The "ride" was never going to have AA's as far as I know. It was the queue.Well now we know where all the ride's AA budget went.
The "ride" was never going to have AA's as far as I know. It was the queue.
The reason why OLC can give its additions a higher budget is because, effectively, they are just operating the parks. While that makes things a little more risky when tourism takes a hit (cough, cough) it makes it to where the parks cash cow isn't used to float other company segments during rough patches. For years, parks has been Disney's "reliable earner" in order to support on and off years. Thats why Studios is encouraged to take more risks than parks.
They alternate. WDW was in the middle of an unprecedented CapEx spree while DL was (relative to WDW at the same time) left out to dry. WHile WDW was building 4 E-Tickets on top of their SWL, the entire front half of Epcot being redone following TSL, in addition to hotel expansions, more work on Springs, new developments at ESPN.
Meanwhile, on top of their SWL, DL was getting TSMM 2.0 with a lightly themed Pier replacement. And don't forget two flat ride reskins! And, way down the line, a clone of one of those WDW E-Tickets. All while their DtD plants were put on indefinite hold. If we say that TSL was equivalent to Pixar Pier (it wasn't, but being generous), MMRR is a wash (which timelines dictate isn't entirely true), and that the entire Future World Project with Guardians is equivalent to Avengers Campus (once again, exaggerating to prove a point) WDW still comes out way on top.
Sure, I'd agree that DLR is better with refurbishments of existing attractions, like Pan as you mentioned, but in recent history WDW was definitely getting the better hand.
It's very possible since the GotG were in Thor 4. With James Gunn so caught up in DC projects + only still getting ready for GotG 3, fitting in time with them on-set together likely wouldn't have come until 2022 or possibly even 2023, so it makes sense that Taika filmed the stuff for the ride.Surprised this wasn't mentioned around the time--but Jim and Len previously talked about Cosmic; and photography should already be done for it by now; as Taika Waititi helmed the filming for the attraction.
Taika Waititi to Film Sequences For ‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind’ at EPCOT
Taika Waititi is filming new material for scenes in the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind EPCOTS's newest attraction.thedisinsider.com
That all said, it still doesn't mean this ride is opening any sooner. Expectations should be 2023 at this point.
It could potentially be late 2022, but as i've said, Disney supposedly wants this to be the first new "post-50th celebration" ride. I also think they just want to keep it to one new ride a year to stretch out that 2017 D23 lineup for literally as long as possible. If Disney does what I think they will do, they'll be able to say that WDW has gotten a "new" ride/land every single year since 2016 (and to be clear, this is only what I think they'll do)What could possibly justify a further 18+ month timetable, though? The interior of the gravity building has to be mostly done (because there's supposedly hardly anything in there but track, screens, and flats; no "show scenes" or sets to speak of), so all that really leaves is the queue. You'd think a solid five years would be enough to finish a queue.
But I certainly won't be surprised if 2023 ends up being correct. That would be the longest construction period for any replacement attraction in Disney's history, I believe.
It could potentially be late 2022, but as i've said, Disney supposedly wants this to be the first new "post-50th celebration" ride. I also think they just want to keep it to one new ride a year to stretch out that 2017 D23 lineup for literally as long as possible. If Disney does what I think they will do, they'll be able to say that WDW has gotten a "new" ride/land every single year since 2016 (and to be clear, this is only what I think they'll do)
2016: Frozen Ever After
2017: Pandora
2018: Toy Story Land
2019: Galaxy's Edge
2020: Runaway Railway
2021: Ratatouille
2022: TRON
2023: GotG
2024: Princess and the Frog
Looking at that all laid out, I have to imagine we're going to see something big announced for DAK possibly at D23 2022? The near-term is already going to be sured up and looking ahead, knowing how long it takes them to build and open a ride, it will probably be at minimum 10-ish years before the next big addition to DAK, which comes after a 10-year break between additions between Everest and Pandora.
I won't lie and say it's dumb, it's just extremely frustrating to those of us in the fandom that know it was supposed to open THIS YEAR. And so was Tron.It actually is a smart decision on Disney's part.
I won't lie and say it's dumb, it's just extremely frustrating to those of us in the fandom that know it was supposed to open THIS YEAR. And so was Tron.
Counterpoint: Not opening rides that are ready to go is badSimilar situation with Iron Gwazi. Irritating that it's been delayed but with VC (and HHN 30) this year, it's good to have stuff to look forward to while the parks can recover.
It's frustrating to our little community, but the people who go to the parks don't know that Ice Breaker or Iron Gwazi are pretty much done. That don't know when Tron and GotG were supposed to open and at this point, it's basically Halloween and Holiday stuff the rest of the season once we get past summer.Counterpoint: Not opening rides that are ready to go is bad
I agree they’re going to want one per year, but what if one of them wasn’t ready when they wanted it…?It could potentially be late 2022, but as i've said, Disney supposedly wants this to be the first new "post-50th celebration" ride. I also think they just want to keep it to one new ride a year to stretch out that 2017 D23 lineup for literally as long as possible. If Disney does what I think they will do, they'll be able to say that WDW has gotten a "new" ride/land every single year since 2016 (and to be clear, this is only what I think they'll do)
2016: Frozen Ever After
2017: Pandora
2018: Toy Story Land
2019: Galaxy's Edge
2020: Runaway Railway
2021: Ratatouille
2022: TRON
2023: GotG
2024: Princess and the Frog
Looking at that all laid out, I have to imagine we're going to see something big announced for DAK possibly at D23 2022? The near-term is already going to be sured up and looking ahead, knowing how long it takes them to build and open a ride, it will probably be at minimum 10-ish years before the next big addition to DAK, which comes after a 10-year break between additions between Everest and Pandora.