DHS Disney Confirms Muppets Take Over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Hollywood Studios

[Incomudro]

Taylor Swift could 100% get in a serious controversy, she already does have some noise around her. A MUCHHHH smarter idea would be to have the Muppets cover one of her songs as a fun little joke and have her maybe appear in posters/the preshow as one of their "special guests". Then, if anything ever happens, its as simple as taking down the poster + stopping her song or preshow clip from playing.

Her music does not fit this ride.

 

[osian]

Does anyone know if Paris is a complete clone of Florida? Cause I rode it and it was more intense then I remember it in Florida.

I don’t want to chicken out but……

They are the same.

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They are also almost the same as Xpress Platform 13 in Walibi Holland: https://rcdb.com/769.htm, small difference in launch track length and speed but the main coaster layout is the same if you want to look up videos of that to see what it looks like when not indoors.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I do hope within the plaza along with KRNR food stand we see a food truck for Pizza Rizzo...

Just with better food than the actual Pizza Rizzo had

 

[Incomudro]

In reality, no one really cares about Aerosmith going away. They just want to feel like their lives mean something by complaining online to the masses who will give them the attention that they think they're missing in their lives.

My family of four certainly care.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Two Sesame Place parks - one in San Diego and one outside Philly - continue to use the Sesame Street characters. I worked at the Philly location in the mid-80s along with two of my friends/co-workers who later went on to prominent roles with Disney.

You also have the Mini Sesame Place in Sea World Orlando and Sesame Street Safari of Fun at Busch Gardens Tampa which I was referring to since they were in the same state.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Just with better food than the actual Pizza Rizzo had

They will probably still take the "Nation pizza" route...

 

[seabreezept813]

Square peg into a round hole. There are tons of better ideas for the muppets than in an upside down thrill coaster, this was just the quickest and cheapest way to keep them in the parks.

Ya this is an eye roll for me every time I see it.

 

[DrStarlander]

Disney ride scripts have been atrocious since the Jack Sparrow-ing of Pirates.

I remember being a bit taken aback in the late 1980s with the ride script on Star Tours. Not only was the droid pilot totally out of character with the Star Wars movies, but overall -- up to that point -- I associated Disneyland narrators and hosts as competent authority figures, delivering deep gravitas-filled voices -- with scripts to match. Think of the knowing, stentorian narration of Adventure Thru Inner Space, the Railroad and Monorail announcements, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean ("Dead men tell no tales..."), Mission to Mars, Submarine Voyage... The vocal vibe of the park was that of mid-century newsreels, steady airplane pilots, and 1950s education films.

Then along comes an attraction with this squeaky, Saturday Morning Cartoon kiddie voice...who is not particularly competent or in control (the droid said it himself). It felt like a new era (and not in a good way). And it wasn't just the voice, it was the "oh me, oh my, reeeeally bad things are gonna happen!" sky-is-falling patronizing attempt to appeal to kiddos and stir up excitement.

It reminded me of how TV shows of the 1970s and 1980s would -- after many seasons and usually when ratings had declined -- introduce a "cute" new kid character to try to spice things up (you know Cousin Oliver in Brady Bunch or Scrappy-Doo in Scooby-Doo). The Star Tours droid felt like the Cousin Oliver or Scrappy-Doo of Disneyland.

 

[plutofan15]

You also have the Mini Sesame Place in Sea World Orlando and Sesame Street Safari of Fun at Busch Gardens Tampa which I was referring to since they were in the same state.

Both Sesame Place parks were part of the Anheuser-Busch entertainment group at one point along with Sea World and a third Sesame Place park in Texas which closed long ago. And the Busch Gardens parks.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Both Sesame Place parks were part of the Anheuser-Busch entertainment group at one point along with Sea World and a third Sesame Place park in Texas which closed long ago. And the Busch Gardens parks.

They’re still part of United Parks & Resorts.

 

[plutofan15]

They’re still part of United Parks & Resorts.

Yep. An interesting thing was when owned by Anheuser-Busch, full time employees got a voucher with their bi-weekly paycheck for two cases of any Anheuser-Busch product. The 80s were a fun time.

 

[HMF]

i guess the best idea would be to tear it down and build from scratch. I mean RnRC is 30+ year old coaster anyways?

It's only just over 25.

 

[HMF]

i think Incredicoaster would have made the most sense. But that would require more of a change than this.

IncrediCoaster was literally the laziest most forced way to try to apply a theme to a generic Roller Coaster I have ever seen.

 

[HMF]

Square peg into a round hole. There are tons of better ideas for the muppets than in an upside down thrill coaster, this was just the quickest and cheapest way to keep them in the parks.

Keeping MV3D would have been cheaper but of course it's so "Horribly outdated".

 

[HMF]

The Electric Mayhem in Rockin’ Roller Coaster is a natural fit imo.

However, there should be more Muppet attractions than just the high speed roller coaster. I want immersive dining, live shows, a dark ride, etc.

If only Jim had lived.

 

[HMF]

It's wild that Aerosmith didn't get removed earlier
It kinda feels like one of those weird DCA 1.0 yesterland stuff

Well, it opened in 1999 around the same time DCA was being designed. It is probably the last remnant of the days in the parks when WDI considered a giant plastic looking icon lightly themed to represent an object related to the main theme was considered adequate theming. Other obvious examples from around that time include " The Wand" "The Hat" etc.

 

[HMF]

The Muppets’ primary audience is adults, just as it has been for a long time now. The characters haven’t really been popular with kids since the movie with Jason Segal and even then I wouldn’t say it really landed as hard with them as Disney maybe hoped. The Muppets has long been a brand that thrives on the attention and nostalgia paid to it by adults.

As I have said there were jokes in Muppets which I actually did not get as a 6 or 7 year old. They only made sense after I became a teenager.

 

[DisneyCane]

I remember being a bit taken aback in the late 1980s with the ride script on Star Tours. Not only was the droid pilot totally out of character with the Star Wars movies, but overall -- up to that point -- I associated Disneyland narrators and hosts as competent authority figures, delivering deep gravitas-filled voices -- with scripts to match. Think of the knowing, stentorian narration of Adventure Thru Inner Space, the Railroad and Monorail announcements, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean ("Dead men tell no tales..."), Mission to Mars, Submarine Voyage... The vocal vibe of the park was that of mid-century newsreels, steady airplane pilots, and 1950s education films.

Then along comes an attraction with this squeaky, Saturday Morning Cartoon kiddie voice...who is not particularly competent or in control (the droid said it himself). It felt like a new era (and not in a good way). And it wasn't just the voice, it was the "oh me, oh my, reeeeally bad things are gonna happen!" sky-is-falling patronizing attempt to appeal to kiddos and stir up excitement.

It reminded me of how TV shows of the 1970s and 1980s would -- after many seasons and usually when ratings had declined -- introduce a "cute" new kid character to try to spice things up (you know Cousin Oliver in Brady Bunch or Scrappy-Doo in Scooby-Doo). The Star Tours droid felt like the Cousin Oliver or Scrappy-Doo of Disneyland.

Don't forget when Seven appeared on "Married... With Children" in the 90's (and then vanished the next season).

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

IncrediCoaster was literally the laziest most forced way to try to apply a theme to a generic Roller Coaster I have ever seen.

And they realize this while waiting in line...

 

[HMF]

And they realize this while waiting in line...

Yes, as with the GOTG Tower, The self referencing in the recent DCA attractions is quite painful.