D23: What Do Yuo Want to Hear?

Cinderelley;2524149 wrote: I'm very excited about Universal's announcement. Disney would be hard pressed to make me look their way again for a long time.

Dilly Dilly!

Here's what I think we can expect:

1) Information on the spine redo for Epcot, including Future World being cut up and divided into three lands, new character meet and greet building, festival center pavilion with rooftop wine bar,
2) Name of the Guardians roller coaster, make over of MouseGear, replacement for Electric Umbrella, and yes, in fact, a beer garden, relocation of Starbucks, and Club Cool
3) Name of space themed restaurant
4) Spaceship Earth closure and refurb information
5) Info regarding new Epcot night time show
6) Information about the Canada and China movies
7) Carousel coming to UK pavilion, themed to Mary Poppins
8) Information regarding the Star Wars hotel including what the experience is supposed to be like and price ($3300 per day a person)
9) Cruise line addition and new port

Possibles:

1) Cirque du Soliel repalcement
2) Addition for Blizzard Beach

Surprise announcement comes on Thursday and will be features in a 1 hour presentation at D23... Will be consumer facing, and doesn't seem to be the new port and cruise after all... Something for consumer and the fans... Some sort of rewards program???

DizneyFreak2002;2524484 wrote: Here's what I think we can expect:

Surprise announcement comes on Thursday and will be features in a 1 hour presentation at D23... Will be consumer facing, and doesn't seem to be the new port and cruise after all... Something for consumer and the fans... Some sort of rewards program???

Oh, now that they aren't raking in the new people like they expected, they want to come crying back to the people who have supported them for so long?

DizneyFreak2002;2524144 wrote: Nope, nothing concrete on a 5th park...

Disney is supposed to have a special major announcement on August 22nd and this announcement will lead to a 1 hour presentation on the 23rd or 24th... This led to speculation of a 5th gate since Universal just announced their 3rd or 4th depends if you consider Volcano Bay a theme park.. Universal does so to them Epic Universe is their 4th park...

If speculation is allowed....I would think that this announcement may have more to do with the 50th anniversary of Magic Kingdom/WDW than anything else. Festivities should begin somewhere in the 4th quarter (calendar) next year and they should begin ramping up the promotion(s) very shortly.

IF they were to address a 5th park, I would expect nothing physical to begin until after the current spate of work is complete, or nearly complete.

DizneyFreak2002;2524146 wrote: I get it completely... and under Chapek, all WDW is becoming is a collection of IP tossed anywhere they want... Theme has gone out the window...

Tron in Tomorrowland??? Monsters in Tomorrowland??? Tomorrowland has lost its theme... Time to move on from a space port, which it no longer is... Just now call it Sci Fi land... cause there is nothing "space" about it anymore...

Think about it... Tron has nothing to do with space... Neither does CoP or Monsters Inc Laugh Floor... And Tomorrowland Speedway???? That attraction doesn't even fit into anything sci fi...

But, things are changing at Disney... They are too focused on IP... and they will squeeze IP into every last corner of the parks even if that IP does not belong...

No offense, but why does Tomorrowland have to be space related? At the time it was built, space was new and different, but it is 'old hat' now. Tron fits into Tomorrowland as it is 'futuristic.' Monsters Inc., not so much. I believe that was thrown in just to make use of an empty building and to 'eat' visitors.

Stitch did not fit Tomorrowland either, but the same reasoning exists for that as Monsters Inc. A building that was going to be empty (too many 'complaints' about ExtraTerror-estrial Alien Encounter) needed to be filled. "We can keep the 'alien' part by using Stitch and re-theme the majority of the attraction!"

Too much "Ready, Fire, Aim" going on with Disney Parks right now.

PopPhan;2524507 wrote: If speculation is allowed....I would think that this announcement may have more to do with the 50th anniversary of Magic Kingdom/WDW than anything else. Festivities should begin somewhere in the 4th quarter (calendar) next year and they should begin ramping up the promotion(s) very shortly.

IF they were to address a 5th park, I would expect nothing physical to begin until after the current spate of work is complete, or nearly complete.

Could be 50th Anniversary information... If not, I assume we should be getting info soon...

PopPhan;2524508 wrote: No offense, but why does Tomorrowland have to be space related? At the time it was built, space was new and different, but it is 'old hat' now. Tron fits into Tomorrowland as it is 'futuristic.' Monsters Inc., not so much. I believe that was thrown in just to make use of an empty building and to 'eat' visitors.

Stitch did not fit Tomorrowland either, but the same reasoning exists for that as Monsters Inc. A building that was going to be empty (too many 'complaints' about ExtraTerror-estrial Alien Encounter) needed to be filled. "We can keep the 'alien' part by using Stitch and re-theme the majority of the attraction!"

Too much "Ready, Fire, Aim" going on with Disney Parks right now.

No offense taken.... Tomorrowland doesn't have to be based around space... But the backstory has usually been it is a space port... Now, has it always been thematically correct??? Nah, not with Dream Flight, If you Had Wings, Incredibles dance party, and the Speedway....

The current steampunk look is going though... And in reality, they should change the name... Again, Sci Fi Land would be much more appropriate... And even then, COP and Speedway won't fit... Unless Speedway gets the Tron overlay it was originally meant to get... And maybe once the Tron coaster is open, it will...

Then that just leaves CoP... And we'll see what kind of refurb that gets....

Does anyone have a link so that we can listen to the actual announcement?

PopPhan;2524508 wrote: No offense, but why does Tomorrowland have to be space related? At the time it was built, space was new and different, but it is 'old hat' now. Tron fits into Tomorrowland as it is 'futuristic.' Monsters Inc., not so much. I believe that was thrown in just to make use of an empty building and to 'eat' visitors.

Stitch did not fit Tomorrowland either, but the same reasoning exists for that as Monsters Inc. A building that was going to be empty (too many 'complaints' about ExtraTerror-estrial Alien Encounter) needed to be filled. "We can keep the 'alien' part by using Stitch and re-theme the majority of the attraction!"

Too much "Ready, Fire, Aim" going on with Disney Parks right now.

A. B/c Space is our future, and not old hat. We've only scratched the surface.
B. Tron is not futuristic. That is now, today, what happens in our computers right?

But, how about a more Jetson feel? I'd like more moving walkways, like that have at the airport.

I like the Jules Verne aspects. Need to bring back the Nautilus !!!

I have no idea if this has anything to do with Disney or not ..maybe...The Rose Bowl..The Rolling Stones...NASA..and Mars...

NASA is both Cali and Florida..Wild Horses?? the icons are a telescope.. a rocket.. a guitar and something an explosion maybe??

Tonight...@RollingStones @NASA @NASAJPL
https://twitter.com/wdwbuzzpix ...
Edited to say...Rolling Stones are playing the Rose Bowl maybe they will make the announcement there.

goofy for pluto;2524515 wrote: Does anyone have a link so that we can listen to the actual announcement?

I don't believe there will be any streams... Unless Disney Parks streams it on their YouTube channel?? Or FB page... Or if they allow the media/bloggers to stream...