Recent content by Jack Torrence

I would much rather see that and those tones in a dark ride, with some excitement and thrill elements, than something like a Captain Hook or Cruella DeVille show tune scene with bright colors everywhere. Which is where this feels like its going.

The issue with this is assuming that people only want the land to appeal to adults or children. People are saying it should appeal to older children. It can appeal to children without being "New Fantasyland 2: Electric Boogalo - Now Featuring Black and Purple Paint!". It should be aiming for...

... Do people think Tron is an intense coaster?

In my opinion (that no one asked for) I think MK would actually be helped by moving away from that idea in the long run. It seems it's trending that way between Piston Peak being their new model for Frontierland and Villains land being added. They should attempt to separate it a little from just...

I think this is my other issue with the news today. I understand this is all about lightning lane, but there are 3 family coasters, 4 if you include barnstormer, in MK already. What is going to be different about this one? I don't think anyone is under the impression that they're going to build...

The Haunted Mansion exists. I don't think anything featuring the villains should be aimed at those in the 3-7 year old age range and should be aimed at the 8-13 year old age range.

I don't think Dark Universe hasn't clicked, Monsters Unchained has been lauded as possibly the best ride in any park on the planet. It's just highly efficient and doesn't break down so the wait is short. It's arguably a much more successful land as a whole than Berk in terms of rides. If they're...

I think this is my fear is that it'll be the tone of the villains show in Hollywood Studios and not the dark/creepy tone the concept art was originally. I'm afraid it'll be kitschy instead of spooky. Agreed completely All you need to do is look at the wait times for something like Guardians to...

I don't think anyone expects it to be scary. Again, I don't believe Darkmoor is even remotely scary, but that's just me. I'm just nervous about it turning from a land geared towards those 10 and up, to those 5-10 years old. Seeing that they're featuring Hades and Yzma as two big featured...

Agreed. I think it would actually have been better served as the "Big Bang Coaster" it was originally conceived as.

It's fairly certifiable. I think the reaction mainly comes from people who don't enjoy coasters, and that's what Guardians is first and foremost, and a really fun one at that.

In all fairness, Dinosaur was based on an animated family film (kind of). Everest is more intense than Slinky, which is what the Yzma ride was directly compared to, and has a threatening tone and animatronic (static figure?) attached to it. Calling Guardians a bad addition is crazy considering...

Got it, so according to your logic, Tower of Terror, Expedition Everest, Indiana Jones, Rock n' Roller Coaster, Guardians of the Galaxy, Dinosaur, Tron, Space Mountain, and Incredicoaster are all bad rides and additions because they're coasters, semi-intense rides and have height restrictions...

I'm with this. I mean I'm disappointed and think that if you're doing villains land it should probably at least be spooky and somewhat intimidating, but you will miss out on the lightning lane revenue from families with young kids. Part of me feels like this would have been a much better fit...

I think my biggest problem with all of these plans isn't even in the attractions themselves, it's what was said about the new tone of the land. "Brighter, more family friendly" sets off alarm bells for me. Disney has been doing this thing recently where they're really, really afraid of making it...