May 2018 Disney Rumors

So I have heard a few new rumors lately that I thought I would share.

1. The Main Street Theater was indefinitely put on hold to reallocate it's budget. I had heard this previously, but the prior rumor was that the budget was for new monorails. The latest version of this rumor was that the budget was actually reallocated to design and build a new attraction to replace Stiches' Great Escape.
2. A new nighttime parade is being developed for the Magic Kingdom.
3. Voyage of the Little Mermaid is on the chopping block after Galaxy's Edge opens, most likely to be replaced by a show imported from Disneyland Paris called Mickey and the Magician.

Like I said these are just the latest rumors I am seeing. Anyone hear anything else?

I've seen Mickey and the Magician and it is a wonderful show. It will be a very good addition to Hollywood Studios.

This may be old news to most of you, but cast members confirmed for me that they are putting a Club 33 Lounge in each of the 4 WDW parks.
*MK lounge will be where the Adventureland construction is
*DHS lounge will go into the former Starring Rolls space
*AK likely to replace either Tiffins or Tusker House
*Epcot possibly the Innoventions area

Also heard that they are intentionally letting Innoventions die a slow, painful death and plan to do something else with that space. I heard several different ideas for what they may do with that space, so it is probably a combination of several things. It's puzzling to me why they didn't just close Innoventions rather than letting it die off little by little.

And Ratatouille ride in France pavilion!! So excited about that!

A few months ago, the talk was that the Tron ride in tomorrowland would replace Autopia. Now they are saying it is going to go behind it . . back beyond that quiet little sidewalk that connects Tomorrowland to the Barnstormer in Fantasyland. Guess it won't be such a quiet little sidewalk anymore.

Sorry if this is old news, but it was new info to me! Guess I've been out of touch for a while.

What is a Club 33 Lounge? I hate the thought of eliminating Tiffins or Tusker House!!! They are both fabulous! I will also miss The Little Mermaid.

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Originally Posted by thejens

What is a Club 33 Lounge? I hate the thought of eliminating Tiffins or Tusker House!!! They are both fabulous! I will also miss The Little Mermaid.

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Club 33 is a private eatery at Disneyland that goes back to essentially the start of WDL and was originally scoped for corporate sponsors. It's since been transformed into a country club type environment with an initiation fee of $25k and annual dues of $10k.