While I know Epcot investment is still a ways out, I think i'll choose to believe people who have been proven right time and again (74, Martin, Lee, etc) when it comes to DHS over... well, over you.No final budgets. And nothing for Epcot. Think "hey if we build this at DL we can copy it at DHS" sort of talks. Things are not that far along for DHS or Epcot. Which is sick.
Not sure where I'd post this, but Spirit is saying the budget for new additions resort wide have been approved by the BOD. DHS is getting the majority and Epcot will have a portion. AK won't be getting anything under this budget, they'll be set for a bit after Avatar (hopefully not 11 years). MK is the unknown, it's getting at least one addition but how big and how many are the questions.
It makes no sense for a company to hype fake things for no reason. Overhype stuff? Yes. But giving bad info with the intent of disappointing people? That's not the case.I'll say this:
I've been told this is not the case, and that bad info is being given to the people Disney knows can get the fans whipped up into a frenzy. I hope I'm wrong and DHS gets a lot of money pumped into it, but I'm not holding my breath that decision has been made one way or another, especially at the lengths people are hyping over at Magic.
It makes no sense for a company to hype fake things for no reason. Overhype stuff? Yes. But giving bad info with the intent of disappointing people? That's not the case.
I will say that I agree about not holding your breath, but for different reasons. There ARE expansions planned for Epcot, DHS, and MK. They have budgets, concept arts and timertables. The problem lies in whether or not they actually come to fruition. What I've seen from them is cool (and some of it is original and not IP-based to boot!). But none of those things are confirmations. So no, they're not yanking people's chains. But yes, it's not worth getting excited over for now.
And lets be honest, we all know nothing is coming until 2020 or 2021 or so. Do they really want to announce this all 5-6 years early just so everyone can complain that it's taking them forever like everyone does with Avatar? I mean, criticize all you want, but at least be consistent.
In this case, yes. AK wasn't suffering from a lack of things to do. DHS is.
Star Tours 2.0 is a walk on (which I love since I am a huge fan of SW), So I hope you meant Star Wars Land, and if so, they should've started construction yesterday since it could easily take 2 years to build (to UOR standards). I am not sure if Disney realizes yet that the new saga is coming out at the end of this year. I'm just disappointed with the greed, I won't be surprised if they are just approving budget now to open a store and a Meet and Greet on each park and pocket the rest.
Love it or hate it, NextGen and MM+ are game changers
Whah? "game changers"? What game are they changing relative to theme parks?
On the other hand, most Disney people are sheep, cattle even, and love the familiar order of things, especially when it comes to WDW. Creeps me out.
But game changers on both counts? Not sold.
Not theme parks specifically (altho I am 100% certain that Universal has looked into developing a similar system, albeit an abnreviated one). But hotels are hopping on the RFID train as well in the interest of improving the guest experience.
I dont remember the exact wording, but one of my exam questions read something like "Which company started the trend discussed in class about increased RFID usage and enhanced mobile experiences in the hospitality indsutry?" It was Disney. Keep in mind, the school was recently ranked 7th best public university in the nation.
To see a map of the MK and the rfid readers dotting the park generally would be cause for concern.