MK Stitch's Great Escape Replacement— Don’t Hold Your Breath

DCLcruiser

DCLcruiser

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MisterPenguin said:
Despite all the warning of how scary it was, parents took the children on it because, it surely couldn't be scarier than Haunted Mansion, right? This is Disney and the Magic Kingdom, right?

And kids would be screaming non-stop at the top of their lungs while trapped in a seat they couldn't get out of and couldn't see their parents and something is blowing on their necks.

Just go to Bug's Life and look at the reaction when the spiders drop. Now imagine that going on for a full five minutes.
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Oh, I remember AE, and I was 14 (I think?). Bugs is fine, but I get it. Especially the stinging.

SGE, was much less scary.
 
TwilightZone

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I've only experienced Alien encounter from Martin's Vids, but it was love from first sight. Everything from the aesthetics, to the story, to the monster itself is so well done. It's one of many extinct attractions I would love to experience if I ever found a Disney parks time machine.

Everything about Stitch's great escape is a downgrade. It misses the point of the character (much like JIWF does), its too scary for children still, it's just not "disney quality". I do love the animatronic though, I hope it was put in archives and not thrown in the trash like SIR and Skippy were.
 
Disney Maddux

Disney Maddux

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TwilightZone said:
I've only experienced Alien encounter from Martin's Vids, but it was love from first sight. Everything from the aesthetics, to the story, to the monster itself is so well done. It's one of many extinct attractions I would love to experience if I ever found a Disney parks time machine.

Everything about Stitch's great escape is a downgrade. It misses the point of the character (much like JIWF does), its too scary for children still, it's just not "disney quality". I do love the animatronic though, I hope it was put in archives and not thrown in the trash like SIR and Skippy were.
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AFAIK (this was quite a while ago though when I was told this), there's the left theater being used as a break room, but could still run the show if they needed it to. Meanwhile the right theater is abandoned, and broken Stitch is still just sitting there.
 
TwilightZone

TwilightZone

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Just thought of another way to revilitize the area that doesn't involve mass demolition.

1. Turn monsters inc into a timekeeper simulator attraction (or if Robin william's death makes it too soon, meet the robinsons)

2. Buzz becomes stitch, he has laser guns too, so you could have it take place while Stitch is still on the run. Or have it be rescuing his cousins. Want something IP free? Horizons 2, do it disney we will pay you

3. Stitch becomes a "observatory" attraction with dazzling effects to make it feel like guests are surrounded by stars
 
yensidtlaw1969

yensidtlaw1969

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DCLcruiser said:
SGE, was much less scary.
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Unfortunately, not to its intended audience.

The intention behind creating Stitch's Great Escape was basically that parents looked at Alien Encounter's warning signs and said "It's in the Magic Kingdom, it can't be THAT scary", and then proceeded to take their way-too-young kids on it only for them to dissolve into tears because it was that scary. So the idea was floated to create a version of the attraction that was more appropriate for the young children whose parents insisted on bringing them in regardless of warnings.

. . . Unfortunately, having cute and cuddly Stitch on the marquee set the expectation of scariness even lower, so children still got upset when they were suddenly stuck in the dark with a not-so-cuddly version of Stitch breathing down their neck. Even the "kiddie" version of the experience was too intense for kids just by its nature.
 
Rich Brownn

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Bocabear said:
AE was amazingly well done...every moment leading up to moving into the theater got more and more unsettling. It was beautifully paced, a wonderful combination of humor and fright...gorgeously packaged, wonderful soundtrack and visuals...It was in every way, a classic Disney attraction. If people heeded the warning signs for very young children, it would have been around a lot longer...I wish it was still there today!
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Unfortunetly unlike like Disneyland our park in Florida has gotten the "kiddie park" reputation. If AE had opened at Disneyland first, it probably would still be there
 
Bocabear

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Brer Panther said:
They could move Laugh Floor to Hollywood Studios and put a clone of that interactive Stitch Encounter show in the Laugh Floor space.

As for what to do with the Stitch's Great Escape space... I don't know.
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I just don't feel like Stitch fits Tomorrowland... Alien Encounter truly did...that whole revamp of Tomorrowland was great in the beginning... We are now back to the 1970s White Tomorrowland but with strange paint schemes on the buildings that make no sense... The spectacular Gull-Wing waterfalls Entry is just a vague memory, the Sci-Fi portal and dome on the bridge are long gone and all we have now is a hoop that says Tomorrowland and some painted fake rocks... SURELY they can do better than this and bring Tomorrowland back with attractions that fit the narrative, revitalized Speedway to fit the aesthetic for the fort time in the park's history...A whole sector of the Magic Kingdom park is presently a muddled mess... they need to fix it...
 
Epcot82Guy

Epcot82Guy

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Bocabear said:
I just don't feel like Stitch fits Tomorrowland... Alien Encounter truly did...that whole revamp of Tomorrowland was great in the beginning... We are now back to the 1970s White Tomorrowland but with strange paint schemes on the buildings that make no sense... The spectacular Gull-Wing waterfalls Entry is just a vague memory, the Sci-Fi portal and dome on the bridge are long gone and all we have now is a hoop that says Tomorrowland and some painted fake rocks... SURELY they can do better than this and bring Tomorrowland back with attractions that fit the narrative, revitalized Speedway to fit the aesthetic for the fort time in the park's history...A whole sector of the Magic Kingdom park is presently a muddled mess... they need to fix it...
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The lack of cohesive theme is really frustrating. We're seeing it in Studios and Epcot as well (and several resorts). It's really disappointing that understandable, consistent theme in a land and park is now something to be avoided vs. driven toward. (Ironic that in an IP-drive land, they are almost draconian for fit and consistency.)
 
Bocabear

Bocabear

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Epcot82Guy said:
The lack of cohesive theme is really frustrating. We're seeing it in Studios and Epcot as well (and several resorts). It's really disappointing that understandable, consistent theme in a land and park is now something to be avoided vs. driven toward. (Ironic that in an IP-drive land, they are almost draconian for fit and consistency.)
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YES!!! While touting the importance of storytelling...as prices continue to rise, what kind of story are they telling with shuttered attractions and thematic inconsistencies? Messy storytelling, shuttered attractions, lagging construction with premium pricing.
 
Epcot82Guy

Epcot82Guy

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Bocabear said:
YES!!! While touting the importance of storytelling...as prices continue to rise, what kind of story are they telling with shuttered attractions and thematic inconsistencies? Messy storytelling, shuttered attractions, lagging construction with premium pricing.
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Maybe it's a Bear thing. We're demand too much thematic consistency! 😆
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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Brer Panther said:
People complain a lot about Buzz, Stitch, and Monsters Inc. (I won't argue with that one, as much as I like the Laugh Floor) not fitting in Tomorrowland... but, come on, it's not like If You Had Wings, Dreamflight, America the Beautiful and Magic Carpet 'Round the World were particularly futuristic either.
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Do we having magic flying carpets yet?

DIDN'T THINK SO
 

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