You can see why WDW and TDO might be very interested in replicating Cars Land. It’s minting money over there in DCA, and it’s driving attendance like never before–reportedly exceeding even very optimistic expectations. And TDO is getting increasingly nervous about Universal. Not only is the Wizarding World of Harry Potter setting records, but there is a Potter expansion happening in the other park, basically doubling the size of the Potter theme park universe. Universal is also building Transformers at the same park, ratcheting this park up to a Magic Kingdom-style level of E-ticket rides.
Disney looks like it’s standing still in comparison. Its Fantasyland expansion looks anemic by comparison, and that vaunted Pandora expansion to DAK is both years away and so quiet that some people wonder if it will ever be built at all. Disney needs a Potter-swatter, and Fantasyland ain’t it.
Here’s an irony: the most “pure” Star Wars stuff is now coming out of the fans, such as the famous 501st Legion of costume-players. If you put the 501st in charge of making a Star Wars land in DHS, you’d have something immersive, awesome, and realistic looking. But to judge by Detours (if not the various cosplay at the convention), Lucas himself would deliver a Star Wars land that lampoons the series rather than celebrates (let alone expand) it. That would spell trouble indeed for DHS. That would be no Potter-swatter.
Read the entire article:
http://micechat.com/10831-disney-cars-land-studios/
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Kevin Yee is the author of numerous independent Disney books, including the popular Walt Disney World Earbook series and Walt Disney World Hidden History.
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