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News Disney Not Renewing Great Movie Ride Sponsorship Deal with TCM ; Attraction to Close
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Mike S
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Well then. That just makes this whole thing even stupider. If I had to guess the unused space will be a gift shop selling Mickey merch that can be found anywhere else on property.
Oh joy
DinoInstitute
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Not that I think Disney would do this, but I would like for them to make One Mans Dream a post show with remaining space.Well then. That just makes this whole thing even stupider. If I had to guess the unused space will be a gift shop selling Mickey merch that can be found anywhere else on property.
Oh joy
TabulaRasa
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A little armchair imagineering, but I think it's a wasted opportunity to not have One Man's Dream become the queue for this Mickey attraction. I think it would make a lot of sense, with it all culminating into the creation of "the mouse".
Next Big Thing
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If you had to give a %, about how much of the building actually WILL be used?
For guest ride? 75-80 ish
Bacon
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Unless were talking re-skins
Goofyernmost
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Well, re-skins which to me mean what was done in Norway, are not what we were referring too. If you are talking clones, the negativity of that idea is strictly based on personal opinion. I am not opposed to any decent clone. So it remains that Mermaid was a new build dark ride in MK based, even cloned off one that already existed in California, and out of reach to more people then Florida would be. That's called caring about others besides ourselves.Unless were talking re-skins
doctornick
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How stupid on Disney's part. What's the point of the "blessing of size" if you don't freaking use it?If they aren't using the whole building, are they at least going to add something to the unused space? Maybe like a M&G?
Bacon
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you missed my sarcasm sir
Goofyernmost
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Yes, I did and I apologize for that. It's been a rough couple of weeks and I'm not at my hopefully, usual, top form.
Bacon
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Thats fine
No. It'll be mainly be at the back. Aside from unload be separated from load by spare space too.
If they aren't using the whole building, are they at least going to add something to the unused space? Maybe like a M&G?
clemmo
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Sorry if this was mentioned but when is GMR expected to close? I'm assuming 2017 if they want it by the time SWL opens? As for the ride itself it's disappointing that it's not an expansion and that it's not utilizing the entire space of the building, but I still think (hope) disney will make sure this is on the level of SWL and Avatar theming and not make it look like TSL.
doctornick
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Yep. When the big rumors leaked out last summer coupled with the splashy D23 announcements, I was so incredibly excited. I couldn't wait for the massive changes coming to DHS and it sounded like it would finally be developed into a worthy park. Instead, over time, it becomes more and more of a thud and it doesn't even sound like the layout issues will be addressed (still have the dead end on Sunset and persistent tight guest areas) while even adding a new dead end with the Muppets area. There's no rumors of any new parade/day time entertainment. Alleged refreshes of shows still haven't happened.
TSL still is just cleared land -- I naively thought it might get built by the end of 2016 given how simple it is and how desperate the park is for ride capacity. And, speaking of capacity, in the end, it looks like just a lot of running in pace with Star Wars/Mickey/TSL simply replacing the lost capacity from Backlot, LMA, HISTK, OMD, American Idol (moving Frozen to there and losing the Premiere Theater) and GMR more or less.
dizneycrazy09
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When all is said and done, we could be looking at LESS capacity. It makes no sense and proves that the people in charge truly have no idea what they're doing. UNI is going to have built and opened at least two parks by the time WDW even realizes that this HS "overhaul" is a debacle.
clemmo
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Somehow I doubt UNI's 3rd park opens before the MK 50th in 2021. They will have Nintendo and VB open by the time the HS overhaul is complete.
Coaster Lover
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So, the actual show building for Great Movie Ride is about 64,000 sq ft (if Google Maps is calculating correctly). So, not trying to take thing TOO literally, but at 75-80%, that would put a show building at about 48,000-51,000 sq feet? Seem right? If so, for comparison (again, based on Google Maps calculations alone, here are the sizes of several existing similar sized show buildings around Orlando:
-Journey of the Little Mermaid: ~24,000 sq ft
-Cat in the Hat: ~32,000 sq ft
-Haunted Mansion: ~41,000 sq ft
-Spiderman: ~52,000 sq ft
-Forbidden Journey: ~73,000 sq ft
-Dinosaur: ~78,000 sq ft (though some of that may include queue/pre-show)
Honestly... a Spiderman sized attraction is nothing to scoff at...
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doctornick
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I have no doubt that they can make a very good attraction even using only 75-80% of the space. Since it is rumored to be using LPS, the ride would potentially be moving at a relaxed pace and could make a very solid 6-8 minute attraction. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the ride is actually very good based on what has been said about it and would likely be more popular than GMR overall.
The bigger point, though, is that why not make the ride 20% bigger and longer since the space is right there available. Why not make the best and most engaging attraction possible? It's not like there is a shortage of Mickey content that could be used. That's the frustrating thing about modern Disney is that they settle for "good enough" too often instead of shooting for the stars.