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DHS Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

TheCoasterNerd

TheCoasterNerd

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Yes, but if they want the Universal audience to visit WDW, they have to have thrills. Uni, Busch, Lego all have thrills. If they want those audiences at WDW they need thrills too, just in a different way, which is why they're doing what they're doing.
 
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Streetway Again

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TheCoasterNerd said:
Yes, but if they want the Universal audience to visit WDW, they have to have thrills. Uni, Busch, Lego all have thrills. If they want those audiences at WDW they need thrills too, just in a different way, which is why they're doing what they're doing.
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It’s also not like there will NOT be dark rides. Villains and Encanto will be dark rides. Theme parks thrive on variety. Though I do wish dhs had a non coaster new ride, as cool as door coaster is.
 
JackCH

JackCH

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Jrb1979 said:
I disagree. IMO it should be 3 dark rides to every 1 thrill. More Navi but significantly more AAs. Don't get wrong I do love thrills but IMO Disney should go back to what they excell at and is their strength. That is dark rides.
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To me, it is less about "thrill" vs "non-thrill" and more the diversity of ride experiences. Having, essentially, 25% of the new attractions be a coaster of some kind (one being family coaster), one flat ride, 4 dark rides, and 2 simulators, is a very nice diversity of attractions.
 
Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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TheCoasterNerd said:
Yes, but if they want the Universal audience to visit WDW, they have to have thrills. Uni, Busch, Lego all have thrills. If they want those audiences at WDW they need thrills too, just in a different way, which is why they're doing what they're doing.
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I'm not saying no thrills. I'm of the opinion if you can't or unwilling to do thrills as good as Universal or other parks, that they should stick to their strength and what made Disney different.
 
aladdin2007

aladdin2007

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Streetway Again said:
It’s also not like there will NOT be dark rides. Villains and Encanto will be dark rides. Theme parks thrive on variety. Though I do wish dhs had a non coaster new ride, as cool as door coaster is.
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Do we know that for fact? I haven't read or heard anything that it is certain they are doing a dark ride, if villains land even still happens.
 
ChewbaccaYourMum

ChewbaccaYourMum

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Jrb1979 said:
I'm not saying no thrills. I'm of the opinion if you can't or unwilling to do thrills as good as Universal or other parks, that they should stick to their strength and what made Disney different.
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Isn't your statement "can't or unwilling to do thrills as good as Universal" based on the opinion of the individual for a particular ride, though?

In my opinion, the two best coasters in Orlando at the moment are Cosmic Rewind and Hagrid's, based on their thrill, storytelling and theming.
Followed by VelociCoaster, but it loses points for being very bare.

If your opinion is Disney doesn't have any coasters that meet the thrill of Universal, that's absolutely fine, but it's not the end all be all, just like my opinion isn't either.

I think it's absolutely wonderful that Disney World has a great diversity of rides between dark rides, simulations, coasters and thrills, and by no means should stop making thrills/coasters because you think Universal does them better. there's room for everyone to be happy and have something for them, my friend!
 
Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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ChewbaccaYourMum said:
Isn't your statement "can't or unwilling to do thrills as good as Universal" based on the opinion of the individual for a particular ride, though?

In my opinion, the two best coasters in Orlando at the moment are Cosmic Rewind and Hagrid's, based on their thrill, storytelling and theming.
Followed by VelociCoaster, but it loses points for being very bare.

If your opinion is Disney doesn't have any coasters that meet the thrill of Universal, that's absolutely fine, but it's not the end all be all, just like my opinion isn't either.

I think it's absolutely wonderful that Disney World has a great diversity of rides between dark rides, simulations, coasters and thrills, and by no means should stop making thrills/coasters because you think Universal does them better. there's room for everyone to be happy and have something for them, my friend!
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That's a far argument. I'm not saying to not do thrills at all. I'm saying that the majority of new additions should be more dark ride/simulator than coasters/thrill.

More Remy, Rise and Millennium Falcon and less Guardians.
 
ChewbaccaYourMum

ChewbaccaYourMum

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Jrb1979 said:
That's a far argument. I'm not saying to not do thrills at all. I'm saying that the majority of new additions should be more dark ride/simulator than coasters/thrill.

More Remy, Rise and Millennium Falcon and less Guardians.
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Personally, I would love more Cosmic Rewind/type rides haha! But I respect your point, and love those rides you mentioned as well!

I am really looking forward to that rumored Villains dark ride, as I feel like that will be the chance for WDW to do another Rise "All the bells and whistles of Imagineering" type of ride.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
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ChewbaccaYourMum said:
I'm not sure why the topic of WDW leaning towards coasters and no more dark rides with storytelling continues to come up in these forums over and over and over and over again... maybe because there's such a loud voice of posters spreading misinformation all the time, but......

Just looking back at the last ten years... WDW has given us:

6 Dark rides (Frozen, Na'vi river, Rise, Mickey, Remy, Tiana [is Tiana a dark or thrill? Not sure, but put it here] )
3 Simulation type rides (Soarin' Around the World, Flight of Passage, Smuggler's Run)
3 Coasters (Slinky, Tron, Cosmic Rewind [which is WDW dipping their toes into coaster/dark/storytelling] )

And based on what's coming the next 5 years we have announced:
4 Dark rides (rumored Villains dark ride, Indy, Encanto, Test Track 3.0 [is Test Track a dark or thrill? Not sure, but put it here] )
2 Coasters (Monsters door, and rumored Villains Coaster [I hope Disney goes all in on coaster/dark ride/storytelling here] )
And whatever you consider those 2 Cars rides to be, but they are definitely not coasters.

Disney World is not leaning towards coasters. They are still opening a healthy amount of Dark rides.
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COASTERZ!! is the new SCREENZ!!
 
Professortango1

Professortango1

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TheMaxRebo said:
Villains Land is to have a dark ride too, but if it is too scary for little kids doesn't really help
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Luckily, Disney has never made a ride that was too scary for kids. I grew up on Snow White's Scary Adventures and the screaming pop-ups in Haunted Mansion. Visited Alien Encounter and Tower of Terror in Elementary School. And I am a wuss.
 
Professortango1

Professortango1

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Gusey said:
The flats is my biggest issue. We're going to have the TA carousel soon (DLP is getting Rapunzel's Tangled Spin & Disneyland getting Stark Flight Lab) but why has Disney stopped making well-themed flat rides?
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Because they rarely fit with modern theme park design. Dumbo wouldn't be built today. They are not continuously loading, meaning you need queue space for 3-5 cycles of guests. The ride vehicles are typically limited to a family and they don't add single riders to increase capacity.

I do like a well-done flat ride to add movement to a land, but I would love for Disney to figure out how to create flat rides which load continuously with the ride vehicles moving from a loading area into the ride position while the previous riders find their vehicles moving to the unload. It looks like we are getting a touch of this with the upcoming Avengers flat ride. I'd love to see Disney explore this more. I would love to ride a darkride that became the Pixar Pal-Around for the middle portion or finale rather than sitting on the Ferris wheel as they load/unload car by car.
 
TheMaxRebo

TheMaxRebo

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Professortango1 said:
Luckily, Disney has never made a ride that was too scary for kids. I grew up on Snow White's Scary Adventures and the screaming pop-ups in Haunted Mansion. Visited Alien Encounter and Tower of Terror in Elementary School. And I am a wuss.
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Guess my kids are bigger wusses then you as they won't do Tower of Terror (well, got them to do it each once and they said never again). Definitely know lots of kids scared of Haunted Mansion too
 

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