Check out the annual report cover art......

[kathleena]

........and look how they all relate to a rumor!

http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/annual_reports/2006/int/dint.html

Top: Changes to Indy Speedway to Cars theme
2nd Left: Hmmmm, not sure, not sure
2nd right: Toy Story on Broadway or a theatre in the park?
3rd left top: Remake Tom Sawyer Island to Pirates
3rd left bottom: 5th gate!
3rd right: Fantasmic ireplacement,looks movie themed - not a rumor, but ????
4th left: Midway Mania rumored for MGM (RIP WWTBAM, if you died for this you died in vain......)
4th right: Monsters Inc ride for MGM, a variation on the DL one.

Or maybe a ride destined for DLP, TDL or HKDL?

Some of these just can't be coincidental!!!!!

[kathleena]

Heh heh, I guess Jim Hill Media has other speculations. I'm sure my guesses are just that!

http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/01/18/want-a-peek-at-the-mouse-house-s-future-then-check-out-the-on-line-version-of-the-walt-disney-company-s-2006-annual-report.aspx

[Moley]

:mickey: How cool is this? Talk about a year of dreams!! :mickey: Kathleena, thanks so much for posting this. It really gets the goosebumps going. :mickey:

[OhMickeyYoureSoFine]

Nice

http://corporate.disney.go.com/investors/annual_reports/2006/images/drm/2_6.jpg

[WillCAD]

3rd left bottom: 5th gate!

Er, probably not, since Disney has no current plans to build a 5th theme park in Florida.

I would speculate that the image in question is a concept rendering of one of the other locations that DIsney is rumored to be eyeing up: Mainland China, Korea, Taiwan, or Australia.

WDW construction has been focused entirely on new DVC properties for the last few years, with the slight exception of Western Way and the new attractions in the existing theme parks. The next big construction project will be the recently-announced Villas at AKL, and I would bet money that after that it will be the Contemporary Villas (which will probably sell out faster than any other property in the history of DVC).

[Robin]

I would think the water spectacular is proposed for either CA or a replacement for Fantasmic. I see some movie tie-ins (Lion King, Little Mermaid, Fantasmic?), and I don't see them fitting into Epcot.

[MissBianca]

This is all very interesting--great to see they continue to think ahead. I have to agree with Will; I think another location is much more likely than a 5th gate at WDW.

I see they're really pushing the Pixar movies now--I think that can only be for the better of the parks. I'd love to see some of the wit that has gone into neo-classics like Toy Story appear in WDW attractions. Not since the original Muppets has any team managed to create humor that is so successful for both children and adults.

[geffric]

thanks for posting.. definately food for thought.

[ILoveMickey]

This looks like something they would put in New York. Maybe has something to do with that hotel chain thing? If you look at the building on the right it looks like their is a silioute of the Statue of Liberty.




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