JungleSkip
V.I.P. Member
The "legacy" of Epcot died a long long time ago.
And now they're pissing on its grave.
What a great company.
The "legacy" of Epcot died a long long time ago.
The original vision of Epcot is never coming back.
Just like Disney's creativity
As usual the distaste for Disney on this site is nuts. ALL parks are a business. Do you think tearing down Jaws (an expensive to operate ride) for MORE POTTER!!!...more stores/rides/etc wasn't for business purposes? Universal saw an opportunity to expand a very lucritive part of their park, and torn down a classic ride to do so. They may have created a superior attraction and land out of it, but ultimately it wasn't done "for the fans" it was done for the fans "wallets"
As usual the distaste for Disney on this site is nuts. ALL parks are a business. Do you think tearing down Jaws (an expensive to operate ride) for MORE POTTER!!!...more stores/rides/etc wasn't for business purposes? Universal saw an opportunity to expand a very lucritive part of their park, and torn down a classic ride to do so. They may have created a superior attraction and land out of it, but ultimately it wasn't done "for the fans" it was done for the fans "wallets"
I agree that Disney should be doing something more grand for it's most popular movie in decades, but at least it's doing something..and relatively quickly for them. Let's hope they pull it off. I would love to see some concept art...
All the folks that are asking for it at HS are forgetting that SW land is in the cards...and we all know what's going down in AK in a few years.
Epcot makes the most sense in terms of putting something new in each of their stepchildren parks. MK just had a huge update..so I'm assuming WDO wants to put it's budget on the other parks for a while...
Haaaaang on. Uni are allowed to ditch Jaws, a completely classic UOR ride, for MORE Potter. TDO remove an older attraction for an IP that is (albeit currently) extremely popular like Potter, and they can't do anything right.
Regardless of the difference in implementation, complete tear down vs overlay (or rushed small trackless ride), this is still in essence exactly the same situation. Bit of a pot and kettle situation we have here!!
Closure of JAWS = E-ticket ride, D-ticket ride, Highly themed immersive land.
Closure of Malestrom = D-ticket ride overlayed with new projectors and decorations...still a D-ticket ride
With the new Frozen ride there is no added capacity, nothing really new to visit...just an old attraction rehashed to capitalize on a popular movie...Universal may have capitalized on the success of a movie franchise as well, but at least they went all out and gave us something we've never seen before..
The comparison would better be made by comparing the Hitchcock to Shrek transformation or Ghostbusters to Twister
With the new Frozen ride there is no added capacity, nothing really new to visit...just an old attraction rehashed to capitalize on a popular movie..
Haaaaang on. Uni are allowed to ditch Jaws, a completely classic UOR ride, for MORE Potter. TDO remove an older attraction for an IP that is (albeit currently) extremely popular like Potter, and they can't do anything right.
Regardless of the difference in implementation, complete tear down vs overlay (or rushed small trackless ride), this is still in essence exactly the same situation. Bit of a pot and kettle situation we have here!!
I think it will bring people in for the ride being new to visit. Look at the waiting time for Anna and Elsa. Those wait times were what people were waiting for Gringotts. 4+ hours just to meet Anna and Elsa. I think adding a Frozen ride when it opens will be a big attraction for Epcot, where there isn't that many for kids.
I think it will bring people in for the ride being new to visit. Look at the waiting time for Anna and Elsa. Those wait times were what people were waiting for Gringotts. 4+ hours just to meet Anna and Elsa. I think adding a Frozen ride when it opens will be a big attraction for Epcot, where there isn't that many for kids.
As usual the distaste for Disney on this site is nuts. ALL parks are a business. Do you think tearing down Jaws (an expensive to operate ride) for MORE POTTER!!!...more stores/rides/etc wasn't for business purposes? Universal saw an opportunity to expand a very lucritive part of their park, and torn down a classic ride to do so. They may have created a superior attraction and land out of it, but ultimately it wasn't done "for the fans" it was done for the fans "wallets"
I agree that Disney should be doing something more grand for it's most popular movie in decades, but at least it's doing something..and relatively quickly for them. Let's hope they pull it off. I would love to see some concept art...
All the folks that are asking for it at HS are forgetting that SW land is in the cards...and we all know what's going down in AK in a few years.
Epcot makes the most sense in terms of putting something new in each of their stepchildren parks. MK just had a huge update..so I'm assuming WDO wants to put it's budget on the other parks for a while...
I think time will answer that question. If Disney chooses to make frozen relevant with it's shorts and sequels then absolutely it'll be popular. However if the next movie comes out in the 2020's or Disney milks it to the point where the general public is sick of it then probably not. I don't think it will be completely forgotten by the time this comes out but it's hype will definitely die downThis obviously is purely speculation, and in no ways me discrediting the popularity of Frozen but....
We're still within a year of it's release so obviously it's still fresh in every one's minds hence why we've been seeing 5 hour waits for Frozen. Can we honestly expect the same demand when 2016 rolls around (outside of it's opening month)?