Not really comparing, but giving a point of reference that we know it's going to cost a lot less. I even said it there. Reason I brought it up is there's little precedent for constructing out an area not from scratch.
So let's say building out SPW would cost 1/4th that of Pandora, that would be $125,000,000; about $250 per square foot.
I guess the reason I bring that up is I've seen people talk here, and elsewhere about the cost and how's SEAS going to afford this. This isn't going to be as expensive as most think. I would bet with the work for this park, change in parking, repaving tram dropoff....$200million roughly? They can drop that some with used rides or moving rides with low ridership from other parks.
And lastly with the 'how will they afford'; like I said, wouldn't shock me if Sesame Workshop invested some to see this built. 2 parks with their name on the outside as opposed to another land? I bet they want it to happen just as much as anyone else.
WDWRLD said:
Half a Billion, so 500 million. But you get what you pay for, it opened on time and fully functioning. We spend an entire afternoon riding Flight of Passage and River Journey over and over a couple weeks before opening at it ran flawless. In fact they designed in show elements that they could use in the event of portions of the show breaking. The Containment room has various presentations based on how slow or fast the ride is running and the Shamen of Sound can be rolled back out of the guest view and a projection turned on as a backup.
That's also what happens when you take 6 years to develop and 3 years to build. It also didn't open on time, it opened 1 year late.
