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A New Land For The Magic Kingdom, What Should It Be??
- Thread starter MonorailGreen
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I think that the last E-Ticket attraction for the Magic Kingdom was (correct me if I am wrong) actually Splash Mountain in 1992. Come on Disney, it has been over 11 years since a huge thrill has come to America's most attended theme park!! We need a REAL new attraction or ride, we have got enough shows alreaady :hammer: MORE RIDES is what we need... and they don't have to be big and scary, just give us a little bit more of a thrill :slurp:
DisneyFan 2000
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the info!!! Come on you imagineers how long does it take to plan out a good ride???? I'm not asking for a technologicaly advance thingy just something big and good!
First, knock out Indy Speedway. I know it's a classic, but it's not futuristic. Use the sounthern half of the area that Indy occupies (Fantasyland is north; Main Street is south) to put in a new Tomorrowland attraction.
Use the northern half of the area that Indy occupies to expand Toontown. At least a couple of attractions are needed and a restaurant could be added there.
Do something with 20,000 Leagues Lagoon. I would love to see the original ride back. But a Little Mermaid, Journey to Atlantis or Finding Nemo attraction would be better. I'm not one of those "gotta hold onto the past" people. In fact, I would turn the Swiss Family Treehouse into a Tarzan attraction. My kids are 3 and 5. They love seeing Peter Pan in person, but it doesn't compare to when they see Aladdin or Mike and Sully.
Now, for the large open area between fantasyland and the WDW Railroad track, add some kind of "Hero-land". The possibilities for the new land could include Hercules, Mulan, Aladdin (I'd move the Flying Carpet ride to this land), and Monsters Inc.
Use the northern half of the area that Indy occupies to expand Toontown. At least a couple of attractions are needed and a restaurant could be added there.
Do something with 20,000 Leagues Lagoon. I would love to see the original ride back. But a Little Mermaid, Journey to Atlantis or Finding Nemo attraction would be better. I'm not one of those "gotta hold onto the past" people. In fact, I would turn the Swiss Family Treehouse into a Tarzan attraction. My kids are 3 and 5. They love seeing Peter Pan in person, but it doesn't compare to when they see Aladdin or Mike and Sully.
Now, for the large open area between fantasyland and the WDW Railroad track, add some kind of "Hero-land". The possibilities for the new land could include Hercules, Mulan, Aladdin (I'd move the Flying Carpet ride to this land), and Monsters Inc.
I like the idea of a villains land for magic kingdom, but would it be good to concentrate all new thrill attractions in one area? (Sunset BLVD in MGM). Why not add a new e-ticket to Fantasyland, definately Adventureland, and Tomorrowland. Wouldn't it be cool if they expanded Carribean Plaza with a new ride? I'd love to see some "real" coasters in the magic kindgdom.
Sir Hiss527
New Member
No new land, but just add more to the existing lands. First definetely do something with 20k, and get rid of "Tommorowland Speedway", get some new rides in "Toontown", and rehab "Adventureland".
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
I've always thought that Main St ought to have a dark ride through early 20th century America, in little Toad-like vehicles (model T's, etc...) The show building could be behind the east side of Main St between the shops and Tomorrowland. Put the entrance at the end of the side street half way down Main St.
I think a ride in Main Street is an awesome idea. I've always thought it would be cool to have an e-ticket there or in liberty square. So much could be done. I know there are constraints of space and whatnot, but something could be developed that could be so different. Disney better get its act together!
DiSnEyKiD_4LiFe
New Member
What about a new ride, Journey threw Walt's imagination????:sohappy:
lukacseven
Well-Known Member
I think the best idea is what a lot of people are saying - build on the already successful existing theme lands and try imprving them by adding attractions. The Arial's Grotto area could really use a makeover and some new rides/shows there. If a new land were to be built, I think the most logical would be an old-time boardwalk, similar to Disney's California Adventure.
Ok. I think no new land is nedded. I would add a lot to Toontown. I mean, is the kind of land that gives imaginative space for many crazy looney things. A ride like Roger Rabbit but without him, like "Goofy's House", or "Andy's Room (Toy Story)" A lot of dark rides could be added.
If a land should be added I have two ideas. First, the so famous, so desired villian land. And for a real roller coastes, how about a very expensive project: "Frollo's Cathedral" (or a better name) A roller coaster inside some kind of cathedral, with scary gregorian chants and special effects simulating the molten iron of the movie. Just the movie's music is scary enough. Well.... Just an idea.
Second, an expansion to toontown. Like "Dinorama" on Dinoland USA, thay can build the country of the monsters (I dont remember the name) of Monsters Inc. Then, two kind of rides could be possible, a dark ride and a coaster simulating the doors secuence of the movie. Even a restaurant emulating the one in the movie.
All this I would like to see, but surely I never will. What you think about all this?
If a land should be added I have two ideas. First, the so famous, so desired villian land. And for a real roller coastes, how about a very expensive project: "Frollo's Cathedral" (or a better name) A roller coaster inside some kind of cathedral, with scary gregorian chants and special effects simulating the molten iron of the movie. Just the movie's music is scary enough. Well.... Just an idea.
Second, an expansion to toontown. Like "Dinorama" on Dinoland USA, thay can build the country of the monsters (I dont remember the name) of Monsters Inc. Then, two kind of rides could be possible, a dark ride and a coaster simulating the doors secuence of the movie. Even a restaurant emulating the one in the movie.
All this I would like to see, but surely I never will. What you think about all this?
LivefortheMouse
New Member
A land that has something to do with the sea. a land that includes water rides it gets so hot at the magic kingdom that it would be great to have water rides aside from splash which mind u has nothing to do with the sea u just get wet. 20,000 leagues under the sea can come back in this land. The land can include lttle mermaid, finding nemo, etc. though i am a firm beliver that disney should stay the way it is.
Djali999
Active Member
weeeellllll... you see the problem with expanding anything in the MK is that there's not really any "free space" to do it in. now, before you get upset and tell me that that's why they built WDW in the middle of nowhere (originally...), follow me through.
just outside what you can see at MK are dozens of buildings, storage buildings, and access roads - access roads that serve an important purpose and cannot be just have an attraction "plopped in". on my way to work I pass the 20K show building (the part that's above ground, anyway). if the bus window were open I could touch it. there ain't a lot of room there, so the idea of putting anything "behind" Fantasyland is encumbered by the fact there there's a good 30 foot drop behind Fantasyland to the ground bel;ow and behind it.
unless they tear out the Speedway (a good idea, IMO), there's just plain no room back there.
the place we COULD build is at the edge of Adventureland. I can't imagine it being too difficult to build around the parade barns and whatnot back there. but we would have space for only one large attraction. large being, well, about the size of Splash Mt. see? it's that Train that's holding us up. =)
I have what I believe is a sensible idea. being a native Yank myself, Liberty Square has never "boded" well in my mind. it goes from Colonial Virginia to a more Northeast type of structure in a few feet, and is topped by the very Hudson Valley HM. Here's my idea...
Knock out the Columbia Harbor House. I've never seen it filled even at peak season, and it's a huge chunk of real estate. put in an indoor / outdoor, 2 level dark ride attraction based on Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. with ramps and drops and some nice effects.
then, theme that whole northern end of Liberty Square to Massachusets / New York in the fall. carts full of pumpkins, rickety scarecrows. and - if they can do it - bright orange fall trees. a real Halloween feel, with flickering Lack O' Lanterns lit up at night.
this will A: Unifify Liberty Square into a cohesive whole and provide a good "fix" for this end of the park.
B: provide a much more satifying "buffer" between LS and Fantasyland.
C: give Imagineering an excuse to do some Nightmare Before X-Mas stuff and hopefully bring in HMH.
I also think the former Fantasyland Skyway building could house a beautiful, classy sit-down Restaraunt. except for Cinderella's Banquet Table (or whatever the hell they call it now), WDW has no relaxing place to enjoy a quality meal (Cindy does not qualify; it's overrun with prepubsecant girls).
whew... I'm done. =)
just outside what you can see at MK are dozens of buildings, storage buildings, and access roads - access roads that serve an important purpose and cannot be just have an attraction "plopped in". on my way to work I pass the 20K show building (the part that's above ground, anyway). if the bus window were open I could touch it. there ain't a lot of room there, so the idea of putting anything "behind" Fantasyland is encumbered by the fact there there's a good 30 foot drop behind Fantasyland to the ground bel;ow and behind it.
unless they tear out the Speedway (a good idea, IMO), there's just plain no room back there.
the place we COULD build is at the edge of Adventureland. I can't imagine it being too difficult to build around the parade barns and whatnot back there. but we would have space for only one large attraction. large being, well, about the size of Splash Mt. see? it's that Train that's holding us up. =)
I have what I believe is a sensible idea. being a native Yank myself, Liberty Square has never "boded" well in my mind. it goes from Colonial Virginia to a more Northeast type of structure in a few feet, and is topped by the very Hudson Valley HM. Here's my idea...
Knock out the Columbia Harbor House. I've never seen it filled even at peak season, and it's a huge chunk of real estate. put in an indoor / outdoor, 2 level dark ride attraction based on Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. with ramps and drops and some nice effects.
then, theme that whole northern end of Liberty Square to Massachusets / New York in the fall. carts full of pumpkins, rickety scarecrows. and - if they can do it - bright orange fall trees. a real Halloween feel, with flickering Lack O' Lanterns lit up at night.
this will A: Unifify Liberty Square into a cohesive whole and provide a good "fix" for this end of the park.
B: provide a much more satifying "buffer" between LS and Fantasyland.
C: give Imagineering an excuse to do some Nightmare Before X-Mas stuff and hopefully bring in HMH.
I also think the former Fantasyland Skyway building could house a beautiful, classy sit-down Restaraunt. except for Cinderella's Banquet Table (or whatever the hell they call it now), WDW has no relaxing place to enjoy a quality meal (Cindy does not qualify; it's overrun with prepubsecant girls).
whew... I'm done. =)