I'm aware that those projects are the ones which are most concrete at this stage, but for 2 billion dollars, I just think there has to be more stuff coming that hasn't been finalized. If we get to 2022 and Disney's spent that amount of money, and we've only gotten two new rides from it (one of which is a replacement), somebody will need to be fired for gross financial mismanagement.
It sounded like Niles just doesn't know what other projects are coming... and if a new Hotel is something we're getting -and/or- they really are tearing out all of communicore I can see the price tag shooting up pretty fast. As it is now though, they may still have two-thirds of that money to play with when coming up with ideas if you take out what's already underway at Future World and France.
I assume any changes to Legacy plaza will also include changes to the Innoventions buildings.
The plaza holds things like stroller rental, camera center (photos), etc... that can't just be axed without replacement. And Innoventions is too big of an eyesore to just ignore for that long.
Yes. This. Very much this.
And I've heard that a lot of the wiring, pipes, etc in the Innoventions buildings have NEVER been updated. A big chunk of money may very well go to simply updating infrastructure, gutting buildings, replacing walkways, and building a new entrance plaza. And while that might not be a fun use of a lot of money, it is desperately needed for the park.
I hope some of the plans from Project Gemini come to fruition and we get a lot more trees and gardens in Future World, because there's a bit too much concrete for my taste. (Project Gemini was rumored to cost up to $500 million alone, and that was mainly just to update communicore, so keep that in mind when thinking about where the theoretical 2b is going to.)
Possible, certainly. The only concern would be that Disney doesn't have the greatest track record of following through on phases beyond the first (unless construction is already underway).
I'm okay with that. I'm not so sure Gigantic or even Coco are going to be good enough, (or more importantly earn enough) to base rides on.
I wouldn't mind seeing a new Figment ride that doesn't suck personally, but odds are Disney'll shove a Pixar property in there eventually.