I’m really excited for this, I personally am glad that Tokyo Disneyland still does big expensive things themed to Disney films, while sadly the American parks have built lands based on Iger acquired IP that I don’t really care about like Marvel, Star Wars, and Avatar all of which are just desperately trying to compete with Universal after their incredible success with Harry Potter. I’m looking forward to visiting this when I hopefully go to Tokyo Disneyland around 2028. And since this will have been opened for about four years by then, it’ll likely be declining in crowds a bit. I’m also glad that this should take a bit of attention away from Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast, so I should be able to ride it at least a few times when I go as the lines won’t be as long as they usually are now.
Of course the total chaos will have subsided by then, but Toy Story Mania is 10 years old here and still gets 2 hour long queues most days 😅 The parks here are wonderful but they’re incredibly popular! But of course Space Mountain 2 will be the big new thing when you’re here!
@@8bitthemepark That’s very true! I can’t believe I forgot to mention that! As the new Space Mountain will likely only be a few months old, I’ll likely only ride it once as I’m sure the crowds will be INSANE and I have no idea when the next time I’ll get out to Tokyo Disneyland will be. Hopefully sometime in the 2030s though.
Thanks so much friend!! I put a lot into this one, and then they released more information! So I had to redo a lot. Really glad you enjoyed it, it got me really excited 😁
so far the BEST breakdown for Fantasy Springs, I live in Japan, and let me tell you, from what I gather, It's going to be difficult for even Japanese people to get in there in 2024.... I plan on being there after the rainy season
I’m glad it was helpful! For real. I’m planning to arrive late the night before and do an all-nighter unless some attractive vacation package option comes up. Of course that’s all assuming I can even get a ticket! Hoping the weather is ok!!
Regarding Fairy Tinkerbell, it seems to be a thing that makes it's way into Japanese titles, like Battle Maiden Medusa or Lord of the Underworld Hades. I don't know why it is a thing, maybe because of translation? But I believe this may be why the name of Tinkerbell's ride sounds so weird.
10:43 that would make a lot of sense (apart from Frozen), as Shanghai Disneyland’s Fantasy land is odd, very large, but very spread out, almost feeling empty. It’s unlike any other Fantasy land.
@@8bitthemepark the rest of SHDL is vast, but Fantasy land feels unfinished, incomplete. I’d always assumed it was intentional, the Chinese audience enjoying the wide green open spaces.
@@TobiasBroad Yeah it’s funny, they left a lot of green spaces for people to bring their own food and have picnics, then less than a year after the park opened they banned people from bringing their own food and having picnics 😂
@@8bitthemepark when it first opened SHDL had a lot of trouble with hawkers and people managing to hoard and resell the paper fast passes, I imagine they had problem with people bringing their own food as well. Doesn’t explain why no It’s a Small World though.
Ooh good point! Although I don’t think we can expect quite the scale of Adventure Isle but I really hope there are some good walkthrough attractions and areas to explore!
It’s hard to say when they would soft-open something like this, but I highly doubt it would be as early as March. On the plus-side crowds should be manageable! I hope you have a great trip!
The Fantasy Springs Hotel does look like it went through the most changes throughout development. The original concept of the Grand Chateau (very prominent art nouveau and 3-dimensional design) looks entirely different from the design we're getting (less art nouveau and more flat). It looks like they wanted the chateau to have more rooms. I could also very much understand how the OLC wasn't happy with the hotel (that Fantasy Chateau is something in particular). Also, there have been some photos and concept art leaked for the Peter Pan ride. It all seems to confirm how the attraction is similar to Spider Man. There are a bunch of photos for a scene with the tick tock crocodile on a screen blended in with some physical sets and there's some art of (presumably) a take-off scene. The photos seem to be from a behind-the-scenes imagineering video, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. For the Frozen ride, an OLC executive mentioned that it will be "one-of-a-kind" and will be different from the others. It could be a similar case to the monsters inc rides. I also wonder how the entry to the area could be handled. Will people be given some time limit once they get their pass? How will cast members know if someone isn't supposed to be there anymore if they will use a timed entry system?
Ah yes I’ve seen the croc footage from Peter Pan, that seemed to me to like be from the queue rather than the ride, but we’ll see! As for Frozen, I think an extra few scenes would make it an original ride, would it not? Would love to be wrong on that but that’s what seems most likely to me. And yea totally agree OLC can’t have been happy with the hotel for them to put a bunch more money into it then have the scrims to back up days later 😂 Thanks for the thought out comment!
Just discovered your channel. Great stuff friend. Going off your thoughts on the Peter Pan ride vehicle looking like the SpiderMan/Transformer vehicle I think your on to to something. Look at the concept art for the Avengers ride coming to DCA. Same idea
Thanks so much buddy!! I can’t think of anywhere else I’ve seen ride vehicles like that.. so it seems like the safest bet. Ooh the avengers thing is a good point, seems like after over 20 years Disney have finally realised how good this ride system is, maybe in another 10 we’ll get Disney robot arm rides! Still secretly hoping on something more dramatic but whatever it is I’m sure it’s going to be mind blowing!
It’s brilliant isn’t it 😂 Apparently Imagineering had much better names (including Frozen Ever After) but they got changed by OLC who wanted them to be more Japanese. Disney movies in Japan tend to have very descriptive names. ‘Frozen’, for example, is ‘Anna and the Snow Queen’ and Pixar’s ‘Up’ is ‘Grandpa Carl’s Flying House’ so these names probably seem quite normal to people here.
@@8bitthemepark I mean, all the signs for the rides are in English, aren't they? I'm not really bilingual, but I understand the fact that different things sound better or worse in different languages. But I know I'D be fine if the ride title was poorly translated, having a cooler English name, and a good-sounding Japanese name in Japanese. And for the most part, I've liked pretty much every other ride name they've made so far. Maybe it's just part of the 30-year-long pivot of the OLC from "We want everything you guys have" to "We want something great and exclusive"
I’m really excited for this, I personally am glad that Tokyo Disneyland still does big expensive things themed to Disney films, while sadly the American parks have built lands based on Iger acquired IP that I don’t really care about like Marvel, Star Wars, and Avatar all of which are just desperately trying to compete with Universal after their incredible success with Harry Potter.
I’m looking forward to visiting this when I hopefully go to Tokyo Disneyland around 2028. And since this will have been opened for about four years by then, it’ll likely be declining in crowds a bit.
I’m also glad that this should take a bit of attention away from Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast, so I should be able to ride it at least a few times when I go as the lines won’t be as long as they usually are now.
Of course the total chaos will have subsided by then, but Toy Story Mania is 10 years old here and still gets 2 hour long queues most days 😅
The parks here are wonderful but they’re incredibly popular!
But of course Space Mountain 2 will be the big new thing when you’re here!
@@8bitthemepark That’s very true! I can’t believe I forgot to mention that! As the new Space Mountain will likely only be a few months old, I’ll likely only ride it once as I’m sure the crowds will be INSANE and I have no idea when the next time I’ll get out to Tokyo Disneyland will be. Hopefully sometime in the 2030s though.
8 Bit Theme Park, this is your best video so far
Thanks so much friend!! I put a lot into this one, and then they released more information! So I had to redo a lot. Really glad you enjoyed it, it got me really excited 😁
Underrated channel right here. So glad you're almost to 1,000! Keep doing what you do!
Thanks so much you’re very kind! My aim was 1,000 subs by the end of the year and it seems like I’m gonna smash that goal so I’m very excited!
Can't wait to see all the vlogs, videos and easter eggs from this expansion! Great video as usual :)
I can’t wait to bring them to you! It’s going to be intense but it’s very exciting 😁
so far the BEST breakdown for Fantasy Springs, I live in Japan, and let me tell you, from what I gather, It's going to be difficult for even Japanese people to get in there in 2024.... I plan on being there after the rainy season
I’m glad it was helpful!
For real. I’m planning to arrive late the night before and do an all-nighter unless some attractive vacation package option comes up. Of course that’s all assuming I can even get a ticket! Hoping the weather is ok!!
Very good narration. You’re a joy to listen to:) hope u get to go when it opens
Thanks friend! I hope so too, I’ll definitely be going to extreme lengths to get in there, but I think a lot of people will be doing the same!
“Fairy Tinker Bell” must be so no one confuses her with the equally popular Human Tinker Bell and Mermaid Tinker Bell? 🤪
So many Tinkerbell’s it’s hard to keep track! 😂
Great video- looks like this will be good!
Regarding Fairy Tinkerbell, it seems to be a thing that makes it's way into Japanese titles, like Battle Maiden Medusa or Lord of the Underworld Hades. I don't know why it is a thing, maybe because of translation? But I believe this may be why the name of Tinkerbell's ride sounds so weird.
You’d think so, but if you search ‘Fairy Tinkerbell’ in Japanese the only thing that comes up is Fantasy Springs…
10:43 that would make a lot of sense (apart from Frozen), as Shanghai Disneyland’s Fantasy land is odd, very large, but very spread out, almost feeling empty. It’s unlike any other Fantasy land.
You could describe most of SHDL in that way. It’s like DisneySea with big gaps in between the gorgeous theming. I still love it there though!
@@8bitthemepark the rest of SHDL is vast, but Fantasy land feels unfinished, incomplete. I’d always assumed it was intentional, the Chinese audience enjoying the wide green open spaces.
@@TobiasBroad Yeah it’s funny, they left a lot of green spaces for people to bring their own food and have picnics, then less than a year after the park opened they banned people from bringing their own food and having picnics 😂
@@8bitthemepark when it first opened SHDL had a lot of trouble with hawkers and people managing to hoard and resell the paper fast passes, I imagine they had problem with people bringing their own food as well.
Doesn’t explain why no It’s a Small World though.
Btw, remember to put the end screen video in you refer to at the end
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It seems like skull rock and the pirate ship look quite similar to the layout of Adventureland in Disneyland Paris? What do you think?
Ooh good point! Although I don’t think we can expect quite the scale of Adventure Isle but I really hope there are some good walkthrough attractions and areas to explore!
I’ll be there in March. It would be nice to see this, but I’m not holding my breath if it will even be open or if I’ll be able to get into the area.
It’s hard to say when they would soft-open something like this, but I highly doubt it would be as early as March.
On the plus-side crowds should be manageable! I hope you have a great trip!
The Fantasy Springs Hotel does look like it went through the most changes throughout development. The original concept of the Grand Chateau (very prominent art nouveau and 3-dimensional design) looks entirely different from the design we're getting (less art nouveau and more flat). It looks like they wanted the chateau to have more rooms. I could also very much understand how the OLC wasn't happy with the hotel (that Fantasy Chateau is something in particular). Also, there have been some photos and concept art leaked for the Peter Pan ride. It all seems to confirm how the attraction is similar to Spider Man. There are a bunch of photos for a scene with the tick tock crocodile on a screen blended in with some physical sets and there's some art of (presumably) a take-off scene. The photos seem to be from a behind-the-scenes imagineering video, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. For the Frozen ride, an OLC executive mentioned that it will be "one-of-a-kind" and will be different from the others. It could be a similar case to the monsters inc rides. I also wonder how the entry to the area could be handled. Will people be given some time limit once they get their pass? How will cast members know if someone isn't supposed to be there anymore if they will use a timed entry system?
Ah yes I’ve seen the croc footage from Peter Pan, that seemed to me to like be from the queue rather than the ride, but we’ll see!
As for Frozen, I think an extra few scenes would make it an original ride, would it not? Would love to be wrong on that but that’s what seems most likely to me.
And yea totally agree OLC can’t have been happy with the hotel for them to put a bunch more money into it then have the scrims to back up days later 😂
Thanks for the thought out comment!
Just discovered your channel. Great stuff friend. Going off your thoughts on the Peter Pan ride vehicle looking like the SpiderMan/Transformer vehicle I think your on to to something. Look at the concept art for the Avengers ride coming to DCA. Same idea
Thanks so much buddy!!
I can’t think of anywhere else I’ve seen ride vehicles like that.. so it seems like the safest bet. Ooh the avengers thing is a good point, seems like after over 20 years Disney have finally realised how good this ride system is, maybe in another 10 we’ll get Disney robot arm rides!
Still secretly hoping on something more dramatic but whatever it is I’m sure it’s going to be mind blowing!
Looks like the tinker bell ride is leaning into the tinker bell movie series.
I really love how all the counter service resturants have insanely smart and great names, and then the rides just have these awful awful names 😂
It’s brilliant isn’t it 😂
Apparently Imagineering had much better names (including Frozen Ever After) but they got changed by OLC who wanted them to be more Japanese.
Disney movies in Japan tend to have very descriptive names. ‘Frozen’, for example, is ‘Anna and the Snow Queen’ and Pixar’s ‘Up’ is ‘Grandpa Carl’s Flying House’ so these names probably seem quite normal to people here.
@@8bitthemepark I mean, all the signs for the rides are in English, aren't they? I'm not really bilingual, but I understand the fact that different things sound better or worse in different languages. But I know I'D be fine if the ride title was poorly translated, having a cooler English name, and a good-sounding Japanese name in Japanese. And for the most part, I've liked pretty much every other ride name they've made so far.
Maybe it's just part of the 30-year-long pivot of the OLC from "We want everything you guys have" to "We want something great and exclusive"
Are you planning to visit Fantasy Springs?
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Walt Disney World needs some romantic dark rides.
Totally agree! With 4 parks it’s crazy that they don’t have any.
But she’s a Pixie not a fairy 😂
Not anymore apparently!
@@8bitthemepark it’s faith, trust, and… fairy dust? I guess?? Now?? 😅