D23 Expo 2024 - News & Rumors

[PerceptiveCoot]

Really didn't want this to become a Marvel thread

I do think they'll consider putting Avatar in the Simba Lot just because it would be inconvenient to reconfigure the Hollywood Backlot for anything more than a miniland. There's not as much space back there as people think and the concept art suggest much grander plans.

 

[Jerroddragon]

Really didn't want this to become a Marvel thread

I do think they'll consider putting Avatar in the Simba Lot just because it would be inconvenient to reconfigure the Hollywood Backlot for anything more than a miniland. There's not as much space back there as people think and the concept art suggest much grander plans.

The only issue with that is we are then 6+years away from that then

DCA will hopefully do something with Hollywood land and the area because DCA needs some new attractions sooner then later.

 

[belloq87]

D23 is also where I expect Disney will show off the MCU slate of movies and D+ series post Secret Wars.

I would be very surprised if we get anything definitive for movies beyond 2027 (still three years away) other than perhaps a hard date for the first new X-MEN movie.

I expect titles to be announced for the already claimed remaining release dates in 2026 and 2027 (the movies between and on either side of DOOMSDAY and SECRET WARS).

 

[HandsomePete]

The only issue with that is we are then 6+years away from that then

DCA will hopefully do something with Hollywood land and the area because DCA needs some new attractions sooner then later.

TBA was almost 4 years from announcement to opening at WDW, and 4 years and counting for DL. I’m having a hard time seeing a proper Avatar land in Anaheim before 2029-30, especially considering the long timeline the movies are on.

I keep coming back to a gut feeling that they’re going to pull the same blue sky schtick for anything domestically beyond AK at WDW except for maybe a night parade (because they desperately need something to market next year) and the Avengers E-ticket for DCA. And the Reflections do-over. The 60 billion figure is approaching a year old - the narrative (aka, Wall Street acceptance) around that may change if the quarterly results announced this week are as rough as Comcast’s. I just feel like they’re going to try to thread the needle of looking like they have grand plans without actually committing to that grand of plans.

 

[Mad Dog]

TBA was almost 4 years from announcement to opening at WDW, and 4 years and counting for DL. I’m having a hard time seeing a proper Avatar land in Anaheim before 2029-30, especially considering the long timeline the movies are on.

I keep coming back to a gut feeling that they’re going to pull the same blue sky schtick for anything domestically beyond AK at WDW except for maybe a night parade (because they desperately need something to market next year) and the Avengers E-ticket for DCA. And the Reflections do-over. The 60 billion figure is approaching a year old - the narrative (aka, Wall Street acceptance) around that may change if the quarterly results announced this week are as rough as Comcast’s. I just feel like they’re going to try to thread the needle of looking like they have grand plans without actually committing to that grand of plans.

I agree. Disney promises and brags a lot, but bottom line, they're slaves to their investors' whims, and stuff gets cancelled if the quarterly reports are bleak.