There is a HUGE difference between the Blue Sky "what if..." ideas that Disney always shows us and the "actual", financially "green lit" real projects. For quite a while now, we have been told of MANY "what if..." ideas that never had actual financial approval. What I would like for Disney to do this year is tell us everything they want to BUT tell us which ones are Blue Sky "ideas" that don't have money yet....and then tell us "actual" projects that ARE finance-approved with a legitimate budget allocated. Please SEPARATE "real" from "hopeful" announcements. Also, we know Disney loves to spread construction costs across SEVERAL extra years of financial books to help the quarterly earnings numbers. Please tell us the planned construction deadlines. As in, 5 years, 10 years or 15 years....etc. This will help us all manage expectations and help us to NOT get upset when we see them all moving so slowly. Disney, just be upfront and "real" with us this time. Doing this will save EVERYBODY aggravation. The WORST possible thing that could happen is to hype everybody up into the stratosphere and then deflate everybody in a few years when the gas runs out. That's how you lose trust and credibility.
My biggest concern is that the vast majority of announcements have already leaked and are common knowledge within the community sans fine details, and because of this, Disney feels the need to interject or overlay their Experience presentation with filler to compensate for the lack of new announcements. I hope I'm wrong.
I hope you’re wrong too. I also hope that if they are going to shock us, it’s for the better. And no, an “Inside Out” attraction replacing Figment isn’t a good shock.
great observation Drew but as soon as I saw Mickey Mouse as a music conductor and the title of the show horizons I knew we were in trouble the show is timed at 1.5 hours so keep your fingers crossed its not 45 minutes of music and muppets and 45 mins of alleged announcements coming to the parks
I expect they will talk an hour about imagination, wishes, joy, dreams,... then will highlight the wonderful 'new' things (or retheming old rides) they have been working on for ages, some small stuff like snacks or shows, and then some major planned rides that will be ready in 2030.
To me it seems like it’s either show first and then afterwards there will be a presentation. Or it will be the show with the smaller announcements sprinkled in and then at the end there will be big announcements. Honestly I am a lot more optimistic about this D23 than I have been in the past. They made pretty solid announcements this past year or so. It makes me feel like they have at least one big thing for their presentation this year.
Your missing the point ...the Honda center is being used because the finally do HAVE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTs to make...if the follow thru with them that's another story
I’m hoping they announce some new entertainment for the California parks. I feel like entertainment is lacking. The Hyperion theater is sitting empty and Tales from the Lion King ended. We are good on nighttime entertainment but we need something for daytime besides Magic Happens which is a great parade, but DCA needs something as it only has World Of Color once Pixarfest is over.
Since most of the rumoured new attractions/shows are based on musical movies, it makes sense to have some musical numbers between the announcements with songs from those movies: Little Mermaid for Hollywood Studios Encanto for Animal Kingdom Coco for beyond Big Thunder Moana for Adventureland Frozen and Lion King for Paris Zootopia (3d show for AK) and Wreck it Ralph (Tokyo) also have a popular main song for a perfomance And then maybe they can reveal the anniversary songs for California and Hong Kong.
I think you are correct that Disney is making this more of a show and broad-audience marketing event rather than Disney or parks nerds (I'm one of those) insider event. I definately don't think this event was moved to a 12,000 seat venue because they are scaling up the amount or level of theme park expansion news. Rather, I think it was moved to this venue because of the guest musical stars and what is appropriate to their stature as performers. For example, others have suggested a re-theme of Rock 'n' Rollercoaster to a major performer like Taylor Swift could mean she makes an appearance. That kind of moment would drive the change of venue.
I actually like your perspective. This is the first time that I plan to stream it (if they do) and I have to admit that my wish list is much more unrealistic than what they have the budget for. Now if I could snap my fingers and make things happen, my top items would be 1) Bringing back the Country Bears to the Disneyland resort (they could fit across the Soarin attraction) 2) Inside Out and Baymax attractions inside the former Wonders of Life Pavilion. Seriously, Epcot needs an overhaul from the overhaul🙄 3) An updated version of the ORIGINAL Journey into Imagination with Dreamfinder reuniting with Figment. But who am I kidding? With my misfortune, they’ll just announce a new name for Critter Country.
As long as Frontierland and the Rivers of America stay intact and I can ride the Liberty Belle, then I will be ok. I'm hoping that beyond big thunder will allow Disney to build along the rivers of America similar to what they have in Disneyland and make the trip around the river or even the railroad even more scenic. It would be awesome to be on the Liberty Belle and get a full tour around the river with new lands and environments along the river with awesome landscapes
But Disneyland did reconstruct their rivers of America, so I don’t think WDW rivers will stay intact, but I do hope it’s modified to a point we can still ride the Liberty Belle. I’m hoping it will just be a smaller loop.
The Rivers of America is staying intact and there is no Beyond Big Thunder happening. Disneyland's Rivers will be restored after Galaxy's Edge is removed after Disney is broken up and loses Lucasfilm.
What I want is a Zootopia land for WDW, but im not holding my breath. I'm also hoping Disney sheds light on nighttime parades, more specifically, the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade. Hope that returns to Disneyland or Walt Disney World
If they're already going to do a Walt Disney animatronic anyway... all I'm saying is it would also go perfectly in Carousel of Progress in the first scene with hopefully an update to the final scene of the ride :)
@@AppleGaming4Real I would contest that despite being good movies, they aren't "cherished" or "beloved" so much as they are really popular., for which there is a difference. Also, they are way too recent to be considered "classics". My point is that Disney seems to be leaning way too heavily on "current thing" and "nostalgia", but not doing enough to bridge the gap by showing that older or more obscure works are still relevant. For example, if they made a new Encanto ride, many people would be happy but not at all surprised. If they made a new attraction based off of the Jungle Book, people would be pleasantly surprised. However, if they made an attraction based off of Atlantis, people would be absolutely shocked and likely tear up a bit.
@@JP-1990 The thing is, financially an Atlantis ride makes no sense while Encanto makes a lot of sense. Encanto offerings are super popular and well liked, the songwriter for Encanto joked that he won’t write for Encanto 2 unless Encanto gets a ride and it’s an easy sell for merch. Atlantis is an older IP and while great, has absolutely not withstood the test of time with the general public and is more of a cult classic. How do you propose that Disney uses their IP? Wait until the peak is already far past to see and use IP that most most kids don’t know? It’s a pointless gamble when they have plenty of more recent IP that has done amazingly in merch, characters, shows etc for YEARS still.
@@AppleGaming4Real I believe the best approach is to prioritize evergreen stories, ideas, and theming to reduce the need for future construction. The Hollywood Tower of Terror was evergreen. The Guardians of the Galaxy remodel is not.
Those movies don't belong and we need less IPs or even no more IP in the parks. Guardians is going bye bye to avoid the royalties after Disney is trust busted and Marvel is taken away. No one will miss Marvel in the parks. When I take over and usher in the Make Disney Great Again era I will be eliminating most IP in the parks and making all decisions by asking "What would Walt do?" like management did after his passing for decades.
I will be at D23. The ticket was not $500, it was half of that. Yes, some people spent that much but you didn't have to. However, I am most looking forward to the musical performances. If it was going to be just an announcements presentation I would rather stream it later and enjoy the show floor and other offerings. D23 is about bringing fans together and having lots of panels to peek behind the scenes. The park announcements are part of it but for attendees it's only one evening out of a 3-day packed schedule/experience.
I’m really excited for D23 including the Disney Experiences Panel. I’m excited to hear about all the projects that are coming and am excited to hear more about Beyond Big Thunder. Also I’m hoping for some Disney gaming news to maybe be talked about during the Experience's panel and see if we get an update on Kingdom Hearts Missing Link or KHiV or both.
Not broadway. Simple Plan. The reason they’ve moved the big panels is the convention center couldn’t accommodate all of us. I can’t wait to see Simple Plan and whomever they have lined up.
I wish Animal Kingdom gets a Zootopia land instead of Encanto and Disney World finally gets Avengers campus (I don’t see why they don’t just make a deal with Universal and let them keep X-men, Simpsons and whatever other Fox ip they might be interested in and they get Spidey, the Avengers, Loki and now apparently the Fantastic 4 in Disney world). That or do what they did with Sony when it comes to sharing Spider Man.
for magic kingdom we need villians land to come for that big thunder mountain expansion as for animated courtyard at hollywood studios at epcot we got guaridans of the galaxy but what if at hollywood studios what if they got doctor strange multiverse ride or show like you can meet and greet with strange wong agatha and scarlett witch as for magic kingdom as well i hope they announce a rapanzel ride similer to the frozen one at epcot and we need a star wars galaxy's edge expansion like cloud city to feature oringial trillogy characters as for coruscant they should feature clone wars characters like obi wan episode 1 2 or 3 version same for anakin from epsiode 2 or 3 padame yoda and other jedis
I, sir, hope you are wrong as well. Having never been to one of these presentations, I wouldn't know what to expect. I know they will have lots of unhappy fans if they don't start coming out with some more concrete answers as to when things are going to be placed in motion. With Epic Universe just around the corner, I know Disney has some catching up to do if you will, but besides opening a new park, they can only work with what they have. I hope they give fans a shocking moment or two. If I was a paying guest to the expo, and I got the same Blue Sky news again, I think I would have to consider complaining. If they are good, hopefully, the musical presentations will be performances about the new, solidified things to come. Only time will tell very soon. I wish we could be going to Disneyland that weekend for the very first time, for my birthday.
I think shows are attractions. Anything that draws people are attractions by definition. It seems what you are referring to is "rides" instead of "attractions" 🙂
Pls Disney if you want to bring people back to Epcot after the disappointment of new Epcot I would recommend a figment retheme it would be a good idea bring back fans lost from new Epcot and would bring life back to a old attraction…
Do any of your pixie dusters really believe that Disney is going to do all this stuff right now when the parks are empty and they’re in financial trouble? Come on! Are you pixie dusters need to open your eyes and smell the realization. Nothing‘s gonna be done for 1520 years.
I don’t know where you got your information about Disney World and their version of Disneyland is the most popular when Dollywood is kicking their ass for popularity and best park.
@@DrewtheDisneyDude In terms of d23 predictions I hope they finally announce more about and start construction on that avengers e ticket ride that they have been promising us since 2019 for California adventure
No one's gonna pay hundreds of smackaroos for a dumbass Broadway show when we just want announcements. I do disagree on the Walt animatronic, though. It just seems ghastly. I hope it's not true.
I'm not expecting anything more than more boring footage of Tiana animatronics. The Bayou Adventure is literally the only thing Imagineering has done recently, and the only thing they ever show the public, to the point that most people are so over the ride before it's even opened on the west coast. Disney know it landed with a thud in Florida and will want to hype it up for the Californians big time.
Moana will go in the 5th gate being announced in two years Beyond pirates won’t happen Beyond big thunder will be cars coco and villains Most of rivers of America’s will be gone moving forward Hollywood studios is getting monsters inc land Weird
For Disneyland Paris my mindset is this: *Expect nothing and still be disappointed*
I have this feeling that D23 is basically just marketing now. I feel like in the past it was definitely more fan oriented.
Exactly
There is a HUGE difference between the Blue Sky "what if..." ideas that Disney always shows us and the "actual", financially "green lit" real projects. For quite a while now, we have been told of MANY "what if..." ideas that never had actual financial approval. What I would like for Disney to do this year is tell us everything they want to BUT tell us which ones are Blue Sky "ideas" that don't have money yet....and then tell us "actual" projects that ARE finance-approved with a legitimate budget allocated. Please SEPARATE "real" from "hopeful" announcements. Also, we know Disney loves to spread construction costs across SEVERAL extra years of financial books to help the quarterly earnings numbers. Please tell us the planned construction deadlines. As in, 5 years, 10 years or 15 years....etc. This will help us all manage expectations and help us to NOT get upset when we see them all moving so slowly. Disney, just be upfront and "real" with us this time. Doing this will save EVERYBODY aggravation. The WORST possible thing that could happen is to hype everybody up into the stratosphere and then deflate everybody in a few years when the gas runs out. That's how you lose trust and credibility.
My biggest concern is that the vast majority of announcements have already leaked and are common knowledge within the community sans fine details, and because of this, Disney feels the need to interject or overlay their Experience presentation with filler to compensate for the lack of new announcements.
I hope I'm wrong.
I hope you’re wrong too. I also hope that if they are going to shock us, it’s for the better. And no, an “Inside Out” attraction replacing Figment isn’t a good shock.
great observation Drew but as soon as I saw Mickey Mouse as a music conductor and the title of the show horizons I knew we were in trouble the show is timed at 1.5 hours so keep your fingers crossed its not 45 minutes of music and muppets and 45 mins of alleged announcements coming to the parks
I expect they will talk an hour about imagination, wishes, joy, dreams,... then will highlight the wonderful 'new' things (or retheming old rides) they have been working on for ages, some small stuff like snacks or shows, and then some major planned rides that will be ready in 2030.
To me it seems like it’s either show first and then afterwards there will be a presentation. Or it will be the show with the smaller announcements sprinkled in and then at the end there will be big announcements. Honestly I am a lot more optimistic about this D23 than I have been in the past. They made pretty solid announcements this past year or so. It makes me feel like they have at least one big thing for their presentation this year.
Great video. And good sound, presentation, editing. Sub’d!
This feels like the make or break D23. I’m sure we’ll get a number of greenlit park projects here at WDW and other parks. I’m quite optimistic!
Lol. You really NEED to STOP SMOKING CRACK
Your missing the point ...the Honda center is being used because the finally do HAVE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTs to make...if the follow thru with them that's another story
BS..Thier MISLEADING people!! DON'T be foolish and idiotic
I’m hoping they announce some new entertainment for the California parks. I feel like entertainment is lacking. The Hyperion theater is sitting empty and Tales from the Lion King ended. We are good on nighttime entertainment but we need something for daytime besides Magic Happens which is a great parade, but DCA needs something as it only has World Of Color once Pixarfest is over.
What I hope gets announced at this presentation is what’s gonna be replacing the Hollywood back lot at California Adventure. I hope it’s Zootopia.🤞
Since most of the rumoured new attractions/shows are based on musical movies, it makes sense to have some musical numbers between the announcements with songs from those movies:
Little Mermaid for Hollywood Studios
Encanto for Animal Kingdom
Coco for beyond Big Thunder
Moana for Adventureland
Frozen and Lion King for Paris
Zootopia (3d show for AK) and Wreck it Ralph (Tokyo) also have a popular main song for a perfomance
And then maybe they can reveal the anniversary songs for California and Hong Kong.
I think you are correct that Disney is making this more of a show and broad-audience marketing event rather than Disney or parks nerds (I'm one of those) insider event.
I definately don't think this event was moved to a 12,000 seat venue because they are scaling up the amount or level of theme park expansion news. Rather, I think it was moved to this venue because of the guest musical stars and what is appropriate to their stature as performers. For example, others have suggested a re-theme of Rock 'n' Rollercoaster to a major performer like Taylor Swift could mean she makes an appearance. That kind of moment would drive the change of venue.
Exactly
Lets go!!! Can't wait to hear this Drew.
I actually like your perspective. This is the first time that I plan to stream it (if they do) and I have to admit that my wish list is much more unrealistic than what they have the budget for.
Now if I could snap my fingers and make things happen, my top items would be
1) Bringing back the Country Bears to the Disneyland resort (they could fit across the Soarin attraction)
2) Inside Out and Baymax attractions inside the former Wonders of Life Pavilion. Seriously, Epcot needs an overhaul from the overhaul🙄
3) An updated version of the ORIGINAL Journey into Imagination with Dreamfinder reuniting with Figment.
But who am I kidding? With my misfortune, they’ll just announce a new name for Critter Country.
As long as Frontierland and the Rivers of America stay intact and I can ride the Liberty Belle, then I will be ok. I'm hoping that beyond big thunder will allow Disney to build along the rivers of America similar to what they have in Disneyland and make the trip around the river or even the railroad even more scenic. It would be awesome to be on the Liberty Belle and get a full tour around the river with new lands and environments along the river with awesome landscapes
But Disneyland did reconstruct their rivers of America, so I don’t think WDW rivers will stay intact, but I do hope it’s modified to a point we can still ride the Liberty Belle. I’m hoping it will just be a smaller loop.
@@jennifermariecarson yeah I think the river will have to be shortened but I don’t want them to fill it in and just build random lands on it
Lol..WTF are you smoking?
The Rivers of America is staying intact and there is no Beyond Big Thunder happening. Disneyland's Rivers will be restored after Galaxy's Edge is removed after Disney is broken up and loses Lucasfilm.
What I want is a Zootopia land for WDW, but im not holding my breath. I'm also hoping Disney sheds light on nighttime parades, more specifically, the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade. Hope that returns to Disneyland or Walt Disney World
Would ❤ to see The Main Street Electrical Parade again! 😊
If they're already going to do a Walt Disney animatronic anyway... all I'm saying is it would also go perfectly in Carousel of Progress in the first scene with hopefully an update to the final scene of the ride :)
I can't wait for them to dedicate lots of space and attention to beloved, cherished Disney classics like... Guardians of the Galaxy and Encanto...
These are beloved movies that still hold up. What a weird argument to make
@@AppleGaming4Real I would contest that despite being good movies, they aren't "cherished" or "beloved" so much as they are really popular., for which there is a difference. Also, they are way too recent to be considered "classics".
My point is that Disney seems to be leaning way too heavily on "current thing" and "nostalgia", but not doing enough to bridge the gap by showing that older or more obscure works are still relevant.
For example, if they made a new Encanto ride, many people would be happy but not at all surprised. If they made a new attraction based off of the Jungle Book, people would be pleasantly surprised. However, if they made an attraction based off of Atlantis, people would be absolutely shocked and likely tear up a bit.
@@JP-1990 The thing is, financially an Atlantis ride makes no sense while Encanto makes a lot of sense. Encanto offerings are super popular and well liked, the songwriter for Encanto joked that he won’t write for Encanto 2 unless Encanto gets a ride and it’s an easy sell for merch. Atlantis is an older IP and while great, has absolutely not withstood the test of time with the general public and is more of a cult classic. How do you propose that Disney uses their IP? Wait until the peak is already far past to see and use IP that most most kids don’t know? It’s a pointless gamble when they have plenty of more recent IP that has done amazingly in merch, characters, shows etc for YEARS still.
@@AppleGaming4Real I believe the best approach is to prioritize evergreen stories, ideas, and theming to reduce the need for future construction. The Hollywood Tower of Terror was evergreen. The Guardians of the Galaxy remodel is not.
Those movies don't belong and we need less IPs or even no more IP in the parks. Guardians is going bye bye to avoid the royalties after Disney is trust busted and Marvel is taken away. No one will miss Marvel in the parks. When I take over and usher in the Make Disney Great Again era I will be eliminating most IP in the parks and making all decisions by asking "What would Walt do?" like management did after his passing for decades.
All i am hoping for is a hint of when frozenland in paris will be done... (wont get it i know but i hope)
I will be at D23. The ticket was not $500, it was half of that. Yes, some people spent that much but you didn't have to. However, I am most looking forward to the musical performances. If it was going to be just an announcements presentation I would rather stream it later and enjoy the show floor and other offerings. D23 is about bringing fans together and having lots of panels to peek behind the scenes. The park announcements are part of it but for attendees it's only one evening out of a 3-day packed schedule/experience.
There's a time and a place for the musicals...not in the Parks presentation
@@zarajenkins6948 Watch it before you judge it
I think when he says $500 he is including the travel costs for many people to get to the event.
@@marygoff3332 I don't think so, it would be much more to fly in and stay in Anaheim.
I’m really excited for D23 including the Disney Experiences Panel. I’m excited to hear about all the projects that are coming and am excited to hear more about Beyond Big Thunder.
Also I’m hoping for some Disney gaming news to maybe be talked about during the Experience's panel and see if we get an update on Kingdom Hearts Missing Link or KHiV or both.
Although I appreciate what your saying and agree with you, fans dont come to this segment for a musical..
Will Disney pixel rpg be in d23 expo of this year?
Not broadway. Simple Plan. The reason they’ve moved the big panels is the convention center couldn’t accommodate all of us. I can’t wait to see Simple Plan and whomever they have lined up.
Those in-between musical scores are cringe at times. Just give us the straight up announcements we want, skip the fillers Josh.
I pove the ideas but I am worried about the execution.
thank you for trying to set realistic expectations. the musical stuff just sounds like filler. they’re likely won’t be many announcements
I wish Animal Kingdom gets a Zootopia land instead of Encanto and Disney World finally gets Avengers campus (I don’t see why they don’t just make a deal with Universal and let them keep X-men, Simpsons and whatever other Fox ip they might be interested in and they get Spidey, the Avengers, Loki and now apparently the Fantastic 4 in Disney world). That or do what they did with Sony when it comes to sharing Spider Man.
for magic kingdom we need villians land to come for that big thunder mountain expansion as for animated courtyard at hollywood studios at epcot we got guaridans of the galaxy but what if at hollywood studios what if they got doctor strange multiverse ride or show like you can meet and greet with strange wong agatha and scarlett witch as for magic kingdom as well i hope they announce a rapanzel ride similer to the frozen one at epcot and we need a star wars galaxy's edge expansion like cloud city to feature oringial trillogy characters as for coruscant they should feature clone wars characters like obi wan episode 1 2 or 3 version same for anakin from epsiode 2 or 3 padame yoda and other jedis
What special previews or announcements does Disney have for us at d23 this year?
Sorry friend they had every intention of invoking the Horizon attraction! It’s to pivotal a name, attraction, legend, to use it otherwise!
whats new in animal kingdom now
I, sir, hope you are wrong as well. Having never been to one of these presentations, I wouldn't know what to expect. I know they will have lots of unhappy fans if they don't start coming out with some more concrete answers as to when things are going to be placed in motion. With Epic Universe just around the corner, I know Disney has some catching up to do if you will, but besides opening a new park, they can only work with what they have. I hope they give fans a shocking moment or two. If I was a paying guest to the expo, and I got the same Blue Sky news again, I think I would have to consider complaining. If they are good, hopefully, the musical presentations will be performances about the new, solidified things to come. Only time will tell very soon. I wish we could be going to Disneyland that weekend for the very first time, for my birthday.
Indiana Jones and Encanto in Dinoland? Has the world gone mad?!
NO, but it appears YOU HAVE
It looks like it has, what does Indiana Jones and Encanto have to do with animals?
I think shows are attractions. Anything that draws people are attractions by definition. It seems what you are referring to is "rides" instead of "attractions" 🙂
Pls Disney if you want to bring people back to Epcot after the disappointment of new Epcot I would recommend a figment retheme it would be a good idea bring back fans lost from new Epcot and would bring life back to a old attraction…
Lol
Do any of your pixie dusters really believe that Disney is going to do all this stuff right now when the parks are empty and they’re in financial trouble? Come on! Are you pixie dusters need to open your eyes and smell the realization. Nothing‘s gonna be done for 1520 years.
The parks are not empty. I'm in Orlando and have a pass.
Disney is getting broken up.
Nothing will be announced due to Disney executives being booed off stage. They will resign in disgrace a few days later.
I don’t know where you got your information about Disney World and their version of Disneyland is the most popular when Dollywood is kicking their ass for popularity and best park.
Um if you say so.
Dollywood gets 3 million visitors a year vs Magic Kingdom at 17 million.
Magic Kingdom quite literally is the most popular theme park in the world. It’s a fact.
Aight bro
@@DrewtheDisneyDude In terms of d23 predictions I hope they finally announce more about and start construction on that avengers e ticket ride that they have been promising us since 2019 for California adventure
No one's gonna pay hundreds of smackaroos for a dumbass Broadway show when we just want announcements.
I do disagree on the Walt animatronic, though. It just seems ghastly. I hope it's not true.
I'm not expecting anything more than more boring footage of Tiana animatronics. The Bayou Adventure is literally the only thing Imagineering has done recently, and the only thing they ever show the public, to the point that most people are so over the ride before it's even opened on the west coast. Disney know it landed with a thud in Florida and will want to hype it up for the Californians big time.
This is probably the first ",Pre-Critique" I have ever heard of....like, let's criticize something before we know exactly what is happening? Ugh!!
He isn't criticizing, he is saying what he expects it to be like - based on previous events. They have been going downhill...
Moana will go in the 5th gate being announced in two years
Beyond pirates won’t happen
Beyond big thunder will be cars coco and villains
Most of rivers of America’s will be gone moving forward
Hollywood studios is getting monsters inc land
Weird
None of those are happening. All things Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar will be going away due to antitrust.