DisneyHead123
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Lol! I’ve actually been excited to ride it on my next trip but at this point I’m kinda bracing for the worst. The frozen animatronics are spooky for sure.TBA has that effect on people.
Lol! I’ve actually been excited to ride it on my next trip but at this point I’m kinda bracing for the worst. The frozen animatronics are spooky for sure.TBA has that effect on people.
This attraction makeover turned out to be hoot.
And it was mandated from above and nearly an impossible timeline.
I swear some of you never worked in corporate America.
I agree. DAK and Aulani are masterpieces in my opinion. It doesn’t mean Rohde is perfect, but I’d have a hard time naming a more influential Imagineer in the past couple of decades. I do fear DAK’s future without Rohde at the helm. Very few seem to value the authenticity and attention to detail that Joe painstakingly achieved there.Yeah I get that there is a lot of fan anger at the moment but Rohdes seems like an unlikely target. The odds of agreeing with another person’s stylistic choices 100% of the time are slim, but I think there’s little doubt he cared about guest experience. There was no “Bah, good enough,” mindset there that I can see.
I think we all know that this is not what is motivating that particular poster.Rohde certainly isn't perfect, but he's one of the best Imagineers ever. If you actually care about Disney parks and want them to be quality, you'd want Disney to have 30 Joe Rohdes. Being anti-Rohde essentially means you're in favor of all of the things Disney has done over the past 15-20 years, like new EPCOT.
I agree. DAK and Aulani are masterpieces in my opinion. It doesn’t mean Rohde is perfect, but I’d have a hard time naming a more influential Imagineer in the past couple of decades. I do fear DAK’s future without Rohde at the helm. Very few seem to value the authenticity and attention to detail that Joe painstakingly achieved there.
I’m no fan of Zootopia coming to the parks in any form, but this seems the least offensive option. I personally prefer A Bug’s Life all day long as a movie, but the attraction sadly lacks much interest all these years later and could use a refresh. I just hope it somehow fits and actually pluses the space it occupies.
That black stripe down the front...it has puzzled me for years.I just can’t forgive him for the exterior.
I’m just going to leave this here for him.You doing ok Epcot81Fan? Just seems like you’ve had a rapid shift in tone recently.
People seem to think it going to be a police story for some reason:Am I the only one who was kind of looking forward to this since the Tree of Life theater hasn’t had a new show yet?
Contrary to this, another site has heard that this will be a "Zoo-gether" celebration to which humans are now invited, suggesting a Tree of Life story.I'm sure the idea is that the ToL is going to be some kind hub to Zootopia's police dept and where watching the different biomes which they mentioned at the destination D event..But, something happens and we're there to watch Nick and Judy stop a crime using 4D with snow, water, Heat and that pokey thing on the seats.
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Let's just hope they don't have Flash controlling the exit doors or we're In real trouble..
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Really? I never got to ride the Disneyland Tower of Terror. But I rode Mission Breakout and didn’t think it came anywhere close to WDW Tower. What was so bad about California’s version that Guardians was considered an upgrade?Mission Breakout is absolutely an improvement over what was there. He was given an assignment and did it quickly and effectively. Is that really your go to example?
I haven't ridden Mission Breakout yet so can't really comment on it, but the Disneyland ToT always fell a bit flat for me as it just felt like a more straight forward up and down drop ride. That said, in Paris they added a new creepily little girl character with a range of different projections/dialogue and drop profiles that I think gives the WDW version a run for its money. It shows that the version of ToT at DCA could have worked very well with the same theme and some tweaking. In general, the difference between the first version and the new version in Paris shows how important all the theming elements are to the impact of an attraction.Really? I never got to ride the Disneyland Tower of Terror. But I rode Mission Breakout and didn’t think it came anywhere close to WDW Tower. What was so bad about California’s version that Guardians was considered an upgrade?
ITTBAB is definitely my favorite of the 4D shows. An immersive theater that really feels like you’ve been transported and surrounded by amazing detail. The 4D effects blended seamlessly with the actual video (which are admittedly terrifying to most young kids that can only be compared to Alien Encounter so perhaps this misses the mark there). An amazing animatronic Hopper that again makes the screen disappear. It’s also not too long or too short and is the perfect retreat from the torture that is a hot day at DAK.I have no idea how, but I think Bug’s Life is the one attraction I have never seen in like 40 years of visiting the parks. I’m not sure what the space is like but maybe? I’m kind of against “animals in pants” for AK but I think that space is completely tucked away with no visual continuity with the rest of the park.
The DL ToT just always suffered from being compared to its cooler, older brother in Florida (my personal favorite which I hope never gets touched). Disney seized on this when the mandate came down to capitalize on the Marvel acquisition. ToT was an easy target and quicker to overhaul than building new. You can argue the Hollywood area of DCA is one of the weakest, so all in all I think Marvel is an upgrade for the park. I have to agree, however, that the exterior is jarring. Loved the attraction itself though!Really? I never got to ride the Disneyland Tower of Terror. But I rode Mission Breakout and didn’t think it came anywhere close to WDW Tower. What was so bad about California’s version that Guardians was considered an upgrade?
How often do you go to DLR?“Bah, good enough”
- Joe Rohde
MB isn't as good as WDW Tower. Its better than DCA Tower. DCA doesn't have the cars moving into a different shaft for the drop portion of the attraction, so you missed that entire part of the experience, which is quite a lot.Really? I never got to ride the Disneyland Tower of Terror. But I rode Mission Breakout and didn’t think it came anywhere close to WDW Tower. What was so bad about California’s version that Guardians was considered an upgrade?
I could remember wrong, but wasn’t the budget for AK cut significantly and this hamstrung the dinosaur area of the park and how much the imagineers could realistically do?
Dinosaurs were always going to be part of Disney’s Animal Kingdom.I thought that was the case. Also, given the popularity of the original Jurassic Park movies at that time, my guess is that execs wanted to add dinosaurs, even if they weren’t a good fit thematically or in terms of age range (While tons of kids love dinosaurs, there’s probably a reason they’re not a popular theme park theme. Realistic dinosaurs scare young kids but cutesy dinosaurs just don’t quite work. They’ve got some interesting dinosaur exhibits for kids now like Dinos Alive, but they feature ferocious, sharp toothed predators. You would have to know your child and know if they could handle that.)
I think we all know that this is not what is motivating that particular poster.
This is the only poster I’ve ever actually blocked. I eventually realized they’ve never had anything to say that isn’t pithy and sarcastic in their entire posting history here. Nor do they actually engage in conversation. There are strong opinions I don’t agree with and then there is overt trolling.
Same here.I've reported him for trolling several times, but for some reason they don't see fit to block him.
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