DHS Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[UNCgolf]

dhs needs more dark rides. I understand the need for creating a different environment to magic kingdom, but Disney does not do coasters well.

They do dark rides well. They do boat rides well. They do the system that Indy and dinosaurs use well. But for whatever reason they just simply can’t do coasters well.

Which is okay and why dhs needs more of their magic sauce of what Disney is actually good at doing.

Expedition Everest and BTMR are very good to great attractions as coasters, and obviously lots of people would argue that Cosmic Rewind is too (I think it's a good coaster, but not a great attraction).

Regardless, you're right that a coaster isn't really what DHS needs right now. It's obviously better than nothing, but if it replaces Muppets, it's probably not going to help the park experience.

 

[DarkMetroid567]

I hope Muppets stays for all the love of it in this forum. Losing GMR sucked. I don't get to Florida much anymore, live in Hawaii now, but its not fun to lose fun stuff. If Spaceship Earth leaves, OMG, too much for me.

Wherever you live though, be sure to look at flights to Tokyo from the U.S. Tokyo Disney still has cheap flights and cheap day passes if you ever want to try it, though! They have great attractions and is a big reason I visit Tokyo more than U.S. Disney parks now and cheaper than skiing back home in Colorado! Just an option to keep open!

The 10-12 hour flights never get any easier… and I’m not in the Business class of society yet.

 

[Moth]

Ok. Legitimate question. What is going on with so many people who haven't posted for years suddenly becoming quite active since or around this D23? I've looked at a good number of profiles like this in these threads. I'd genuinely like to know, as it just seems very odd.

It's like a beacon. Everyone got alerted of new park stuff and now they wanna come here and chat, especially with the fact we're losing some classics!

 

[DarkMetroid567]

Ok. Legitimate question. What is going on with so many people who haven't posted for years suddenly becoming quite active since or around this D23? I've looked at a good number of profiles like this in these threads. I'd genuinely like to know, as it just seems very odd.

I usually come back for the major announcements. And D23 happened to fall on a time where I am between jobs and vacations, to the point where I have genuinely Nothing to do

 

[Bugsy]

Ok. Legitimate question. What is going on with so many people who haven't posted for years suddenly becoming quite active since or around this D23? I've looked at a good number of profiles like this in these threads. I'd genuinely like to know, as it just seems very odd.

For me. I've been a lurker for years. This is huge news to me though. I'm also curious about people's reactions to their own reactions versus what else is happening.

 

[monothingie]

lol

Disney has done several coasters very well

It doesn’t have to be the most thrilling roller coaster in the world to be a great attraction

Depends on what you define “well”.

Guardians is excellent across the board.

Slinky is of good length but implemented poorly.

TRON and 7DMT are excellently themed but far too short.

But to the OP point 1-2 omnimover type attractions at DHS would be phenomenal for adding capacity.

 

[WoundedDreamer]

I'm still recovering from that presentation. When they said "we just don't have enough time to make it through these announcements" I nearly lost it. They had enough time to bring out Pentatonix for a musical medley, but they didn't have time to actually announce stuff!?!? I'd be curious to see a breakdown of what parts of the presentation were singing, what parts were mediocre skits, and what parts were actually announcing stuff.

Admittedly, the Feed the Birds rendition was actually one of the better musical numbers IMO!

 

[Winter]

Ok. Legitimate question. What is going on with so many people who haven't posted for years suddenly becoming quite active since or around this D23? I've looked at a good number of profiles like this in these threads. I'd genuinely like to know, as it just seems very odd.

I only go on here to see Disney World news. I've mostly just continued looking in here to see if any news on this land's location comes out, or to see villains land speculation/ideas.

 

[Quietmouse]

lol

Disney has done several coasters very well

It doesn’t have to be the most thrilling roller coaster in the world to be a great attraction

I don’t think Disney does coasters bad but I’m comparing it to my home park of cedar point. The roller coaster capital of the world.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Only Villians is added attractions by my count

We don’t know that yet…..

They are all connected. They just dam it up when draining RoA. It connects to Jungle Cruise and the Castle moat

I don’t think that is accurate - where do they connect?

 

[Lilofan]

Which is a really good place for a continuously running theater show. It means guests can walk up and see the next show. It also means you can do minimal staffing. There’s still enough seating so that people can generally sort themselves during your desired load time instead of having to have staff to corral people and make sure they’re going where they should.

Not going to work. Without cast staffing some guests may not leave theatre after continuous show keep their seats and other guests entering may have to step on feet to get to other seats.

 

[JKick95]

You'd think. If not, Disney's definition of a "land" is concerning. Take that Universal!

Not every land needs two rides. Universal also opens lands with one ride.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Not every land needs two rides. Universal also opens lands with one ride.

Every “land” needs at least 3 attractions imo. The shift to “lands” from themed areas while nice costs a lot more money and reduces possible attractions because of that.

 

[Erdago]

Ok. Legitimate question. What is going on with so many people who haven't posted for years suddenly becoming quite active since or around this D23? I've looked at a good number of profiles like this in these threads. I'd genuinely like to know, as it just seems very odd.

I lurk around but generally don’t post here. The current conversations gave me reason to post some comments due to the current circumstances. I expect I’ll probably move back to the overall lurking in a matter of time (it’s not like I’m even posting much now anyway).

 

[CoasterCowboy67]

A lot of people are wanting Monsters to go into Animation Courtyard because they want to save Muppets, but while I enjoy Muppet-Vision, my reason for wanting them to go with Animation Courtyard is that the concept art that seems to point that way shows a much grander and more authentic entrance to the Monsters Inc. building, while the other one just sticks it right in the middle of the city.

All I want is to walk in those iconic doors with the eyeball handles and see Celia answering the phone. I want to walk down the hallway and see the "Scare Floor" sign with "Scare" scraped off and a haphazard "laugh" banner put in its place. I want to see Roz in her window staring guests down. And I want to walk into the loading zone and see the scare assistants' desks, and across from them, a hanging coaster load area, with the iconic doors and their lighted indicators.

I love Monsters Inc., and if they do this right it will be my favorite area at Studios. But they need to do it right.

Now, if we could just get Wall-E at EPCOT...

Wall-E is my favorite Pixar film. If they ever give it an attraction, I think I’d cry. I doubt it though

 

[PREMiERdrum]

I don’t think that is accurate - where do they connect?

The troughs don't connect, though I believe that lift pumps can evacuate water from the closed JC/hub moat system into the canals that connect ROA to SSL.

 

[Bleed0range]

maybe they can finally do the Dr teeth retheme to appease everyone after they demolish MV.

 

[Bugsy]

Maybe they can get rid of the last 90s 3D movie? Sure it'd be cute to bring back on occasion in the future. I wouldn't pay for a museum at that cost though. Id rather go to Tokyo Disneyland and see Splash or Tokyo Disney Sea.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Part of the problem with wanting to save Animation Courtyard for something else in the future is that they’ve been doing that for how long now? Rarely does anything that isn’t happening now move forward as intended. Even the Door Coaster isn’t going where it was originally intended.

 

[CoasterCowboy67]

Maybe they can get rid of the last 90s 3D movie? Sure it'd be cute to bring back on occasion in the future. I wouldn't pay for a museum at that cost though. Id rather go to Tokyo Disneyland and see Splash or Tokyo Disney Sea.

A 3D movie is an easy format to bring back for limited time events. How hard would it be to just drop Muppetvision into the small theater next to the Frozen Sing a Long where they play the Mickey shorts with a simple themed entrance facade? Lower capacity, so it would actually fill that theater and maybe even get some takers for a LL

Unfortunately, we can’t get a ride like Splash back for limited time events