Tokyo Disney Resort Discussion Thread

[jray21]

Thanks! Aquatopia is such a fun ride, I'd love to see them bring it to more parks. Granted, I'd love to see them bring anything and everything at TDR to more parks.

[COASTER FREAK 11]

Aquatopia uses gags and scenery to entertain its riders. The new Luigi's ride does not seem to have any of that according to the art and what stuff has been posted online. Its going to use its sheer number of cars narrowly missing each other as they all dance around.

[Garet]

Doesn't Aquatopia also have it's station in the middle so they can run two sides? On my trips I've only ever been sent to the left side but I've only been during cold months and the line was only 20mins since It was cold (the 3 big indoor rides had 180 min waits though all day). I feel like some-one posted a report ages ago where one side was a dry side and one was a wet side. Well both involve water obviously but one side had the water jets hitting the car instead of missing apparently.

Edited January 28, 2016 by Garet

[cfc]

^Yep--Aquatopia runs two sides.

[Nrthwnd]

^ It also had a kind of omni-mover loading and unload belt for each side, too.

Luigi's at DCA, sounds (and looks like from what video has been shown) to be a mass

unload and load thing.

[COASTER FREAK 11]

The new ride with Load/Unload the same way the old ride did.

[jray21]

My family was there last week and said the the little kids really liked it, and that it was better than what they had before. Sounds like a smart move to me!

[Nrthwnd]

Our (probable) 2018 trip to Tokyo Disney is just two years away.

 

But still.... is there any news lately, from the Resort?

 

Photos as well? Anything on the two parks' construction coming up?

 

Much obliged if answered.

 

Actually, it's been about a year since the last posting about Norway,

specifically, at Screamscape.com so I was just wondering....

Anything going on around the soon-to-be Norway/Arendelle site at TDS? ~ TPR 2013 Japan Tour.

[DirkFunk]

Our (probable) 2018 trip to Tokyo Disney is just two years away.

 

But still.... is there any news lately, from the Resort?

 

Photos as well? Anything on the two parks' construction coming up?

 

Much obliged if answered.

 

Actually, it's been about a year since the last posting about Norway,

specifically, at Screamscape.com so I was just wondering....

 

Nothing happening. Park expansions all on hold.

[Nrthwnd]

Oh, darn. The Resort will be still Awesome to go to, when we (hopefully) go in 2018.

 

But construction going on, does = Excitement!

The other side of that possible Norway site at TDS.

[Jew]

My guess is that WDI is stretched pretty thin with Shanghai and the other projects on the books right now, so getting things done to TDS standards would be more costly than a typical development cycle.

[Garet]

If this was ever going to be a reality at any Disney park, it'd be Japan. I feel like you could probably have a whole 3rd gate based around Ghibli, although Hayao Miyazaki is way too green to green light it unless you could somehow make it run completely on self-sustaining energy. As much as it's fan art, it's apparently fan art by a guy named John Ramirez who works for Disney both for storyboards and the theme-parks:

 

Article I linked the picture from

The guy's instagram page

[BDG]

Oriental Land detailed a couple new rides and additions, all coming in 2020.

 

http://www.olc.co.jp/en/news/olcgroup/20160407_01e.pdf

 

 

Mediterranean Harbor

 

• Soarin'
  - over the world
  - cost of 18 billion JPY (160 million USD)
  - possibly opens in 2019 already

 

Fantasyland

 

• Beauty & The Beast area
  - includes a trackless darkride, a restaurant and a shop
  - total cost of 32 billion JPY (290 million USD)
   
  Live Entertainment Theater
  - a 1500 seat theater
  - the park's first full-scale indoor theater
  - cost of 17 billion JPY (152 million USD)
   
  All of the above replaces Tomorrowland's Grand Circuit Raceway and the Rocket Jets.
  The Raceway will close in January 2017.

 

Toontown

 

• Mickey & Minnie Mouse greeting area
  - total cost of 2 billion JPY (18 million USD)

 

Tomorrowland

 

• Big Hero 6 area
  - includes a flat ride similar to California Adventure's

Junkyard Jamboree and a popcorn shop
- total cost of 2 billion JPY (18 million USD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 28, 2016 by BDG

[SharkTums]

Very interesting. Are we assuming that the big Fantasyland redo was scaled back? Arendelle over at DisneySea pushed back?

 

It's okay, I'm fine with all of that if we're getting a Beauty and the Beast Trackless dark ride and a small Big Hero 6 area!!!!

[cfc]

A trackless Beauty and the Beast dark ride would be a big step up over the Tomorrowland Raceway (which I think is the park's weakest attraction).

[COASTER FREAK 11]

Some serious things have changed from the last time they announced this project. remember, there was going to be a large Alice in Wonderland Area, and they were moving Small World (presumably to where the Big Hero 6 and Beauty and the Beast attractions are located). So, that leaves the fate of Small World up in the air, and that whole area they were going to redevelop.

 

And like Elissa mentioned, what happened to the new port in Disney SEA!? I am very excited for the new additions, but I am very curious to see what will happen to the rest of the things we saw in the original announcement.

[KBrylczyk]

$190 million for another friggin Soarin clone? I'd rather get ten new Luigi's Flying Tires.

 

The rest of that looks incredible, though!

[Nrthwnd]

The Big Hero 6 attraction looks like it's another version of Mater's Jamboree.

(Oops. Sorry. Didn't see it already mentioned.)

 

And trackless rides are always an awesome thing, when Disney is involved!

 

I'll look forward to seeing the construction of it all, when (I hope) we get over there in 2018.

 

And, one place selling multiple flavours of popcorn???

[larrygator]

Some serious things have changed from the last time they announced this project. remember, there was going to be a large Alice in Wonderland Area, and they were moving Small World (presumably to where the Big Hero 6 and Beauty and the Beast attractions are located). So, that leaves the fate of Small World up in the air, and that whole area they were going to redevelop.

 

And like Elissa mentioned, what happened to the new port in Disney SEA!? I am very excited for the new additions, but I am very curious to see what will happen to the rest of the things we saw in the original announcement.

 

I just looked at last year's announcement and the Alice in Wonderland and Arendelle projects were for after fiscal year 2017, so this is not confirmation that any previous announcement has changed. However, Screamscape shows Arendelle to be on hold

Edited May 1, 2016 by larrygator

[gisco]

Getting rid of Tomorrowland Raceway oh nooooo! I can hear the revolt of the fanboys now.

[jray21]

I'm super excited for the Big Hero 6 addition and another trackless ride!

[RollerManic]

Even Disney puzzles me as to how you can spend 18 mil USD on a new Meet and Greet corner.

[Nrthwnd]

^ Japan - is - expensive. No matter if it's Disney or Universal. But most of the time,

you do see "the money" with what they come up with, over there. IMhO

[Mrlittle]

The new additions look great. I kind of wish Big Hero 6 was the trackless ride but It still looks great.

[Nrthwnd]

^ Not only that, no matter how AWESOME the Aliens' ride will be in Toy Story Land at WDW's Studios, with the same Mater's Jamboree tech,

TDL's will probably just smother that version with all the new Japanese tech they can throw into it. And all the theming, too.

 

Just a hunch.