DHS Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[LittleBuford]

I’m at a loss regarding the praise for Mermaid. They added a song, which is great. They also added some abysmal CGI. It still ends abruptly. Unfortunate Souls is still massively underserved. Beyond Kiss the Girl, what has revitalized a show that was weak when it opened many decades ago?

It’s a very different show. I personally miss the original version (yes, I’m a rare fan of it!), and I agree that some of the CGI is really bad, but the whole thing has been extensively overhauled. Ariel is now seen to be swimming around, for example, which is a new (and very nifty) effect. Eric’s confrontation with Ursula is another nicely executed addition.

 

[JD80]

The new mermaid show is pretty great, I enjoy it more than the older version. My three kids loved the villains show more though.

 

[Moth]

So what is the show? What type of media? I’m sure something will be in the space, but I’ve seen no evidence at all that it will be anything more than an afterthought.

3D show. Animation studio being used is the one that did Monsters At Work.

 

[Timothy_Q]

If B&TB received this type of makeover, I would be supremely happy with it kicking around another 20 years.

I would love to see BATB replaced with an IP that isn't already featured at WDW

A Hercules show would be a nice throwback to the 90s DHS parade
Plus they just started a Hercules show in London and in the Destiny, so it feels plausible

 

[neo999955]

I’m at a loss regarding the praise for Mermaid. They added a song, which is great. They also added some abysmal CGI. It still ends abruptly. Unfortunate Souls is still massively underserved. Beyond Kiss the Girl, what has revitalized a show that was weak when it opened many decades ago?

I'd sadly agree. I find the new Mermaid show to be terrible and maybe worse than the previous especially when the CGI is so awful it really pulls you out of the story. I think it's a clunker and I can't really imagine how it got signed off as it is. My whole crew hated it.

BaTB should be replaced outright, it's had it's time.

Villains is fun, I think they mostly nailed that, but they need to swap in new villains at least once a year if it'll run for a while.

I hope they're aiming for a really funny, tight show for Monsters, but who knows what to expect sadly.

 

[ToTBellHop]

3D show. Animation studio being used is the one that did Monsters At Work.

As long as they find a reason to borderline destroy the theatre during each showing, I'll be happy.

 

[Stupido]

I would love to see BATB replaced with an IP that isn't already featured at WDW

A Hercules show would be a nice throwback to the 90s DHS parade
Plus they just started a Hercules show in London and in the Destiny, so it feels plausible

Love the idea, but Disney is really struggling to bring Hercules to the stage. It sounds like an easy feat, the soundtrack is one of Disney's best. But they keep missing the mark hardcore. I saw it when it was running in Jersey pre-Germany, pre-London. Alan Menken was at the same performance, and he walked out at intermission and didn't return. The reviews in Germany/London weren't much better. It's a shame because I think Disney is close to writing off Hercules as a show, and seem to be fast tracking a Tangled stage show with a first run workshop already taken place.

Fully ignorant to the Treasure version, hopefully it's fairing a bit better?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Herc the musical lives on the cruises ship. Maybe it can be polished there.

 

[BrianLo]

I’m at a loss regarding the praise for Mermaid. They added a song, which is great. They also added some abysmal CGI. It still ends abruptly. Unfortunate Souls is still massively underserved. Beyond Kiss the Girl, what has revitalized a show that was weak when it opened many decades ago?

I’m not saying you are wrong for disliking it in either iteration.

It is restaged, resequenced, redirected. There’s new different dialogue, different effects. New sequences beyond just the two songs. It’s a new show, not a lightly modified old one - that’s the contention I can’t agree with. It doesn’t feel ancient.

I wouldn’t call Fantasmic ancient either and that one is only modified.

 

[wdwmagic]

CFTOD Filing Shows Layout of Monsters Inc. Coaster and Electrical Service Yards at Disney's Hollywood Studios​

CFTOD Filing Shows Layout of Monsters Inc. Coaster and Electrical Service Yards at Disney's Hollywood Studios

CFTOD Filing Shows Layout of Monsters Inc. Coaster and Electrical Service Yards at Disney's Hollywood Studios

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[Disgruntled Walt]

CFTOD Filing Shows Layout of Monsters Inc. Coaster and Electrical Service Yards at Disney's Hollywood Studios​

CFTOD Filing Shows Layout of Monsters Inc. Coaster and Electrical Service Yards at Disney's Hollywood Studios

CFTOD Filing Shows Layout of Monsters Inc. Coaster and Electrical Service Yards at Disney's Hollywood Studios

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I'm not really understanding what I'm looking at with the "faint plans for the roller coaster." I think I can make out the track split, but I'm not really seeing anything else.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

…looks interesting…ride length will be very telling though

 

[Bocabear]

another one minute wonder....lol Hopefully not as short as the Frozen Coaster they built...

 

[Purduevian]

another one minute wonder....lol Hopefully not as short as the Frozen Coaster they built...

What gives you that impression? I think this will be at least as long as SDD

 

[BrianLo]

It will probably run longer than RnRC/Tron/SDD and be considered a moderate run time for a WDW coasters. Some of that may come from opening and mid scenes, but all those coasters waste time on launches too.

There appears to be two show scenes from the track layout separate from the warehouse/load room.

The frozen coaster is a Jr coaster and a silly thing to compare to.

 

[Casper Gutman]

It will probably run longer than RnRC/Tron/SDD and be considered a moderate run time for a WDW coasters. Some of that may come from opening and mid scenes, but all those coasters waste time on launches too.

There appears to be two show scenes from the track layout separate from the warehouse/load room.

The frozen coaster is a Jr coaster and a silly thing to compare to.

What indication do we have of show scenes?

 

[BrianLo]

What indication do we have of show scenes?

Two rooms outside of the warehouse.

The start (which is upstairs after the green merge) and the purple loop leaves the warehouse mid-ride on a different level.

 

[doctornick]

Two rooms outside of the warehouse.

The start (which is upstairs after the green merge) and the purple loop leaves the warehouse mid-ride on a different level.

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I don't disagree with your premise, but I thought the green is the end of the ride. You come into the station and unload/load happens and you get lifted up to red for the start of the ride - and I agree there will likely be a show scene at the start before you enter the factory floor. The part where you go through a door into someplace else is at a higher level which makes sense that it would be over the lower end of ride/returning to the station.

 

[flyerjab]

Two rooms outside of the warehouse.

The start (which is upstairs after the green merge) and the purple loop leaves the warehouse mid-ride on a different level.

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It’s probably impossible to tell from that basic model and track layout, but will ride vehicles be visible to other ride vehicles during the ride inside the gravity building? I’ve always loved that aspect of BTMRR, how you can see other trains riding on other parts of the track while you are riding.

 

[Timothy_Q]

It’s probably impossible to tell from that basic model and track layout, but will ride vehicles be visible to other ride vehicles during the ride inside the gravity building? I’ve always loved that aspect of BTMRR, how you can see other trains riding on other parts of the track while you are riding.

It'll most likely be one single space where all trains are visible (apart from that section inside a door)

The question is how many trains will this be able to run