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1600ish is the ballpark for both they were shooting for. Not horrible and better than some of the recent Parks additions; but, nowhere near Omnimover territory.

All the cool kids are playing Planet Coaster these days.

The reality is unfortunately that the mindset of Disney needing sponsors to upgrade, let alone operate and maintain, attractions in 2018 is absolute lunacy. Sponsorship made sense when Walt was blazing a new trail back with the introduction of Disneyland and he was literally betting the...

There is a part of the loss of the GMR that a lot of people aren't factoring into the equation - not only it was a ride of outstanding capacity, it also held that captive audience for an extended period of time (20+ minutes). Even when Mickey comes online to replace some of that capacity - it's...

More importantly, in Anaheim if you paid full peak price admission to Disneyland you have 60ish other rides and attractions to dilute the demand for the two new E-tickets and the land. In Orlando, no matter how you want to count - you'll end up with less than 20. No matter how you want to...

Look on the bright side Martin... when GE opens, they will have effectively added 3 new things for people to line up for in the park. The two rides and the queue to get into the land. Both coasts are prepared to hit maximum capacity for the land early and often. The real scary thing is...

While I do love a bit of back of forth bickering between "Eastside v. Westside", we can certainly save the bulk of this discussion until after both coasts are up and running as the differences will certainly be in the operations more than the implementation. For the record, SWL for Disneyland...

Everyone will get to do something in the Falcon's cockpit; but, yes - there can be only one guest at a time that can sit in Han's/Rey's seat*. There is one piece of interactivity that is planned that should be quite fun and it's not from the pilot's seat. *Note - Chewie flew the bird (Falcon...

Since Martin shared the info about the coaster for Pandora that wasn't, I'll add that eons ago I had heard the same Vekomo motocoaster based with indoor and outdoor portions based around riding on the back of the horse-things the space Smurfs ride on in the film. That way the land would have 2...

I'm not going to spill the beans on what might have been because theoretically, it still could be on the table. The second question is the far more interesting and impacting one. Currently, things are very much in flux for the artist formally known as TDO. It's seemingly a great big beautiful...

The world that had Pandora with 3 attractions. NRJ>FoP>the missing link. Too bad Parks can't keep budgets in check. It would be like SWL not having Alcatraz and having only the Falcon and the beast of burden transport. Falcon will still amaze; but, there is a big drop to the next...

This problem isn't anything a little creative branding can't solve... A simple new tag for the line and you are all set.

Hello world, here's a song that we're singin' Come on, get *MORE happy A whole lotta lovin' is what we'll be bringin' We'll make you *MORE happy We had a dream we'd go travelin' together And spread a little lovin' if we'll keep movin' on Somethin' always happens whenever we're together We get a...

As someone with a bit of unfortunate insight into amusement park mishaps and the mechanics (pun somewhat intended) of how they work, you are most probably correct in your assumption. The vast majority of accidents at parks are directly attributable to human error. Of those, that majority is...

It's going to use a bit of everything - AA's, screens, projections, large sets, the LPS system, on board audio as well set based, smoke, LED lighting, etc., etc.... it's probably easier to say what tech it's not using. It's not using the flume from Maelstrom, or the show building from the Great...

I'll chime in and back up Martin and MF (and Spirit) in that nobody has ever implied that Alcatraz is blazing a new trail with anything it's doing other than the scale and quantity that is contained within it. I believe I used the term "kitchen sink" when referring to this from the very first...

Look at the bright side, at least you didn't get hit with debris from falling rock work.. unfortunately, it's been in worse shape in recent years.

It gets into the 2000 pph range consistently.

It's in the 1400 - 1600 pph club, which is a good boost for the Fast Pass "sales" that help steer crowds around since it's usually on the high end of the standby to FP ratio.

It's the transportation from the planet/Star Destroyer that caused all the getting in and out confusion with MiceChat. As Obi-Wan would say: what they told you was true, from a certain point of view. The actual "ride" part of the attraction is certainly when you are already on board the...