Thank you for your use of logic here. I think it's great how you point out that no one cared about Maelstrom at the end of your post. Even on these boards, it seems like most of the "love" for it came out of either nostalgia or FEA being a poor fit for the area rather than its actually quality.
Honestly, I'm not sure how well the transition is going to work for the Frozen/Scandinavian port between Port Discovery and Lost River Delta. I fear that the future of DisneySea will see the inevitable character deterioration we're seeing in Epcot.Having better capacity than dark rides like Peter Pan's Flight or Pooh isn't exactly an amazing accomplishment. Peter Pan opened in 1971 at a time when Disney had absolutely no idea how many guests would one day be walking through the gates. Pooh was placed in the same ride building that used to be occupied by Mr. Toad so was similarly restricted. Please, don't even bother brining up rides like Dumbo or the Carousel. I'll just laugh. This is 2016. Disney should know how to build proper capacity for a ride that's anticipated to be very popular. Oh wait, they do.
Let's not forget that Disney saw a need for increased capacity at Soarin' and TSMM.
Who has the numbers for Shanghai's version of Peter Pan out of curiosity?
Some would argue this in and of itself is a problem. Not only have they have not built a lot of rides in the last decade and a half or so, but many of the ones they HAVE built have been low capacity, when what the parks need are some people eaters.
The answer is simple. Because the executives wanted a Frozen attraction up asap, they had no choice but to put the ride into an existing space. This is the knee jerk way TWDC has put a lot of plans into motion in recent years and I wouldn't blame the Imagineers for it.
I don't see the IP coming, but I would speculate that ride system or a variation may make an appearance in Florida. . .
You don't think they could have built a whole new ride in the amount of time this took?
Judging by how long Disney takes, it would've taken twice as long for them to get a new show building up in Fantasyland. Getting this thing up within two years of Maelstrom's closure is incredibly speedy by their standards.
Again, a perfectly stated. Maelstrom definitely should be remembered as a let down by most people's standards. It was certainly one of the worst Disney attractions of all time in my book. And while I agree with points of others that this didn't fit the EPCOT blueprint and would've been a much better fit for MK, I, like you, do not let that cloud my vision from seeing all of the great things this attraction has to offer.
They plan on building a new ride for Frozen there, along with Beauty and the Beast and Big Hero 6.Oh, is there a Frozen ride in Tokyo? No?
Sounds like you had fun despite all those hiccups.
Yes they expected crowds but do you think they expected the estimated 20 million people a year that crowd MK these days? That was my point.
Haven't characters always been there? I mean, they've had Little Mermaid land (Mermaid Lagoon) since day 1 and Aladdin as a part of Arabian Coast. I'm sure the transition will be done well.
Meh, BH6 is just a flat ride. Same one as Mater and Buzz. Their addition of Soarin' would be the better mention over that. Or the still only rumored Alice ride that'll be shared with Shanghai.
Maelstrom was not designed to be high capacity. Your other examples were.
Out of curiosity what's the capacity for recent large scale rides opened around the world like Grizzly Mountain, Mystic Manor, Ratatouille, Shanghai Pirates, etc.?
Ratatouille was 2,200.
I do know that Martin, my point was that even back then they did indeed build low capacity rides. The puzzlement was how did they know that Maelstrom was going to be a less then highly popular ride. They actually built two on that side with Mexico and Norway were everything else in the park was huge.
