Tokyo Disney Resort expansion
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It does not look like the ROI is guaranteed...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2024/05/13/tokyo-disney-forecasts-attendance-this-year-will-be-down-11-on-2019-despite-2-billion-expansion/

Originally Posted by Lee82

Imagine having all the skills, imagineers and engineers to produce stuff like this at all your theme parks, but you choose not to because the cost do not fit into an arbitrary budget, even though the ROI is guaranteed....

On the other hand, the same Disney suits were fine giving Indiana Jones Dial of Destiny a $387M budget...

Official photos of the Tangled area:






https://www.fashion-press.net/news/40559

Imagine having all the skills, imagineers and engineers to produce stuff like this at all your theme parks, but you choose not to because the cost do not fit into an arbitrary budget, even though the ROI is guaranteed....

On the other hand, the same Disney suits were fine giving Indiana Jones Dial of Destiny a $387M budget...

Official photos from the Neverland part of the land:








https://www.fashion-press.net/news/40559

Official photos from the Frozen section of the land:








https://www.fashion-press.net/news/40559

An excellent HD no-nonsense ride through video of Anna and Elsa's Frozen Journey by one of the best unofficial Disney photographers out there:


NB for his review of the ride, see here:
https://www.disneytouristblog.com/anna-elsa-frozen-journey-ride-review-photos-video-fantasy-springs-tokyo-disneysea/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3-PFJRhjoeDX1YhgXOfyPmARPlySf0UeJNcBbeMxu5Rs8RLScYykkpxQk_aem_AWnJPjBGHAwNdWcoC4_Lo0orXtHCoOVXKeIMLzxIOoBBlfxNVB-ryWN68blJaJhIXBAZOVMB-zIpGz4Z3CVgeVoJ

Interesting look at the hotel's two sections:

The first complex walkthrough of the hotel, land, attractions, eateries and other amenities. A very well put together video as usual from TDR Explorer:

I like it. Although it doesn't appear like it has the 4D elements as Spiderman (which set the bar 20 years ago), it looks quite charming and fun, and I'm glad OLC stuck to the original characters and were not entertained by Disney's awful Peter Pan and Wendy version.