Wild Predictions About Walt Disney World

[Ricky Spanish]

Disney builds new park. Counting on the fascination guests have with the Utilidors, Disney builds UTILIDORLAND, a park built entirely underground, themed around underground characters,
Mole

and

Hades. This park excites environmentalists who praise Disneys innovative planning that keeps trees, bushes and other green spaces intact. Guests traverse a labyrinth of tunnels using their sense of smell and experience all rides in the dark, saving on electrical costs.

Joking aside, I always thought a completely underground rollercoaster would be awesome.
Nothing but a queue and a loading area that was visible on the surface.
Obviously, couldn't be built in Florida.
Unless it was a water ride!

 

[Pixie VaVoom]

1) Epcot will get one of it's orignal pavillions gutted and changed to a Marvel ride.
2) DHS will have it's last opening day attraction and park icon switched out for an animated IP.
3) DAK is going to create a whole land based upon a 3rd party alien franchise.
4) the MK will open an attraction where there is no actual ride just a really nice queue and rockwork(giftshop and bathroom inc)

Serioulsy who would have thought 10 years ago 1-3 could even be possible.

My guess is that the WS and Epcot will get it's first kinetic ride in the form of a coaster.

Can I reserve a Fastpass for that bathroom??

 

[POLY LOVER]

disney spins off the parks into a separate company, to save the parks.

 

[disneyflush]

Bold prediction:
1. Disney will start including ESPN channels as an 'a la cart' freebie to season ticket holders.
2. Disney will announce virtual vacations where you can plan an entire vacation tour of the parks, resorts, and/or a number participating destinations and have virtual reality headsets shipped to your home for a 7 day period of time. You will enjoy the sights and smells without leaving your couch. Benefits include cost savings, no crowds, no heat issues, etc. Your headsets will come with several pre-packaged meals from the selected dining places to enjoy as you are virtually there.
3. Disney will build a small but lavish resort underwater, not in Bay Lake, in a special and huge salt-water aquarium attempting to recreate the experience of Animal Kingdom Lodge but underwater. It will be a gigantic success.
4. The 5th gate will happen in about 15 years. The theme will be very generic, something with Adventure or Thrill in it. It will be focused primarily on the 12-35 year old age group and thrill rides. Big roller coasters, big drops, fast paced, high adrenaline types of adventures. Disney will see this as a way to fill out their experience offerings for growing families and to get more younger families interesting in DVC purchases.

 

[JohnByers]

I predict that if WDW ever removed Mickey Bars or Dole Whips that there would be a major revolt and protest...

 

[Kylo Ken]

Disney invents and perfects the idea for the Flux Capacitor thus making time travel possible and allowing us to visit the Walt Disney World of old. Most of us stop complaining. And everyone lived happily ever after.

 

[Raineman]

I thought it already was ...

Is that a Fern Gully overlay, or an Atlantis: The Lost Empire overlay? Hard to tell, really.

 

[BEARSHOUSE4]

I don't know, but I like the sound of archaeology land changing ctx-Dino into Indy. Plug and play!

 

[Gutterbuddy]

1.Disney builds an indoor park in Canada.
2.Disney buys universal.
3. Splash mountain will be closed an entire year for refurbishment.

 

[IanDLBZF]

1. New leadership at Burbank (that will be happening in 2 years)
2. Expanded Adventureland and Tommorrowland will open for the 50th Anniversary
3. A new Electric Parade debuts at Magic Kingdom and is a huge success
4. (This should be no surprise to most) Avatarland will be a huge success

 

[Disneyhead'71]

1. Pandora, the world's first billion dollar theme park land, does little to stop the cratering attendance numbers.

2. Another large increase in the price of all admission media to offset the attendance drop.

3. 50th plans are scaled back because of aforementioned attendance problems.

4. Attendance problem spirals to the point that future DVC expansion is back burnered until further notice.

(The last one was a joke)

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

Disney will build more Value Resorts.

 

[Raineman]

- Someone's little Snowflake will get scared on a ride that their mom insists they go on, despite warning signs posted at the ride entrance, and the mom will go off on Disney, stating that all rides should be "child-friendly".
-Someone will complain about a face character's attire, and Disney will pander to the easily triggered idiots by completely changing the look of said face character.
-Disney will replace a beloved attraction with a "child friendly", IP based attraction.

What's that? All of these have already happened recently? Hmmmm. Well, as we all know, history often repeats itself.

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

They'll build a Frozen ride at Magic Kingdom.

 

[Kylo Ken]

A new attraction called The Hall of CEOs will open in 2018, an Audio-Animatronic celebration of all of Disney's past leaders, but mostly Bob Iger.

Simpsons Did It!!!!!

 

[SteveAZee]

Simpsons Did It!!!!!

Great, and not-so-great, minds think alike.

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

Animal Kingdom will eventually add more rides.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Mission space will be reimagined to become a Star Wars Rogue Squadron theme ride where you get to really destroy a Death Star.

 

[World_Showcase_Lover007]

I think Disney's PR team will re-brand WDW as simply Disney World, thereby dropping "Walt" off the front of the name. It will be sad, but that seems to be the direction that the company is headed. They don't care about much anymore.

I also think that they will have hard ticketed events every night forcing the parks to close at 6pm, and that new signage around the parks be written in both English and Portuguese.

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

Disney will open a third water park.