The Complete Walt Disney Studios Expansion Project Explained

[@eddieg6436]

All VERY exciting, and much needed. But I can’t believe they’re not building a frozen coaster in Paris!! What a missed opportunity!! They’ve got TONS of land to work with……🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

It would be a ride for kids. Don’r expect Rollercoaster in Frozen Land

[@eddieg6436]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Hong Kong got a “Frozen” coaster (unfortunately VERY short), but Paris doesn’t even get that! Hong Kong gets 2 Frozen rides, Paris just 1.

[@egel7736]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 There is a rollercoaster in the Frozen Area in Hong Kong.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@egel7736 Indeed. They have a rollercoater there in Hong Kong. However, I doubt the French would manage to build it

[@egel7736]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 I don't think it's coming to Paris either, no. Bit of a shame, though. Another ride would really flesh out the park's offerings a bit more. Here's to hoping the rumoured Lion King land is real!

[@Airtimejunke]

So more trees and roses and Art Nouveau. Sounds like a beautiful park to walk through

[@louloubarneymcgroo]

Aaaand, I feel Studios needs a few high speed rides 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@peterwatkins9850]

Is there any room to expand frozen with an additional ride. Whilst it looks pretty I think the lack of rides will cause major queue times there so having another ride to spread the people would help

[@themainstreetnews]

If there’s any room to expand frozen, yes there is, but I don’t think they will do that though. Regarding the capacity, this Frozen Ever After has a theoretical maximum capacity of 3500 guests per hour, if it gets anywhere near that when running it will be one of the biggest capacity rides in the resort, and one of if not the biggest one in Studios!

[@brandonpiazza6210]

I think they’re making a mistake not incorporating a Carsland area around the lake! There’s gotta be room for one more giant Cars expansion! I have to say it’s CA Adventure’s primere attractions!

[@stephenmocanu408]

Great job! so it looks like lion king - but, what about the right hand side of the lake they need something there too to make it a circle?

[@themainstreetnews]

Good question! One step at a time, but rumours indicate that imagineering is considering an Avatar themed land for the right side between Arendelle and Cars Road Trip.

[@loganblair6083]

Man I hope so. I'd spend so much money if they had a flight of passage kind of ride

[@stephaniejonova]

Or perhaps a land themed on Percy Jackson and the Olympians to compete with Universal’s Harry Potter franchise?

[@brittariedel3446]

​@@stephaniejonovathey can easily complete wit Harry Potter if they bild a Star Wars Land. Percy Jackson is not even anyway closed to being as populär as Star Wars.

[@stephaniejonova]

@@brittariedel3446, I agree that Star Wars is a major attraction for Disneyland Paris. The current rumor is that the Star Wars land hinted for where Lion King will probably be will be built between the Star Tours attraction and a new Star Wars coaster attraction based on the ride system for Tron Light Cycles in the Magic Kingdom. Why not Percy Jackson? It is a top-rated series with a following similar to Harry Potter. Percy Jackson is one of the most popular series on Disney+. It would be an exciting new IP not seen in other Disney Parks. Like Harry Potter, there are extensive merchandising opportunities for each of the Half-Blood cabins. And the new ride possibilities are endless. I think Disney is tired of cookie-cutting attractions from one park to another. That's why they will use the Lion King for the water attraction. And they are already adding Avatar to Disneyland California. I'm not saying that the Avatar attraction wouldn't be great in Paris, too, but I'm just thinking they may want to try a Percy Jackson-themed land in Paris.

[@ivigb_]

A very complete video! Congratulations

[@themainstreetnews]

Thank you very much!

[@JamesLawner]

The interior of Studio 1 looked so great! I'm gonna miss it 😪😪

[@themainstreetnews]

I definitely feel nostalgic for Studio 1!

[@DasTamii]

Right? I will make a ton of videos and photos when I am there in April, before it’s closing 😣

[@loopholesloopy]

Oh no they're getting rid of the inside of studio 1? What are they replacing it with? That place was iconic..

[@DasTamii]

@@loopholesloopy he showed a model of what it will look like :)

[@marcosmarvin]

For me this “theatre district” still looks like a gas service area or the back of a mall. I also don’t get why they did this empty “promenade” with just trees instead of something like the hollywood boulevard in california 😢

[@ChrisandToryTVandYoshiitoo]

It would be so awesome for a first of its king lion king land to be announced in the area. It would honestly be really cool to have a lion king experience, and if you really think about it, the two lands really match together as they are the highest grossing animated movies from disney! Also I really do believe that they should change cars road trip to a fully themed cars land and connect it to the lake.

[@themainstreetnews]

That would be cool!

[@rjaint415]

Great video, i have to admit i am still sad that the new Frozen land is only getting one ride. But it will be great to see the updates to the entrance of the park, it sorely needs the theatre district to be more welcoming

[@themainstreetnews]

You and me both!

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

I’m pretty sure it would be disappointed unlike Tokyo Disneyland

[@MacaloRL]

Great video!

[@themainstreetnews]

Glad you enjoyed it. Agradecido

[@louloubarneymcgroo]

I feel like a big wheel would work well somewhere around the lake 🤷🏻‍♀️ However the Tangled area sounds amazing!! I am slightly gutted about a Star Wars. The issue wasn’t the failure of the area itself but the management with bookings.

[@themainstreetnews]

I wouldn’t say Galaxy’s Edge fails as a land, but rather has immense untapped potential. The land feels somewhat dead and has no energy, it needs more characters and more movement. The land in Paris would be half the size and only feature one ride, ultimately I believe Lion King will beat that.

[@DasTamii]

There are rumours that they maybe will expand the Star Wars part in discovery land

[@loopholesloopy]

sounds like a better idea, I was already thinking there's a lot of star wars in discovery land as is, do we really need a whole new zone for starwars? if they expand discovery land we could maybe get back some of the jules vern stuff and move starwars into the expanded bit@@DasTamii

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

It would be nice if they built the English Garden bit bigger. There’s a lot of Brits Visitors coming around

[@Parkitecture]

It’s going to be interesting seeing these incredible new worlds contrasting with Worlds of Pixar

[@themainstreetnews]

Yeah. WOP is quite bad, but mostly I’m just the older side. If they could remake the Crush / Cars Rally / Carpets area the land itself would be a lot better. Both Place de Remy and Toy Story are pretty nice

[@Parkitecture]

@@themainstreetnews Toy Story needs more capacity, but it would be interesting if they did anything to those 3 you mentioned considering Crush is a guest favorite

[@DavidNodenHooper]

Well done on a very good and informative video

[@themainstreetnews]

Many thanks!

[@jlordlord6335]

Great video! What about the rumors of a sort of miniland for the main park based on Star Wars and located in Discoveryland?

[@themainstreetnews]

Many thanks! Yes, those rumours have quite a bit of backing from great sources and I’ve been hearing some updates regarding it, I also made a video about that some months ago, if you’re interested

[@wee-senchoo7025]

Wandering Oaken in HKDL is dual purpose housing both the short but fun family coaster on top and the meet and greet Playhouse in the Woods below. Without this, Paris has to propose build this in Arendelle Castle. Tokyo's setup in Fantasy Springs is completely different.

[@themainstreetnews]

Well said! The M&G location in Arendelle's castle (Paris) I believe is also somewhat bigger than Playhouse in the Woods!

[@rroca]

Great video! So, regarding frozen, will it be only one ride for the entire land? No roller coaster like the one in Hong Kong?

[@themainstreetnews]

Thanks! That is correct, the Paris version will only have Frozen Ever After but will include the big meet & greet location that is not present in Hong Kong. Of course, it doesn’t replace a ride, but it is what it is 😅

[@AmaelFenix]

will the castle be open to guests?

[@themainstreetnews]

Unfortunately not, just like in Hong Kong the gates to the castle will remain closed.

[@stevedelacruz1628]

Is it still too late to bring Muppet*Vision 3D to either Parc Disneyland Paris or Walt Disney Studios Paris? When The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror will celebrate its 30th anniversary at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, they should update to A New Dimension of Chills with Sally Shine. (Although Rod Serling (voiced by Mark Silverman) should stay as he is important to the ride.)

[@rayansaudi8459]

A beautiful, wonderful and huge development, but unfortunately it is late and slow compared to Shanghai Disney, Orlando and Tokyo. Regarding Hong Kong Disney, the Frozen area has been opened since September 2023, and it has not been disrupted much due to Corona, even though the project was announced with Disney Paris. We hope that The Lion King or Star Wars will open next to the lake, as previously announced. Regarding Disney Park, no new area or ride has been added to it since 1996. The opening of Indiana Jones and Space Mountain. Then the company complains of some losses. Investment in it is very weak. We suggest opening New Fantasy Land similar to Disney Florida. Indeed, it will be a great development for Disney Paris for the first time

[@themainstreetnews]

Regarding the slowness, it is indeed clear. The land and lake only began construction in 2022, 2 years ago and if it opens as we expect in late 2025 it would’ve been nearly 4 years of construction which is quite a bit but keep in mind this is a big expansion. Good ideas!

[@loopholesloopy]

So is the lion king land going to be instead of galaxies edge or is it a whole new area? If it's a new area, does that confirm they are definitely still making galaxies edge?

[@themainstreetnews]

Lion King has replaced Star Wars land, Star Wars will call the other park home, some years later, according to leaks and rumours!

[@mrpoodlefart]

Is there expansion space for more lands in the future?

[@themainstreetnews]

Yes, the lake area will open up something like a total of 4 large expansion plots. One is being used for Arendelle, another for Lion King later on and 2 others remain. Another possible plot of land would see the use of the land currently occupied by Cars Road Trip

[@DavidWinner-hx8bk]

My wife and I are planning on visiting in September of 2025. I'm hoping for a lot of new openings.

[@youtubefreak5935]

I wish they would still make a star wars themed land…

[@Nickskeeee]

I was looking forward to a Star Wars land in Paris. But since it's confirmed that it will be the Lion King, I'm actually curious of what they are going to make of it. Thank you for this very informational video! I can't wait to see everything in real life :D

[@themainstreetnews]

Many thanks for watching! Just to add, Disney is still to confirm Lion King land, but it seems extremely likely!

[@ascallednobody]

I hope they make a Tiana land in the future and like revamp the older parts like the place with the magic carpets and maybe theming in the theater blvd? Or entrance with the Hollywood theme so the tower of terror isn't lonely

[@TobiasBroad]

The theme is certainly changing… to want I’m not exactly sure as it seems to be more unfocused with each new announcement. It feels to me as though they are spending a lot of money for the park to limp on another ten years or so for it to need another grand update later on.

[@themainstreetnews]

The theme of Studio parks has become somewhat diluted, even DHS in Orlando has this problem. Though, it’ll be a little different here as you “step into the screen”. But yeah, it won’t be like Disneyland Park

[@TobiasBroad]

@@themainstreetnews California Adventure also seems to lack a distinct identity as well, it seems Disney struggles to fully realise a second gate. Someone pointed out to me recently that the best second gate, Tokyo DisneySea is actually just Disneyland 2.0 disguise, maybe Imagineering should follow that model in the future?

[@DasTamii]

@@TobiasBroad no, I don’t think Disney sea is like Disneyland at all, but it has beautiful interesting lands with a lot of fun rides, a good structure of the whole park, not like a lot of single pieces put randomly together, like the studios till now. But I think when they are finished and have the parks around the lake the studios also will be more structured and better … the only problem will still be the lack of rides, especially thrill rides. Or at least some kiddy coaster, like Casey jr in Disneyland park or slinky dog in toystory land in the US or the Ariel coaster in Disney sea.

[@TobiasBroad]

@@DasTamii ”beautiful interesting lands, fun rides and good structure” so just like Disneyland then… Disneyland has Lands, DisneySea has Ports, and it has attractions that are very similar to one another for example: It’s a Small World = Sinbad’s Storybook Adventure. Peter Pan’s Flight = 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It’s not a criticism of DisneySea, just an observation and what helps make it such a great park.

[@DasTamii]

@@TobiasBroad ok, I understand where you are coming from, and I didn’t see it as a negative criticism, I just wanted to say, that it’s nothing like Disneyland, it also feels different, but not in a bad way, in a refreshing way but even if it feels different, it still feels like Disney. :)

[@history_leisure]

With the Lion King Rumor, plus Cars Road Trip, would be interesting if they went for something kind of World Showcase-esque with the lands. Cars is US (although having two Cars-themed rides in different areas of the same park is very jarring for Disney), Frozen Scandinavia, Lion King Sub-Saharan Africa, Tangled Germany/central Europe, Marry Poppins for the UK (maybe they add a bit more to the English Garden but I have doubts), Coco or Enacnto for Latin America (currently proposed for WDW), Moana for Polynesia (Probably just a new garden that is basically Journey of Water), Luca isn't really that easy to implement with a ride although Italy kind of needs to be represented with the lake side feel (I doubt Disney would purpose build a circlevsion 360 or similar theater attraction today as they could do a Disney Nature film plus meet and greet and a restaurant), maybe Mulan for China/east asia with a straddle coaster like Tron (they can bring in some of their Chinese imagineers to help with this project)-from Fox there is Isle of Dogs which has Japanese influence and with the Blue Sky IP intact at Genting Skylands, it's highly unlikely Disney will tap into any of these IP's for their resorts even though Ice Age would still be a bit of a missed opportunity

[@brittariedel3446]

We do not need an Epcot copy in Europe, we have all these countries right next door. And there also is Europa Park in Germany which is a much better Park than Disney Studios: it is very well themened and has many good rides most of them way better than the rides at Hollywood Studios. So to go in that direction would be a very bad decision.

[@history_leisure]

@@brittariedel3446 Europa Park is great, I still wouldn’t put it pass management

[@samdevonland]

I need the star wars expansion 😪

[@Chibiusa-P]

This is very exciting 😀

[@vartaxe]

Food food food… we need new attractions

[@kalzium8857]

If i understand correctly, we get one major attraction with frozen and one minor attraction themed after tangled. Then some food options and shows. I think this expansion is interesting. But i think the success of the frozen expansion is hugely dependent how Disney makes frozen 3 and 4. Disney needs to make them cultural phenomens like the first two ones. If they also make over 1 billion $ and you see no public outcry, then the frozen land will be a success. The third land is also interesting. I think that it is no secret that frozen is popular with girls. Therefore i would add a land that is popular with boys to balance it out. I think that not adding galaxys edge is the right descision. Star wars is in a bad spot and to open a land based on the most unpopular triology is a bad idea. The lion king i am not sure. The "live action" remake made a lot of money. But it had mostly a negative reception. I think Disney is waiting for the mufasa prequel to determine the interest in the lion king franchise.

[@themainstreetnews]

You bring some very interesting and important points. The Lion King land will be around the cartoon and not the live action movie, which makes more sense marketing and even theming wise. The Lion King as a brand is indeed very strong, with the “live action” being one of the biggest movies ever in Box Office!

[@TobiasBroad]

Genuine question, was Frozen 2 a cultural phenomenon? From where I was at the time it seemed a blip, I’m very interested how it was viewed elsewhere. You are correct about not having a Star Wars land themed to the latest trilogy, the Avengers Campuses around the world seem to be in set in a non-specific time period, I think the Imagineers could rework and redesign their previous work into more “timeless” version of a Star Wars land if building it from scratch for Paris.

[@kalzium8857]

@@TobiasBroad frozen 2 was somehow more successful than frozen 1. Was it a cultural phenomen? I don't know. Therefore i am curious how frozen 3 and 4 will do at the box office.

[@TobiasBroad]

@@kalzium8857 Very interesting, I had no idea, from my understanding Frozen 2 seems to have very little impact, the shows in various parks are still singing songs from the first film without a trace of any of the songs from the second. I knew about the 3rd Frozen, I had no idea about the 4th, I do think Disney is in danger of running these IPs into the ground, have you since the video by Poseidon Entertainment about this issue? Thank you for your response.

[@kalzium8857]

@@TobiasBroad i am familiar with poseidon entertainment. Ever since his last video on this subject the situation for disney has gotten worse. Aside from sequels to their 2010s, there seems to be nothing in the pipeline that could be a box office success. Sooner or later Disney will probably run out of franchises. Btw there is an online database called boxofficemojo to check how successful the latest movies are.

[@MrRodrigocv]

I've riden frozen at Hong Kong and also in Tokyo. Guess which one is better? Unless Paris makes some changes to Frozen Ever After it will be underwhelming. Also I feel a lack of rides in this new expansion...

[@willsmythantrim]

We need AVATAR

[@DasTamii]

Noooo!!!! 😂 Then go to the US one, we need something new no other park has or will ever get! But not the lion king =____= But more important, we need more rides!

[@willsmythantrim]

@@DasTamii But with so many Avatar films coming we could have a land devoted to one of the films as Florida has Avatar 1 floating mountains we could have some other land

[@DasTamii]

@@willsmythantrim we could. And of course it would be cool, but I still would be wishing for something totally different and save avatar for the third park they want to build. 😅 Actually, I would think a „villain land“ of all the classic villains would be really interesting too, not mandatory for the studios, but maybe at any time in the future. But I don’t think Disney will do this 😅

[@willsmythantrim]

@@DasTamii Oh for the third gate would be a good draw! Yes a villains land would be AMAZING 🤩

[@DasTamii]

I am so excited for all of this, but I am also a little disappointed, that they make a whole new land and only build on single ride in it … they could at least make two rides like in hongkong (even tho the roller coaster in Hong Kong is a joke), especially a thrill ride in addition, cause Paris really needs more thrill rides. But in general I am really excited. And is it already really official, that the third land will be the lion king? Cause I like the lion king … but I think Encanto, coco or Moana would be way more interesting… :/

[@pamelagreen7380]

Thank you we are so excited.

[@themainstreetnews]

Us too!

[@loopholesloopy]

the lack of rides is a bit concerning, lot of walking and things to buy not a lot to do, I feel like thrill seekers will be bored, not to mention other "lands" in the parks have a lot more rides crammed in them.

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[@ThatOneDudeWhoPostsStuff]

I really hope we see Galaxy's Edge in the park 🙏🙏🙏

[@paulfawcett2288]

It’s going to be a cheap confusing mess

[@brittariedel3446]

Without a galaxys Edge expansion and more modern state of the art rollercoasters the Studios remain dull and boring. And to miss out on Star Wars is a big mistake. We will spend our money in Orlando or Anaheim because they have Rise of the resistance (THE best darkride ever built) then or just skip Disney parks and enjoy all the great european parks like Park Asterix, Europapark, Phantasialand etc which all have much better rides and also great theming. And what is Disney planning to do, if Universal opens up in the UK? Definitely would go there instead of Paris, because Universal has Harry Potter. And Disneys refuses to use their most expensive IP, Star Wars.

[@ThatOneDudeWhoPostsStuff]

We need Galaxy's Edge so they can take all that star Wars stuff out of Discovery Land and into its own area. Discovery Land is nothing more than a poorly disguised Star Wars land at this point!

[@jessicalua8715]

Oh ok

[@jessicalua8715]

No frozen in Disney Paris

[@Todo__aniime]

Yes and it is under construction, the inauguration is scheduled for 2025.

[@DasTamii]

Did you even watch the video or following any news the last 4-5 years about that? 😅

[@jessicalua8715]

😒👎🏼😡