User blog comment:SodaDog/Is Toontown Fading into Obsucurity?/@comment-2051666-20130216034335/@comment-4343163-20130216221742

It's not like Disney can create new features out of thin air. It needs time, planning, and especially money.

Maybe it's a HUGE update that's taking Disney this long; as well as taking up their time (which is why we still have a hacker problem).