The area around Rafiki's has been looked at for expansion for a very long time as well. They could finally be looking more into that.This all happens every year end of September and it's a shame every year. None worse than the year they closed Pleasure Island.
We really like Rafiki's planet watch but now that DD is a teenager we rarely get out there. Honestly it's the time involved, since with the train ride back and forth you need to plan at least an hour plus to go out there and we never seem to have the time to do it. The fact that it is going seasonal though isn't necessarily the end of the world. They may pull it back to full time if the crowds start rolling in with Star Wars land starting up. Remember when they cut Fantasmic to only 2-3 times a week?
Losing more citizens of hollywood is sad, but not a shocker. They cut some last year too, seems to be a slow death going on there.
Pirates tutorial surprises me, with only really two CM how much money are they saving here? Hope the new muppets show survives at MK - they could certainly cut that with little "Cost" to the crowds. Compared to the cost of cutting "Move it, shake it" which is dozens of CM.
Would be VERY surprise they close the boneyard - unless the lawyers do that.
I would also expect that this has not been the last cut. At least one M&G will bite the dust. And we haven't heard from Epcot yet.
The slow death is what kind of surprises me. Why not just kill it if thats the eventual plan?
Move It Shake It will eventually be replaced and doesn't close until December.
Starlord and Groot are leaving DHS so that is one meet and greet.