So just because it was intended to have a third attraction doesn't mean there is one in active development or even rumored to be considered to be added.
We could be sitting here 10 years from now still talking about this "potential" third attraction and where it should go.
Who is claiming it's in
active development or
rumored? Your inventing straw-man conditions I never asserted and then arguing against them.
Of course we'll be sitting here 10 years from now without a third attraction in SWGE. We may disagree but we're not idiots.
It could take Disney four years to put a churro cart out there. As Disney park fans, we know that process --
Disney knowing there's a problem and designing and building something to fix it -- is typically measured in decades.
Also its a far far cry to add a mission to Smugglers Run (an attraction that was always billed as having multiple missions added to it btw) to saying that they are adding a 3rd attraction. For all we know they will add the Mando/Grogu mission change the timeline and see wait times increase and say "good job" and be done. We don't know, so its fun to speculate, but lets not play like there is some actionable rumor here.
And yet, though usually they take forever to do things, the speed with which they are adding the new content to Smuggler's Run is noteworthy. Disney has many attractions that are platforms for changeable content -- Soarin' has had one swap in 25 years even with DCA being a park in perpetual crisis. On that note, I'm still waiting for new games on Toy Story Midway Mania or a holiday overlay, etc. So the fact they initiated more SR expenditures in under 5 years is noteworthy. It's indicative of the significant level of underperformance at SWGE. And while that may fix things (and yes, I'm sure they will "wait and see" how the updates are affecting wait times, foot-traffic and retail/F&B sales), I don't expect the SR update is going to move the needle enough, after an initial phase of newness-interest.
But to correct you, I'm not saying they are adding a third attraction, now. I'm saying I suspect it will get a third attraction before they spend a billion on TL or DLF because, as many have pointed out, TL is functioning just fine.
(By the way, you have put out timelines about how soon Disney will be expanding DCA into DLF without there being any rumors or knowledge it's in active development.
it will begin within the next 5-10 years
Fan wishful thinking?)
Also will add that TL was designed and intended to have multiple layers of attractions, and we've seen what has happened there.
I have no idea what you're point is. Tomorrowland has 7 attractions in 17 acres, or 2.4 acres per attraction. SWGE is 6.5 acres per attraction. And that's with Tomorrowland closing several attractions (it's decades old). I don't see any lessons in a comparison between SWGE and 70-year-old Tomorrowland when talking about whether SWGE will get a third attraction. I think comparisons to Avenger's Campus (currently getting 2 more attractions) or Toontown (recently got another new attraction) are more appropriate.
There doesn't need to be any successful film before they will build something new. Any additional ride will be popular to the guests. Marvel hasn't been popular since End Game yet is getting two new rides. The success of a movies doesn't mean a new ride. That model doesn't apply anymore.
I very much agree with this. And the fact that the new timeline is Original Trilogy (not "we've thrown out timelines altogether") suggests that new movie/TV content is not expected to be driving SWGE's future.
