DHS Disney Confirms Muppets Take Over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Hollywood Studios

[Mr. Sullivan]

Again with the “wait until the final product” comment. The announcement alone is enough to tarnish what Rockin Rollercoaster once was. The limo looks hideous. You can keep trying to polish the pig while your wait for the “final product”, but at the end of the day, rock band to puppets is a downgrade.

In…what way, may I ask? It’s not like it was high art to start with. Very fun but hardly a shining beacon of Disney’s accomplishments.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Youll always find at least one person who believes a closing attraction was the best on property .

This isn’t true (were there a lot of big fans of Stitch or SW Launch Bay?), but to the extent that it is, it’s because WDW has recently been closing a lot of really good attractions while leaving hated rides like Imagination and Autopia or incredibly long-in-the-teeth shows like Beauty and the Beast to fester.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

I just don’t know what better option exists to retheme this. You can’t really keep it Aerosmith forever because they only get less relevant with each passing day (do teens still listen to Love in an Elevator?)
There aren’t really any new major rock groups with a catalog well-known enough to anchor a ride. Nor is there a great fictional equivalent (no, Powerline is not better).
I think the best way to go is a randomized playlist of rock hits from all eras, which seems to basically be what we are getting only with a Muppet twist. I can’t be mad at this .

Could have been much worse, just look at Paris.

This isn’t even the single biggest issue with it. Aerosmith is absolutely nowhere near as popular now as they used to be, but that would be generally fine as the songs are recognizable enough and good enough to make it work.

Unfortunately, younger guests DO know Aerosmith and it’s not because of the music, it’s because of all the stuff Steven Tyler for reasons unknown is on record admitting to doing and that makes it a tough pill to swallow for a ride at Disney.

It was a major conversation a few years ago when all that stuff started coming back out into the open.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

This isn’t true (were there a lot of big fans of Stitch?), but to the extent that it is, it’s because WDW has recently been closing a lot of really good attractions while leaving hated rides like Imagination or incredibly long-in-the-teeth shows like Beauty and the Beast to fester.

Imagine telling someone 10 years ago that Disney would remove RoA entirely before updating Figment

 

[Casper Gutman]

The problem isnt that RnRC deserves better then the Muppets, it’s that the Muppets deserve better then RnRC (and they had it before Disney blew it up).

 

[Casper Gutman]

Imagine telling someone 10 years ago that Disney would remove RoA entirely before updating Figment

Or updating Tomorrowland or replacing Stitch or Autopia or…

 

[easyrowrdw]

What a tiresome argument. Can't we just treat everyone with respect, try not to be too judgemental, and assume that you only speak for yourself and not others?

Yikes.

This is an insane take, but I'm also happy you think so. This world would be boring if everyone liked the same thing as much as the next person.

Still an insane take though.

I just happened to see two of your posts in quick succession and thought the contrast was funny.

But seriously, I don't think calling someone's ride preferences insane is very respectful.

 

[JD80]

I just happened to see two of your posts in quick succession and thought the contrast was funny.

But seriously, I don't think calling someone's ride preferences insane is very respectful.

It's tongue and cheek sir. Especially since I said right after I'm happy that he has that opinion.

 

[flynnibus]

As I said, the potential for increased visual intrusion is about the car's new color scheme drawing the attention of guests who are walking towards Tower of Terror, thus damaging Tower of Terror's carefully-crafted approach experience (its "scene 1"). Hopefully this will not be the case, since the car is still set back, the archway is still the same, etc. That’s why I was asking what people who’ve seen it in person think about this aspect.

The arch is behind trees around a corner from sunset blvd. You can't even see it until you directly face it. And the car's paint job is also something you can't really see until you are far far closer to it because the car faces forward. Very little of the body panels are visible from a distance, and the entire thing is very small in your field of view period. And all of this requires LOOKING at the entrance road - which is completely tangent to Sunset Blvd... screened from the main drag until you reach it.. and is virtually over your shoulder when getting drawn to ToT by it's visible structures.

Now if they went hippy colors all over the entire arch.. you might have a concern. The signage itself is also TBD. The car itself? Inert to the larger land.

 

[easyrowrdw]

It's tongue and cheek sir. Especially since I said right after I'm happy that he has that opinion.

Okay.

 

[Disney Analyst]

The arch is behind trees around a corner from sunset blvd. You can't even see it until you directly face it. And the car's paint job is also something you can't really see until you are far far closer to it because the car faces forward. Very little of the body panels are visible from a distance, and the entire thing is very small in your field of view period. And all of this requires LOOKING at the entrance road - which is completely tangent to Sunset Blvd... screened from the main drag until you reach it.. and is virtually over your shoulder when getting drawn to ToT by it's visible structures.

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Now if they went hippy colors all over the entire arch.. you might have a concern. The signage itself is also TBD. The car itself? Inert to the larger land.

What car where?!

 

[FigmentFan82]

Why would Scooter’s uncle care about putting a professional psychedelic paint job on a car? Besides, Scooter’s uncle owned the Muppet Theater which was anything but “slick.”

It looks wrong because this is a fast and sloppy overlay and its decoration, not theming.

I disagree. Record companies usually have a slick and posh aesthetic. No reason why this gloss wouldn’t vary over to a new paint job for the studios limo. I don't think anything about it looks wrong

 

[FigmentFan82]

The problem isnt that RnRC deserves better then the Muppets, it’s that the Muppets deserve better then RnRC (and they had it before Disney blew it up).

And this is where people opinions will differ greatly, it’s a huge YMMV

 

[Casper Gutman]

I disagree. Record companies usually have a slick and posh aesthetic. No reason why this gloss wouldn’t vary over to a new paint job for the studios limo. I don't think anything about it looks wrong

Except this is a MUPPETS music studio! That’s the whole point! Absolutely NOTHING in the story of the new ride indicates “slick and posh!”

Also… record studios are “slick and posh? More then movie studios or live performance theaters?

 

[FigmentFan82]

Except this is a MUPPETS music studio! That’s the whole point! Absolutely NOTHING in the story of the new ride indicates “slick and posh!”

Also… record studios are “slick and posh? More then movie studios or live performance theaters?

Wasn’t G-Force purchased as is? And of course they are. The muppet theater was already an old theater. I don’t think my logic is really far fetched. Anything can have holes poked in it if you really want to. I don’t see a problem with my reasoning. I’m not claiming it to be the legit canon facts but my own head canon isn’t hurting anyone. Also, the late night studio the muppets used on the ABC show was a very up to date modern studio

 

[The Leader of the Club]

Why would Scooter’s uncle care about putting a professional psychedelic paint job on a car? Besides, Scooter’s uncle owned the Muppet Theater which was anything but “slick.”

It looks wrong because this is a fast and sloppy overlay and its decoration, not theming.

Scooter’s uncle has always been a pretty hands-off landlord (unless the story dictates otherwise). I think it’s reasonable to assume that he bought G-Force as it was when they managed Aerosmith and then left it alone while his nephew’s weird friends moved in and repainted the big guitar.

 

[EagleScout610]

Imagine telling someone 10 years ago that Disney would remove RoA entirely before updating Figment

Then tell them Figment 3.0 would also outlive DINOSAUR and the rest of Dinoland, MuppetVision 3D, Tough to be a Bug, Splash Mountain, and it sounds even more absurd

 

[phillip9698]

That's a nice paint job, it just doesn't look anything like what you would expect from the Muppets.

The good news I guess is if they ever wanted to change the theme of the ride again they could just keep that car the same.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Could have been much worse, just look at Paris.

What do you mean? The avengers coaster retheme was well done in my book.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Scooter’s uncle has always been a pretty hands-off landlord (unless the story dictates otherwise). I think it’s reasonable to assume that he bought G-Force as it was when they managed Aerosmith and then left it alone while his nephew’s weird friends moved in and repainted the big guitar.

Your justification just contradicted what you were trying to defend. The Muppets moved in and repainting the car means it wasn’t professionally done as part of a well managing branding effort from the top.