MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Incomudro]

Creek seems to 'fit' better.. The water aspect of Disney Springs was way overblown in the concept art too.

We'll have to see.

 

[Smoky]

 

[monothingie]

Boardwalk Empire is also a popular show. Does that mean that everyone is walking around with a secret love of Prohibition era New Jersey?

You dodged the question because your initial statement was wrong.

To simply dismiss an entire genre because it does not appeal to you specifically is really quite arrogant on your part. The fact that modern day pop-culture still is referential to the frontier era certainly indicates a continued modern interest.

 

[lazyboy97o]

It's because they have no clue what they're actually doing yet and how they will make this fit any sort of conceivable way. That's why the proportions are so out of whack. If you look at the actual size of the space they're using their simply isn't enough room for half of what is proposed, at least not in a "grand national park" kind of way.

This project is beyond concept design and even at that stage plenty of drafted plans exist for a project. This isn’t even technically concept art.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Westerns borrow a lot of common story tropes. Just because Westerns use them doesn't mean that all stories that use them are Westerns.

But non of this matters. Frontierland in Disneyland and again in Disneyworld was about Davy Crocket and Cowboys and Indians. No one cares about that anymore. So now Frontierland is being molded into a wilderness adventure.

You didn’t answer - is Dancing With Wolves a western? What are the key themes of Avatar?

Yes, certain broad story tropes show up across cultures. In America, those tropes have been shaped, filtered, and defined by the frontier myth. This is one of the reasons samurai films translate so well to a western setting and vice versa.

If we’re tossing any genre that doesn’t resonate anymore… well, the pirate film is dead, so better dump that. Indy bombed and no one is making jungle adventure films, so let’s chuck Adventureland in the trash. Snow White just embarrassed everyone at the box office, so the Mine Train needs to go. Buck Rogers sci-fi isn’t big, so level Tomorrowland. Not a lot of folks care about classic Hollywood or Tower of Terror, so…

 

[MisterPenguin]

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Tell Eddie that someone at Disney's presentation of this that this sign was made for the kiddos. It seems to emphasize the 'fun area' and not the ride that they may not be tall enough to ride.

 

[Casper Gutman]

The main Frontierland pathway we know today will likely feel a bit more cramped as more guests will bother to visit, and more importantly stay, in Frontierland, rather than use it as a way to get from BTM to Haunted Mansion. But, what should help is the new pathway from BTM to Haunted Mansion around the back of the Cars attraction, so guests will have multiple options to get from A to B

It will feel cramped because, rather than being bordered by a wide expanse of water and open sky, it will be bordered by trees and rockwork. This will make it FEEL more cramped.

 

[Delta-7]

I wish people would stop mentioning the age of some of our younger posters. Some of the silliest comments in the forum have been authored by those of us in the over-40 category!

Agreed. As much as replacing ROA & TSI with Cars hurts, I don’t know why some people on here feel the need to judge others based on their age. Just ‘cause you’re older doesn’t mean you’re smarter.

 

[JD80]

You didn’t answer - is Dancing With Wolves a western? What are the key themes of Avatar?

Yes, certain broad story tropes show up across cultures. In America, those tropes have been shaped, filtered, and defined by the frontier myth. This is one of the reasons samurai films translate so well to a western setting and vice versa.

If we’re tossing any genre that doesn’t resonate anymore… well, the pirate film is dead, so better dump that. Indy bombed and no one is making jungle adventure films, so let’s chuck Adventureland in the trash. Snow White just embarrassed everyone at the box office, so the Mine Train needs to go. Buck Rogers sci-fi isn’t big, so level Tomorrowland. Not a lot of folks care about classic Hollywood or Tower of Terror, so…

Yes, Dancing with Wolves is a western. Is Fern Gully a Western?

The rest of your post is silly and you're being purposefully obtuse.

 

[Ayla]

If you want a home for Liberty Belle, how about expanding Main Street around the corner to take over the under-used and poorly themed SomehowIt'sTheFuture Terrace?

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And block that fireworks view they charge $$$$$ for? Not a chance in hell.

 

[ManicMillennial]

Boardwalk Empire is also a popular show. Does that mean that everyone is walking around with a secret love of Prohibition era New Jersey?

Bet your skippy it does!

 

[Tha Realest]

I promise you this is not the case. Americans at large in this day and age do not hold any importance in their hearts for the frontier myth.

The viewership ratings for the Taylor Sheridan extended universe strongly suggests otherwise.

 

[monothingie]

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Disney PR read the room when this first came out. This is, along with the detailed descriptions of how WDI is ensuring minimal disruption to the rest of the themed area is the heavy hand of marketing trying to build good will for the project.

Who knows what the final product will look like, but to say everything is going to be great based on a single press release is just silly. Eddie knows that.

 

[CoastalElite64]

Could the kiddie attraction be a version of the Redwood Challenge Trail? Looking at the area in the bottom center.

 

[Incomudro]

Yes, Dancing with Wolves is a western. Is Fern Gully a Western?

He seems to have forgotten that Dances with Wolves was 35 years ago.

 

[Tha Realest]

Boardwalk Empire is also a popular show. Does that mean that everyone is walking around with a secret love of Prohibition era New Jersey?

Is? it hasn’t been on TV in over a decade.

 

[MisterPenguin]

And block that fireworks view they charge $$$$$ for? Not a chance in hell.

It can still be monetized for that, and the upper balcony an upcharge!

 

[Ayla]

Tell Eddie that someone at Disney's presentation of this that this sign was made for the kiddos. It seems to emphasize the 'fun area' and not the ride that they may not be tall enough to ride.

Because kids are big consumers of concept art and media presentations?

 

[Casper Gutman]

Yes, Dancing with Wolves is a western. Is Fern Gully a Western?

Lone hero, disgruntled with civilization, travels to distant frontier mining outpost where he bonds with noble natives and helps them push back against encroaching machinery, in the process finding his true self.

 

[Tha Realest]

You didn’t answer - is Dancing With Wolves a western? What are the key themes of Avatar?

Yes, certain broad story tropes show up across cultures. In America, those tropes have been shaped, filtered, and defined by the frontier myth. This is one of the reasons samurai films translate so well to a western setting and vice versa.

If we’re tossing any genre that doesn’t resonate anymore… well, the pirate film is dead, so better dump that. Indy bombed and no one is making jungle adventure films, so let’s chuck Adventureland in the trash. Snow White just embarrassed everyone at the box office, so the Mine Train needs to go. Buck Rogers sci-fi isn’t big, so level Tomorrowland. Not a lot of folks care about classic Hollywood or Tower of Terror, so…

The Mandalorian is functionally a western.