Muppet Courtyard Behind Walls as Disney Prepares for Monsters, Inc. Expansion

EagleScout6102 days ago

Anyway, getting back on track, I was told the first salvage teams had been spotted at Grand Ave the other day. Anything changed yet?

Bocabear2 days ago

It is the entrance to the Utilidors... must remain clear....

peter114354 days ago

The area to the left of Enchanted tales with Belle is not useable.

unclejeff4 days ago

I know we are far off topic here, but I think it could work if it replaces the current Enchanted Tales. The access lot to the left could be converted. I can't see them taking away a fine-dining experience that generates a lot of revenue with just a ride, but the TDL ride would certainly be a bigger draw than Enchanted Tales with Belle. There is even more room if/when they decide to move Small World to a more thematically suitable location (e.g. Epcot or even Tomorrowland). They could easily fit a clone (or similar) Rapunzel boat ride from TDS in that vacated space to the left as well, just as an example (approximate total square-footages of both rides from Tokyo represented below). But that's a topic for another thread..

JKick955 days ago

Totally agree—this is my biggest gripe with Universal. They love cloning lands and rides across their parks, which really takes away the excitement of visiting new locations. I’m always more excited about original concepts that make each park feel unique. I really hope this current strategy of avoiding clones continues—it’s so much more rewarding as a fan to experience something new at each destination.

FigmentFan828 days ago

Very excited for this project!! I think there’s a great opportunity to make a really fun and unique coaster experience here as well as a new fun themed are to explore! Watching with great interest!

BrianLo8 days ago

I want to support @lazyboy97o responses on this one. I think @Mr. Sullivan was well meaning, but you jumbled a few things together. Most of the exclusivity was related to HKDL’s fear of SDL. As Lazyboy said it was largely useless, they basically held back their Toy Story Playland until 5 years to the date in Shanghai. Originality, ironically, ensures them more exclusivity. There’s no such deal with their recent investment pipeline. OLC’s issue was that Disney kept pitching them projects they really didn’t want and felt largely taken advantage of. Disney was trying to get OLC to prop up a portion of R&D on projects they had engaged in domestically. Namely Cars, Pandora and Galaxies Edge. Things that did not tickle the populaces fancy - they wanted more princesses. The D23 in Tokyo was part and parcel with a failed attempt to pitch the resort on a copy of Pandora. There’s absolutely nothing preventing B&TB being copied. Now that said - current management, for whatever reason, seems to have an earnest desire to not copy things. I don’t know what has changed. Obviously WDI likes the position as it generates more work for them. I assume this is a Josh endorsed strategy, I think he pays attention a lot more than past parks execs have. We’ll see how long that lasts.

Mr. Sullivan8 days ago

I would not lay this on Marvel. Meta humor had been getting increasingly popular in all walks of entertainment for over a decade before it became everything like it is today. Honestly, even a bit longer with the Shreks of the world, but I would say Shrek was something of an outlier until the internet started becoming the culture controller. Once social media began to have a more direct influence on filmmaking (specifically meme culture influencing filmmaking) in the mid-2010s, that meta humor began to trickle in. No one franchise or person started it, it just sort of started happening until suddenly everyone was approaching things as meta or knowing deconstructions of old tropes.

MisterPenguin8 days ago

AidenRodriguez7318 days ago

Can we relocate it to the entrance of World Showcase imo...

HMF8 days ago

fixed.

WorldExplorer8 days ago

Yep. And now Disney is convinced giving themselves the middle finger on a regular basis is funny and clever instead of sad and obnoxious.

James Alucobond8 days ago

The M&G is actually solid, though the library itself should be way more impressive. I wish all indoor M&Gs were similarly well-considered. I agree that the restaurant is actual garbage at this point, though. The lunch was the only okay thing. The last time I was there, the study was basically gutted, the food had gotten even poorer (shocking for the price tag), Beast just speed walked through for five seconds, and they hadn't updated anything with regard to the seating to account for the fact that it's essentially permanent table service now. Cinderella's Royal Table does it way better on all fronts, and I would not be at all sad to lose it for an attraction of some kind.

Agent H8 days ago

Yeah that’s gonna be a no from me. I’d rather the park have something slightly different in this case.