Mexico could handle a new more popular ride in the same sense that Norway is able to... But it would need to move its main entrance somehow over to the side or around the pavilion with just an outdoor extended queue, and an exit that doesn't end up inside the pavilion.
Of course. But that's not why everyone keeps recommending an Inside Out show goes in there... They're thinking the old space could be re-skinned/utilized which is not the case, and they're not thinking about the rest of that entire pavilion, which has also been completely gutted.
Sorry I should have been more clear.. I completely understand the concept of capacity on rides and how it effects wait times completely.
I still don’t think they’d do anything to it for at least a decade, especially if fans receive the update well. They’d coast on that goodwill while they address other areas of the parks until his number gets called again. At that point, I think a different IP would be inevitable.
If TWDC can coast for nearly a quarter of a century on the current, mediocre version, then just imagine how long a good version would last.
Exactly
You’re right on that first half.. but the second half I kinda disagree with, while it’s true not everything will appeal to everybody, that’s just a fact of life, the reality is, they ‘should’ usually try to make things that appeal to the widest range of audience and not just subsects. And in response to the original post HMF replied to. Why wouldn’t that ride & characters be a big success when they were to begin with and continue to sell big in merchandise (not to mention a recent successful meet n greet) ? The parks had more variety and things to do when it wasn’t almost always replacing classics and/or just greenlighting in general attractions only with celebrities & film IP tied into them, that or strictly thrill rides vs the higher capacity/slow moving darkrides. Before it was a much nicer variety/balance of types of attractions.. not anymore though sadly. (Mickey & Friends current state is a very sad example of this also. As opposed to making cartoons or shows that are accessible for all ages like they once did, it’s (mostly) now either strictly for preschoolers or folks that like edgy/out there cartoons that don’t keep the integrity of the characters intact. The more all-age appealing, genuine classic styles that kept to that integrity or even projects more like the comics (things like The Talking Mickey Mouse Show, shorts like Mickey’s Christmas Carol & Prince & the Pauper, Mickey MouseWorks/House of Mouse, Epic Mickey, Get a Horse, or even some of the recent 2D attempts Eric Goldberg & Mark Henn worked on for instance) are hardly ever greenlit or supported by the company to their better or full potential anymore it seems. It’s baffling) The original Journey Into Imagination was something aimed at everybody, that pretty much everybody enjoyed. Which is why it’s completely crazy they’d decide to get rid of it and drastically change it the way they did by pointlessly retheming the whole thing to unrelated film IP w a flanderized version of Figment shoehorned into it. There was simply no good reason to, especially since folks have been clamoring and buying retro style merch for ‘decades’ now, wanting to see the pavilion restored back to its former glory. Yet Disney absolutely refuses for whatever asinine/nonsensical reason.. I don’t get it.
I agree that you want to aim for the widest audience possible. The fact of the matter is the original EPCOT did have it's detractors but also it's fans. The sad part is Disney listened to the detractors and turned the park into the sorry state it is today. Maybe if they listened to the fans, instead, We wouldn't be in this mess.
I’d say it honestly takes a balance depending on circumstances. Honestly I think more people enjoyed EPCOT than those that didn’t.. but then again, I don’t have any internal data on that to prove anything and can only go off what I’ve seen and have heard most folks discuss on social media & sites like these. In the end though, I def think we could’ve had a much better balance of both park original and new offerings added that stay true to the park’s theme rather than constantly detracting from the originals as what’s happened more lately.
Is this the doors that separate the finale from the unload, or one of the drop down screens?
i feel like this has been fixed for awhile though never had an issue with it on my rides
If they got the same people who worked on Test Track 3.0, and a sponsor to foot the bill, JII 4.0 would probably become the best ride in EPCOT. That is, if we’re allowed to dream.