Soarin' Around the World

[belloq87]

The unique thing about Soarin at Epcot is that they could show all three versions at once if they wanted to.

In concept, this would be phenomenal. Three variants of the attraction on offer would really add nice variety.

In practice, capacity would be tough!

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

In concept, this would be phenomenal. Three variants of the attraction on offer would really add nice variety.

In practice, capacity would be tough!

Maybe they can retrofit World sometime in the future so its on par with the other two (presuming USA is good).

 

[Rideguy70]

Sounding more like the FlyOver experience in Vegas, which has already had "Wonders of the American West" for a while now. They also rotate in other locations, currently Canadian Rockies, Chicago (which gives the amazing illusion it was all done in a single take), and Iceland.

It's expensive, but in some ways I thought it was more impressive than Soarin' in that you have some movement that hoovers, circles, dives, and sometimes backs up, while Soarin' is basically all single forward motion.

 

[Mad Dog]

This is a nice trend/path that WDW has been taking, namely updating existing attractions so that they're almost like a new experience/ride.
It makes good business sense, less expensive for the company than a new from the ground up attraction, and a an almost new experience
for the guests. Just a few that come to mind:
MK: Splash/Tiana, added film to Mickey's Philharmagic, Space Ranger update, Country Bears redo
DHS: Micky & Minnie replacing Great Movie Ride (same building), Little Mermaid new show, Villains replacing Cars show, 2026 new film
for Millenium Falcon, continual new films for Star Tours, new games for Midway Mania, Muppets theme replacing Aerosmith
AK: Zootopia replacing Bugs, Indiana Jones replacing Dinosaur
Epcot: Third version coming to Soarin, new Test Track, Guardians in part of Energy building, Frozen replacing Maelstrom
...........Probably more that slipped my mind