And jumping into an attraction renovation and trying to get it done in a certain window to hit a movie release date isn’t Disney’s style.
The movie could, at least in theory, open whenever it wants once theaters are open, but theme park attractions take more time to get ready than that.
These things usually take their time, and so it seems likely that by pushing things off by almost exactly a year, the time table remains essentially intact, only the year has changed.
While things may have changed in the three years since he said that, it’s quite likely that, with the parks closed down now and no work being done inside them, whatever was planned for the attractions is also on hold.