Why not? What's Epcot without a new empty building?I was gonna say....Future World is all but gone!!! What are they going to do with all the empty buildings, just leave them?
Blech. I'm just going enter/exit through World Showcase and put blinders on to run to any rides in Future World I want to go on!
This is what feels even more of an unknown. I was planning to be in Orlando for 4 weeks starting mid April. But.... Right now where I live the airports are closed through at Least April 30th other than a few one way repatriate flights scheduled this week. Those who live here can only return if they sign a form with the government that if found to have the virus, they are responsible for all costs of treating it and all costs of anyone who gets it from you. Can't imagine that will work in the US. So now my trip is looking like on hold for a very long time not just that I can't go to Disney, even if I have way to come, I can not easily return home. I image international travel will go through some big changes at least for the rest of 2020.
I wouldn't really be surprised either way, honestly. I don't think they're expecting to make much money off of it, so it could go to Disney+. Or I could see them pushing it out to theaters when they start to reopen, as it seems like business will be a bit slow as people re-emerge anyways.
I think holding it off may be a bad call and they may be evaluating that. The hype will be gone, the public won't be ready to come back to theaters en masse ..they will start to conflict with other theatre releases, etc.
Yes that is my understanding as well. Rather I heard it was a custom piece of glass that was broke in the process and needed to be reordered. I am not sure if that had happened prior to all of this. So if that piece of glass (or screen) has been delayed in production that could push it back further. It all really depends on when the park reopens but yeah I don't see Space 220 just being scrapped.
Any new countries (mainly Brazil) were very troubled long before this anyways so I wouldn't even include that in this. One thing I see in the mid-future and not too long delayed would be the Play Pavilion. A lot of work has already been done to WoL and permits had been filed for some show set installations and stuff like that.
This might just reflect the fact that DVC owners can book/cancel much more easily than cash reservations because its just about having the points. And with the way DVC is handling cancellations due to the virus there is really no downside to making the reservation.
Pretty much although I can speak a little bit to what's happening with WDI, many are working from home of course and many aren't doing much of anything. Your people like Joe Rohde will always be involved in some of the larger discussions taking place but lower level Imagineers are almost essentially laid off. As in that Blog Mickey article even Buena Vista Construction, the in house construction and maintenance company in WDW is being suspended/laid off essentially.
