I think the problem with this discussion is that everyone is thinking of E-Ticket rides as thrill rides. That is not necessarily true. Look back to the time when the A-E ticketing system actually existed. While rides like the Matterhorn and Big Thunder Mountain were E-Tickets, so were "it's a small world", the Tiki Room, and Country Bear Jamboree.
While I do agree that there has not been an E-Ticket in a while, I also think that most of you are just thinking of E-Tickets as thrill rides. I personally would be happy if we got a non-thrill-based E-Ticket at DHS.
Well, I hate to say it, but people on these boards would probaby be the only ones to apreciate something like an equivalent of the Tiki Room. In order to compete with their Harry Potterized rivals, they really would need something huge. Not necessarily a thrill ride, but definately not another Country Bears.
What I could easily predict for the Studios is a complete destruction of the Studio Tram Tour, repaced with either a new Cars coaster (like the Crush's Coaster in Paris) or the coaster plus an expanded Pixar Place area. This would
likely come before Star Tours 2, or at least be announced first anyway.
In Epcot, things are most likely to be focused on WS. Word is that Japan's getting something new, perhaps just a movie, probabaly not the hoped-for Mt Fuji coaster. Another interesting note is the possibility of a new country (I could only imagine it replacing the outpost area). As for the farther future, Imagination will
probably get another huge makeover.
For Magic Kingdom, the next best thing coming is definately the new Space Mountain. Around this time, probably a major refurb of Jungle Cruise. Now for those of you who know of the Litte Mermaid ride coming to DCA, it is most probable that this wil come to Fantasyland soon after it is finished in Disneyland (
Attention henryt93; this is a non-thrilling E-Ticket
).
Last, and probably least, AK remains. Other than the new nighttime show that is apparently going to be added, nothing much is really coming here, as far as I'm aware. If you want the further future for this park, I can somewhat imagine a Journey to the Center of the Earth replacing both Camp-Minnie Mickey and the entire Beastly Kingdom idea as whole. Considering the imagineers who developed the concept for BK were fired, we probably wont be seeing the much too miracuous concepts they created (IE Dragon Tower). A Journey to the Center of the Earth would also fulfill AK's mythical creatures theme, and would, IMHO, be a sucsessful competent against Universal and Sea World.
All in all, we can be a little worried about the timing, but Mickey definately still has some more tricks up his sorcerer's sleeve.
