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Studio Backlot Tour Closing on September 27, 2014
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PhotoDave219
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When Tom & his site is scooping Jim Hill, it makes jim rather irrelevant, right?
Stophie
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I personally would also like to see something entirely new and exclusive to WDW go into that space, but I also understand the reasoning behind why they would clone another attraction instead. Some folks will never have the opportunity (or desire) to travel to the other Disney Parks around the world to experience Carsland or the like. In that sense, I wouldn't mind if some form of Carsland lands in Florida. Heck, the majority of MK is one big clone of the original park in Anaheim and that turned out fairly well.
But at the same time, I'm not entirely thrilled with the rumors of Toy Story Playland possibly taking over some of that space. Granted, DHS does need some more kid/family friendly rides, but not the carnival-type ones that seem to occupy this land. Now, I've never witnessed this area myself and I'm drawing my opinion solely from what I have seen on youtube and Wikipedia. I am not impressed. I would rather see a couple decent dark rides based on some of the Pixar properties and possibly even a solid E-ticket. Wishful thinking, I know, but I can dream, can't I?
TalkingHead
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Yes, centuries from now, books will be written about the shift in the mission of World Showcase that the Frozen ride inspired. We're truly standing on the edge of the cliff, a precipice. The abyss opens before us. The void.
World Showcase will never be the same. What could it mean for the future? History will long remember this moment.
flynnibus
Premium Member
I didn't say "can't" - you made a statement of 'why don't they..' - I outlined why someone wouldn't - not that they can't.
Second - you talk about park attendance climbing and 'seeing more people than ever' - you can't apply the company results to parks uniformly. DHS has been suffering - only the special events and recently Frozen has bucked that trend.
And by that logic - you do realize overall attendance has been growing in the low single digits.. and that is carried by other parks. DHS hasn't been experiencing growth.. and even if you took the overall company #s.. how much expanding does 3% growth get you?
If you haven't been paying attention to WDW for the last 7 years or so... the plan implemented has been how to sustain incremental bottom line growth by doing the least possible. Not 'build for controlled growth'. They've been trimming and extended... not expanding to drive growth.
Throw enough out there and one day it will be right.
PhotoDave219
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You lack ... perspective.
Curing cancer would be a historical moment. Wars tend to start with historical moments. Assassinations, floods, fires, famine, etc., those are historical moments?
This?
THIS?!?!?
You dare put a theme park removing a boat ride in that same category?
Your hyperbole serves nothing and no one except yourself.
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Well true.
Goofyernmost
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Sadly, you are not the only person in the world. Good for you that you can travel both coasts but that isn't the lifestyle of many people. So, because someone thinks that for some unexplainable reason a good attraction should only be in one specific park, others must be deprived of it? You can still go to the coasts if you want, you can just not go to the attraction in the park of your choice. But, there is NO GOOD reason why the same attraction cannot be 3500 miles apart. If there is a good reason, I have yet to hear it.
Tigger1988
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He's being sarcastic...almost painfully so.
PhotoDave219
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DznyGrlSD
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- In the Parks
- Yes
Oh...I could stretch it out to a full-day park as long as Fantasmic & Osborne lights were going on. Plus if you do Lunch w/an Imagineer (which is 2 + hours long) there's more time in the park
GMR has been in danger since 1998.
Goofyernmost
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Even before there were attractions like ToT and RcRC the backstage tour was almost 3 hours if I remember correctly. What you see now in the Backlot tour is about 20% of what once existed for that attraction alone. The sound stages, the animation area, the movie prop area, the blue screen area, just to name a few. So add that to the sound show, the at least 1 hour TV show (sorry I've forgotten the name, Super Star Television, maybe?), Indy, The Muppets along with the street performers, indeed made it a full day park. Perhaps not as long as MK or Epcot, but, there really was only enough time after a day at Disney/MGM to get to Pleasure Island and only get half snockered. It was a full day in that sense and a very good one to use between MK and EPCOT which were both full days plus.
mm121
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it definitely seems like in many ways they dont utilize behind the scenes space very effectively. in this retrospect as far as pixar land goes, this would seem to be part of the case as to why they would be extending it south into where LMA/ BLT are vs going west back behind TSM
agreed on this one, its very predictable, if they replace it though it should be nice dark rides, not carnival rides.
possibly another coaster too, not that i'd want all of disney to turn into coasters, but would be cool to see each park have 2 or 3.
I personally would also like to see something entirely new and exclusive to WDW go into that space, but I also understand the reasoning behind why they would clone another attraction instead. Some folks will never have the opportunity (or desire) to travel to the other Disney Parks around the world to experience Carsland or the like. In that sense, I wouldn't mind if some form of Carsland lands in Florida. Heck, the majority of MK is one big clone of the original park in Anaheim and that turned out fairly well.
But at the same time, I'm not entirely thrilled with the rumors of Toy Story Playland possibly taking over some of that space. Granted, DHS does need some more kid/family friendly rides, but not the carnival-type ones that seem to occupy this land. Now, I've never witnessed this area myself and I'm drawing my opinion solely from what I have seen on youtube and Wikipedia. I am not impressed. I would rather see a couple decent dark rides based on some of the Pixar properties and possibly even a solid E-ticket. Wishful thinking, I know, but I can dream, can't I?
definitely e tickets are much needed.
it hasn't helped with AK and HS are considered halfday parks and some would even say the same thing about Epcot.
Though Avatar should help Ak. so its nice to see changes to HS that would do the same.
I think the main thing lots of people fear when they announce these PERMANENT closures, before presenting a vision is a repeat of what happened at Pleasure Island and elsewhere around the parks, where rides and attractions are simply shut down with no vision / plan to replace them. and it definitely seems like disney construction is much slower than Uni construction so that also aggravates people.
Prior to these rumors what was the last true ride built at HS? I know its been awhile, hence why I was suggesting plans for constant updates additions, vs nothing nothing nothing then boom boom boom several things at once then a decade before anything else.
if they kept it more constant that would keep the exicitement up in the parks,keeping the excitement factor of "new" "new" "new" has definitely been helping uni recently.
jakeman
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Ah the country of Africa...
mm121
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I'm aware Africa isn't a Country, but when there was talk of doing in it wasn't going to be one single country it was going to be Equitorial africa a grouping of countries.
The change to Frozen, cound in time spell well for the rest of WS, if disney has shifted from expecting the host countries to be the primary financers of their own pavillions.
which could in time open the door to new ones such as Australia, etc if the countries aren't expected to contribute the full cost of construction.
PhotoDave219
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I bless the rains down in Africa.