Why is Disney sooooooo slow to build?

[Goofyernmost]

I agree on the snow. I hate that snow.

You know what I noticed about the snow was that it was dirty looking while everything else was pristine. Then I realized that snow on a roof in a town with wood or coal heating would be, in real life, dirty. There's your detail in Uni. Mountain snow would be clean and bright white, not so in a village.

 

[RandomPrincess]

You know what I noticed about the snow was that it was dirty looking while everything else was pristine. Then I realized that snow on a roof in a town with wood or coal heating would be, in real life, dirty. There's your detail in Uni. Mountain snow would be clean and bright white, not so in a village.

It's not that is was dirty. It may have been because it was Feb. 80 degrees out and I'm staring at snow on the roofs. Just made it seem even faker to me. The snow on the mountains doesn't bother me the same way.

The rest of the Harry Potter area is great and I love all the details!

 

[DisneyJoe]

Specifically in the MK, you may also need to deal with the utilidors being underneath...

 

[luv]

Harry Potter is far and away the best themed area in Orlando.

 

[Mr Morrow]

Does Universal create an atmosphere like the magical one created at Disney World?

The sites, the sounds, the smells?

 

[RandomPrincess]

Does Universal create an atmosphere like the magical one created at Disney World?

The sites, the sounds, the smells?

All of Universal? No. The Harry Potter section? Yes.

 

[Mammymouse]

I'm just thinking about years gone by how much quicker build time was for an attraction. I think now the financial reporting time periods have more influence into the length of time it takes to open - spreading capital over different fiscal years, etc.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Does Universal create an atmosphere like the magical one created at Disney World?

The sites, the sounds, the smells?

Didn't used too, but it comes really close now.

 

[luv]

Does Universal create an atmosphere like the magical one created at Disney World?

The sites, the sounds, the smells?

Yes.

Except for the AK, the Uni parks are fresher-looking and have better landscaping, too.

 

[copcarguyp71]

This is a legitimate question. I know there is attention to detail, but it all just seems so slow.

Unless it is a DVC cash cow they look at it as overhead costs and those do not make the shareholders' any money or promote upper management bonuses. Current regime does not understand the declining satisfaction among steadfast followers or perhaps we (the followers) just overestimate our importance which sadly is probably the case.

 

[ParentsOf4]

An organization's ability to complete a project in a timely fashion often is a reflection of the complexity of its decision making process

The typical large-scale project at WDW is not run by a single individual. A shockingly complex array of organizations are involved in large projects at WDW, each with their own objectives. Each resists forward momentum until issues are resolved in their favor. In this sense, the modern WDW is run not like a private corporation but more like a government bureaucracy.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

 

[litaljohn]

Harry Potter is far and away the best themed area in Orlando.

define "theme"? I would say Africa in AK is better themed as it is fitting with Africa and made up things you see there and designed to fit.

Harry potter has two great areas that fitte theme well with the overall area and hogwarts and all but the train is randomly tossed in, and you having dueling dragons shoehorned to what it is now as well it's not all specifically themed for Harry potter it's a fair deal of "good enough", that made it in. sort of how stitch is basicly still just alien encounter or how the simpsons is basicly still back to the future with a new coat of paint.

I would say potter may have more entertainment but i wouldn't say it's better themed. although I also grant universal is trying to reproduce something very very specific whereas Disney was afforded the luxury of designing around entire portions of the continent and not one tiny block from a movie/book.

 

[unkadug]

It's not that is was dirty. It may have been because it was Feb. 80 degrees out and I'm staring at snow on the roofs. Just made it seem even faker to me. The snow on the mountains doesn't bother me the same way.

The rest of the Harry Potter area is great and I love all the details!

All theme park theming requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief on the part of the park goer.

Do you really believe that Harry Potter is a real wizard with magical powers?

 

[RandomPrincess]

All theme park theming requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief on the part of the park goer.

Do you really believe that Harry Potter is a real wizard with magical powers?

Yes. Yes, I do.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

The reason why construction projects at Disney takes so long to build is that they want to spread the capital expenditures over as many fiscal years as possible so as the project has less financial impact on any single years profits. I really is that simple.

 

[Violet]

Because they are in no rush. Place is packed as it is.

 

[marni1971]

They never used to be. Sadly the process today is so convoluted. Red tape. Management. Budget allocation. Call it what you like.

 

[marni1971]

Specifically in the MK, you may also need to deal with the utilidors being underneath...

Nope. They're only in certain areas that are predominantly built upon now. FLE tapped into the main area under Fanland but they had minimal impact on the schedule. It was harder to remove the skyway towers than it was anything else.

 

[unkadug]

Nope. They're only in certain areas that are predominantly built upon now. FLE tapped into the main area under Fanland but they had minimal impact on the schedule. It was harder to remove the skyway towers than it was anything else.

Were any of the skyway towers actually OVER any of the utilidors?