The same guests deeply offended by a ride based on a movie they can't easily see.
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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom
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Yes, because Tron would be a huge hit iwithout the canopy, and with unthemed trains and a six flags level theming job. Then they could build 2 other rides too.
And had like zero major rides for the 20 years prior to your cute little pic.
peter11435
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That’s a lie
Sorcerer Mickey
Well-Known Member
You’re right. Toy Story Mania was the one ride that opened in the 10 years before that chart.
peter11435
Well-Known Member
That’s true if you choose to Ignore Expedition Everest, the little mermaid, and the seven dwarfs mine train.
Sorcerer Mickey
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I purposefully said 10 years because Everest would be the beginning of the drought (2006-2016).
You’re right about Little Mermaid and Mine Train. Universal must have been shaken in their boots when they opened two Harry Potter lands during that same time.
peter11435
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The chart being referenced here starts with 2016. So the 10 years before that would include 2006.
There absolutely should have been more new attractions during that period. 4 years out of 10 is not good enough. But let’s not lie and say there were none for 20 years.
All they need to do is close an attraction for a refurb, extend the refurb, and then re-open the attraction and tell the vloggers what to say, hype it with social media and bam! It's a "new offering"
The brand defenders will go wild and thank Disney for giving them such a wonderful gift.
I hope they do that with Flight of Passage. Just have it out of service for five months and then, when it's back up, I'll be so excited!! Thanks, Disney!!!
forgot volcano bay which opened in like 2017ish right? I know its a water park but damnit its so good when me and gf went there a few weeks ago, its def a full day top notch awesome water park thats better than any ride built on that chart (imo)
Casper Gutman
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Two points on the Disney v Uni comparison:
1) very obviously, WDW has four parks and Uni has two. If both add rides at the same rate, it will of course seem slower at Disney as each park is updated less and allowed to stagnate for longer.
2) If Disney announced they were opening a full new park in five years, a vast majority of the complaints regarding their reluctance to build would disappear - even if they all but halted construction in the existing parks during that period.
1) very obviously, WDW has four parks and Uni has two. If both add rides at the same rate, it will of course seem slower at Disney as each park is updated less and allowed to stagnate for longer.
2) If Disney announced they were opening a full new park in five years, a vast majority of the complaints regarding their reluctance to build would disappear - even if they all but halted construction in the existing parks during that period.
After Splash Mountain opened in 1992, WDW went through a long glut of very little but C and D tickets. A glut that didn't end until this chart starts 24 YEARS later.
And that glut was at all 4 parks. For 20 years, VERY LITTLE was built at WDW.
scuttlebud
Active Member
^ Animal Kingdom and Blizzard Beach would like to have a word.
peter11435
Well-Known Member
That’s still demonstrably false. We can always argue that there could have or should have been more. But ignoring all that was is ridiculous.
Between 1992 and 2016
Tower of Terror
Alien Encounter
Rock’n Roller Coaster
Fantasmic
Light Motors Action
Mission Space
Test Track
Soarin
Toy Story Mania
The entirety of Animal Kingdom
Kali River Rapids
Expedition Everest
Primeval Whirl
The entirety of Blizzard Beach
Seven dwarfs Mine Train
The Little Mermaid
Not to mention many many smaller additions and entertainment offerings. I’m also sure I’ve missed some things.
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New Fantasyland... Animal Kingdom... resorts galore. I beg to differ.
I've always thought WDW as the flagship; it should include the best of the best of all the other parks
A lot of the comparison of the parks is often bases on ride v. ride count.
But WDW is more resort-y because three of their parks are (or, should be...) more than just their ride count. DAK has a zoo. EPCOT has a World's Fair. And DHS is supposed to have a backstage studio tour vibe, which is supposed to have been replaced with a live entertainment vibe, which it has failed to deliver fully on.
For those who just focus on "rides," then EU is a way for Uni to catch up. But for those who go to the zoo, the shows, the attractions, the nighttime spectacular, then Uni has *a lot* of catching up to do.
Oh, back on topic: TRON is a late 50th Anniversary gift in the wrong park, mostly because the other three parks still need more rides; precisely because there are folk who are all about the quantity of rides.
But WDW is more resort-y because three of their parks are (or, should be...) more than just their ride count. DAK has a zoo. EPCOT has a World's Fair. And DHS is supposed to have a backstage studio tour vibe, which is supposed to have been replaced with a live entertainment vibe, which it has failed to deliver fully on.
For those who just focus on "rides," then EU is a way for Uni to catch up. But for those who go to the zoo, the shows, the attractions, the nighttime spectacular, then Uni has *a lot* of catching up to do.
Oh, back on topic: TRON is a late 50th Anniversary gift in the wrong park, mostly because the other three parks still need more rides; precisely because there are folk who are all about the quantity of rides.
Incomudro
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My thoughts exactly.