Sunday, March 17, 2013

Big changes on the horizon at Walt Disney World.

The Internet is a buzz lately about the sudden anouncment of the Count Down to Fun parade and Disney Chanel Rocks having final performances on April 6th. Why so sudden. Lets be frank people. Disney has had some major plans in blue sky for a while. New Fantasyland is not getting anywhere close to the numbers they wanted or expected. In many circles its considered a financial failure. Walt Disney world also just got a new president to over see the parks. The guy who was responsible for Disneylands revamp and the major renovations of DCA and cars land.
As I said fantasyland was a flop. These blue sky projects are getting pushed forward. Disney Springs has been announced, Avatarland is getting pushed forward. The new Lion King stage is being built behind Tusker House "secretly" at this very moment. This is so the show can continue to operate and then only be down briefly to allow the transition to Africa - where it should have been in the first place. Camp will become pandora.
But expect major changes to be happening to studios soon. We are all waiting for the official announcement. Renovations in the DCA scale. Renovations that require the backstage parade path that both DCR And CTF use to be torn out. Backlot and LMA are in the chopping block. I'm anxious to hear what is in fact hearsay, rumor, or false. Until then standby. Big exciting changes ahead.