HUGE Walt Disney World Expansion Updates, Spider-Man Stuntronic Show Ending

[@lindamemo5224]

That Spider-Man thing was the best part of the whole land. That’s sad.

[@PS-zw4yc]

Wasn’t that like the whole thing from avenger land ? There’s nothing left just the single ride?

[@greatnarwhal9106]

it was the only good thing in that whole land… literally the only thing

[@mikesteinkrauss9773]

Literally every time I have ever been in the area there are hundreds of people watching the show. and that is 6 or so times a day Kind f baffling

[@lcflngn]

Whaat, oh noooo!

[@dannygrau2983]

​@lcflngn that's the last straw!!!

[@aaronc.1789]

The spider man show is the best attraction in that land. I hope the rumor ends up being just something temporary, like a brief refurbishment, and not a complete closure

[@dannygrau2983]

Disney getting rid of the spiderman show ?!!! This is the final straw.

[@achannell362]

The last thing I was expecting to hear viewing this was the Spidey attraction closing. That was the highlight of my first and only visit to Avengers hallway last summer. What. The actual. Eff.

[@AmusementLabs]

That stintronic is the only thing that interested me about Avengers Campus. Now I have no reason to even put it on my schedule let along go.

[@Lordvader0727]

I hope Disney can keep a mini Rivers of America in Frontierland

[@HeatherDuncan-og8us]

I love the Disneyland RR so much! Just hearing that iconic announcer's voice brings back so many nostalgic feels

[@brianwu2697]

I liked the old spiel better as this current spiel sounds more like a radio announcer. The introduction to New Orleans Square just before arriving at the station was also updated with the mention of Bayou County.

[@tjpetrucce8156]

The Spidey animatronic (not the show itself), the food, character meetings, and Guardians are the only redeeming parts of Avengers Campus.

[@michaelbilgen2976]

They better not cancel the Spider Man show. It's one of the most amazing things that WDI has ever created.

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Exactly!

[@dannygrau2983]

​@@michaelsullivan3581that's the final straw.

[@michaelbilgen2976]

IKR?

[@dannygrau2983]

@michaelbilgen2976 oh no, they ain't !!!

[@tschmoke]

I’m curious how much the cuts to Disneyland entertainment is due to performer unionization and Disney wanting an upper hand for bargaining (i.e., threatening more cuts or continuing with limited entertainment unless the get what they want out of the bargaining process).

[@lcflngn]

Oh jeez, can’t argue but that would be so stupid & sad if true.

[@ReyaadawnMTG]

"We can't stop here, we're in Bayou Country!"

[@DS-pe8tt]

22:40 yeah it is bad. Friday there wasn’t a parade at either DCA or Disneyland. The seasonal entertainment at DCA was either cut or down to only two shows back to back in the middle of the day and the crowds reflected it. you could get on little mermaid with five minutes, which usually is not the case with lightning lane and you could get on Soarin’ with 20 minutes wait. The lack of crowds reflected the lack of entertainment.

[@Tarinator]

Maybe the stunttronic is moving to another park? It would be a poor decision to just scrap it, and it would fit very well in DLP for example.

[@djdef5521]

Oh no!! The sight lines!!

[@wheelindisney5874]

On cutting entertainment to save money for Disneyland Forward - that sure sounds like an excuse to me. How expensive is it to put on the Spiderman show for a year? A couple million dollars? 10 million? They're spending a couple of billion dollars on Disneyland Forward. Even 10 million is just a rounding error. (Just for reference, an off-Broadway play probably doesn't cost 10 million a year. ON Broadway - 20 to 30 million.) PS - It was fun to meet you at Disneyland on Saturday - I was the older guy wearing a Disney shirt that would fit in to your on screen wardrobe. Hope you had a good and productive trip. I already see bits in this episode that were likely from that trip.

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Thank you Tom and the entire WDWNT Team! PS: I said, out loud, "free" when prompted!

[@TheComicRelief9001]

That's upsetting, I showed a video of the Spider-Man show to my brother and he genuinely thought that it was a person until I explained it to him.

[@sargentrowell81]

I don't think WDW could use the Spiderman animatronic since they have that stupid contract about not having certain Marvel characters in the parks. I would love it if I'm wrong and Spiderman is an exception the way that the Guardians of the Galaxy apparently are but I would think they probably would've put spiderman in the parks. It has something to do with Universal if I recall correctly. Disney can't put certain marvel characters in their parks east of the Mississippi River.

[@MichaelEdrupt-hk4lo]

As someone from the UK who has yet to visit and see the Spider-Man stuntronic, I would love for it to transfer over to Paris! There is also an expansion plot behind Avengers Campus, Theatre of the Stars, and the future Lion King plot that I’d love to see used for one or two more Avengers themed rides to really flesh out the land. Perhaps a Wakanda mini land to help transition into Lion King?

[@travellingwaiters]

The quote you're looking for (and I believe it was Arthur C Clarke who said it?) is "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

[@WDWNT]

That’s it

[@greatnarwhal9106]

the only thing that made avengers campus ok at best was the live entertainment which is mostly gone now, the spider man ride sucks so why even go to that area

[@DS-pe8tt]

20:22 more entertainment cut especially the cool entertainment! What’s left to enjoy?

[@DimitriyMykhaylovDisneyFan]

It Means It Will be Soon Time to Say Goodbye to the Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Liberty Belle Riverboat.

[@People_of_the_Mouse]

the trolley should come back as a link between DCA and the DF DCA expansion.

[@KatesKookyKitchen]

TOM!! Did you sell your DVC membership?!?

[@saulodorian]

I always roll my eyes when I hear Disney has to do anything "due to budget." I'd imagine those parks have a huge surplus.

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Canceling the Spiderman Stuntronic show is like cutting off your nose to spite your face! Utter psychosis!

[@alextirrellRI]

Disneyland Railroad no longer shows the final scene for what was Splash Mountain, being the last scene for Tiana's? That's kind of a big deal. I'm really hoping that's not the final state, because there have been multiple things for Tiana's at DL that don't seem to be ready/open for DVC preview.

[@yankeesusa1]

This is our 3rd time using dvc store rental and it keeps getting better. They now have a cash return policy which is unheard of. We've used the other rental service and it's worked just as well but no returns at all.

[@EEvtg]

Tom I don't think you should praise WDW entertainment too much before they even bring back stuff like the GF Orchestra and Citizens of Hollywood😢

[@WDWNT]

Someone fought to bring back those acts and institute new ones, I don’t think it’s a good idea to not say when the right moves are made.

[@EEvtg]

@ True, I can’t argue with that! It’s definitely great WDW’s getting additions not cuts. I suppose I’m still too salty about what has not returned post bandemic

[@marie-hu5yq]

What happened to little mermaid show at Hollywood studios? I thought that was coming back this fall

[@VelocicoasterFanboy]

Work has begun!

[@CaraOleary]

I filled out info at Be our Guest and no one ever contacted me. I booked the cruise myself and the trip to Universal.

[@touchofmagicbyronny7916]

We have the place and equipments on the roofs for it in Paris (I do work on the Campus in Entertainment), but as what can see budgetly actually I believe for the short time, we will not have it, and also for maintenance costs reasons end security realability (france norms). But that just my opinions of what i can hear. I am not talking on behalf of TWDC. We will see ;-)

[@haleynason1851]

I find it VERY fascinating with the wait time display sign that you can view the Epcot and the Magic KIngdom fireworks at the same time. Maybe I will ask the wait time display for Christmas. When we stayed in Kisseme Florida, we stayed at a hotel called the Vaction Villas, and when we were staying on the 20th floor, we cold see the Epcot ball from the balcony we were staying on. But why are they showing fireworks at the Magic Kingdom at 8:30pm? Isn't it usually 9pm?

[@davidfitzsimmons2451]

Future frontierland train conductor audio: "this is my favorite part of the line, concrete mockeries of natural beauty as far as the eye can see."

[@Floridapanthers2020]

That stuntronic is the reason why Disney is still ahead of anyone in the game.

[@adamp2384]

It’s cool and all but not insanely revolutionary it just bends at the waist and rolls over, again very cool but nothing crazy

[@camhesse1]

@@adamp2384ummmmmm it does a lot more than that lol. And it’s not a simple feat…

[@ErikaEmody]

““Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” - Arthur C. Clarke. Pretty dang close, Tom, pretty dang close. 🙌🌟🌟🌟

[@badbiker666]

I am guessing that the place where you can see the Magic Kingdom and Epcot fireworks at the same time is from the California Grill restaurant at Disney's Contemporary Resort. I can't think of any other place where that's possible.

[@lizciampa]

I absolutely love the dinosaur plushes at the dino games area. I’m going to miss those! I wonder what they’ll do with all those when it’s closed.

[@EdwardandJessicaMiller]

Scalpers will buy them up like the plushy Brers when Splash was closed.

[@DocDoccus]

They'll be bought up and be sold at the Lakeland Antique Mall for inflated prices.

[@metallicnole4514]

I wonder how long it will take villains land to be completed. People seem to be dead set on at least 5 years

[@adamp2384]

Oh yea at least, I say 2030 at the earliest

[@ginadoyle4089]

If Tron is the metric…

[@SheereenLychee]

i saw websites that kislux that carry lv and chanel new collection! like exact blue print and looks like high quality too.

[@facusmendoza1061]

Originally back when they have encantó coco and the villains before encanto move to animal Kingdom and all that plot was replaced by cars there was no plans in sacrificing rivers of America but what I seen a new episode of DSNY Newscast it will be a lot of cost

[@erin1282]

I noticed the construction when I was on thunder this past week

[@krisrhood2127]

Spider-Man doesn't get the respect he deserves

[@lindamemo5224]

I love okukai. We bought shoes at Anaheim Disneyland

[@lucasgallanipacheco]

Will have charnaborg villian land

[@alextirrellRI]

I seriously wonder if Tom has slept in the last couple days, between stuff at WDW and DLR!

[@terri_blueberri]

The spiderman stuntronic was such a huge draw and they went to all the work to build that show into the land. It was so exciting every single time and people love it. I hate this so much and I hate what they're doing at Disneyland right now.

[@chadm2466]

Disney has not been the same since the Disney family left. All they want to put in the parks is IP into the parks. No Originality left. It's slowly becoming an amusement park and not a theme park.

[@AndrewBouma]

How does adding themed IP lands that other places can't have make it an amusement park instead. That's the opposite of making it more basic.

[@chadm2466]

@AndrewBouma Tell me how cars land will fit in with Frontierland. How it will fit in with Colonial America. Also tell me how Indiana Jones fits in with Animal Kingdom or Encanto.

[@austinphillips5719]

Not sure how Disney world could use the Spiderman stuntronic. Maybe Indiana Jones could fly around on his whip over the new land at animal kingdom (:

[@SweatyGreaseMan]

What is there even to do in avengers campus right now, bootleg spider toy story mania?

[@MoiveGuy24]

I’m actually excited about cars land and villains land! I mean, yeah they could just build a fifth park and put all these new ideas into the fifth park because I’m sure they have room for a fifth park but still I’m excited about these new lands and I can’t wait to see them, I would love it if they could bring back the original journey to imagination with figment and add dream Finder back with updated technology

[@christopherjunkins]

knowing disney now, a new park would be so small and crappy... just copy/paste stuff with a lack of theming elements and mall-store style shopping that it wouldn't be worth it. I mean look at how little they theme things now. Epcot's recent overhaul anyone?

[@PlayItForTradition]

Avengers Campus, suffers from even more Value-Engineering years after it opens.

[@CarthageForever]

A little too late. See y'all at Epic Universe!

[@Delundon]

Agreed. I wanted them to close the Spider-Man stuntronic show sooner. It's too little, too late Disney! I'll be partaking in Epic Universe festivities. And everything will work perfectly!

[@spinetickspressing]

The demolition of Rivers of America is my final straw. Maybe Disney will come to its senses? Probably not. I'm 100% in for Epic Universe until they reverse course.

[@libertysdaddy1514]

Closing spiederman stunt show is absolutely terrible that is the coolest thing on the west coast

[@alansimonis8283]

"Who needs live entertainment when we can just strand people for 45min in the Web Slingers holding pen?" -Josh D'Amaro, probably This is so ridiculous - the only reason you build a Marvel Land at a theme park is so that guests can see the superheroes do superhero stuff in real life. It honestly doesn't matter that the architecture mostly sucks (except the one thing that's now vacant), because what are the iconic Marvel locations anyway? Watching Dr. Strange casting magic. Or Spider-Man flipping around on webs. Or the Avengers fighting bad guys. Or a stage show about Captain America. That's the immersive element - without the live performers, you might as well just build a Six Flags.

[@JoeCosentino]

Mugs up last time a year and a half ago, shaking more money from our pockets

[@madihaley23]

Dino land USA should be changed to Zootopia land And it makes sense Indiana Jones and Encanto makes no sense because they’re both combined And it makes no sense

[@ginadoyle4089]

The disgrace of the imagination pavilion. ….Once so fun! Now…so sad.

[@mutecryptid]

RiP the stunt-a-tronic 😞

[@8-Bit-Babes]

This, my friends, is tubular.

[@EveryCrazyDay]

Project ROW… hmm wonder what that could stand for, real or wrong answers accepted.

[@AndrewBouma]

Well you said it "real or wrong" ROW 🤣🤣 JK, retheme of wasted space.

[@EveryCrazyDay]

@ thank you for noticing lol

[@-M-A-B-]

Frontier racecar land.

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

Tiana Land ride will be a reason For Japan to close its border.

[@EdwardandJessicaMiller]

FBI.

[@themeparkcheetah]

Leave Magic Kingdom alone!

[@ryanhammond9044]

No! Change needs to happen

[@themeparkcheetah]

@@ryanhammond9044 yes change should happen, but an entire section of the park doesn’t need to be demolished

[@happymaskedguy1943]

Walt himself said that Disneyland, and by extension all Disney parks, would never be finished. Change is part of life, and new things need to be given a chance to shine. Disney World isn’t a museum, though I do think that certain rides, like Pirates of the Caribbean and Big Thunder Mountain should never leave.

[@happiestplace3754]

I believe the quote is, "Leave Britney Alone".

[@Lordvader0727]

They need to keep a mini rivers of America

[@EvaMorse-b8o]

I admire your ability to create quality content! Thank you for your hard work and creativity.🥦😀✊

[@happymaskedguy1943]

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[@Delundon]

​​​@@happymaskedguy1943No, no, the fembot is right. Tom's really good at doing the news.

[@DocDoccus]

@@Delundon I'm reporting the fembot regardless. Even moreso, WDWNT should ban this robot account anyway.

[@EPiche09]

Tom hate (HATES) generic plush. Gross.

[@stevenferrante4520]

First

[@happymaskedguy1943]

What an insightful and worthwhile comment. Congratulations. Your medal is on its way. I hope you have a speech prepared.

[@Thomas-kp8mo]

You don’t know any news be real. No journalist or KZbinr does.

[@happymaskedguy1943]

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[@nolanohana]

Based on the time it took to finish the Epcot work around the fountain 2019-2024, this expansion should be completed by 2044. Don’t use COVID as an excuse, as Universal has almost completed Epic Universe during the same period. 🥸

[@ginadoyle4089]

Yup. Poor management at the top.