MK Stitch's Great Escape Replacement— Don’t Hold Your Breath

[tissandtully]

Assuming this is just gonna be a gift shop soon eh?

 

[Cobra]

Maybe some new dark ride attraction with tributes to the previous rides in their like Alien Encounter, Stitch's Great Escape, and Rocket to The Moon thrown throughout. As long as it fits the area of course (Monsters Inc. Laugh Factory needs to go, it is in the wrong area).

 

[UNCgolf]

Maybe some new dark ride attraction with tributes to the previous rides in their like Alien Encounter, Stitch's Great Escape, and Rocket to The Moon thrown throughout. As long as it fits the area of course (Monsters Inc. Laugh Factory needs to go, it is in the wrong area).

Buzz Lightyear needs to go as well. It's outdated, doesn't really fit the theme of Tomorrowland, and there's already an entire Toy Story land in another park. Plus, that Toy Story land already includes a target shooting ride (ignoring the fact that I hate Toy Story Mania and wish they'd replace it too).

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

Aliens in Tomorrowland is still a good concept that fits thematically. Some sort of alien zoo walkthrough attraction where we see some cool alien animatronics could be a good use of the space available. You could have tributes to AE with the pre show alien and the main show alien thrown in there somewhere, and if Disney really needed to push some IP, throw one of the Stitch animatronics in there.

 

[HanSoloDolo]

what about big hero six? Specifically the Robotics Lab at the university. Honestly you could probably retheme buzz to baymax fairly easily...

 

[Haymarket2008]

This should have been the space for Guardians of the Galaxy. A variant on the Mission: Breakout storyline could have been utilized and would’ve kept the same overall structure. Have a media pre-show and then plop the Rocket Racoon AA in the center of the show space. But.......they tear out Universe of Energy instead.....

 

[trainplane3]

Buzz Lightyear needs to go as well. It's outdated, doesn't really fit the theme of Tomorrowland, and there's already an entire Toy Story land in another park. Plus, that Toy Story land already includes a target shooting ride (ignoring the fact that I hate Toy Story Mania and wish they'd replace it too).

Even if it doesn't go, it needs a hefty refurb. Oh and a heftier deep cleaning. Those black-lights really make it seem scummy at times.

 

[marni1971]

The second version of Alien Encounter officially opened 25 years ago today.

Who’d have thought a quarter century later the building would be in this mess.

 

[SaveDinosaur]

I think it should be something edgy, unique, original, and thematically appropriate to a properly refreshed land.

Are you ok, Martin? Are you sure that you aren't on the wrong timeline?

 

[Movielover]

I think it should be something edgy, unique, original, and thematically appropriate to a properly refreshed land.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

They could expand Cosmic Rays - it’s always packed and it would be A great return on investment

To be fair they have expanded it.

 

[marni1971]

To be fair they have expanded it.

To be fair they moved the windows to make a bigger cattle market.

 

[peter11435]

To be fair they moved the windows to make a bigger cattle market.

They also recently added an expanded outdoor seating area.

 

[Cobra]

They also recently added an expanded outdoor seating area.

 

[larryz]

Younglings and Vader never really should go together...

Even Sith apprentices appreciate a cold one now and then!

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

To be fair they moved the windows to make a bigger cattle market.

What actually could fit in this space? An omnimover attraction??

 

[MisterPenguin]

What actually could fit in this space? An omnimover attraction??

Unlikely...

I've scoped this out earlier and got similar numbers:

SGE: 18.4k sqft / .42 acres
Snacks and shops: 9k sqft / .2 acres
Total: 27.4k sqft / .64 acres

Peter Pan: 13.5 sqft / .31 acres

So, yeah, you could have a repeat of one of the shortest and lowest capacity dark rides in that space.

For comparison, Buzz is .55 acres.


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It's going to be difficult to put in a *ride*. Recall the size of the theater, there were two of them. That would be the total amount of space for a ride and maybe the pre-show lobby. If ever repurposed it would likely be another theater experience.

 

[marni1971]

They also recently added an expanded outdoor seating area.

They did. But outdoor seating has been there for a long time.

 

[Disney Maddux]

So... Have they begun gutting yet or already done it?

 

[Moka]

So... Have they begun gutting yet or already done it?

Pretty sure they gutted the AA's long ago. Not sure about the actual show room itself. Anyway, if they had planned on doing anything with it, it's pretty much thrown out the window for the foreseeable future due to the set back from the closures.