One Man's Dream had been the resort's tribute to Walt Disney, installed upon the 100th anniversary of his birth. Featuring a film biography of Disney, the attraction also featured Walt's office from the Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California, as well as other historic pieces from the Disney Archives.
Over the years, though, Disney's chipped away at that concept. The office was returned to California. Some of the historic artifacts gave way to Imagineering models of Disney attractions around the world. And Disney often stopped showing the Walt biopic in favor of screening previews of upcoming films from its studios.
So today's move just completes that process. In effect, Disney is transforming the space into a larger version of the Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar from Disney California Adventure. Ironically, that space has remained without an exhibit for years and has become basically a private meet and greet space.
The Walt Disney Presents attraction next month will begin displaying models of the upcoming Toy Story Land and Star Wars Galaxy's Edge lands that are now under construction in the park. The preview center also will display concept art from Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway, which is replacing The Great Movie Ride. The film theater will continue to show previews of upcoming films, and the space will continue to serve as a meet and greet area for a rotating cast of characters. And some of the history exhibits will remain. So this is less a change and more a recognition of how this space has evolved.
Now, how about some love - and a Star Wars land model - for the DCA Blue Sky Cellar, too, Disney?
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I also thought One Man's Dream was to be partially demolished to make way for the new Toy Story Land entrance. So will they remove the lobby and convert the theater area into the preview area?
That whole back area of DHS is hard to navigate.
The One Man’s Dream attraction is currently being reimagined into Walt Disney Presents, which like its predecessor, will continue showcasing historic items from Walt Disney’s history, such as sketches, photos and storyboards.
The dangeours part of Disney's strategy would be if the cancelled or even deayed some of the announced projects ... Which they have done in the past.
This "Hype Center" is nothing more than a way to utilize space Disney has no use for right now, and something park managers can point to as an "attraction" for guests to do while they're twiddling their thumbs waiting for their FP+ reservation on one of the 4 rides in the park. In other words, Disney can point to this as a way to justify charging full price to enter a half-day park.
Just because Universal hasn't announced a broad development plan in Florida (like they did in Hollywood with Evolution), doesn't mean there isn't a wider, long term development plan in place. They clearly have a plan in place to add in-house hotel rooms, and have already announced new attractions to debut over the next 2 years (much further in advance than theme park operators not named Disney), and have already announced a future Nintendo Land that's a bit further down the road. Disney didn't reveal any Avatar details 3+ years out, so why would you expect Universal to be any different. If Universal is working on attractions incorporating new and unique ride systems or technologies, they wouldn't want to spill the beans too far in advance to allow competitors to copy them.
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