Any theme park fan is worked up by new points of interest coming to their favourite park. There’s quite a bit new coming to Walt Disney World over the following few years, which suggests there’s an incredible deal to get enthusiastic about. Sadly, as a way to construct one thing new means the least fantastic factor to occur in theme parks, building partitions.
No one likes building partitions. They block off components of your favourite park from entry, and whereas Disney World at all times does its finest to make them a bit much less of an eyesore, there’s solely a lot that may be executed. Coping with one set of annoying building partitions isn’t any enjoyable, however there are going to be much more than one set of these partitions at Walt Disney World over the following a number of years.
This isn’t about whether or not or not all the things that’s on the best way to Walt Disney World is healthier or worse than what was there earlier than. I’ve written extensively on how torn I’m, very excited for what’s to come back, and annoyed we’re dropping some basic points of interest. The difficulty here’s what occurs in between, when there’s merely nothing there in any respect.
A Lot Of Walt Disney World Is Going To Be Closed For The Subsequent Few Years
At D23 final summer time, Disney Experiences shifted away from speaking “blue sky” ideas and targeted on actual points of interest and lands that have been deliberate for Disney Parks world wide. There’s quite a bit on the best way over the following a number of years. A number of new lands have been introduced, with new ones coming to Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Every of those was going to require a serious building effort, and due to that, I kind of assumed that Disney World would concentrate on one by one, with building on the following not beginning till the earlier job was completed, or at the least near being executed. How mistaken I used to be.
The primary partitions went up at Disney’s Animal Kingdom earlier this yr as most, although not fairly all of Dinoland U.S.A., was shut down as work started on the brand new Tropical Americas land, set to incorporate points of interest based mostly on Encanto and Indiana Jones. These partitions have been then joined this week by the blocking of Grand Avenue at Disney’s Hollywood Studios following the tip of Muppet*Imaginative and prescient 3D. The world previously given over to the Muppets is now set to be reworked into a brand new Monsters, Inc. land.
However wait, there‘s extra. The third, and least well-liked of the key land redevelopments, begins in a bit over a month. A big portion of Magic Kingdom’s Frontierland will likely be locked off following the Fourth of July weekend because it begins a metamorphosis into a brand new Automobiles-themed space known as Piston Peak.
This implies in lower than a month, there will likely be three main lands behind building partitions at three of Walt Disney World’s 4 theme parks. Even Epcot isn’t completely immune; whereas building partitions just lately got here down, the park’s Check Observe attraction has been closed since final yr for redevelopment. Nevertheless, that experience is anticipated to reopen quickly, which means Epcot would be the one place visitors can keep away from the dreaded building partitions.
It’s Going To Get Worse Earlier than It Will get Higher
Main building in three of the 4 Disney World parks is quite a bit to see taking place directly. The difficulty isn’t merely that these points of interest are being eliminated and visitors gained’t have the ability to expertise them. The eliminated points of interest merely scale back the locations visitors can go. Fewer points of interest imply longer strains for those that stay. Building partitions will shrink the walkways, making all the park really feel extra crowded.
And the discount in area doesn’t cease there. We all know that two different main points of interest at Disney World are scheduled to shut someday in 2026. We’ve been assured that Dinosaur at Animal Kingdom will stay open by means of this yr, which signifies it would shut someday in 2026. Rock ‘N’ Curler Coaster at Hollywood Studios can also be set for a 2026 closure so it may well start a retheming right into a Muppets attraction.
None of those main building efforts will likely be executed earlier than these two extra rides go down. The one points of interest at present closed which might be anticipated to be open by then are the beforehand talked about Check Observe and the brand new Zootopia: Higher Collectively 3D film that’s at present going into the previous It’s Powerful To Be A Bug theater in Animal Kingdom.
It’s arduous to argue that anyone visiting Walt Disney World over the following couple of years isn’t going to finish up with a considerably subpar expertise. With a lot closed, the straightforward act of strolling across the parks goes to be quite a bit much less enjoyable than standard. There will likely be quite a bit much less to do nearly everyplace you flip.
It’s uncommon for there to not be one thing below building, closed for refurbishment, or in any other case unavailable at Disney World on any given day, and I perceive the need to get to work on all these tasks directly; the earlier they begin, the earlier they’re executed. That is only a lot to have closed directly.
The Lengthy Time period Future Of Walt Disney World Is Brilliant
Whereas the huge building all taking place directly goes to make Walt Disney World a little bit of a tough expertise for the following couple of years, that doesn’t imply that the outlook for the resort in the long run isn’t fantastic.
As a result of all this work is occurring concurrently, lots of it’s going to be executed very shut collectively as effectively. We’ll see main openings of 1 brand-new land after one other, and there are some completely unimaginable points of interest on the best way.
The Monsters Inc. Doorcoaster is a curler coaster I believed we’d by no means see, and will probably be the primary hanging coaster in a Disney park. The brand new Tropical Americas land in Animal Kingdom will lastly convey illustration of a serious world space that the park has been lacking. The brand new Automobiles space, mixed with the upcoming Villains land growth, will remodel the preferred theme park on the planet in a approach that may serve it for many years to come back.