Possible Attraction in France pavilion (Epcot) Update - new Attraction Greenlit

[Daveeeeed]

HUH! Interesting. Well, since Hollywood Studios (or whatever its new name will be) will be a completely different park, the movie part will be dated.

The park will still be about movies though...
GMR needs a refresh with a massive update and then Mickey gets a new build in animation. The park has enough capacity problems as it is.

 

[Cesar R M]

hang on.. so the Rat ride has been finally be greenlit?

 

[PJBuckeye]

hang on.. so the Rat ride has been finally be greenlit?

Yes

 

[Nland316]

Yes. Budgeted and scheduled. Not that those of us picking dining for Halloween need to know such things.

Is Mickey still rumored to make it to DL over at California Adventure?

 

[Haymarket2008]

Is Mickey still rumored to make it to DL over at California Adventure?

Goodness, I hope we can claim exclusivity. Make the park worth visiting.

 

[marni1971]

Is Mickey still rumored to make it to DL over at California Adventure?

Not as definitely as he was.

 

[Kman101]

Goodness, I hope we can claim exclusivity. Make the park worth visiting.

I know. We can't even keep the dragon in our parade exclusive.

 

[MCast]

Not as definitely as he was.

Do we know what the general premise of The Great Mickey Ride is? Will it in any way relate back to Hollywood?

It's hard for me to imagine the Chinese Theater hosting a ride that isn't about the movies. It would be like putting Mission: Space inside The Seas. It doesn't make sense.

 

[marni1971]

Do we know what the general premise of The Great Mickey Ride is?.

I'll let someone else spill.

 

[jaxonp]

I'll let someone else spill.

That is NO FUN!

 

[MisterPenguin]

That is NO FUN!

It starts with Mickey and Oswald in a knife fight. Winner gets to star in Walt's first movie.

 

[Princess Leia]

Maybe the Mickey discussion can get moved to the Mickey thread so that those of us in major denial about the GMR closing (aka me) don't have to see it

 

[MCast]

I'll let someone else spill.

@Magic Feather - do you have anything you want to get off of your chest?

 

[larryz]

Speaking of honeymoons I wonder why Disney hasn't sold packages that include a night in Cindy's castle. Seems like the kind of move they would do and overcharge through the roof for.

It's still a perk for "special" guests -- remember the Tom Cruise Family Vacation a while back?

 

[larryz]

I'm a bit dismayed about the extended timeframe (opening 2020 instead of 2019) -- given that the ride has previously been built (so the "kinks" should be understood) and the location would be backstage with potential 24/7 access, I had hoped this might range on the faster side of Disney builds. To bring up the typical Uni comparison, if they could build Transformers so quickly (and did so to increase capacity leading up to Diagon Alley's opening much like this could help with the crush from Star Wars) there's no reason Disney couldn't do a 2 year build here.

True, the engineering's been done, but these rides are essentially one-off's -- there's no assembly line spitting out Remy animatronics, so everything is hand-made. And I'd like to think that in true WDW fashion, they're planning to make the ride run twice the capacity of its French cousin (pronounced "koo-ZAN").

 

[wdwgreek]

I'll let someone else spill.

And hopefully they'll spill in the thread for it. In my prayers that will be them canceling the project but one can dream.

 

[Magic Feather]

@Magic Feather - do you have anything you want to get off of your chest?

Hmm... LPS, Preshow rooms, queue extension will be needed, load is in load, this is the Cousij of Alcatraz, a happy balance of screen and set... Yeah, I think that is all I can give away at the moment... Oh right, you get animatronics!

 

[MCast]

Hmm... LPS, Preshow rooms, queue extension will be needed, load is in load, this is the Cousij of Alcatraz, a happy balance of screen and set... Yeah, I think that is all I can give away at the moment... Oh right, you get animatronics!

Interesting...thank you! In your humble opinion, do you like this new direction?

@marni1971 - feel free to weigh in as well.

 

[Princess Leia]

Interesting...thank you! In your humble opinion, do you like this new direction?

@marni1971 - feel free to weigh in as well.

To try to keep threads clean, can this get moved to the GMR/Mickey thread? Much appreciated.

 

[MCast]

To try to keep threads clean, can this get moved to the GMR/Mickey thread? Much appreciated.

Will do!