Villains Land

[Elijah Abrams]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they went with making Villains Land a fifth gate for Walt Disney World! The question, though, is where in Disney World would it be built?

 

[ucf_knight]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they went with making Villains Land a fifth gate for Walt Disney World! The question, though, is where in Disney World would it be built?

Yeah that's not happening. So much needs to be done (and is already planned) with their current parks with adding capacity, maintenance of current attractions and refurbs.

 

[RivShore]

I'd hope that they are constantly refining their plans for new construction. I don't think that's the same thing as totally scraping them though. I suspect this is more of an over-reaction or an attempt to get clicks.

Or maybe its to help Josh look as much as possible as the anti-Chapek. Remember Bob 2.0 got the blame for cutting back drastically at SWGE. Now you have Josh saying hold on we're not spending enough here...now he's a fan favorite and hopefully Wall St will look favorably on investment decisions like this.

 

[fatmanatee]

Have not checked the board where this originated since it first popped up but likely some interesting discussion happening right now.

I just checked and people in that thread are now arguing over who's been the better CEO in recent memory. So cancel what I said here.

 

[marmentrout85]

Look, it's nice to hear that they're allegedly going bigger on the budget.

Having said that, and I truly hope I'm wrong here, but, regardless of budget, I think it's going to be hard for Villains land to live up to the hype it already has.

It definitely needs to be WDWs best land, and I actually do expect it to be. Yet, even if it is, I still think it will be very hard to actually exceed anyone's expectations. I really long for the day where something at WDW will truly exceed my expectation again and I hope they prove me wrong.

The interesting thing is I could see Piston Peak being a HUGE hit because I don't think it's getting very much hype at all, which gives it a ton of potential in regard to exceeding guest expectations.

 

[OKW Lover]

I don't understand why people are suggesting this is Josh's doing as the new CEO. He was fully in charge of this in his previous role. Has he changed his mind?

 

[BrianL]

I don't understand why people are suggesting this is Josh's doing as the new CEO. He was fully in charge of this in his previous role. Has he changed his mind?

Well, he was in charge, but Bob may have dictated the budget. Now, Josh could countermand that and raise it - if indeed it was Iger holding it back. We don't really know though. Either way, it's a positive direction for the parks!