DHS Disney Animation-Inspired Experience Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios

[TheMaxRebo]

For casual park goers, Flying Carpets at MK benefits from being in a more prominent location in a heavily attended park. It's impossible to miss and very eye catching, which makes it attractive to its key demographic.

But its flaws are not just aesthetic, it's the placement of the ride and the cheap partial conversion of that corner of Adventureland into the Aladdin-ish Bazaar. It's not that's it's a bad idea for a flat ride, but the execution is lacking.

A near identical version of the ride exists at WDSP and gets a fraction of the ridership while doing nothing to improve that park's visuals besides having a wall that hides backstage views. The queue that runs behind this wall is worse.

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Contrast this with how the ride looks and where it is in DisneySea. Same basic idea, but you don't see this version get the same dismissal from Disney park fans. The worst thing I can say about is is the placement on the outskirts of Arabian Coast and the high walls bordering some the ride don't make for the best views.

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Of the spinner rides I think the Magic Carpets is my favorite from a ride system/function perspective but the placement of it in MK is just horrible and ruins guest flow.

 

[HMF]

Of the spinner rides I think the Magic Carpets is my favorite from a ride system/function perspective but the placement of it in MK is just horrible and ruins guest flow.

If only Michael Eisner never bothered to visit Adventureland at MK.

 

[lazyboy97o]

A near identical version of the ride exists at WDSP and gets a fraction of the ridership while doing nothing to improve that park's visuals besides having a wall that hides backstage views. The queue that runs behind this wall is worse.

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It’s crazy though how this ride had a brief moment where it got tossed in to some of the TV travel specials.

 

[J4546]

If they got rid of that spinner in paris and replaced it with a beautiful victorian era ish looking carousel with all your fav pixar friends to rid, and then surounded it with lots of tree that woud be a huge imrovement imo

 

[lazyboy97o]

If they got rid of that spinner in paris and replaced it with a beautiful victorian era ish looking carousel with all your fav pixar friends to rid, and then surounded it with lots of tree that woud be a huge imrovement imo

What would a Victorian carousel have to do with Pixar or that area?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

It’s right next to a turtle coaster that comes out of a blue box sound stage. It’s not exactly ruining the thematic integrity of the area haha.

 

[J4546]

What would a Victorian carousel have to do with Pixar or that area?

bring more trees and park setting to the front of the park. that concrete wall looks terrible imo

 

[Brer Oswald]

Hm, I wonder how much the new animation experience will take from the DCA animation building. It's a nice place to relax for a while. Would be nice if they have something like the lobby there where you're just surrounded by Disney songs and concept art. It's surprisingly effective for something so low-tech.

Considering it’s at the other end of the country, I imagine not at all.

 

[britain]

On this week's Disney Dish, Jim has some new details on The Magic of Disney Animation 2 - Electric Boogaloo.

Jim says this, the new show for Disney Junior, and the current Mermaid show is the 10-year plan for Animation Courtyard.

The most likely candidate for the new show in the Disney Junior space is Bluey, especially with Disney releasing the upcoming Bluey movie in 2027.

I thought these were more like 5-year placeholders. 10 years is a long time.

The new Mermaid and Villains shows are rated very highly (4.5 stars, much higher than the things they replaced). So the thinking might be that this is good enough.

Any time anyone says "This is a placeholder" they are really saying "This is the way it's going to stay until the current leadership, economy, vacation patterns, technology, or IP-investment-priorities substantially change."

10 years is just a safe way of saying a few of those things will probably be different by then, so a change might happen then.

But I wouldn't be surprised if this stays this way for the next 20 years.

 

[DisneyHead123]

Any time anyone says "This is a placeholder" they are really saying "This is the way it's going to stay until the current leadership, economy, vacation patterns, technology, or IP-investment-priorities substantially change."

10 years is just a safe way of saying a few of those things will probably be different by then, so a change might happen then.

But I wouldn't be surprised if this stays this way for the next 20 years.

Yeah I wonder if it’s more about how spaces are tagged in terms of priority vs. specific timelines per se. Like you have spaces that are basically untouchable (the castle, maybe a handful of classic rides,) spaces that it would make zero sense to change because they’re working well, spaces that are already on the chopping block as soon as funds are available, etc.

To me saying “Eh… ten years may?” reads like saying that this is the B list friend who can come to the party until they get a better offer.

 

[Agent H]

All of WDSP looks 3x better at night

Anything looks 3 times better at night. Theme parks most of all.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Anything looks 3 times better at night. Theme parks most of all.

Hmmm... areas of WDW that *don't* look better at night....

• New Fantasyland. Way, way too dark.
• Frontier land (except TBA). Having modern spot lights on an old timey setting makes it look like a sound stage. Looks more 'real' in the daytime.
• Most public walkways in DAK. (Pandora makes up for all that!)
• World Nature... nothing to see, kinda blah.
• Canada Pavilion
• And to bring it to the topic: Animation Courtyard. Currently.

 

[Agent H]

Hmmm... areas of WDW that *don't* look better at night....

• New Fantasyland. Way, way too dark.
• Frontier land (except TBA). Having modern spot lights on an old timey setting makes it look like a sound stage. Looks more 'real' in the daytime.
• Most public walkways in DAK. (Pandora makes up for all that!)
• World Nature... nothing to see, kinda blah.
• Canada Pavilion
• And to bring it to the topic: Animation Courtyard. Currently.

Mostly disagree. I’ll give you animation courtyard since it’s a dead mall any time. I can’t quite describe it but the nighttime just gives everything a certain air that just improves everything. On a more objective note it’s way cooler at night

 

[DCBaker]

Here's the updated poster for The Magic of Disney Animation, featuring the addition of Robin Williams' Lost Boy character (to the left of the title):

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Here's the updated poster for The Magic of Disney Animation, featuring the addition of Robin Williams' Lost Boy character (to the left of the title):

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Which brings up the possibility of a remastered version of Back To Neverland they could show perhaps??

 

[ToTBellHop]

Which brings up the possibility of a remastered version of Return To Neverland they could show perhaps??

I would honestly love that.

 

[JohnD]

Here's the updated poster for The Magic of Disney Animation, featuring the addition of Robin Williams' Lost Boy character (to the left of the title):

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Now Williams get two nods. The other being Genie from Aladdin.

 

[castlecake2.0]

Backstage work has started on this

 

[jah4955]

I figure here's as good a place to ask as any? Does anyone know of where I could find archival footage of what they showed on the monitors of the original Animation pavilion....right before you would enter the theater for the finale highlighting great moments in Animation? From what I remember from the last time I remember seeing it (1991)...it included new (for the time) Nine Old Men interviews interspersed with Oliver and Company clips (which was understandable b/c it was the most recent animated film when Disney-MGM opened). I love how we can easily watch the Cronkite/Williams film online anytime, but I'd really love to see that brief "waiting area documentary" too!