Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout announced for Disney California Adventure

[Curious Constance]

Yep.

Well I'll be! Do you know we're Facebook friends? lol

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Well I'll be! Do you know we're Facebook friends? lol

Yeah, I rarely go to Facebook anymore. Since I'm originally from West Virginia, my entire feed looks like an ad for the Duck Dynasty Assault Weapon Sale.

 

[Curious Constance]

Yeah, I rarely go to Facebook anymore. Since I'm originally from West Virginia, my entire feed looks like an ad for the Duck Dynasty Assault Weapon Sale.

Yuck, you know you can block that junk.

 

[Next Big Thing]

Well a more appropriate ride for Hollywoodland would be a version of The Great Movie Ride or a ride focusing on Mickey's Shorts like Steamboat Willie

I don't disagree.

I'm fine with a Marvel area, but if the rest of the land is going over by Mosters Inc, then I don't see how this makes sense. Unless plans have changed.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Yuck, you know you can block that junk.

Keeping in touch with "those people" is the only reason I have a FB page.

Family, whatcha gonna do?

I moved to Disney World and check my FB feed religiously once a month.

 

[wdwmagic]

I can't see them doing very much at all in the actual ride portion.

What really is there that can be done? New AV stuff, that will be produced ahead of time, that's about it. I have very low expectations.

 

[Variable]

What really is there that can be done? New AV stuff, that will be produced ahead of time, that's about it. I have very low expectations.

T'iz good. Life delights much more readily this way!

 

[brb1006]

Here's video of the announcement from last night.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

I took it into account by mentioning Marvel land will be a big draw. I don't think the overlay, on its own, is that big of a draw or has very much staying power.

But if GoTG is the first step in a long term plan then this isn't just about a single overlay of ToT is it?

 

[Curious Constance]

I don't know how I feel about the TOT overlay, but I'm glad it appears the Hollywood area will be leaving. I hope this also means that the horrible dance parties will be history too.

I'll miss Monsters Inc though. Maybe they can relocate it somewhere else.

 

[Curious Constance]

Here's video of the announcement from last night.

I didn't hear any boos.

 

[flynnibus]

What really is there that can be done? New AV stuff, that will be produced ahead of time, that's about it. I have very low expectations.

Ride vehicle interiors... Different elements at the stop levels... Different effects...
The possibility of in vehicle effects... Projection mapping... Inside and out...

With the change of theme there was always the possibility of physically changing the tower outside the shaft itself for different stops or what those stops have at them.

The idea of show stages before or after the drop if you added onto the building...

Removing or changing the pre show rooms

Basically the idea that you kept the tower shafts as the core ride system, but don't restrict yourself to how the previous show was executed. You could brain storm a lot of you don't constrain yourself to how tot ran. Obviously the drop towers have constraints that you'd avoid... But if you were given ambition and space... You could really change the total result.

But since Micechat had been reporting they had been testing inside the existing attraction during off hours, clearly those kinds of changes wouldn't include much in the terms of physical changes.

I'm not saying we should have been expecting that kind of stuff... Just saying there are bigger ideas even with the same starting point

 

[Suspirian]

As far as the whole name change ordeal, I still think that as long as each land relates to the CA theme and the attraction relates to that land then its not necessary which is why TLM and Soarin over the World kinda get a pass for me. This change however ( and a few other things in the park) dont really add up.

Would also like to mention that A Bugs Land will make even less sense considering its supposed to take place within the garden of the Hollywood Tower Hotel

 

[Stevek]

The justification that I posted above is the answer as to why its going into Hollywoodland portion of the park. Direct from one of the Horses mouth ...

Which is a total stretch and dilutes the theme of DCA even more.

 

[NobodyElse]

Would also like to mention that A Bugs Land will make even less sense considering its supposed to take place within the garden of the Hollywood Tower Hotel

While one could certainly look at it that way, I'm unaware of that being the official story (especially since A Bug's Land was built prior to TOT even being announced). But if there's a press release or something you can point me to, I'd be happy to read it.

 

[Minthorne]

It has been confirmed that the ride software engineers are using the natural bouncing of Joe's ear art as the basis for the algorithm of the randomized drop sequences. Your ride experience will be as close to hanging from that lope as possible.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I didn't hear any boos.

I'm not sure that was the right audience to generate boos. It was a Marvel panel, yeah? Nothing to do with Disney theme parks.

 

[Curious Constance]

As far as the whole name change ordeal, I still think that as long as each land relates to the CA theme and the attraction relates to that land then its not necessary which is why TLM and Soarin over the World kinda get a pass for me. This change however ( and a few other things in the park) dont really add up.

Would also like to mention that A Bugs Land will make even less sense considering its supposed to take place within the garden of the Hollywood Tower Hotel

I hope it goes with the Marvel expansion.

 

[Minthorne]

What really is there that can be done? New AV stuff, that will be produced ahead of time, that's about it. I have very low expectations.

I was thinking they could line the dropshafts with LCD screens and have video sequences that sync with the randomized movements of the drops. Add special effects to the ride vehicles to add "explosions" and "laser" fire.

But I'm thinking just strobe lights to go with the music.

 

[Curious Constance]

I'm not sure that was the right audience to generate boos. It was a Marvel panel, yeah? Nothing to do with Disney theme parks.

I'm talking about how people reported there were boos when they made the announcement. There may have been, but it sounds like the majority of the people were cheering.