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I really think that they can easily retheme the Chester and Hester area of Dinoland to Good Dinoasur.

I am not show sure. Good Dinosaur takes place in a world where the Dinosaurs never died off, but there also doesn't seem to be any modern conveniences. I don't foresee them ripping Dinoland to the ground for a new theme anytime soon.
 
At this point, I almost feel like they are yanking our chain. Either that or they are just actively trying to anger WDW loyalists and supporters and truly don't care about making WDW a place that is worth going back to over and over, but just a money grab by new visitors every year.

Great news for Disneyland, but half of the parks here are way more in need of a major update than either of the DLR parks are.
 

Marvel area not even really news - that's planned behind Tower of Terror in DCA. The rumors Star Wars land location is Toontown, though I wonder how that'll work in that they have to close toontown for the fireworks.

I CANNOT believe they can go any longer without announcing something for DHS. Even without details, they gotta say SOMETHING.
I agree but as of right now sources say only disneyland gets the D23 announcement.,
 
At this point, I almost feel like they are yanking our chain. Either that or they are just actively trying to anger WDW loyalists and supporters and truly don't care about making WDW a place that is worth going back to over and over, but just a money grab by new visitors every year.

Great news for Disneyland, but half of the parks here are way more in need of a major update than either of the DLR parks are.
Bingo
 
I would also like to point out just because the rumor says no WDW announcement doesn't mean that isn't going to happen. Now admittedly last D23 Disney got out ahead of the presentation and let people know there would be no WDW/DL announcement, but it wasn't THIS early. Again, I have a hard time believing they go four years without any WDW park announcement at D23. Even if it's not Star Wars, I think they'll announce some sort of expansion (maybe the Pixar Place expansion).
 
I'm with reddog on this one. The area is probably one of the worst in all of Disney World - but that doesn't diminish the level of detail that the imagineers managed to inbue in it anyways - such that it IS worth looking around to see what they did. There's actually THREE levels of theming within Dinoland. (The scientists of the Dino Institute, the students that live in the area of the institute, and then the roadside attraction area that sprung up nearby.) In addition, Dinoland is full of plant species that were around 63 million years ago. That's a nice detail that only botanists would notice.
I'm just going to have to disagree. Not holding both the finance, and the creatives responsible is not how we improve the parks on a consistent basis. I do appreciate the students section, but alas that was never properly built out like it was designed to be. You can still find traces to that compelling design.

What we can all agree on is that whole area should be Rethemed into something great.
 
Here is some news.

August 15th during the D23 expo Bob Chapek the new Parks and resorts head wil announce a Star Wars land and Marvel area for DLR.

Don't get your hopes up nothing is in store for WDW yet.
Are you talking about PhotoDave's post? It didn't expressly say we aren't getting anything at all for WDW. Just not Star Wars. It leaves the possibility open for Pixar.
 
Are you talking about PhotoDave's post? It didn't expressly say we aren't getting anything at all for WDW. Just not Star Wars. It leaves the possibility open for Pixar.

That's the way I read it. Only no for SW. Surely they have to announce some tiny morsel for DHS...
 
I'm just going to have to disagree. Not holding both the finance, and the creatives responsible is not how we improve the parks on a consistent basis.

As an "on-the-ground" engineer I completely disagree with this. Have you ever dealt with the bean counters/management on a construction job? We once had a project that would have cost $1.5 million and would've saved our company ~$1 million a year. They didn't approve it for TEN years of asking, and only finally did it when the system deteriorated to the point that we HAD to do it.

I can picture how the meetings went:
Imagineer: It'll take $200 million to finish Dinoland properly.
Money Manager: You can't have that.
Imagineer: Well, if we cut this and this we could do it for $125 million.
Money Manager: Nope, you have $20 million.
Imagineer: $20 million for the whole land? We've already spent $80 million on the Countdown to Extinction attraction! You're crazy, it'll be f*&&in parking lot.
Money Manager: Then build a parking lot. $20 million. Get it done.
Imagineer: %$)# 9$#(%@!!! (Throws protractor)
Money Manager: Oh, and about this Beastly Kingdom idea....
Imagineer: @$!%& %%#@!%^!!! (Throws coffee mug)
 
Are you talking about PhotoDave's post? It didn't expressly say we aren't getting anything at all for WDW. Just not Star Wars. It leaves the possibility open for Pixar.
1023 and PhotoDave I didn't say there wouldn't be an announcement for WDW but of course just not a Star Wars one.
 
That's the way I read it. Only no for SW. Surely they have to announce some tiny morsel for DHS...
But that's just it they don't have to. We as Disney fans think they do but if a park is bringing in money why spend more.
 
That's the way I read it. Only no for SW. Surely they have to announce some tiny morsel for DHS...

Surely the D23 attendees who are WDW fans will be giving them a hard time if they make big a deal about massive investment in Shanghai, Paris, DL, and DCA but have nothing much to say about WDW except to give previews of Avatar and Frozen Fo-Evah?

Nah ... not that the D23 fans are wimps or anything, but I'm sure the message and the tone will be pretty carefully constructed to distract, divert, channel and turn around any negative thoughts ...
 
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