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I for one will wait to see how the ride turns out before completely blasting it.
However, i'm having a hard time getting past the whole part of it being a frozen ride, yet a boat ride at the same time. I'm sure they'll male it work in some cheap way, but there are plent of great ways to do a Frozen ride if you take a little time and give it a good budget.
Neither does the three caballeros (actually that fits much worse), but I don't remember the extreme outrage when that overlay happened.I'm going to bash it no matter how good or bad it ends up being because it just doesn't belong in the world showcase.
I guess maybe i've just realized Epcot Center's original ideals will never come back. Doesn't mean i'm necessarily happy with that or will accept anything (as I said, I want to wait to experience the ride to judge), but imo, if they are going to ruin Epcot and WS anyway, I figure the least they can do is give us some good rides to semi-make up turning the park into nothing but an all day bar. :shrug:Maybe not extreme but there was some outrage.
Neither does the three caballeros (actually that fits much worse), but I don't remember the extreme outrage when that overlay happened.
I Hope they do as good of a job with Frozen in Norway as they did with Nemo and friends at The Living Seas. Love that ride and the quality Imagineering showed with that awesome franchise.
I guess maybe i've just realized Epcot Center's original ideals will never come back. Doesn't mean i'm necessarily happy with that or will accept anything (as I said, I want to wait to experience the ride to judge), but imo, if they are going to ruin Epcot and WS anyway, I figure the least they can do is give us some good rides to semi-make up turning the park into nothing but an all day bar. :shrug:
I'm not trying to bring anyone down, but classic Epcot is honestly never coming back. It just happens to be that Maelstrom was the last "Classic" thing left. And it wasn't even that good.
I'm going to bash it no matter how good or bad it ends up being because it just doesn't belong in the world showcase.
We have yet to experience the Frozen ride. How do you know it will not (in a small way as you say) showcase parts of Norway? Oh, that's right. You Don't.It fits better than Frozen since in a small way it still highlights Mexico. The excuse I keep hearing from Frozen is that it was "inspired" by Norway, but the ride is unlikely to have any sort of real Norwegian culture in any way. It's a Fantasyland dark ride being thrown straight into the world showcase. It just doesn't belong.
Nice read. And he's right... as he says at the end "Will Frozen kill Epcot? No, because the Epcot that the park's fans long for is already long dead."I think this article sums things up pretty well: http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201409/4217/
Yeah, Nemo was smart and brought back a ride where they had completely abandoned one.
El Gran Fiesta or whatever may not have brought on huge backlash but it's easily the worst ride on Disney property.
this is the exact **** I'm talking about....stop pretending the World Showcase is some learning library or public institution. It's a theme park with a glorified shopping mall, and has been for a long time now. Try to see through your illusions of what you think Epcot is "supposed" to represent vs. what it actually is.
If it's a good ride it's a good ride. Even if it's done cheaply, it's still got a good chance of being more entertaining then what's currently in place.
We have yet to experience the Frozen ride. How do you know it will not (in a small way as you say) showcase parts of Norway? Oh, that's right. You Don't.
Neither does the three caballeros (actually that fits much worse), but I don't remember the extreme outrage when that overlay happened.
After posting that article above one of my coworkers started asking me advice on their upcoming WDW vacation and what they said matched up with a lot of what was in that article (which was very weird). Their kids (8 and 9 years old) are not ride people, they just want to see the characters and settings.
Oh please. Of course we do. Considering Staggs said the point of the attraction was to "immerse our guests in the scenes and songs from the movie", fat chance of there being any mention of Norway.
this is the exact **** I'm talking about....stop pretending the World Showcase is some learning library or public institution. It's a theme park with a glorified shopping mall, and has been for a long time now. Try to see through your illusions of what you think Epcot is "supposed" to represent vs. what it actually is.
If it's a good ride it's a good ride. Even if it's done cheaply, it's still got a good chance of being more entertaining then what's currently in place.