I mean if they clone Cars Land from California, that, but otherwise Pandora is easily their best single-land option, that they’ll actually do, like easily. I wish they’d do a Star Wars Land done right, though.
Sad that they’ve basically given up on Star Wars as a major parks play, though I’d think we’d get expansions at their existing lands eventually.
Maybe they also want to save it for a DLP Discoveryland expansion, who knows.
In any case, Rise of the Rebels or a Speederbike/Podracing coaster as the headliner would be extremely successful; the land (or just the ride m doesn’t even have to be as large as Galaxy’s Edge, you could theme it to a single planet like Naboo, Endor, or Coruscant, or just take style queues from them. Just a cantina done right, gift shop, Jedi Training academy, a Falcon walkthrough, meet and greet, and quick-service would be enough if scaled correctly and you could design it with expansion plots in mind. Maybe you make the land have various planet minilands like SNW at Epic, or maybe you don’t and you just make like an amalgamation of Star Wars, or maybe it’s a specific planet. Point is, there are just so many possibilities that I feel like, in another world where they did the sequel trilogy right and the land like originally planned, that concept at least would’ve likely ushered in a new era for Star Wars at the parks, instead of sort of, ending it, in a strange way. So Paris should revitalize it IMO. It was the right move to cancel the half-baked Galaxy’s Edge, but now it’s time to look to other concepts for the IP, both at their existing lands and new ones. Shanghai probably won’t get any Star Wars if it’s an EPCOT World Showcase style park (plus it isn’t big in China), but I could see it happening at Japan’s third park, whenever that happens if it can fit the theme.
Brits adore Star Wars, and while the French and Germans seemingly prefer Avatar, I see no reason why you couldn’t have both. They’re still arguably their two biggest non-Disney live action, Disney/Pixar Animated film, I’m pretty sure, like full-stop. Since the last two lands at the resort will be from Disney Animation, I think they need to diversify, and it’d be a mistake to do Zootopia or Moana next unless they switch it up.
I also just don’t think Zootopia is Tangled, Moana, Lilo and Stitch (OG) good, honestly, so it’s annoying having these discussions where it supersedes all of these other, better, potential concepts. Zootopia has an outsized influence in China that is probably hard to comprehend for most Americans, so while it probably should get an attraction at Paris (God I hope it doesn’t go in DLP), I really hope it isn’t the priority for a large-scaled project. Adding it lien Thr Little Mermaid style to DAW would be an interesting approach. The park sort of needs another couple of rides, that Soarin’ and the Avengers E-ticket were supposed to fill outside of the lakes, so we’ll see.
Truly, a Star Wars expansion of DLP times for within a year of Universal UK opening would be very smart.
By this point I assume Pandora (or whatever) might already be open at DAW, or certainly at least under construction.
If they don’t do Star Wars as its own land/miniland in Discoveryland then I felt that Lion King would’ve been the best bet for Frontierland.
Since that didn’t happen, I think a type of New Fantasyland done more on the scale of Fantasy Springs with Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, and Beauty and the Beast would be sick. Aladdin could work too for FL, but I think aesthetically it’s better suited for Adventureland, I mean, the Middle East entrance area is basically begging for it, though there isn’t room there, so it’d have to be towards the back of the land, but it’d still work pretty good.
Adventureland works best for Indiana Jones Adventure, like their original concept for next to the Indiana Jones coaster and it’s a proven masterpiece, but if they don’t go that route Aladdin and Moana are probably the second best choices.
I think tonally Lilo and Stitch would work better at MK, HWS, or at Paris’ DAW, but that is another massive, underutilized, IP option. Even Jungle Book, but that just isn’t on the same level in appeal.
