A Terror-rific Spirited 13th (ToT fans have lots to fear)...

Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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TP2000 said:
I counted. Because I'm very, very busy. :cool:

Disneyland Resort (Disneyland & DCA) has 77 "Attractions", 55 of which are rides that involve a moving ride vehicle. 16 of those current rides are E Tickets. (E Tickets = Jungle, Indy, Pirates, Mansion, Splash, Thunder, Small World, Matterhorn, Space Mt., Submarines, Star Tours, Soarin', Grizzly, Screamin', Guardians Mission:Breakout, Radiator Springs Racers)

WDW Resort (MK, Epcot, DHS & DAK) has 78 "Attractions, 46 of which are rides that involve a moving ride vehicle. 20 of those current rides are E Tickets. (E Tickets = Jungle, Pirates, Mansion, Splash, Thunder, Small World, Space Mt., Soarin', Energy, Mission: Space, Test Track, Spaceship Earth, Star Tours, Tower of Terror, Rock n' Roller, Great Movie Ride, Everest, Dinosaur, Kali, Kilimanjaro Safari)

You could be generous and count the five World Showcase pavilions that have no theater or ride (UK, Morocco, Japan, Italy, Germany) as an "Attraction", even though they are just a nicely themed courtyard with shops/dining. If you count those five pavilions as separate "Attractions", that gets you to a total of 83 attractions for WDW, compared to Disneyland Resort's 77 attractions.

There are currently six new rides under construction at WDW (Nav'i River Journey, Flight of Passage, Star Wars Ride 1, Star Wars Ride 2, Slinky Dog Dash, Alien Saucer Swirl), and two new rides under construction at Disneyland (Star Wars Ride 1, Star Wars Ride 2).

By 2019 when those rides are completed, that would take the total number of attractions with moving ride vehicles to this total:

Disneyland Resort: 57 Rides, 18 are E Tickets
WDW Resort: 52 Rides, 23 are E Tickets

Or the grand total of attractions, as rides or theater shows, at this total for 2019:

Disneyland Resort: 79 Attractions
WDW Resort: 86 Attractions

This doesn't include major live entertainment in the parks like parades, water shows, and fireworks. Nor does it include minor park entertainment like bands, characters, streetmosphere, or dancing (Disneyland only).
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You rock!
Thanks for the total attraction list count!
 
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Absimilliard

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This just in: Walt Disney Company is basically taking over EuroDisney SCA (the parent company of Disneyland Paris) and offering two euros per share in the form of Walt Disney Company shares.. They will go from 76.7% to 85.7% of all shares, buying out Kingdom Holdings (the investment company of Prince Al-Waleed) who will go from owning 10% to 1% of EuroDisney SCA.

The outstanding shares owned by the small shareholders will be the subject of a cash tender offer of 2 euros per share. End result of this? Prince Al-Walleed will now directly own a portion of the Walt Disney Company and Disney will do a 1.5 billion euro recapitalizion of the resort.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1FV01F
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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TP2000 said:
Just so folks know, those stage shows you sight were counted as an "attraction" for the various park tallies I did last night. Indy Stunt Show, BatB & Frozen were included in the DHS total count of 12 attractions, Lion King and Nemo were included in the DAK total count of 13 attractions, etc..

Fantasmic! is the exception and was not counted as an attraction for DHS, as I'd lump that into "night spectacular" along with the other water shows and fireworks performances. As for Fantasmic! at Disneyland, it has closed for long refurbishments and plussing three times in the last decade, with the Rivers of America drained for refurbishment. This latest Fantasmic! closure is the longest, connected to Star Wars Land construction, but will result in an entirely new show debuting this summer. I will let the artistic merits of Disneyland's multi-refurbished Fantasmic! versus DHS's version of the show go for another thread.

This summer, when Fantasmic! 2.0 opens at Disneyland, and based on the latest news and rumors, here is the daily entertainment schedule for the two properties for parades and major "spectaculars" on water or in sky;

Disneyland Resort (6 differents shows with 9 daily performances)
(DL) Mickey's Soundsational Parade - 3:00pm
(DL) Paint The Night - 9:00pm & 10:30pm
(DL) Remember Fireworks - 9:30pm
(DL) Fantasmic! - 9:00pm & 10:30pm
(DCA) Pixar Play Parade - 5:30pm
(DCA) World of Color - 9:00pm & 10:15pm

WDW Resort (6 different shows with 8 daily performances)
(MK) Festival of Fantasy Parade - 3:00pm
(MK) Happily Ever After Fireworks - 9:00pm
(Epcot) IllumiNations - 9:00pm
(DHS) Fantasmic! - 8:00pm & 10:00pm
(DHS) Star Wars Fireworks - 9:00pm
(DAK) Rivers of Light - 8:00pm & 10:00pm

The equity between the two properties is fascinating. And that's after a big expansion push at WDW that has added two new offerings in the last year (DHS pyro and DAK water show). One would think that with four big parks compared to two small parks, the WDW property would be offering at least several additional entertainment options when it comes to parades and night spectaculars.
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Yet, they still seem to be removing stuff. From night parade at MK to other parades in the other parks.

Speaking of removing.. Is that rumor true about MK removing its fireworks shows and just displaying FOF at night and the laser projection show to cost cuts and "consolidate" staff?
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Mike S said:
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the monstrosity:depressed:.. it lives!
 
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Bolna

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Absimilliard said:
This just in: Walt Disney Company is basically taking over EuroDisney SCA (the parent company of Disneyland Paris) and offering two euros per share in the form of Walt Disney Company shares.. They will go from 76.7% to 85.7% of all shares, buying out Kingdom Holdings (the investment company of Prince Al-Waleed) who will go from owning 10% to 1% of EuroDisney SCA.

The outstanding shares owned by the small shareholders will be the subject of a cash tender offer of 2 euros per share. End result of this? Prince Al-Walleed will now directly own a portion of the Walt Disney Company and Disney will do a 1.5 billion euro recapitalizion of the resort.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1FV01F
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Hey, I never expected to earn money on my Euro Disney SCA shares that I bought a few years ago... But I will miss Salon Mickey and the shareholer discounts.
 
DisneyFan 2000

DisneyFan 2000

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Absimilliard said:
This just in: Walt Disney Company is basically taking over EuroDisney SCA (the parent company of Disneyland Paris) and offering two euros per share in the form of Walt Disney Company shares.. They will go from 76.7% to 85.7% of all shares, buying out Kingdom Holdings (the investment company of Prince Al-Waleed) who will go from owning 10% to 1% of EuroDisney SCA.

The outstanding shares owned by the small shareholders will be the subject of a cash tender offer of 2 euros per share. End result of this? Prince Al-Walleed will now directly own a portion of the Walt Disney Company and Disney will do a 1.5 billion euro recapitalizion of the resort.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1FV01F
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It's about time they intervened. The resort is a mess of untapped potential.
 
DDLand

DDLand

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Mike S said:
Taken by @Andrew C...
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I think this is going to be interesting... Which is actually a good thing. The building is distinctive and unusual. At the time of announcement I said I don't think I've ever seen a building like it. Of all the options they had to go with for GotG, this one was the completely left field option. It could have been a sterile building, but instead they brought an interesting approach that hasn't been done before.

The building is not meant to be beautiful in the traditional sense, it's meant to evoke fear and otherworldliness. Its very nature is designed to be foreign and unusual. This really could be on an alien planet. Additionally it looks like the building has a history too if you look closely at the model.

This is Joe's distopian building of the future, and he brought all of his artistic prowess to the table to bring an alternative design.

I think it looks cool.

Now with that said, I do have a criticism. This building is something that dominates the skyline. This Tower of Terror is a defining feature of Disney California Adventure and even the entire Disneyland Resort. Having such an alien and distopian building visually intrude into several other lands and be a commercial to the outside world is an odd choice. For the Happiest Place on Earth to make a defining landmark something like that, is a bit amusing and maybe even wrong.

The flip side is this attraction is replacing a ride where several people tragically die after a lightening bolt strikes the hotel and sends them hurtling down an elevator shaft to their deaths. Only it's not that simple, because they entered the Twilight Zone.

Maybe the building has always been odd ;)
 
Mike S

Mike S

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DDLand said:
I think this is going to be interesting... Which is actually a good thing. The building is distinctive and unusual. At the time of announcement I said I don't think I've ever seen a building like it. Of all the options they had to go with for GotG, this one was the completely left field option. It could have been a sterile building, but instead they brought an interesting approach that hasn't been done before.

The building is not meant to be beautiful in the traditional sense, it's meant to evoke fear and otherworldliness. Its very nature is designed to be foreign and unusual. This really could be on an alien planet. Additionally it looks like the building has a history too if you look closely at the model.

This is Joe's distopian building of the future, and he brought all of his artistic prowess to the table to bring an alternative design.

I think it looks cool.

Now with that said, I do have a criticism. This building is something that dominates the skyline. This Tower of Terror is a defining feature of Disney California Adventure and even the entire Disneyland Resort. Having such an alien and distopian building visually intrude into several other lands and be a commercial to the outside world is an odd choice. For the Happiest Place on Earth to make a defining landmark something like that, is a bit amusing and maybe even wrong.

The flip side is this attraction is replacing a ride where several people tragically die after a lightening bolt strikes the hotel and sends them hurtling down an elevator shaft to their deaths. Only it's not that simple, because they entered the Twilight Zone.

Maybe the building has always been odd ;)
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It looks like a bunch of plastic thrown up by a five year old. Not alien, not distopian, just ugly arts and crafts only a parent could love.
 
prberk

prberk

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DDLand said:
I think this is going to be interesting... Which is actually a good thing. The building is distinctive and unusual. At the time of announcement I said I don't think I've ever seen a building like it. Of all the options they had to go with for GotG, this one was the completely left field option. It could have been a sterile building, but instead they brought an interesting approach that hasn't been done before.

The building is not meant to be beautiful in the traditional sense, it's meant to evoke fear and otherworldliness. Its very nature is designed to be foreign and unusual. This really could be on an alien planet. Additionally it looks like the building has a history too if you look closely at the model.

This is Joe's distopian building of the future, and he brought all of his artistic prowess to the table to bring an alternative design.

I think it looks cool.
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But it doesn't belong. It doesn't fit any theme of the resort hosting the most famed THEME park in the world.

Now with that said, I do have a criticism. This building is something that dominates the skyline. This Tower of Terror is a defining feature of Disney California Adventure and even the entire Disneyland Resort. Having such an alien and distopian building visually intrude into several other lands and be a commercial to the outside world is an odd choice. For the Happiest Place on Earth to make a defining landmark something like that, is a bit amusing and maybe even wrong.
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It is wrong. And for the very reason you mention. No matter how innovative or "artistic". You make my argument for me.

The flip side is this attraction is replacing a ride where several people tragically die after a lightening bolt strikes the hotel and sends them hurtling down an elevator shaft to their deaths. Only it's not that simple, because they entered the Twilight Zone.

Maybe the building has always been odd ;)
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It fit the Hollywood and California theme, and thus it fit, odd or not. This mess of a monstrous building does not.

That is the difference. Period.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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DisneyFan 2000 said:
It's about time they intervened. The resort is a mess of untapped potential.
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Politics has always influenced Disney's ownership stake. It seems they may be acting now while they can instead of risking any future issues.

DDLand said:
The building is not meant to be beautiful in the traditional sense, it's meant to evoke fear and otherworldliness. Its very nature is designed to be foreign and unusual. This really could be on an alien planet. Additionally it looks like the building has a history too if you look closely at the model.
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Any structure, alien or terrestrial, is still going to be built. All of the alien stuff is on the building, both literally and visually. There is no sense of tectonics.
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

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