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

[OptimusPrime]

The “bad show” is that Disney has shut down huge swathes of the parks because they chose to replace rather then add attractions. All while charging full price for tickets, of course.

For what its worth, all of the closed attractions right now will be getting an additional attraction added to the area (or multiple in Magic Kingdom's case)

 

[MisterPenguin]

We're talking DHS.

What is "all this stuff is closed" stuff? The Star Wars museum and Disney Jr. dance party? Am I missing something?

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Ops would like a word.

That park is desperate for capacity, so if it helps to work on the pre-show while keeping the ride open as long as they can, I have no problem with it. We were going to have to say goodbye at some point, hopefully for something better. If this new pre-show is a 1/4 of the awesomeness of Muppet's 3D, it will be a win.

It’s sad that a 35 year old Disney park is still so short on rides they can’t close one down without it severely affecting capacity, my local park, that’s open for half the year and ran by a private family with limited resources, somehow manages to add a new ride every year or 2 but Disney (with nearly unlimited resources) can only manage a new ride every 5-10 years.

 

[ChrisFL]

for a better pic...this one from blogmickey

 

[Disstevefan1]

We're talking DHS.

What is "all this stuff is closed" stuff? The Star Wars museum and Disney Jr. dance party? Am I missing something?

Forgot Muppets 3D already?? Oh boy, that was quick.

 

[ChrisFL]

It’s sad that a 35 year old Disney park is still so short on rides they can’t close one down without it severely affecting capacity, my local park, that’s open for half the year and ran by a private family with limited resources, somehow manages to add a new ride every year or 2 but Disney (with nearly unlimited resources) can only manage a new ride every 5-10 years.

Agreed. It's an issue that all new attractions have to be "E-Tickets" or something they can promote like an E-ticket.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

For what its worth, all of the closed attractions right now will be getting an additional attraction added to the area (or multiple in Magic Kingdom's case)

There’s net 1 in dak

Net zero in studios

Net nothing going on in epcot

Net zero in magic kingdom
Now…but that’s a weird thang going down there so it more ambiguous

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Forgot Muppets 3D already?? Oh boy, that was quick.

Fun fact: it’s technically illegal to drive a motor vehicle or operate heavy farm equipment when huffing that much dust

 

[jah4955]

It’s sad that a 35 year old Disney park is still so short on rides they can’t close one down without it severely affecting capacity, my local park, that’s open for half the year and ran by a private family with limited resources, somehow manages to add a new ride every year or 2 but Disney (with nearly unlimited resources) can only manage a new ride every 5-10 years.

It's always struggled with # of attractions/rides. In his auto Bob Weis lamented frequently ...the park is in a "tight spot" wedged in geographically...and much of its planning was intentionally under the notion of being a "half-day" park (& I never spent more than a half day there or at AK)

 

[monothingie]

We're talking DHS.

What is "all this stuff is closed" stuff? The Star Wars museum and Disney Jr. dance party? Am I missing something?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Forgot Muppets 3D already?? Oh boy, that was quick.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Im wrong…Dak is net zero too…forgot they casually scrapped a roller coaster overnight once and did the “nothing to see here” (literally) routine in dinoland

 

[OptimusPrime]

There’s net 1 in dak

Net zero in studios

Net nothing going on in epcot

Net zero in magic kingdom
Now…but that’s a weird thang going down there so it more ambiguous

We have the 1 in DAK

We're getting that whole giant coaster in the back of the Monsters Inc land. I'm not happy at all about the Monsters land but there is a brand new attraction there (that people will unfortunately eat up).

Magic Kingdom is getting two attractions in it's Cars area to make up for Tom's and the Riverboat, plus a whole new land behind it replacing nothing.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I'm trying to be positive...at least HS isn't as bad as when Star Wars, Toy Story, and Mickey were all simultaneously in the works?

It was down to 3 rides at one point.

 

[OptimusPrime]

Im wrong…Dak is net zero too…forgot they casually scrapped a roller coaster overnight once and did the “nothing to see here” (literally) routine in dinoland

fwiw I forgot about it too but I feel like whatever that Encanto thing will be is gonna be a lot better than that. Which isn't hard to do to be fair.

 

[wdwmagic]

Salute to the pre-show. I think a lot of people have great memories here. One of those quintessential WDW experiences.

 

[Smoky]

Such a great preshow. There's just no way the Muppet version will be able to replicate it. This had so much soul and was clearly done by people who care. I expect the Muppets redo will be cheap, half hearted, and have all of the charm of a corporate middle manager.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I think a lot of people have great memories here.

Agreed! That era of Disney made some truly great pre-shows. Test track 1.0, dinosaur, rock n roller coaster, tower of terror, Ellen’s energy….

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

That post does not quote you.

Then my apologies, Im only assuming that because not too long ago I was clowned on for saying almost the exact same thing word for word and someone told me

It’s sad that a 35 year old Disney park is still so short on rides they can’t close one down without it severely affecting capacity, my local park, that’s open for half the year and ran by a private family with limited resources, somehow manages to add a new ride every year or 2 but Disney (with nearly unlimited resources) can only manage a new ride every 5-10 years.

do you think it might be because, and just hear me out on this one. There’s a difference between a family park and a park that consistently likes to the build multi million dollar expansions with active competition who does the same. The stakes are not even comparable, the situations are night and day. Disney also owns and finances the additions to atleast 8 parks, which is far more than the most others. Six Flags tried to do the one ride a year thing not too long ago, it started failing very quickly and they couldn’t keep coming up with actual meaningful additions for each park because it’s an insane thing to do. There’s usually something going on in each Disney park right now and even when there’s not, there’s usually a major project elsewhere that Disney is focusing that money on. Disney is not free to use their money for whatever they wish, they are one of the biggest companies and have to answer to shareholders for each decision in one way or another

 

[Horizons '83]

Should ops take priority over show?

That’s the question for many choices - not just this one.

I think (wait for it, the most annoying response), it depends. If capacity isn't an issue, show should take priority and vice versa. In this case, with HS already having terrible capacity issues, poor show is acceptable in the interim if that means keeps RRC online longer.