SMRT-1Michael
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Which originally opened at Disneyland in 1988. All I was saying was that those particular Imagineers ideated these things at Disneyland first.
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MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom
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ChewbaccaYourMum
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I love you forever Liberty Belle and Rivers of America<3
Now bring on Cars and I hope you're amazing!
Now bring on Cars and I hope you're amazing!
brb1006
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I just rewatched the broadcast of Main Street Electrical Parade's initial Final Performance that aired on the Orange County News Channel. The broadcast was 40 minutes long and featured interviews and audience reactions.
My favorite coverage of MSEP's Farewell Season is from Yesterland article by Benjamin Rockwell posted November 30, 1996. After the final showing, audiences sung “Nah-nah nah-Nah, Nah-nah nah-Nah, Hey-hey, good bye." and the closing lyric to the Mickey Mouse Club.
Heck, the marketing for MSEP's Farewell Season included billboards, pins, and commercials.
I miss when Disney used to give proper fanfare to upcoming and closing attractions.
SMRT-1Michael
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Is this supposed to be a petty reply?
mickEblu
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It already happened in my lifetime in 2016 when they built GE. I lamented the changes when they were announced but ultimately could get over them because most of the changes didn’t actually change my experience at Disneyland. Which is my point. I didn’t like the concept of removing a chunk of mature trees and secluded part of the river for a single IP land inside Disneyland. But all things considered the project turned out fine. The new river scenes are nice. (What new river scenes will there be at MK? Haha) If you don’t walk to GE you hardly know it’s there. In fact, i do forget about it sometimes. I still miss things like Big Thunder Ranch and BBQ, a more rustic Big Thunder trail and Hungry Bear being on the water but those things can’t be compared to losing the whole river, island, riverboat and vista that anchors most of the west side of the park. That would be catastrophic.
Purduevian
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You were saying the capacity would stink on the 2nd cars ride. I wasn't aware we knew anything about the ride system/capacity.
Agent H
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Are we sure imagineering knows this door is here? Because it looks like a portal to the twilight zone.
The Underminer
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Is the main attraction likely to be an Headliner E-ticket? It looks cool but not on the same scale as Radiator Springs Racers.
Agent H
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The air quotes are unnecessary.
SMRT-1Michael
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HUSH!
I think maintaining the Liberty Belle and TSI as-is indefinitely is not a really great stroke of park management. I do not think there are any unique parts of either of these experiences that earn the nigh-encasing in amber you have on the CoP and IASW. I do think the company sees some attractions as sacred cows and the attractions that were on RoA until yesterday didn’t clear that bar. Walt Disney did not invent the guided tour on a riverboat but WED Enterprises’ World’s Fair attractions at Disneyland and at MK are the bar to clear.
I think the strongest argument against this closure has been and will continue to be a really needless damaging of the placemaking of Magic Kingdom. Frontierland is probably the most pleasant land in the park, and the public path-facing side of ROA is the literal centerpiece of it. The company has seen fit to take a wrecking ball to it for some pretty dubious reasons. Meanwhile, the connection from Liberty Square to Fantasyland, the connection between Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, the Hub, and park egress will continue to be unpleasant indefinitely. Maybe I am just not the target audience any more but Magic Kingdom has become and seems to further cement itself as an unpleasant place to be.
SMRT-1Michael
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I can't imagine being this miserable.
Purduevian
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I think it'll be a little more than half the length of RSR... but really hard to say based on the one concept art.
Casper Gutman
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Did you ever ride Autopia and think, “I wish there was more rockwork. And that my car had googly eyes”?
Imagine 10 years ago posting here that they where going to replace Spalsh with a dumpster fire of an attraction, and when they finished with that they where going to rip out ROA for a freaking CARS ride.
You would have been laughed off these forums.
You would have also been right.
You would have been laughed off these forums.
You would have also been right.
Not miserable here, and also fairly knowledgeable about Lakeshore Lodge.
Also imagine 10 years ago that Disney would run Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar into the ground. AND drive away the decades of good will and guest satisfaction so that they could monetize waiting in line. AND completely gut the powerhouse that was WDI and replace it with Gensler designing bland uninteresting things and add a bunch of box checkers that look good on social media but can't even make LED lights in the ground work right.
Most importantly, imagine 10 years ago that Bob would still be there after leaving and then coming back.
TheMaxRebo
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My guess is Disney will view it as and market it as a headlining E-Ticket
While many here will consider it anD-ticket at best
And the truth will probably be somewhere in the middle.
SMRT-1Michael
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Well you'd be one of a few as any information regarding this DVC resort aside from what was released in 2018-2019 is not accessible to the general public. This was a playful suggestion to preserve what are already doomed attractions at MK.