So far they’ve said they have no plans for that. Plus it’s sat outside of Avengers Campus in the middle of the new expensive non-Avengers themed area.
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HKDL gets new castle, frozen land and marvel land.
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cjkeating
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I think many people on here got overexcited when this was teased whereas an entertainment/meet and greet area always seemed most likely.
Rush
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I think this turning out to be a stage show is a definite upgrade from the speculated glorified M&G "experience".
BrianLo
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I'm on the other hand pleased there is a show... I took the announcement as just a pavilion space rather than any attraction of substance.
It's also a bit surprising that everyone feels Tower of Terror is a let down. When did that suddenly happen? For the longest time ToT was considered one of Disney's top attraction of the past 25 years (I realize it's now older than that, but still, that was the narrative last decade).
It's also a bit surprising that everyone feels Tower of Terror is a let down. When did that suddenly happen? For the longest time ToT was considered one of Disney's top attraction of the past 25 years (I realize it's now older than that, but still, that was the narrative last decade).
Sir_Cliff
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Kind of curious as to how similar this ride ends up being to ToT. In the concept art, the ride vehicle looks identical but the building looks a lot smaller with no obvious 'windows' into the park that I can see. Perhaps that is just because of the way it is portrayed in the artwork and in reality it will resemble the existing towers more closely, but if it is shorter presumably the ride would have to have other elements than the drops? I guess maybe just a lot of little drops!
In general, though, it looks less intrusive than I was imagining.
In general, though, it looks less intrusive than I was imagining.
Supersnow84
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The only way I feel it’s a let down is it’s reduction from park defining crowning attraction to “generic e ticket”
Now this isn’t to say HK doesn’t need more E tickets but mystic manor has the issue that while it’s an absolute Mecca for imagineering fans it’s draw for people who view Disney parks as theme parks not imagineering spaces is far more limited than other crowning park rides like Shanghai pirates, literally anything at disneysea or potentially the new log flume in Paris
HK just kinda needs that attraction that if the immediate draw for people who don’t even know what the word imagineering means; because that’s a mantle that mystic doesn’t hold well
mickEblu
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TOT is considered as such. Not necessarily (insert Marvel) retheme or version of TOT.
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If this attraction is a Tower of Terror variant, there could potentially be a lot of money leftover from the allocated expansion fund, maybe enough for an additional E-ticket. ToT is a relatively cost optimized E-ticket as Disney has experience building 4 of them worldwide and it has great rerideability with different configurations of drops and scenes making each experience different.
Supersnow84
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If it is then they have given no indication of it and the time to spend the rest of the expansions budget was 5 years ago
Disgruntled Walt
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@marni1971 in other thread you said you thought this ToT variant would be different from both the DHS and DCA ride systems…what makes you say that and what do you think will be unique about this one?
mickEblu
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Any Marvel ride implies heavy action which implies a screen focused attraction which automatically makes it less immersive. TOT was a beautiful marriage between ride concept/ theme and ride system. Reusing TOT’s ride system and adding Marvel characters on screens isn’t all that exciting and is an objective downgrade from its 31 year older original version.
Supersnow84
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I’d say that’s only relevant statement if comparing it to DHS’s Hollywood tower, the rest have done pretty well with the limited California system
Earlier art suggested otherwise; now it’s more like the other towers. Although even with forced perspective it looks shorter. I’d hope that’s the case.
SplashJacket
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Should’ve been TSMM
Supersnow84
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Battle at the ministry is honestly like a 6/10 to me
It just barely functions as a proof of concept of the ride design and really isn’t a ride I can see myself working with a lot of designs
It just barely functions as a proof of concept of the ride design and really isn’t a ride I can see myself working with a lot of designs
no.swatz
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Honestly this might be just a peek of one of the attractions in that area. I doubt it’s just a theatre there. I would like to see an indoor area like the little mermaid area in TDS.
no.swatz
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Well I just thought that the ride design seemed really good for heavy movements in action scenes.
22031029
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I genuinely don't understand why they went with a TOT clone for this. I think what HKDL needs more than anything right now is an F ticket headliner attraction and not just a clone of a 30+ year old ride system. (just like how they cloned Maelstrom with FEA. they had every opportunity to create something innovative...)
ThemeParkTraveller
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I think there are some reliability issues with that ride system. They even had to remove the drop to keep the ride running more smoothly, so I don't think it's that thrilling anymore.