New App - Pump $$ into an integrated system with a new UI that better serves the largest needs of all guests that visit the park. If we’re going to have guests use their phones for needs inside the park I for sure want the app to work 100% of the time!
Stop all AI image generated content - This isn’t a gas station convenience store. I’m hiring back artists. That is all.
Entertainment - Festhaus to move away from stage shows and introduce more live soloists or duos there and around the park. The Gardens, Action Zone shade structure. Shade structures added to all outdoor venues. More Human Interaction Meet & Greets like characters from Phantom Theatre, Charlie Brown’s teacher who walks around the park talking in the same voice, Raptor Encounter but The Beast or Mystic Timbers tree.
ride closures/replacements - Total overhaul of Flight of Fear to last 30 more years. Have a Vekoma Thrill Glider ready for when The Bat ultimately closes in the same area. close Congo Falls. Remove TRTR building. Replace WWC with MACK rocking boat using same trough.
overhaul technical services - I don’t like burnt out lights so I know it will require a larger team!
More shade - In general add more shade locations with seating.
I could go on but this is what I could think of before going off on a tangent
It is really fitting they are having it in Action Theater. A haunted house that takes you into a cinematic nightmare inside a former 3D theater. That’s just pure poetry. I hope they play on the the haunted house’s location a bit in it.
It’s a beautiful innovative monstrosity. I wanna ride it. It feels like something you would build in Planet Coaster, not something that exists in real life.
Another interesting thing—consumer products (aka merch) was moved out of DX (Disney Experiences) and into Entertainment. This follows video gaming which also moved out of DX into Entertainment earlier in the year. Gaming definitely seems like a good match in Entertainment, especially considering how immersive the storytelling in video games has gotten to be. I was a little more surprised about the move of Products…