What new park developments are you most excited about from #D23?

[triciambe]

I'm currently watching the D23 live stream, and while I've definitely been annoyed/impatient through a lot of the filler talk, some of the new ideas look promising! I'm really excited about the possible MK expansion behind Big Thunder: Encanto, Coco, villains?!?!? Yes, please! And Moana and Zootopia in AK? Please!

Thoughts?

 

[pixiedust2u]

That HEA fireworks is coming back in 2023!!!!!!! Yessss!

 

[xdan0920]

None of that blue sky stuff will happen. It’s just to fill time since the rest of the presentation was so poor.

 

[lbjb247]

Grogu and Mando. I know it's only in Disneyland at the moment but I hope they come to wdw soon

 

[HopperFan]

ALL of the new LANDS!

MK lands are so far off my bingo card, and I couldn't be more thrilled.

So happy AK getting some love and both those lands are perfect.

 

[cdobert]

My son can't wait for the villains area

 

[MICHAELB1]

1. Villains Kingdom
2. Bluesky
3. Encanto/Coco
4 Everything else....

I felt it was a bit lackluster, Moana already is getting Epcot themed stuff, Zootopia is cool, but I still think an Indiana Jones themed area would dwarf anything out of those IP's. Also, Animal Kingdom NEEDED a new area, passing it off to the future doesn't seem like a good idea.

Hollywood Studios was neglected, people can talk about Galaxy's Edge, but it was nearly four years ago now, we have to stop calling it new at some point.

 

[maleficent55]

San Fran Tokyo coming to DCA is pretty amazing!

But I’m most excited about Tiana Bayou Adventure

 

[tfc3rid]

All boring. None of the blue sky stuff will happen. Everything discussed today is all stuff we knew about. Imagination is gone. Universal is making a big money bet in Orlando and Disney appears to be punting.

 

[dunkindonut]

If that blue sky stuff comes to fruition, tickets will be $200.

 

[iZon]

Very impressive. He was able to be entertaining for two hours and provide us with five minutes of actual information. And make it sound like we’re getting tons of new stuff when we really aren’t.

 

[FCDub]

Gosh, you folks are cynical

 

[Pickles516]

Gosh, you folks are cynical

Excuse me, it’s “Gawrsh”.

 

[Grasshopper2016]

Did Disney "announce" the new MK and AK lands? Or did they say something along the lines of, "Here's some ideas we're tossing around for possible park expansions someday in the future."? Or somewhere in between? At past D23 events, did Disney may similar statements that never went anywhere? I'm just trying to figure out whether I should be getting excited about these developments, taking them with a grain of salt, or laughing them off as pure daydreaming and puffery.

 

[Jrb1979]

Did Disney "announce" the new MK and AK lands? Or did they say something along the lines of, "Here's some ideas we're tossing around for possible park expansions someday in the future."? Or somewhere in between? At past D23 events, did Disney may similar statements that never went anywhere? I'm just trying to figure out whether I should be getting excited about these developments, taking them with a grain of salt, or laughing them off as pure daydreaming and puffery.

They were never announced but just possible additions that may or may not happen. My guess it was only mentioned as they really had nothing substantial coming and needed to sell hope.

 

[rstamm]

Wow next to nothing for Florida that we didn’t already know.
Maybe he could’ve announced when the trams will be back.
I’d be excited about that.

 

[KateMW]

Well this is a super depressing post. Can there be like a special board for people's whose cheerios were peed in?

 

[Jrb1979]

Well this is a super depressing post. Can there be like a special board for people's whose cheerios were peed in?

Why? They announced next to nothing today and a bunch of what ifs.

 

[KateMW]

Why? They announced next to nothing today and a bunch of what ifs.

Well it's not like they've had a global pandemic/complete shutdown to deal with for the last almost 30 months. Geez, how dare they.

 

[Jrb1979]

Well it's not like they've had a global pandemic/complete shutdown to deal with for the last almost 30 months. Geez, how dare they.

Tell that to Universal. They are dealing with the same thing. Yet they have no issue building a whole new park to open in 3 years. Same with other parks across the country. Yet Disney gets a pass. I think I know the answer to that.