Sounding like someone who has never been to Orlando's Springfield, lmao. I just don't ever see Disney doing anything with this IP beyond photo ops and M&Gs. Maybe in 15-20 years if it's still popular, but for now? There's no way they give it a full land or attraction. There's other IPs they need to put in the parks first and I don't see them priorizing Simpsons at all. Another problem with your argument is that this rumored announcement is supposed to be big. Something to get people talking and get attention away from Epic. Simpsons wouldn't do that AT ALL. It wouldn't move the needle not even one bit. I also don't think it's something people would be excited for. It's already been at USF/USH for nearly 20 years and people complain about it being at those parks. No matter how different they do it people just wouldn't care. It's a redundant IP and having it to come to the Disney parks right after (at least relatively after) would be a weird ass decision.
Taking this piece-meal as I can (forgive the delay, was at work).
In regards to the first bit--absolutely. Hoping to fix that in 2026 (if Springfield is still open by then) with a Orlando trip during HHN time. Second point, one of the major sticking points with The Simpsons was that it was a IP that was emphasized and highlighted when TWDC made the play to acquire 20th Century Film/TV.
There has also been talks last year that Al Jean's secret project in 20th Century I believe, is for The Simpsons Movie 2; so it isn't like Disney isn't wanting to expand the content flow of what comes out. I also think there's a sort of...dated timelessness that comes with the sake of The Simpsons. While newer content isn't on a scale of quality quite like that of the classics, the brand and the iconography of The Simpsons will always be iconic in modern American TV Animation.
A reason why I think the prospect of this being The Simpsons also lies with how the dismantling/detheming process will likely occur for that of the adjacent Springfields. To Orlando's credit in comparison to California's--the time and effort that will need to be taken to dismantle and remove any and all traces of Springfield will be as easy as a matter of likely 3-6 days. When they closed Spider-Man, given the smaller nature and lack of coverage; it didn't take much to remove any traces of that material in Japan.
In comparison to that, Hollywood's gonna be hell. For the genius I think our Springfield is, it is embedded as a core part of park infastructure and the iconography and visuals of the IP will need to take a more considerable amount (alongside that they are dealing with The Simpsons Ride likely being on terrain that will need to be regraded and redone in the process of bearing the weight of a 30+ year old structure). I think it might be easier to cut out the picture, if only to negate the potential timing window risks that comes with closing the land/ride in 2028.
Forgive the Essay, but I wanted to be more precise.
This bulldozes both the cast cafeteria and Club 33 (admittedly the crappiest of the four, but still).
I wonder how easy it'd be to move the Cast Cafeteria and to upgrade the Club 33 experience.