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They have a model and the showbuilding is HUGE. Like almost twice the size of Splash in Tokyo. It’s going to be a long dark ride that will need to be properly filled out with detailed sets and animatronics. Makes sense given it’s supposed to be retelling the entire Lion King story.

Correct. I would probably give Mine Train close to an 8, but that’s the only other one.

It’s hard to be optimistic when it feels like management is purposely screwing the pooch. Even my extremely positive parents are done with the place. They don’t call me out for “unwarranted negativity” anymore because it’s completely justifiable. Pandora is further than 6 years out now. SGE has...

And yet, Disneyland Paris is a much better castle park than Magic Kingdom is currently, and the Lion King ride will blow every dark ride added to the domestic parks in the last 25 years completely out of the water.

Most would agree with you. I can’t think of a single “addition” that is above a 7/10. Most aren’t even above a 5.

I'm wondering if that ends up getting used for the Lion King attraction (instead of left side of the park) and they use the train station as the entrance to the "land". Pure speculation, but I can see them opting for a direct clone of the Paris ride, and I don't think that would be possible if...

Oh??

A lot of the perceived "shortcomings" of the attractions are because of Nintendo. Mario Kart ride too slow? Blame Nintendo. The design team at Universal wanted to lean more into thrill and less into the interactivity, but Nintendo said no. DK Coaster is too tame? Also blame Nintendo. With all of...

It's brutal, and is another reason in a long list of many on why I will never ride this version. I did it for Brer Rabbit and the critters of the Laughing Place, but I'm not doing it for the bland static frogs.

I do too. I just have little faith that they will do it justice.

The only alternative is a full animatronic show. They aren't going to do a live stage show because the operation costs will be higher.

Exactly. It's all about operations costs and reusing assets. If they were to take the Launchbay/Animation Courtyard section, they would have to demolish the existing buildings, including the old animation building that they use for office space. So not only would they have to build new buildings...

I’d lean towards USF. Diagon Alley is quite possibly the best single IP land ever made. Mummy and MiB are great! ET Adventure is one of the best dark rides ever made. The Bourne show is also fantastic. The rest of the attractions are less than stellar, but I would still put most of them in the...

I doubt they put much thought into it back then. Not much more than a "it would be neat". Granted they didn't put much thought into it when they were actively developing it post announcement, and it is in fact "not neat".

I'm a big fan of Splash Mountain. As with most Disney rides, the theme IS the attraction. This includes the music, characters, storyline, worldbuilding, etc. All of this was indeed erased.

Fully agree. People are trying to argue that Monsters Inc is not popular, let alone less popular than the Muppets which...is just a blatant lie 😂 . It sucks to lose Muppetvision, but it's in such a weird spot to begin with. It's positioned in a dead end like an E-ticket would be, but people...

I found it very boring and mind numbing. I also found the drops less thrilling, mostly because of the psychological changes. The light they added in the dip drop made me realize it was smaller than I thought it was. The replacement of the briar thorns with....grass also makes it easier to see...

It's the least stupid change they have made (and will make) in at least a decade.

The Hydra is a monster. Ice Cold Hydra-ulics?

Probably Marvel scraps or Zootopia. Still holding out hope for ToonTown + Duckburg, but that’s never going to happen.