Well after spending some time digesting all of the announcements I think what most excites me is that it appears there is a vision for how WDW will move forward. Not just with this period of massive investment, but there are some creative and interesting ideas in these announcements we haven't seen in a long time. The gondolas represent a badly needed alternative transportation system. With the monorail aging, and the buses approaching capacity, Disney is clearly looking for a new alternative. That's very good.
The Star Wars hotel seems to be an entirely new kind of experience. Not just a resort. Not just a place to set your luggage, eat, and maybe play in the pool, but bringing the parks experience out to a resort. That's very innovative. I don't really know of a hotel concept like this anywhere else.
EPCOT got some lip service about a new direction and some interesting announcements. Rat seems like some of the most appropriate IP that could be devoted to WS, so perhaps the Arrendale Pavilion will be an aberration. GotG implies Futureworld, and EPCOT itself, is changing. The remark about making it more Disney implies a different future for EPCOT. While this doesn't make me happy, not in the slightest, it does at least mean the front of EPCOT has a future. Something that the closed WoL, Innoventions, the might as well be closed Imagination and UoE, hasn't always implied.
Finally Tron. Again, a new direction for Tomorrowland is being implied. Less of an actual take on tomorrow, and more on a fantastic imaginative tomorrow. Probably a necessary change of direction, as it has proven impossible to keep up with a realistic tomorrow. I do hope this implies Space Mountain will eventually get it's badly needed refurb, same with Speedway, and that Stitch won't fall empty forever. It also implies that WDW knows that MK still butters the bread, and that improving the other parks, adding to AK and DHS especially, doesn't end the need for expansion at WDW. What does concern me is the overload on that side of the park. With Space, Tron, 7DMT, and Pan all in a basic row, the crush to the right of the castle will only get worse. Hopefully a people eater for Adventureland is also in the cards at some point.
I'm really impressed by all those announcements. 1st in my hype list is the Tron coaster
