SweetDuffy101
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The ride has been delayed to open 2027 spring.
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Wreck-It Ralph Attraction Coming to TDL in 2026
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Gusey
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I had though it had gone quiet with an opening date
SweetDuffy101
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from what i heard whispers around the corner they were having a tough time with this new technology that they’re putting in on this ride. It said that it would be interactive with mobile device. thats the last thing i heard.
Kevin_W
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Wow. 1.5 years is quite a long time for a ride refresh.
ThemeParkTraveller
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It’s still difficult to comprehend how this attraction—presumably reusing several assets from Buzz—justifies a $200 million budget.
cjkeating
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Other than the track I don't expect much will be reused. I expect they are in principle building the Hong Kong Ant Man ride but with a Wreck It Ralph theme.
Also I can't remember the exact figure now but I know when I heard what Pixar charged for the video used on Cars Road Trip in Paris I fell off my seat. I assume this is using a significant amount of media which WDAS will be charging a significant amount for.
Gusey
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Interesting. Wonder if if it's to track scores and give bonus missions like Villain Con at Universal does?
I think you answered your own question
denyuntilcaught
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$200 million is absolutely insane. Then again, so was half a billion for Cosmic Rewind.
One thing Chapek wasn't wrong about is WDI's inability to follow a budget.
One thing Chapek wasn't wrong about is WDI's inability to follow a budget.
mickEblu
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Well that and that Disney should stay out of politics.
Kevin_W
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Quoting myself here as I misread the dates. It closed in October 2024 so this will actually be 2.5 years for the ride refresh. Or, just about as long as it took to build the entire Magic Kingdom. And much longer than Disneyland.
Gusey
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I do find it funny that WDW fans tend to praise OLC for building rides quickly, but they take the same amount of time (the rides just turned out better themed). Fantasy Springs opened 8 years after it was announced and was delayed even after Covid from 2023 to 2024. Buzz has been delayed too. New Space Mountain was announced in 2022 and started in 204, so 3 years for a ground up coaster and dismantling of old coaster
BrianLo
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The OLC investment cycle has been ultimately slower and frankly worse. Just most of the posters aren’t as exposed to it and people really like bolused investments after the fact.
Chatter on what ultimately became Fantasy Springs started in their 2013 annual reports when they were surprised by the 30th anniversary. The Tokyo Disneyland plan was subsequently scaled quite a bit back. Even if Fantasy Springs did improve.
You have to flip back to 2006/2009 for their prior real significant investments with Tower and Monsters Inc. They’ve been riding on the fumes of Tokyo Disney Sea for a quarter century.
CoasterFan27
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"A delayed game ride is eventually good, but a rushed game ride is forever bad"
Maybe it's simply the cadence, if a ride takes a long time it's not so bad if it's not the only thing being built. If they add 2-3 rides for every 1 Paris does in the same decade, even if each ride took longer to build then it'd still feel like things are moving quickly.
Maybe it's simply the cadence, if a ride takes a long time it's not so bad if it's not the only thing being built. If they add 2-3 rides for every 1 Paris does in the same decade, even if each ride took longer to build then it'd still feel like things are moving quickly.
britain
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TDS and DLP. When you build it right the first time, you don't have to do much for the next few decades.
Pizza Moon
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Wait they charge PARIS?
Pizza Moon
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Even if it didn't, it's hard to imagine a ride costing that much period using the existing space.
I mean, if that number is accurate, they must be going totally all out. It probably will be just nuts and a Toy Story Mania rival, finally.
cjkeating
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It's part of the dodgy internal accounting. I mean I know work isn't done for free but to me it seems like a way of siphoning money from one division (parks) to another division (whatever the media division is called nowadays)
I suppose the difference versus old IP projects was when its physical WDI would build all that based on references from the films/archives. Whereas now more things are media it sounds cheap and feels cheap to many fans of classic Disney Parks but actually it costs a lot of money to produce and money spend on animation is money not spent on ride hardware or physical theming etc.
lazyboy97o
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There’s nothing dodgy about it. The studios consult on and even make content for attractions. They’re providing a service to Walt Disney Imagineering and any other entity would be paid.