I personally would love them to make another park entrance which goes straight into Star Wars land from the parking lot if it's going to span behind there.
Everyone is talking this one as no-go for financial reasons, but truth be told it probably shouldn't happen for "Show" reasons. All Disney theme parks are about the show - and the entrance is an important part of that. I've mentioned this elsewhere - but the new concept of "Disney's Hollywood Adventure" to me says you will enter into the park through the "Hollywood" section, and from there will be transported "into the movies" in various lands: Toy Story Land, Star Wars Land, now maybe Muppet land. Entering directly into Star Wars Land would tonally not work at all.
(Note the one exception to this is the Grand Californian entrance to DCA - which breaks the idea of one entrance / one show. I give this a pass only because the lodge is themed to that section of the park - and the transition is a pretty clean one.)
Offering a straight in and straight out would defeat the whole purpose. Marketing 101 is to get you to have to go past all the other items before getting to the one you came for.
Another good point - it's no coincidence that they place the headliners at the farmost corners of the park typically.
I would suggest not getting too tied up on size...
It's not the size of it...it's how they use it.
Totally agree with this 14 acres is plenty of space for an awesome theme park experience.
Case in point fantasyland...which has the widest pathways I've ever seen and that silly out of place colonnade at the expansion entrance...
Basically they wasted space. Lots of fluff...unless you want to book a fastpass for asphalt (stayed tuned on that)
What are you talking about - you can already book FP+ for asphalt. I did this for the new MK Parade.
However - I don't think wider pathways is a bad idea. A lot of the reconstruction in MK lately has been about expanding the walkways (the Liberty Square / Fantasyland transition, the hub expansion, the Main Street bypass), the parks just weren't built for the crowds that they are seeing.
I was talking with someone who recently visited Disney Imagineering in California. Apparently, they have a whole area/building dedicated to Avatar/Pandora, but they don't have anything like that set up for Star Wars yet. I don't know if this bodes well for quick progress or a quality result. Maybe they were hiding it or maybe it's being done offsite, like Lucas
I got the impression that the CM was even saying there wasn't anything set up yet. I hope that's not true.
I don't buy this AT ALL. They might not have been shown it, but there's no way it doesn't exist...they've been working on this for 3 years already. It's all completely designed and somewhere in a room there's a full-scale model. Just because they show a cast member something that is nearing completion (Avatar) doesn't mean they're going to show them something that is mostly under wraps.
While I'm sure that it will appeal to children, I expect an area that will encompass some great attractions that will draw adults.
Actually - while I like to think that there will be some appeal there - I really do think that the concept art we've seen says this will be targeted firmly at the pre-tween set. The coaster I picture will be along the lines of the 7DMT - not quite a kiddie coaster, but something for just about anyone. I expect some sort of eatery as well, and certainly it will appeal to some adults, but not unlike Fantasyland does. My only wish is that they were adding at least one more kids ride, i think it's a missed opportunity to put in a new land like this and only add two rides.
