Villains Land at Magic Kingdom

[Mad Dog]

I think in a company like Disney it's a lot more factional than that. Any time you get a leak, it's always worth asking yourself who that leak benefits and who it harms. That can often lead you to, if not the source, than the direction of the source.

Yes. I recall a few years back, one of the Disney president or VP (forget exact title) was using a forum member that was a prominent WDW Magic poster to leak info that was detrimental/aimed at her rivals in the company.

 

[Jake S]

Yes. I recall a few years back, one of the Disney president or VP (forget exact title) was using a forum member that was a prominent WDW Magic poster to leak info that was detrimental/aimed at her rivals in the company.

Remember when Imagineering suddenly got very leaky before they greenlit a bunch of the projects currently under construction? That was, my friends, not a coincidence!

 

[TheCodeMan95]

I do not know that this is the case here but I can only imagine how frustrating it would be to work for a company that constantly see-saws between how bold and grand it wants its creative products. Imagine getting that feedback on the proposed Star Wars land to then come up with something very ambitious (a Star Wars land not set on one of the three planets everyone can name) only to have the same corporate dweebs come back in and cut all the "superfluous" stuff that would give the concept its only chance of working.

Obviously I've got plenty of criticism to hand out to modern Imagineering but goodness I can understand if trying to thread this needle on every project is aggravating.

"We want you guys to REALLY push the limits on what people perceive a theme park land to be!"

"Okay got it! We have interactive droids and characters. Each guest can have their own personal story, and the cast members and characters in the land will cater to each guest's story!"

"nah nah not like that"

 

[Jake S]

"nah nah not like that"

I think it was probably more like, "so what's all that gonna cost?" followed by "wait, what if we took all that stuff and shoved it inside a hotel for the tiny slice of the population that is a huge Star Wars nerd and also fabulously wealthy?"

Can't wait to see the Danny Boyle movie about this.

 

[Mad Dog]

Remember when Imagineering suddenly got very leaky before they greenlit a bunch of the projects currently under construction? That was, my friends, not a coincidence!

Exactly. I for one, don't believe in coincidence. There's almost always a reason behind the curtain.

 

[fryoj]

I think it was probably more like, "so what's all that gonna cost?" followed by "wait, what if we took all that stuff and shoved it inside a hotel for the tiny slice of the population that is a huge Star Wars nerd and also fabulously wealthy?"

"Wait. Didn't that new imagineering office get axed due to budget? Now hear me out..."

 

[Freak]

Just saw this in FB. What do y’all think? Makes me cautiously optimistic about the Josh era!

 

[UNIrd]

And make it low capacity! Everyone will either have to stay onsite for early entry, pay for Disney After Hours events, or purchase $30 Individual Lightning Lanes just to get near it.

 

[TheUniC6]

Len Testa did claim the original plan for the flagship dark ride was to have it be akin to MMRR levels in quality, but Josh wanted them to go back to the drawing boarder ROTR quality, as it should be.