring Encanto and potentially other IPs
  • Mary Poppins Update
  • Figment Update
  • Coco ride addition utilizing plot adjacent (south) to the current pavilion
  • New pavilion
  • Seas update
  • New China Film
  • Eastern Gateway
Magic Kingdom
  • Updated HEA returning
  • More Splash Mountain details
  • Main Street Theater
  • Attraction to replace empty Stitch space
  • New mini-land/attraction on the west side of the park to accommodate direct hotel side-entrance
  • New nighttime parade
  • New Seasonal night party
  • Tomorrowland Speedway, Cosmic Rays, Space Mountain, and Buzz updates
Hollywood Studios
  • Star Wars Dinner Show
  • Opening date for Toy Story BBQ
  • Opening date for Fantasmic
  • Animation Courtyard overhaul plans
  • RnRc retheme
  • Echo lake overhaul
  • BatB show replacement
  • Mermaid show replacement
  • Third Star Wars ride announcement
  • Incorporation of Mando in Galaxy's Edge (possibly via new Falcon mission)
  • Updates on new Star Tours films
Animal Kingdom
  • Dinoland overhaul / Primeval Whirl replacement
  • Third Pandora attraction / promotional event / content for new film
  • New standalone attraction north of Pandora
  • New standalone attraction north of Kali
  • Kali retheme
  • New standalone attraction in the foothills of Everest (Mystic Manor-esque family attraction south of Everest)
  • New Nighttime show
Disneyland Resort Misc
  • Eastern Gateway
  • Disneyland Forever Shenanigans
Disneyland Park
  • Toontown Updates
  • New Fantasyland attraction between Small World and Matterhorn (possibly Frozen)
  • Tomorrowland Overhaul
  • Space Mountain, Star Tours, and Falcon potential updates
Disney's California Adventure Park
  • New Coco attraction in Pixar Pier
  • Avengers E-Ticket announcement
Walt Disney Studio's Park Paris
  • Clarification on what's replacing Galaxy's Edge (potentially Lion King?)
  • New details on the Night show
  • New details on the full area, including Rapunzel flat ride, etc.
  • Avengers E-Ticket announcement
Disneyland Paris
  • Star Tours potential update
  • Misc standalone attraction
Tokyo Disneyland
  • Expanded details on their Space Mountain overhaul project that transitions into updates across the world
  • Updated Star Tours update
Tokyo DisneySea
  • Expanded details and views into Fantasy Springs, including an opening date
Hong Kong Disneyland
  • Avengers E-Ticket re-announcement
  • New details on Frozen land, including the opening date
Shanghai Disneyland
  • Zootopia land opening timeframe and general update
  • New hotel announcement
  • Toy Story Mania announcement

Let me know if I'm missing anything major. I wouldn't expect more than 10% of the mentioned things even to be acknowledged, but I want at least 95% of the announced things to be on this list.
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Add to Disney Cruise Line:
- Disney Wonder dry dock in Fall 2023 and/or;
- Disney Wonder to sail out of Australia

Add to Walt Disney World resorts:
- Details for Poly DVC tower

Add to Disneyland resorts misc:
- Opening date for Villas at Disneyland Hotel
 

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