...I still want Patrick Stewart but with him returning to Star Trek, who knows about his availability. It's less about who reads the script, it's more about the script itself. It could be some no name person but as long as the script is good (better then what we have now), I wouldn't complain. I feel many would agree with that.
There’s nothing to announce. This is so far from being ready to go public. Nothing could come of it.
4 days, 100 days and 150 days
Tim Allen works for me - in his “Pure Michigan” ad voice though ... barely recognizable as Tim Allen, but the odd kid may have a lightbulb flash of “Wow, it’s Buzz Lightyear!”
Both the OP and Imagineering wanted the attraction to be more interactive, the watchword at the time. The descent is difficult. There’s not a huge amount of room to work with, and It’s awkward to work there. Mostly, the screens pull attention inside the vehicle, so money spent on the surrounding sets is wasted. When the budget and schedule for the screens and programming starts to inflate, the money for the refresh of the descent is the first to get reallocated, since the assumption is no one will be looking.
Space Ship Earth: A Flight Through Communications with Buzz and Woody
TouringPlans has done a good job at capturing average wait time for every day this decade. If you look at comparable dates before FP+ and immediately after FP+, ride times at MK roughly stayed the same. They went slightly down for a few attractions (mostly E-tickets) and slightly up on a few others. But most were within a similar range.
Benedict Cumberbatch or Patick Stewart
Look at the difference in day one (no FP) and day two after noon (FP activated) for the Mermaid ride.
Peppers Ghost diorama is still there behind curtains. City and SSE model are gone however.
If you are trying to direct guest attention towards something on-board the ride vehicle, sure, the thought process would be the same. In this case, there was a plan and budget to refresh the entire attraction, load to un-load. As the project progresses, choices are made based on available time, budget, operational concerns and other factors. It’s never an excuse so you don’t have to spend on it. Remember, the project teams and Imagineers are fans too. If we get to work on something as iconic as SSE, we are going to darn well do the absolute best attraction we are allowed to do. We are going to spend every penny we have to do the best work possible. Sometimes that work is better than others, depending on a ton of different factors. If the scope calls for a refresh to the descent, it’s planned and budgeted. If a choice has to made, then we do what we can with the dollars and time given.
