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[dlrpkris]

I thought TSPL looked out of place in WDS, let alone a Disneyland Park. The rest looks so promising, but this is a dreadful step :S

[dagobert]

Alain Littaye from Disneyandmore.blogspot.com has posted a picture of a model of the expansion:



TSPL looks so out of place. I don't understand why Disney is building it there. Grizzly Gulch and Mystic Point look fantastic, but TSPL is terrible.

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2011/ ... video.html

[ulak]

I agree!

[dagobert]

Here's a new video about the HKDL espansion:

[youtube:3nj938o4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhkIDbtOFBE[/youtube:3nj938o4]

I can't wait to see Grizzly Gulch finished, the area seems to be huge.

TSPL is so out of place. You walk trough two highly themed areas and suddenly you rae standing in front of this huge and ugly green steel structure.

[CafeFantasia]

I keep wondering, wouldn't it be cool if Disney brought this Grizzly Gulch coaster to Disneyland Paris, replacing the Temple of Peril, but changing the theme to match Adventureland? It could have an Expedition Everest asian theme, like a flatter mini version of it.

[dagobert]

Sounds like a great idea, Alan, but I prefere the Indiana Jones Adventure as a new ride added to Adventureland in Paris. They could create an Indiana Jones miniland as a subland from Adventureland.

[CafeFantasia]

They COULD create an Indiana Jones mini-land in Adventureland, and that would be nice. But it wouldn't change the fact that the Temple of Peril is a crappy, rough, painful, non-family coaster. I want it replaced by an attraction a whole family can experience together, not something so intense it separates them.

[dagobert]

I get what you mean and totally agree. They could combine the Indiana Jones Adventure and an Indy rollercoaster. Weren't there plans before Temple of Peril was built for such an attraction?

[davewasbaloo]

I get what you mean and totally agree. They could combine the Indiana Jones Adventure and an Indy rollercoaster. Weren't there plans before Temple of Peril was built for such an attraction?

Yes,there were, and antoher plan was to have the Indy Coaster and a Jungle Jeep ride using Indy's tech. I actually quite like the temple of Peril, it just needs more effects. I prefer it backwards however.

[dagobert]

That sounds really interesting.

In the current D23 magazine there is an article about George Lucas. When Disney asked him to do an Indy attraction, Mr. Lucas wanted to transform the whole Adventureland including the Jungle Cruise into an Indy themed land.

[dagobert]

The Themepark Guy has posted some great pictures of HKDL. Take a look:

http://www.thethemeparkguy.com/park/hon ... isneyland/

[DopeyDad]

I'm gonna say I'm not sure about the whole exapansion area, not just TSPL but the other two also. On those construction photos it looks more like a series of attractions than three areas. How are they going to get enough theme and transition between these areas? Or will it each 'land' just feel like an attraction with theme nailed on?

[disneyisthebest]

There's talk about adding three new lands to Hong Kong Disneyland:

HONG KONG - Talks are underway to significantly expand the struggling Hong Kong Disneyland theme park. But a timetable and financing are unclear.

According to the South China Morning Post the Hong Kong government and Disney are now discussing addition of three new themed 'lands' at a cost of some HK$5 billion ($645 million).

A spokesman for Hong Kong Disney Resorts, holding company for Hong Kong Disneyland, declined to comment, saying that these were "negotiations between two private shareholders."

Expansion talks come at a pivotal moment. The Hong Kong government, which owns a 57% majority of the park, is not keen to invest more in the park which has failed to meet attendance targets since its September 2005 opening. But the threat of economic slowdown has made the authorities keener to help job-creating, infrastructure projects.

The park, which opened in September 2005, has been repeatedly criticized as too small and lacking in some of the staple attractions of Disney theme parks elsewhere, notably 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Haunted House.' Park's main segments currently consist of 'Fantasyland,' 'Tomorrowland,' 'Adventureland' and 'Main Street USA.'

In an attempt to boost attendance, the park has been relying on lower cost, parade style attractions that leverage popular Disney properties such as "High School Musical."

Park's poor performance meant that Disney Corp. provided $423 million of loans to replace a similar amount of commercial debt that was due to expire.

Sources: Screamscape / Variety

Kristof's idea is the best

[Anthony]

A new construction update from the railroad:

[youtube:38vaifr1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuMxsrmhRPA[/youtube:38vaifr1]
Grizzly Gulch is looking like a more western Splash Mountain. Like the old Bear Country at DL?

[CafeFantasia]

Is Grizzly Gulch the name of that new coaster in the mountain? From what I've read, the ride itself is called Big Grizzly Mountain.

I've said this before, but I really think it would be cool if Disney demolished the Temple of Peril in Paris, and built Big Grizzly Mountain in its place with an Everest/Asia theme. It would be a flatter (and hopefully cheaper) version of Expedition Everest. I think all of the snowy rocks and Himalayan scenery would fit so well with Paris' grey skies.