2020
Remember Me: A Coco Adventure
Spring 2020
With the box office success and both critical and audience approval, Disney/Pixar's Coco has quickly become a fan favorite film and one that Disney fans immediately look to the Mexico Pavilion in Epcot, for a potential attraction. According to rumors, that attraction might become a reality sometime in 2020. For this project, we'll take a guess and say Spring 2020.
As of now, the Grand Fiesta Tour, featuring the Three Caballeros, averages short wait times around 5-15 minutes, and has a very small queue area. For a full tour of the Mexico Pavilion as it currently is -
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For a Coco overlay however, lines could be longer, requiring an extension of the queue, which we did by removing the Kidcot Fun Spot, and re-routing the exit to extend multiple switchbacks of the queue through the former Kidcot location. This will hopefully provide more queue capacity for the popular IP insertion, similar but not on the same scale as what was done with Frozen Ever After in Norway right next door.
Attraction Capacity
Surprisingly, the theoretical ride capacity for the boat ride was build for
2,400 guests per hour...which is around the theoretical capacity for Spaceship Earth. But with the load/unload sections being separate, which is the main determinant for ride capacity, I'd say the boat ride could
max out somewhere around 1,800 - 2,200 guests per hour (which is still a lot of people and would be a great crowd eater for Epcot) Especially compared to Frozen Ever After which has an operational ride capacity of around
900 guests per hour
New Mexico Pavilion Floorplan
Attraction Ride-Through
The attraction that we are designing is going to have a sort of non-linear story-telling method. The timeline of the attraction will take place after the film, and in a future Día de Muertos celebration, following Imelda Rivera, Hector, and the Rivera family crossing over from the land of the dead for the celebration.
As we pass by the old Mayan temple, which has been replaces by an amazing combination of projection screens and physical sets, we look to our left and see the magnificantly colorful land of the dead.Glistening on the water below is the orange gateway that takes people from the land of the dead to the living world.
As we approach the old tunnel section we see at the end of the tunnel, the fiercely loyal spirit guide 'alebrije' - Pepita, as you are guided through an incredible aura of color and light as the spirit guides illuminating presence lights up the tunnel.
After the tunnel scene, we flash to Miguel's village as the town gets ready for the Day of the Dead celebration that night.
We see singing and dancing in the streets as the Riveras have once again embraced music in their family. Miguel is at a spirit guide stand (with a few other Pixar characters as well) singing along with the rest of the town, with Dante right at his side.
As we turn the corner around the town scene and enter into Miguel's family house, we approach the ofrenda and see Miguel's grandma, Abuelita Elena Rivera, talking to him about Mama Coco's visit tonight and being reunited with Hector.
Rounding the corner and transitioning into night, we are back to the time presented in the beginning of the attraction, as the deceased Rivera family is reunited with Miguel and his living family. On the screen to the side, Miguel sings Remember Me, to Mama Coco as she sings along as well.
After the quiet, somber moment, we trek down the river to the town celebration, hearing music and joy from the square.
As we enter the finale scene we see both Hector and Miguel with his guitar singing El Mundo es mi Familia as fireworks go off in the surrounding landscape
And as we enter the small corridor back to the unload area, Dante is seen guiding us back from our journey sitting next to Miguel's guitar.
Conclusion
Overall, I really enjoyed the film and hope that it gets its due at the Mexico Pavilion, as its inclusion would really bring some colorful new popularity and still remain true to Mexican culture and edutainment.
Thanks for reading and let me know what you think and if you have any ideas you have for a Coco attraction in the Mexico Pavilion (or in other Disney Parks!)
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