LEGOLAND's 2013 Expansion: Park Cutting Corners?

As you may have read on our official Twitter page, LEGOLAND Florida has revealed that the park will officially unveil some of the details regarding the park's 2013 expansion (which is rumored to involve characters from the new "Legends of Chima" LEGO series) on March 19, 2013. Unfortunately, a recent Screamscape update is reporting something quite negative. It looks like the new area may consist of only one single ride. No restaurants, merchandise locations, or other minor attractions could be included. Here's Screamscape post:

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2013 - New Land / Legends of Chima - (3/14/13) Legoland Florida has sent word that they will make their announcement regarding the park’s new expansion on March 19th. With that said… I’m hearing that the plans for the new land have been shrunk back quite a bit since the early plans with the pirate theme were first leaked months ago. While the park will get the same Legends of Chima 4D film as the other Legoland parks, the new “land” is now rumored to really be just one new attraction… a themed splash battle style ride. If true, the themed Rocking Tug ride, splash-ground area and new merchandise shop were either cut or pushed back into a Phase 2 expansion instead. 

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If that is true, we are sorry but we would not be able to defend the park. LEGOLAND needs to add as much as possible to continue to attract visitors, especially since one of their most important target demographics is locals. Instead of trying to ameliorate their plans they try to "shrink them back?" No, that doesn't sound like a good strategy. Unless they have something more in store for us before the year ends, who knows...

What do you think? Of course, remember that this is still a rumor. We'll have more information on March 19.