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I don't think a Toon Lagoon conversion to SpongeBob will be as difficult as it sounds. The foundations of TL are fine, it's just not a land that you can enjoy if your not interested in the rides themselves with no relevant IP to keep you there. Having two water rides next to each other is fine, issue is you need to provide something dry. You don't necessarily need a ride, but a theater show could work.
Glove World - where the theater/carnival games currently are. "Cover" the TL Theater with a Glove World facade/backdrop and put a flat ride in the courtyard area out front. Put theater entrance somewhere
Bikini Bottom
Jellyfish Fields - Popeye's area. If you repaint the rocks from orange to purple, you get pretty close to the SpongeBob aesthetic without doing much else here. It's pretty remarkable how close this area resembles SpongeBob, just needs a paint job.
Dining
Krusty Burger (Comic Strip Cafe) - would pay for a whole new theme park on its own. It's a massive QSR location, really just need to work on the façade.
Chum Bucket (Gasoline Alley) - convert to a counter service offering "chum" fries and whatever crazy things they can come up with. Should be easy to eat items, something to walk around with.
Kelp Shakes (Wimpy's) - need to provide some sort of reason to make this location more popular/unique
Retail
Barg 'n' Mart (Toon Extra)
M&G Exit Shop (Wossamotta U)
Attractions
SpongeBob Stage Show
Flat Ride - something for kids to do themed to Glove World
To Be Named (Ripsaw)
Jellyfish Field Rapids (Popeye's)
Meet & Greet Space (choice ala Princess Fairy Tale Hall) - Enter via SpongeBob's house (approx. AP lounge), indoor queue, etc. Exit through the gift shop (Wossamotta U)
I always thought Mrs Puff’s driving school would be a great theme for a ride. Built in “everything goes wrong” vibes. I’d also love a gag animatronic of Mrs. Puff all blown up at the end of the ride.
I remember when the first episode of Spongebob premiered and, for the first time with a NickToon, not enjoying it. So personally I would not want this to happen, but I can admit that it would be popular with the public.
I do agree that Toon Lagoon needs a dry ride, IoA's biggest problem to me was always that unless you wanted to get wet there were no rides between Spider-Man and Dueling Dragons, now Kong and VelociCoaster have reduced that problem but Toon Lagoon still needs something. I have always maintained that a Rocky and Bullwinkle water dark ride was the perfect solution, a nice slow journey through the woods with plenty of comedy gags and you have Boris and Natasha set off a bomb for your action moment.
I have always maintained that a Rocky and Bullwinkle water dark ride was the perfect solution, a nice slow journey through the woods with plenty of comedy gags and you have Boris and Natasha set off a bomb for your action moment.
As I mentioned before, Toon Lagoon was supposed to have a Rocky & Bullwinkle coaster, but sadly was cut because IOA was already having budget issues.
I was told that it would've also gone through & around "Mount Dudley". I'm sure there is concept art somewhere in existence. But yea, a dry ride would help the balance.
I always thought Mrs Puff’s driving school would be a great theme for a ride. Built in “everything goes wrong” vibes. I’d also love a gag animatronic of Mrs. Puff all blown up at the end of the ride.
I don't think a Toon Lagoon conversion to SpongeBob will be as difficult as it sounds. The foundations of TL are fine, it's just not a land that you can enjoy if your not interested in the rides themselves with no relevant IP to keep you there. Having two water rides next to each other is fine, issue is you need to provide something dry. You don't necessarily need a ride, but a theater show could work.
Glove World - where the theater/carnival games currently are. "Cover" the TL Theater with a Glove World facade/backdrop and put a flat ride in the courtyard area out front. Put theater entrance somewhere
Bikini Bottom
Jellyfish Fields - Popeye's area. If you repaint the rocks from orange to purple, you get pretty close to the SpongeBob aesthetic without doing much else here. It's pretty remarkable how close this area resembles SpongeBob, just needs a paint job.
Dining
Krusty Burger (Comic Strip Cafe) - would pay for a whole new theme park on its own. It's a massive QSR location, really just need to work on the façade.
Chum Bucket (Gasoline Alley) - convert to a counter service offering "chum" fries and whatever crazy things they can come up with. Should be easy to eat items, something to walk around with.
Kelp Shakes (Wimpy's) - need to provide some sort of reason to make this location more popular/unique
Retail
Barg 'n' Mart (Toon Extra)
M&G Exit Shop (Wossamotta U)
Attractions
SpongeBob Stage Show
Flat Ride - something for kids to do themed to Glove World
To Be Named (Ripsaw)
Jellyfish Field Rapids (Popeye's)
Meet & Greet Space (choice ala Princess Fairy Tale Hall) - Enter via SpongeBob's house (approx. AP lounge), indoor queue, etc. Exit through the gift shop (Wossamotta U)
I don't think a Toon Lagoon conversion to SpongeBob will be as difficult as it sounds. The foundations of TL are fine, it's just not a land that you can enjoy if your not interested in the rides themselves with no relevant IP to keep you there. Having two water rides next to each other is fine, issue is you need to provide something dry. You don't necessarily need a ride, but a theater show could work.
Glove World - where the theater/carnival games currently are. "Cover" the TL Theater with a Glove World facade/backdrop and put a flat ride in the courtyard area out front. Put theater entrance somewhere
Bikini Bottom
Jellyfish Fields - Popeye's area. If you repaint the rocks from orange to purple, you get pretty close to the SpongeBob aesthetic without doing much else here. It's pretty remarkable how close this area resembles SpongeBob, just needs a paint job.
Dining
Krusty Burger (Comic Strip Cafe) - would pay for a whole new theme park on its own. It's a massive QSR location, really just need to work on the façade.
Chum Bucket (Gasoline Alley) - convert to a counter service offering "chum" fries and whatever crazy things they can come up with. Should be easy to eat items, something to walk around with.
Kelp Shakes (Wimpy's) - need to provide some sort of reason to make this location more popular/unique
Retail
Barg 'n' Mart (Toon Extra)
M&G Exit Shop (Wossamotta U)
Attractions
SpongeBob Stage Show
Flat Ride - something for kids to do themed to Glove World
To Be Named (Ripsaw)
Jellyfish Field Rapids (Popeye's)
Meet & Greet Space (choice ala Princess Fairy Tale Hall) - Enter via SpongeBob's house (approx. AP lounge), indoor queue, etc. Exit through the gift shop (Wossamotta U)
For me it is less about how easy, more there are bigger things out there that need fixed. First being not having a shuttered land in IOA, replacing Simpson, not having so many empty theaters, and replacing F&F.
For me it is less about how easy, more there are bigger things out there that need fixed. First being not having a shuttered land in IOA, replacing Simpson, not having so many empty theaters, and replacing F&F.
Obviously there are more important things, just highlighting how simple a Toon Lagoon retheme actually is. It'd be a bit more ambitious than DreamWorks reskin, but I could easily see this as a comparatively cheap project compared to an entire LC redo.
Turning TL into Spongebob would make it easy to demolish the Spongebob store in USF and move it over to make space for a better ET entrance. I'm not sure they'd leave the store open at USF since that might be confusing.
Turning TL into Spongebob would make it easy to demolish the Spongebob store in USF and move it over to make space for a better ET entrance. I'm not sure they'd leave the store open at USF since that might be confusing.
Walking around today I really think the Middle Earth idea would fit well. Like I’ve totally come around on that. I know it’s likely an expansion for EU if it ever happens but In don’t hate the idea of it as a Toon replacement.
Walking around today I really think the Middle Earth idea would fit well. Like I’ve totally come around on that. I know it’s likely an expansion for EU if it ever happens but In don’t hate the idea of it as a Toon replacement.
They have LC to redo next. That will be a major project. I would doubt there's anything substantial, like a retheming of that whole Toon area, for a pretty long time.
They have LC to redo next. That will be a major project. I would doubt there's anything substantial, like a retheming of that whole Toon area, for a pretty long time.
A Toon Lagoon retheme/replacement is probably a decade away now. Lost Continent and Springfield will come first if rumors are true, and between those and Epic there just won't be any extra funding to go around.
Absolutely. Fans might not like the land, but it's still a popular area during Florida summer (AKA March through November). Meanwhile, it sounds like Rockit and Simpsons are on the chopping block with Supercharged not far behind if the rumors are true. The parks will finally be equal to each other once everything is done hopefully.