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DHS Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

Casper Gutman

Casper Gutman

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BrianLo said:
I forgot to swing back around to this. I finally saw Mermaid. It’s a completely new show. I really vehemently disagree with characterizing it as ancient. If it’s not new, than neither was Star Tours 2.0.

If B&TB received this type of makeover, I would be supremely happy with it kicking around another 20 years.

As you know I’m on the moderate end. The Monsters show is real and will come to fruition, but was an after thought because of where this project landed. I don’t think it’s far along in development because 2028 is a far off deadline for entertainment. Though I believe it will happen, pretty much everything else seems to be.
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I’m at a loss regarding the praise for Mermaid. They added a song, which is great. They also added some abysmal CGI. It still ends abruptly. Unfortunate Souls is still massively underserved. Beyond Kiss the Girl, what has revitalized a show that was weak when it opened many decades ago?
 
LittleBuford

LittleBuford

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Casper Gutman said:
I’m at a loss regarding the praise for Mermaid. They added a song, which is great. They also added some abysmal CGI. It still ends abruptly. Unfortunate Souls is still massively underserved. Beyond Kiss the Girl, what has revitalized a show that was weak when it opened many decades ago?
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It’s a very different show. I personally miss the original version (yes, I’m a rare fan of it!), and I agree that some of the CGI is really bad, but the whole thing has been extensively overhauled. Ariel is now seen to be swimming around, for example, which is a new (and very nifty) effect. Eric’s confrontation with Ursula is another nicely executed addition.
 
Timothy_Q

Timothy_Q

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BrianLo said:
If B&TB received this type of makeover, I would be supremely happy with it kicking around another 20 years.
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I would love to see BATB replaced with an IP that isn't already featured at WDW

A Hercules show would be a nice throwback to the 90s DHS parade
Plus they just started a Hercules show in London and in the Destiny, so it feels plausible
 
neo999955

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Casper Gutman said:
I’m at a loss regarding the praise for Mermaid. They added a song, which is great. They also added some abysmal CGI. It still ends abruptly. Unfortunate Souls is still massively underserved. Beyond Kiss the Girl, what has revitalized a show that was weak when it opened many decades ago?
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I'd sadly agree. I find the new Mermaid show to be terrible and maybe worse than the previous especially when the CGI is so awful it really pulls you out of the story. I think it's a clunker and I can't really imagine how it got signed off as it is. My whole crew hated it.

BaTB should be replaced outright, it's had it's time.

Villains is fun, I think they mostly nailed that, but they need to swap in new villains at least once a year if it'll run for a while.

I hope they're aiming for a really funny, tight show for Monsters, but who knows what to expect sadly.
 
Stupido

Stupido

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Timothy_Q said:
I would love to see BATB replaced with an IP that isn't already featured at WDW

A Hercules show would be a nice throwback to the 90s DHS parade
Plus they just started a Hercules show in London and in the Destiny, so it feels plausible
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Love the idea, but Disney is really struggling to bring Hercules to the stage. It sounds like an easy feat, the soundtrack is one of Disney's best. But they keep missing the mark hardcore. I saw it when it was running in Jersey pre-Germany, pre-London. Alan Menken was at the same performance, and he walked out at intermission and didn't return. The reviews in Germany/London weren't much better. It's a shame because I think Disney is close to writing off Hercules as a show, and seem to be fast tracking a Tangled stage show with a first run workshop already taken place.

Fully ignorant to the Treasure version, hopefully it's fairing a bit better?
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

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Casper Gutman said:
I’m at a loss regarding the praise for Mermaid. They added a song, which is great. They also added some abysmal CGI. It still ends abruptly. Unfortunate Souls is still massively underserved. Beyond Kiss the Girl, what has revitalized a show that was weak when it opened many decades ago?
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I’m not saying you are wrong for disliking it in either iteration.

It is restaged, resequenced, redirected. There’s new different dialogue, different effects. New sequences beyond just the two songs. It’s a new show, not a lightly modified old one - that’s the contention I can’t agree with. It doesn’t feel ancient.

I wouldn’t call Fantasmic ancient either and that one is only modified.
 
wdwmagic

wdwmagic

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Disgruntled Walt

Disgruntled Walt

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wdwmagic said:

CFTOD Filing Shows Layout of Monsters Inc. Coaster and Electrical Service Yards at Disney's Hollywood Studios​

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CFTOD Filing Shows Layout of Monsters Inc. Coaster and Electrical Service Yards at Disney's Hollywood Studios

CFTOD Filing Shows Layout of Monsters Inc. Coaster and Electrical Service Yards at Disney's Hollywood Studios
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I'm not really understanding what I'm looking at with the "faint plans for the roller coaster." I think I can make out the track split, but I'm not really seeing anything else.
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

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It will probably run longer than RnRC/Tron/SDD and be considered a moderate run time for a WDW coasters. Some of that may come from opening and mid scenes, but all those coasters waste time on launches too.

There appears to be two show scenes from the track layout separate from the warehouse/load room.

The frozen coaster is a Jr coaster and a silly thing to compare to.
 
Casper Gutman

Casper Gutman

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BrianLo said:
It will probably run longer than RnRC/Tron/SDD and be considered a moderate run time for a WDW coasters. Some of that may come from opening and mid scenes, but all those coasters waste time on launches too.

There appears to be two show scenes from the track layout separate from the warehouse/load room.

The frozen coaster is a Jr coaster and a silly thing to compare to.
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What indication do we have of show scenes?
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

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Casper Gutman said:
What indication do we have of show scenes?
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Two rooms outside of the warehouse.

The start (which is upstairs after the green merge) and the purple loop leaves the warehouse mid-ride on a different level.

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doctornick

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BrianLo said:
Two rooms outside of the warehouse.

The start (which is upstairs after the green merge) and the purple loop leaves the warehouse mid-ride on a different level.

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I don't disagree with your premise, but I thought the green is the end of the ride. You come into the station and unload/load happens and you get lifted up to red for the start of the ride - and I agree there will likely be a show scene at the start before you enter the factory floor. The part where you go through a door into someplace else is at a higher level which makes sense that it would be over the lower end of ride/returning to the station.
 

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