Jake

dark places and scary dinosaurs. resident ebay item finder. themed entertainment project lead. my tweets represent the views of tony solaroni.

[Jake @magicoswald]

A forever mood of mine.

[Jake @magicoswald]

@KateElliott41 Terrible. The Chapek presentations were better than that. And that’s saying something,

[Jake @magicoswald]

“Yeah we’re doing it, but we don’t know what the fuck we’re doing or how”

[Jake @magicoswald]

This format was fine last time around. It’s dragging this time. I’d honestly prefer to bring back Chapek rifling through announcements and bringing out the Target dog than this mess.

[Jake @magicoswald]

Spaceship Earth too, but that just feels like they’re reviving their cancelled refresh from pre-pandemic times.

[Jake @magicoswald]

Seriously. We’ve gotten:
- Yeti being fixed
- Terre à la Lune returning
- Imagineering Story szn 2

And that’s kind of it in terms actually new news, nearly two hours into the presentation.

[Brayden @SirBrayden]

You can glean they decided not to share some of the bigger 5 year roadmap plans for Disney Parks when they're spending half an hour re-announcing 2024 Tropical Americas details and a Disney Jr Cars show

[Jake @magicoswald]

This parks panel is thin with actual announcements worth renting out an arena for. Names of attractions and some concept art. C’mon…

[Jake @magicoswald]

Great write-up by Tom as usual.

I’ll add that the benefit of having partners like Miral is similar to having OLC. These 3rd parties fund WDI projects that develop new ride tech, which eventually trickles down to the domestic parks.

[Disney Tourist Blog @DisTouristBlog]

If you're wondering why Disney chose the United Arab Emirates over new parks in Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Texas, here's the answer--both the official, diplomatic one and the *real* reason. https://t.co/Gxu4P19wgQ

[Jake @magicoswald]

I really thought we’d see another Chinese park before we got a Middle East park. But the fact that Miral Group, which has built some amazing destinations, wanted to front all the money… well… who else was going to offer that?

[Jake @magicoswald]

@Monse_DP Bob dusted off his fav phrase

[Jake @magicoswald]

Don’t post here much anymore, but I guess tonight was worth posting about.

[Jake @magicoswald]

@MCO No really, all day.

[Jake @magicoswald]

@MCO Very jolly, but would even more jolly if I got some #MCOSocks - I’m at MCO all day. As a very frequent visitor from Canada (seriously, MCO is my most visited airport at like 75+ trips), can you hook me up?

[Jake @magicoswald]

I am very sad to be losing my favourite ride soon, which I cried over when I rode it for likely the last time this week. While I understand how dated it is, I will miss it dearly more than any other ride of the past. So I don’t blame MV3D fans who feel the same. It sucks. A lot.

[Jake @magicoswald]

But I’m not gonna act like losing Muppet*Vision doesn’t suck. It does. I’m just not super saddened by it, provided they hit a home run with this land.

[Jake @magicoswald]

@collectorvinyl I’d be fine with that. Hopefully not a Shanghai clone.

[Jake @magicoswald]

In other words, “We’re gonna put it on Disney+”

I dunno, it’s tough to know what to do with it. But I’m baffled by what the heck they’re doing with Animation Courtyard in this case. There has to be a good reason they’re not using that space.

[Scott Gustin @ScottGustin]

Disney says there is still time to enjoy Rock 'n Roller Coaster and Muppet*Vision 3D. Also about Muppet*Vision 3D, Disney says: "...we are having creative conversations and exploring ways to preserve the film and other parts of the experience for fans to enjoy in the future."

[Jake @magicoswald]

But I’m not gonna act like losing Muppet*Vision doesn’t suck. It does. I’m just not super saddened by it, provided they hit a home run with this land.

[Jake @magicoswald]

The good things about this announcement:
- Adds capacity back to Studios with the coaster + theatre.
- Muppets replacing Aerosmith seems like a good call
- That whole back corner of Studios gets more life again. It is unbelievably dead back there.

[Jake @magicoswald]

The good things about this announcement:
- Adds capacity back to Studios with the coaster + theatre.
- Muppets replacing Aerosmith seems like a good call
- That whole back corner of Studios gets more life again. It is unbelievably dead back there.

[Jake @magicoswald]

Of course they drop this news on an IAAPA Friday lol

[Scott Gustin @ScottGustin]

NEW: Monsters, Inc. land will replace Muppets Courtyard and Muppet*Vision 3D at Disney's Hollywood Studios. To make way for monsters, the Muppets will take over Rock 'n Roller Coaster and "team up with music's biggest starts for a rockin' music festival."

[Jake @magicoswald]

For all the flak that Chapek got, and deservedly so, we still see no criticism of Daddy Josh for this slew of crazy upcharges. I still think D’Amaro is better than Chapek, but an MBA is an MBA.