Disney Warrior
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I was going to say that it will always be Blight Reef from 2022's Great Movie Ride but Autumn Landing from What If 1 and Sesame Street and Blizzard Beach from Citrus Dreamin' are also top contenders
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Visions Fantastic: An Imagineering Competition Hype Thread
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Brer Panther
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That's a hard one... I remember "Muppets Mountain" being pretty fun. I also got to do a Hanna-Barbera dark ride for another prompt (some sort of Toon Lagoon/Seuss Landing replacement, I believe?), that was fun too.
Outbound
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I just graduated college, and I'm trying to have a chill summer before grad school. Should be perfect for a friendly competition!
On my first trip to a Disney park, I was very little and scared of most of the rides. Thought the Tiki Room would be scary lol. But we rode Thunder Mountain as our first ride, and after that my Dad bargained with me to go on other rides in exchange for repeatedly re-riding Big Thunder. That was the only way to convince me to go on the Tiki Room, Pirates, Haunted Mansion. I think we rode Thunder Mountain like 5 times in one day, that was all we did the first day of the trip.
Won't be specific, but anything smaller or weirder I think can help break up gameplay! Like giant lands are fun as openers but a lot of the time it becomes each person doing a mini-project on their own.
Hard one, but the music park from last year's Citrus Dreamin' is still fresh in my mind and was such an inspired concept!
Lizzy May Bee
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Would still have to say the Disney Adventure for the memories
JokersWild
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Recently Luminous or the Story Source. Both feel the most complete, or the closest to how I would ideally present a project.
Not signing up, but I’ll be around, lurking and occasionally judging.
Earlie the Pearlie
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Tintin in Syldavia. Book 4-8 Tintirrino firing on all cylinders was a sight to behold. Following that, my solo finale love letter to Earlie the Pearlie and classic Presentationalist EPCOT Center.
WaltWiz1901
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Alice Down the Rabbit Hole, from the eighth expedition of Citrus Dreamin'
Disgruntled Walt
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This will be my first non-1SC, so I'm excited to be able to answer this question eventually!
OSUBMac555
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I won’t be able to participate for this one with my other “hobby” but I sounds exciting and I look forward to seeing all the creative stuff folks come up with!
Question of the Day
In honor of another brainstormed yet cut project from this game’s lineup which would’ve seen players design a fourth attraction for the upcoming Tropical Americas at Animal Kingdom:
What is the best attraction replacement in theme park history? What new attraction that replaced something old do you consider the ultimate upgrade? Could be a show, a ride, a meet and greet, whatever, it just has to have replaced something that existed already.
For me, I’ve got to go with Wishes —> Happily Ever After. Wishes was a huge part of my childhood nostalgia but it closed down May 11th, 2017 which was my 18th birthday and was replaced with what I find to be just the perfect Disney fireworks show. Between it going away the day I “became an adult” and the replacement just being so good, I’ll always have a fondness for this change
In honor of another brainstormed yet cut project from this game’s lineup which would’ve seen players design a fourth attraction for the upcoming Tropical Americas at Animal Kingdom:
What is the best attraction replacement in theme park history? What new attraction that replaced something old do you consider the ultimate upgrade? Could be a show, a ride, a meet and greet, whatever, it just has to have replaced something that existed already.
For me, I’ve got to go with Wishes —> Happily Ever After. Wishes was a huge part of my childhood nostalgia but it closed down May 11th, 2017 which was my 18th birthday and was replaced with what I find to be just the perfect Disney fireworks show. Between it going away the day I “became an adult” and the replacement just being so good, I’ll always have a fondness for this change
Earlie the Pearlie
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I’ll go with Rio del Tiempo -> Gran Fiesta Tour. The latter is genuinely one of my favorite rides (granted, a lot of the stuff that makes it great is carried over from the former), it still showcases Mexico, and I’ve got a soft spot for the Three Caballeros. I don’t think that’s a super controversial take, but I could be wrong!
Architectural Guinea Pig
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Fully build out Disneyland Abu Dhabi (divide into teams of 2-4 to work on each land)!!!
Fantasia 2024, it was one of my favorite experiences with presentation, creating a gorgeous website and even composing music!
Splash Mountain to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure… just kidding 
Superstar limo -> Monsters Inc zero contest
Superstar limo -> Monsters Inc zero contest also, i forgot to mention but i’m 100% ready to join the game!
cdunlap
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This is something that I would do in a heartbeat if given the chance! It would probably be an insane dark ride based on the collapse of the Maya civilization.
Pi on my Cake
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This is tough because there's a lot of ones like Tiana’s and Runaway Railway that I consider lateral moves. Better in some ways and worse in others. Or rides like Cosmic Rewind that are so different it feels impossible to compare to compare to what came before with how different it is.
Maybe Country Bear Musical Jamboree (which I'm sure is a controversial answer). I do miss the edginess and classic feeling of the old show. But the new one has such a fun chaotic energy that it almost feels more like a Muppets show. And the Disney songs feel shockingly natural
I totally didn't think I would agree because I'm such a huge fan of the original Country Bear Jamboree, but upon watching it a few weeks ago when I was down there, yeah, I kind of enjoyed it a lot.
Pi on my Cake
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On paper it sounds like a disaster. In practice it just works!
I’ll let you know after I finally get to ride Cosmic Rewind. Honestly I loved the original version of Universe of Energy, and anything “classic” EPCOT,… but it did feel like that attraction was in need of a big change.
Disney Warrior
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Let’s not forget Journey into Your Imagination that was so bad they made a new version with Figment like a year later (but at the same time the og is better)
Main Street USA. There is nothing like the feeling of walking through there at night, with the scent of confectionery delights filling the air and Cinderella’s Castle looming ahead. That is a little slice of heaven.
I have so many.
Staying up late watching the WDW Resort Channel on a loop, meeting April O’Neal and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a little kid, meeting Ariel as a teenager, meeting Ariel as a young adult, meeting Ariel as a 30-something, riding Horizons and feeling so enamored with the possibilities of the future (nobody tell baby Tegan how it worked out, just let her enjoy it), going on attractions with first time visitors and getting to see their reactions, going on Carousel of Progress with my dad’s whole family and all of us singing “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” with such enthusiasm that we get the whole theater to join in.
But my absolute favorite is deeply personal; Getting to experience, well, the EPCOT Experience preview center in the Odyssey with my grandpa. Some of you may recall, but he was the entire reason that we are a Disney family and his enthusiasm never waned. WDW became holy ground for us.
On this particular morning, we got to EPCOT early, I grabbed a Joffrey’s, and we were on our way. The EPCOT Experience had just opened like a week before our trip.
When we stepped foot into the large circular theater that highlighted all the coming attractions, I immediately became six years old again. But then I looked over at my Grandpa, and he had a look of absolute wonder on his face. And I just stood there taking that moment in for a while. This intelligent, successful, retired executive had never lost touch with his inner child, and still allowed himself to be overwhelmed with joy and excitement.
The pandemic took over our lives about six months later. In spring of 2022, I went back for the first time since that trip, not knowing it would be my last time at WDW with my grandpa. He passed away two years ago. And I haven’t been back to our favorite place yet. But I carry that moment with me daily.
Question of the Day
In honor of another cut prompt where players would have had to design a fourth All-Star Resort to go alongside Music, Movies, and Sports:
What is your favorite themed hotel at a theme park? Likely Disney or Universal but maybe you’re a big fan of the old Nickelodeon Hotel or maybe there’s others out there I’m not even aware of.
For me, I don’t think I even have to say it because it’s so obvious, but yeah, it’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, particularly Jambo House though Kidani Village is nice too. I have a few friends and their partners who have never been to Disney World and so my partner and I are planning to take them next spring and I’m bumming DVC points from my parents so we can stay at AKL because if I’m taking two zookeepers to Disney, we’ve gotta stay at AKL
In honor of another cut prompt where players would have had to design a fourth All-Star Resort to go alongside Music, Movies, and Sports:
What is your favorite themed hotel at a theme park? Likely Disney or Universal but maybe you’re a big fan of the old Nickelodeon Hotel or maybe there’s others out there I’m not even aware of.
For me, I don’t think I even have to say it because it’s so obvious, but yeah, it’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, particularly Jambo House though Kidani Village is nice too. I have a few friends and their partners who have never been to Disney World and so my partner and I are planning to take them next spring and I’m bumming DVC points from my parents so we can stay at AKL because if I’m taking two zookeepers to Disney, we’ve gotta stay at AKL