Disneyhead'71
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This is themed to look like an amusement park.
And as far as the definition of "Theme Park". Volcano Bay will be a high quality park with a cohesive theme.
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And as far as the definition of "Theme Park". Volcano Bay will be a high quality park with a cohesive theme.
They do help to blur the line more.
disneyflush
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Can you expand on this thought? 'Something themed to itself is not a great story.'
Katie G
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Not sure why you insist on cheap shots. Clearly reading comprehension isn't in your wheelhouse given the number of times you have chosen to inaccurately read my posts. Accuse others of pixie dusting on Disney's behalf, but you are very defensive for Universal when there is no need to be. Quite hypocritical.
My post was really just questioning a decision without saying that it was good or bad. More information is sometimes needed before jumping on either bandwagon. I like the Nintendo brand. I like Universal. I really like seeing my nieces and nephews enjoy a fantastic time in a theme park that has rides available to them. If Nintendo stuff replaces rides they enjoy, I hope that there continues to be options available to them.
Thank you! I appreciate that you understood my question.
Disneyhead'71
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I believe that the general consensus will be overwhelmingly in favor of replacing the Curious George ball pit and Party in the Park with Barney show with a couple of Nintendo E Tickets.
PizzaPlanet
Well-Known Member
Is Volcano Bay Universal's first big project not based on an existing IP? I can't think of anything else.
I would never want to eat at a table service restaurant in my bathing suit, but to each his own I guess.
Disneyhead'71
Well-Known Member
I believe that they are aiming for an evening crowd where the family would show up and eat dinner. Then the kids go play and Mom and Dad have rum drinks and watch the show.
This is themed to look like an amusement park.
Touché.
lazyboy97o
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Yes, and your point is what?This is themed to look like an amusement park.
No, they do not blur the line. None of those amenities are explicitly tied to storytelling, the very heart of a themed experience. They elevate the level and quality of service and guest expectations of a premier experience. A really nice amusement park could have all of those and it would still be an amusement park.
Paradise Pier and Chester and Hester's Dino Rama would be the best examples. California Screamin' is a roller coaster themed to a roller coaster. Triceratops Spin is a tacky flat ride themed to a tacky flat ride. Studio Parks also tend to do it slightly differently, showbuildings (a giant non-descript box) themed to a sound stage (a giant non-descript box). Disney Springs is a lifestyle center (shopping mall) themed to a shopping area. They're weak stories that tend to justify anything.
Yes, they do blur the line between water park and theme park.
Mike S
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And since this is Nintendo one of them is bound to be a "family" E Ticket like PotC and HM where anyone can ride. Rumors say that's the Yoshi one right?
The first I think was Lost Continent which was their own spin on classic stories and myths. Whether you count that as IP is up to you.
Can't believe I forgot this highlight in my list. My first night I got on the waiting list for Toothsome then went over to IoA and rode Dudley and Popeye in my bathing suit. I didn't change before eating but at least I wasn't soaked by then
The food was great and I could definitely do it again for Volcano Bay
csmat99
Well-Known Member
If everything so far is to be believed about VB I would say it's close to a theme park then just a water park. My understanding is it will stay open at night and have nightly entertainment of course the volcano being the centerpiece to that. It's not a park you just go to for 2-3 hours during the day to cool off. From the sounds of it they will also be pricing it closer to theme park pricing. I'm sure the locals will be able to purchase a cheap annual pass but it will limit them only to this park and not the other two.
rael ramone
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I'm thinking TDO is really enjoying this thread...
Yes, literally, not being sarcastic...
Seeing all this talk about a competitors new (and potentially groundbreaking) offering is a lot better to them then seeing the (deserved) piling on on all the upcharges in so many other threads...
Yes, literally, not being sarcastic...
Seeing all this talk about a competitors new (and potentially groundbreaking) offering is a lot better to them then seeing the (deserved) piling on on all the upcharges in so many other threads...
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
None of those amenities are required of a theme park nor do any of them inherently have a theme.
Never said they did. Just pointing out there's more here than a run of the mill water park. And these help that.
BrianLo
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I agree with @lazyboy97o that there is a vocabulary issue at play here. The only thing that would blur the line between a water park and a theme park is if they had actual rides beyond water slides, lazy rivers and a wave pool. For example lifting Jurassic Park would blur the line.
A theme park is a themed amusement park. These additional elements aren't intrinsic to amusement parks, they are supportive of theme perhaps. So what we are seeing is a blurring of the line with how themed a water park can be, but it's not blurring the line with there being any facet of 'amusement' vs 'water'.
Table Dining and a Night show doesn't blur the line that Disney Springs is still a shopping mall after all, one that is more 'themed' than normal, but it does nothing to convince me that it is an actual themed 'amusement' park.
TEA will continue to rank VB in the water park category. So therein lies the vocab issue, we need something to refer to themed water parks vs reg old water parks much in the way we have themed amusement parks vs reg old.
i agree with everything you said here except the last line simply because both sides never drop the a vs b argument
Disney Analyst
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So wait is there a nighttime show? I thought the only thing at night would be the volcano erupting now and again? Much like at TDS.
spacemt354
Chili's
It's ironic that a few years ago I remember people calling 7DMT a kiddie coaster, and then the other side would argue that it's so much more and that's the wrong definition.
Now people are calling Volcano Bay a water park, and the other side is arguing that it's so much more and that's the wrong definition.
The A vs B argument will go on forever.
Now people are calling Volcano Bay a water park, and the other side is arguing that it's so much more and that's the wrong definition.
The A vs B argument will go on forever.