Funny example because Jurassic World is themed to…a theme park.
Ghostbusters is about a bunch of schlubby guys who start a business.
Not seeing the parallel here at all.
The Ghostbusters Spooktacular show (at least the second version with the updated preshow) had a plot line where they were franchising the ghost busting business and looking for franchisees. It was a clever excuse to invite a large group of guests into the Firehouse, (us,) for a demonstration.
If people always say something doesn’t work because it’s not represented in the media, I always remember how creatively theme park designers can invent a scenario to make it make sense.
The Simpsons Ride was originally going to take place in the Nuclear Power Plant, until Sheerer wasn’t available due to, reasons, so they completely rewrote the concept to take place as Krustyland, which honestly, works better in my mind. But they still needed the excuse to do the giant Maggie gag. What did they do? Just make the theme park run on nuclear power. And have Maggie wander in to the reactor. No one ever questions it or batts an eye, but that’s a holdover from the original ride concept that was well integrated into the replacement.
What was my point? Oh yea, Hagrid’s.
I thought it would have been weird to have a bunch of Hagrid motorbikes in a row, even said so in my rumor reporting before it was officially announced. After all, there’s only one of his bikes in the films. They shut me up real quick with one line in the preshow (and later in the queue in case preshow not running) saying they’re duplicating the bike with magic. Boom. Problem solved. And no one ever questions it.
Back to the Future features Doc Brown’s new invention, the 8 passenger DeLorean. And it’s a convertible, “because you can just travel to the sunny days.”
A long Ecto-1 that holds 20 people seems silly now, but I bet with the right preshow or story or even a clever premise explained on a sign in the queue, I’d buy it. Because I like fun rides.
And how killer would it be to hear the Ghostbusters theme on-board a coaster drifting around New York that blares the siren as it passes by the guests waiting behind the firehouse?
VelociCoaster is my example because it has incredible queue theming, a well-explained story, the real actors incorporated, and raptors on the ride. It’s not just an unthemed coaster. It has more rockwork on this one ride than an unthemed amusement park would dare place on their entire grounds.
But none of this matters, because of course the new ride is probably just going to be Fast & Furious.