Search results

Both parks hit over 10m in 2019. I wouldn't be surprised to see 2022 numbers match this as well. Just to throw this into the conversation for anyone to ponder, but I think we all clearly recognize that Disney has the advantage in appealing to younger kids as opposed to Uni's older family...

You came here to publicly announce your own masculinity crisis and didn't seem to recognize the delicious irony of this statement.

Both Universal parks are kitchen sink experiences with a loose theme to tie them together. "Studio" at the studios (even if the movie making aspect has diminished over the years) and "Adventure" at Islands. Hollywood Studios used to be like this until Disney decided to actively remove the one...

No, Epcot is a truly bad park in its current form, propped up financially by food festivals. If it weren't for the reservation system, I think that Disney may actually have an issue with populating the park. EPCOT Center's first decade of attractions were some of the best ever created. I don't...

It's unique because it's the first trackless dark ride to take place in an empty Amazon warehouse.

Yeah, but isn't that to be expected with a new park, especially one that opened Horizons a year later and an entire pavilion with The Living Seas only 4 years after? I have to imagine that when Epic Universe opens, we're not going to see any lightly crowded days unless a hurricane comes through...

Yeah, but they re-routed the track and completely changed the load/unload areas. I have to imagine that's a lot more work than reworking scenes along the track. I can't see Splash changing its track layout, even in minor ways. I know nothing about what's rumored to change or stay, but I wouldn't...

I'm not someone particularly interested in Disney's night time shows, but even I was fond of Illuminations. However, I'm not particularly partial to what I see as just "Disney sing-along" shows that include a lot of songs from the films. That's a large part of why I hate Harmonious because of...

I wouldn't be surprised to see him become the CEO of a suburban retail chain within the next year or so.

I love ideas like the Germany Rhine River Cruise or a Swiss pavilion with a version of the Matterhorn. I disagree with a lot of the creative ideas in project Gemini, but I think they did rightly diagnose that Epcot needed thrill rides. A Matterhorn or a Canadian log flume would have been...

I don't think that's a fair assessment though. High crowds in a park like Epcot in the 80s (perhaps around 20,000 people) would be considered light crowds today. It's been a while since I've done the math, but that original park was an absolute capacity monster. If I recall correctly, I believe...

Which is exactly why parks fans are important in allowing Disney to remain the industry leader.

It's always annoying when I see someone say that The Great Movie Ride was "boring" because they didn't know what any of the movies were. The purpose of the ride was not to point and shout "Look I know that thing!", which is what Disney seems to believe makes up their core audience. To miss that...

This thread seems to suspiciously mirror my Twitter war earlier. To comment though, I completely agree. Theme parks themselves are expressions of art and are important cultural reflections. Disney parks themselves have arguably been a form of high art since the inception of Disneyland. This of...

It's frustrating how little anyone in this company cares about this park. I much prefer the bad Eisner version of Epcot over this.

If it were not for Rohde, Animal Kingdom would not be the best themed park in the United States. If it were not for Rohde, Pandora would have likely been seen as a public failure. It's telling that Mission Breakout, under the creative leadership of Rohde, is the only Marvel themed attraction...

If the coaster has straddle-style seating, I can see it becoming a big comparison between itself and Tron. I'm sure plenty of people will enjoy Tron, but from video it looks to be quite short and might be outshined.

I would legitimately love to see a Splash Mountain retheme using the animatronics from Kitchen Kabaret.

That makes sense, though one thing that still remains unclear to me is the skeleton at the wheel. What's your take on that?

I'm going to disagree with USF. I may not be particularly interested in Villain-Con, but considering the consistent wait times for Despicable Me, I don't think we can underestimate how popular the new attraction may turn out to be. In addition to Kid Zone likely getting a quick Dreamworks reskin...