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I would say the Cars Roadtrip area should be considered an expansion plot. It seems like the current Cars attraction is a placeholder. Wouldn’t a full blown Radiators Springs be great in that spot?
I completely agree with you. Cars Road trip should be a temporary placeholder using old infrastructure that was already there. There's a simple reason why I didn't consider it an expansion plot: as it would be a replacement of an existing ride. When Buzz replaced Le Visionarium, that wasn't an expansion but a replacement, same thing here. However these are mostly semantics and it could very well be seen as one.
@@themainstreetnews A reimagining then. I would also like to see the new areas around Adventure Lake stay with the animated classics theme. Not Avatar but wouldn’t it be amazing if they leaned into the French culture with a Beauty and the Beast attraction or better yet…the first and only Cinderella dark ride. One can dream.
The next line of thinking is: which of Disney's most-recent projects - built or announced - could come here? With Frozen and the Lion King (maybe), Adventure World is probably done for at least a decade. And a lot of money is being spent on Disney Village. So Disneyland will be next, and it's NOT going to be a major expenditure. Big projects like Avatar and Galaxy's Edge are extremely unlikely (they've already canceled the Star Wars project once). Even the Cars road rally thing or the TRON coaster are probably too expensive AND expansive. That said, it needs to APPEAR major. They aren't going to get away with a Tangled teacups ride over here. So they gotta go E-Ticket, or new land with a D-Ticket. These are those options, as I see them: MOANA - Yeah, I led off with a ride that WASN'T announced, but everyone expected it to be... There are two E-Ticket ride systems that are EXTREMELY popular with Disney right now (aside from the trackless system, which they will apparently never get sick of). One is the Tokyo DisneySea Peter Pan system - aka Universal's Spider-Man - which will be used for the upcoming Avengers ride (which is why it's not listed here as it's most likely going next door). The other ride system is the one used for the Shanghai Pirates ride. This appears in all kinds of concept art, but most obviously in DCA's upcoming Avatar land. It was also believed to be the ride system for the Lion King land, but the model shows a much-smaller boat size. I seriously doubt they'd limit throughput unnecessarily, so my guess is the Shanghai Pirates ride system can't do major drops. Also, that ride doesn't use a lot of real estate, thanks to its copious use of screens, and Lion King is promising all kinds of animatronics, so a cheaper, basic flume system is the way to go. If the Lion King is using a different system, then this is the #1 option for going into Disneyland. Why? Moana is currently the #1 movie on the Disney+ charts in France. Worldwide, it's #2 right after the recently-released Inside Out 2. This has basically been the case since Moana was put on the service. This is why Moana was first going to be shoved into Animal Kingdom, before being on the shortlist for Adventureland in the Magic Kingdom. Moana is the Lion King of the 21st Century. With Moana's surprising absence at D23, there's going to be a bigger push to put it somewhere. With all that's promised for Disney parks, the only real options for Moana right now are Paris, Tokyo and original Disneyland. Disneyland got mostly ignored at D23, which suggests something major in the works, something more major than one E-Ticket (and they still don't have Frozen). Tokyo DisneySea, on the other hand, features Moana greatly in its water parade, the only character in the parade who has no presence otherwise in the park. Arendelle was originally supposed to go in the empty elbow of land between Lost River Delta and Port Discovery, so it's obviously ready for construction. If the OLC decides that Moana is next, that would make a Paris version even cheaper, basically ensuring it's coming. INDIANA JONES - With the Tropical Americas makeover in Animal Kingdom, it wouldn't be shocking for them to clone the Indy ride with a Hindu theme for Disneyland (all the Indy rides have different theming). The ride system isn't in Paris yet, and jungle theming is far cheaper than what will be required for Frozen or Lion King. This is a high-ranking option just because it allows them to announce a new Indy mini-land. VILLAIN LAND - Surprisingly, I think this could be a possibility. The concept art is nebulous, but it shows a coaster. That would be a fairly cheap way to shove a full land in here, with expansion opportunities down the road. Still, the park already has 3 major coasters, so Disney must be thinking the next big one needs to go next door, especially after the Flight Force retheme underwhelmed. I include it here ONLY because there's always the possibility of the Indy coaster being rethemed, which would allow them to add a second ride, creating a new land that would still be way cheaper than a new Pandora. It's still probably the most-expensive of all these options as it will require all kinds of detail. COSMIC REWIND - It's an E-Ticket, but like TRON, it's a major space-waster. Also, Marvel is over at Future Adventure World, and that park needs an E-Ticket coaster worse than this one does, even though the theme of this well-received coaster would work in Discoveryland. The Guardians movies are popular in France, so I'm surprised we haven't heard anything about a clone FANTASY SPRINGS - Okay, obviously this whole land isn't a possibility, especially since Frozen and Tangled are already on the way, but as I said earlier, the Peter Pan ride system is EXTREMELY popular with Disney right now. Yeah, it's probably going to go next door in the Avengers ride, but they're being very Universal with the ride system. Universal did Spider-Man and then Transformers (and MIGHT use it for Pokémon), and Disney has plans to use it for Avengers and probably any idea they can come up with. It's boat-themed in the Peter Pan version so it could very well be Moana themed!! (Tangled could have been a contender here, considering the castle is based on France's Mont-Saint-Michel, but they ruined that with the cheapness they're plopping into Adventure World.) ENCANTO AND COCO - We're entering the options with no E-Tickets here, but both of these rides have been announced for the American parks so they should be talked about, especially since both were linked in the original Beyond Big Thunder announcement. This concept could live on: Beyond Temple du Peril. They could even redo Indy's Hindu temple as Mayan, like in Animal Kingdom, and the entire land could have an "Americas" theme, tying it into the neighboring American theme of Frontierland. Two brand new D-Tickets in a brand new land could do the work of one E-Ticket. I know Encanto is popular worldwide, but I don't know about Coco. (At one point, when Coco was part of the Beyond Big Thunder project, it was attached to the Flight of Passage ride system. DCA's Coco will not be using it either, maybe because Pandora will be using it elsewhere in the park. It's surprising the system isn't attached to any other IP, which may be to appease James Cameron, who has promised a new ride film for the DCA version.) ZOOTOPIA - While a huge hit in Shanghai Disneyland, it's seriously doubtful something this major would come to Paris. That kind of detail does not come cheap. (Notice the lack of detail in the Lion King model. There's a reason it replaced Star Wars.) That said, they are making a new film for Animal Kingdom, so porting that over would keep costs low, allowing them to bring over the ride as well. A D-Ticket and a C-Ticket with amazing buildings would make a splash. I just don't know how popular Zootopia is in France and in the rest of Europe. MONSTERS, INC LAND - Highly doubtful as it's being used more as a crutch to fix one of the many problem areas in DHS, so it's more about using what's already there. While Paris obviously did this with Avengers Campus, there's no area left where new facades could be added to existing buildings. Plus, the door coaster seems no more exciting than the Crush Coaster, and it simply cannot be the first new ride in decades or there will be a new French Revolution. Who knows? Disney came out of left field with the Lion King idea, so anything is possible. But most of these possibilities would use the Adventureland plot, including my Top Four - Moana, Indy, Villains, Americasland - so I'm at least feeling good about the location.
Ohhh that seems to be really interesting ! I wish our resort will know happier moments and periods ´cause it deserves to be recognized for its potential. Admittedly changes and modifications need to be made but I hope it’s just a question of time and determination to give this resort the success it deserves after all these unstable years. Can’t wait to watch the video later on ! Have a great weekend ! ❤️✨
WOW! That's way more room to expand then i thought! I mean, I knew there was a lot, but didn't know about quite a number of those. It really makes me sad that at this building rate we won't see most of this until we're old.
Temple of Peril needs to be demolished, its a dreadful ride. Then you have huge space for a proper E-Ticket attraction. Think, Temple of Doom Mine Cart ride... I would also get rid of Autopia which is 50 years out of date and, in keeping with the Jules Verne theme, build Journey to the Centre of the Earth based in a giant volcano - just like in Tokyo, but bigger. For DSP, Catastrophe Canyon has to go! Look at all the land it takes up. How about a Coco Dark ride, in keeping with the Pixar land theme. Of course, that costs money, and Disney are not exactly rolling in it these days...
Congrats for your 10.000 subscribers!! You really deserve it!! Well, Disneyland Paris has a lot of space to expand but it should be faster with constructions!
And that is if they use only empty plot land for expansion, if we talk about parking lot reuse or service areas and buildings transform into new park areas it will be way more land. Of course, that will be not the first thing to do, but that is a possibility in the way future. Just look that parking lot, it fit another park and parking would go structural as done by Universal Orlando or Disneyland California… They have so much to work with freely. Obviously, they consider expansion since the beginning of Disneyland Paris.
Amazing video as always. The new berm on the site for the 3rd gate excites me. I think it really shows that it’s a very likely. I hope if/when they do open a 3rd park, that they make it a lot bigger for opening than studios was when that opened.
They had a lot of soil after digging out the lake for Studios and other construction nearby, so it made sense for it to be placed there! It doesn't confirm anything except that Disney still has that 3rd park in their mind, which to me is a win! Thank you!
I agree with another comment posted, I think that the area above Cars Roadtrip should be used for a Radiator Springs area + the Cars Roadtrip being reimagined. The Avatar land could potentially be used to draw people to the third park once it finally arrives, that way there could potentially be a ride, or multiple ones, based on the upcoming movies. Otherwise there is a lot of potential within the existing parks and the areas around it. I'd love for Disneyland park to add a madhouse flat ride like Villa Volta in the Efteling and Hex in Alton Towers based on the Three Musketeers movie with Mickey, Donald and Goofy. (Unpopular opinion, I know) and I think a new hotel being named and themed after Walt Disney Studios with hommages to the early days of the second park (Cinemagique, Animagique etc.) could be cool. I have some other, in my opinion, cool ideas but I'll keep it to these two for now. Thanks for the video and congrats on the 10k subscribers!
Thank you! I agree with you, here's the reason I didn't consider it for this video: Cars Road trip should be a temporary placeholder using old infrastructure that was already there, however it would be a replacement of an existing ride. When Buzz replaced Le Visionarium it wasn't an expansion but a replacement, same thing here.
@@themainstreetnews Yeah, that's a fair separation between the two! Otherwise the video could've included a lot of other areas where rides could be replaced/improved, which would've made it both longer and miss the point. On a different note, could you possibly upload the fully zoomed out photo with the coloured areas somewhere (after enough people have seen the video so that it doesn't get in the way of viewership)? I think it's one of the best ways to share DLP's potential so far!
Huge Disneyland Paris fan been close to 200 times now but in my lifetime I’m 19 now almost nothing has changed and I’m worried nothing will be done before the time I’m like 40
I completely understand, since I’m in a similar position. Well in just a couple of years the largest expansion to the parks will open, and a couple of years later yet another. In fact, I believe Disney wants to open a large expansion every 2 years or so, that should be interesting enough!
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@@themainstreetnews I meant when will all the expansions projects be finished? I see Frozen land now opening in 2026.so all these things taking a long time to build.
@@SamJamieson-pj3zl indeed, many of the current projects will open by 2026. Some parts of Village will be later but the rest will be done. Lion King is currently set for a unified 2028 opening, but things may change.
Thank you so much for the video, I really appreciate your content! 😊 I have a few questions regarding DLP! Fort Comstock suddenly closed a few weeks ago with no explanation, is it now open again? I haven't been able to find any answers! And secondly, I read that the current Space Mountain redevelopment will be much more ambitious and larger than expected, with work on the exteriors and the dome for now, and the rest will come later, with the Jules Verne theme back. Is this true? Is it true? Thanks in advance!
Well thanks for watching! Fort Cormstock is still closed with no official reason behind it. Regarding Space Mountain, yes, according to the rumours it'll be a MAJOR renovation that will take a long long time. No word on if Star Wars will be removed or not but I'm choosing to believe it will.
Disneyland Paris (particularly Walt Disney Studios) needs some real expansions before conceiving a 3rd gate. Even though Paris is the most visited in Europe, the attendance is not as high as the US, Tokyo, or Shanghai numbers.
Between this and the video on the potential fourth hotel around Lake Disney, it's clear that the company expected then Euro Disney to be their new flagship resort, possibly surpassing even Disney World. That said. I truly hope they won't expand much more. Small expansions that add rides to the existing parks are welcome. But another hotel and a third gate would be awful. It's easy to romanticize our own, epic new expansion and third gate. But since we're not continuously near resort capacity, I think the huge costs of adding a third great or other grand expansions would not be worth the fractional number of additional visitors. And those costs would probably be passed on to visitors. The castle park is frequently at capacity though. But the Lion King and Frozen expansions in Studios will likely alleviate those when they open. It sucks that they botched the opening of Euro Disney so badly all those decades ago. If they hadn't, major expansions would've been very viable and welcome. But for now, I'm glad they're keeping things more humble. I just hope to see a steadier inclusion of new rides.
For many years Disneyland Paris has had to choose between investing the little allowance they had in the fully built park or the great flop that was Walt Disney Studios. The resort has never been as profitable as it is now and hopefully that translates in more investment!
@@ZeNN-Music What I find frustrating is if you think about it, Disney haven't really announced any new investment in Paris recently... Lion King is just a change in plans (previously, Galaxy's Edge), and Frozen is already under construction so the opening date was just a "re-announcement", even Avenger's Campus is a rebuild of an existing area and ride (web slingers being the only new ride there). I think the main castle park desperately needs new attractions, some of the lands only have a couple of "big" attractions, and now some of those old rides seem to be needing extended maintenance/refurbishment (Big Thunder, rumoured 6 months) - so when they're closed, there isn't a lot of alternatives, especially if they schedule lots of stuff to be down at the same time...
@@nightowlnzabBig Thunder Mountain -> - Renovation and rehabilitation from January 6, 2025 to June 2025. - Closing again from January to June 2026. - And possibly a final closure from January to June 2027 if necessary. From what I've read and what I see, the major rehabilitation of Space Mountain has actually already begun, with the exteriors and the dome.
At 42yrs old I really don’t think I’ll live to see the third park built unfortunately. Maybe possibly a 3rd land around the lake and one new ride in he DL park 😂
Costs. It costs a lot more to run the RR with all the stations open as you need more cast members operating it. It's not only ridiculous but a huge loss as the Fantasyland station is gorgeous!
@@themainstreetnews oh ok thank you. I always didn’t understand, because even the closed stations are occupied while operations by a cast member. So sad.
It’s the better choice. We were getting not even a third of Galaxy’s Edge with just one of the rides. Lion King will be an exclusive to this park major E-Ticket based on one of the most successful classic Disney movies ever! Plus, it’s somewhat likely Disneyland Park will eventually get a new Star Wars land at the back of Discoveryland too.
Disneyland Paris is the worst of all the Disney parks. There has been no new development for years, the sets are falling apart, the renovations are long and the result is ridiculous. In short, don't spend your money if you come to Paris. Go to Parc Asterix instead.
I keep thinking, as long as Tony Baxter is alive. He doesn’t want any crappy IP shoehorned inside of his creation. I would agree though, I’d rather have no expantions than blindly adding IP for the sake of something new. I think it fits the „Adventure World” park more.
@@jackdr20roblox29 not saying I hate it. I just don’t like how it’s used… If they’d put Woody’s Roundup in Frontierland, to me… That would look out of place and totally ruin the story Frontierland in Paris is trying to tell. That’s why I think the new Coco themed restaurant that opened (last year?) is a strange choice. Disney, and other theme parks are using IP as a quick thing to get people’s attention. Instead of actually crafting a story that suits a land or space within that land. But, you know that’s just my opinion 😅 And apparently the general public seems to like it so, who am I?
It's not that people hate IP but rather how it's being used. Look at Space Mountain, the best one in the world that has had Star Wars badly shoehorned into it. IP can be amazing but it can also cheapen a land or attraction a lot
@@patrickkiewiet1459 I don’t hate Non IPs I think some of them are very creative like Phantom Manor but I think since it’s called DISNEY land there should be a lot of DISNEY IPs in the parks. Not saying there should be non IPs at all though cause I like some of them
