An Idea a day keeps the Doctors Away (Daily Open Brainstorming Prompts)

[Pi on my Cake]

June 3rd
2 Day Streak

Previous Day's Pitch

Incredibly proud and happy with how day one went! We reached a pretty clear consensus and even got an outline for the ride! I'm not expecting us to have such a clear "project" worked out every day. But it sure was fun doing it yesterday!

Our goal was to integrate a live action remake into the parks. We decided on a Splash Mountain style boat ride themed to Jungle Book in Animal Kingdom! The realistic animals would blend well into the Asia section of the park and the IP would make a great boat ride blending adventure and fun!

Today's Project

How about a new holiday overlay? A new version of an attraction (show or ride) for a holiday.
Christmas, Halloween, National Picnic Day, whatever!
Any Disney attraction, though keeping it to WDW or DL is probably easier.​

 

[Outbound]

June 3rd is National Egg Day. I suggest we create an overlay for eggs.

Frontierland is celebrating egg day by letting their chickens loose and placing eggs all over the town. On Big Thunder Mountain you'll see all sorts of eggs hidden in the rockwork, including a giant goose creating golden eggs down in the mines!

 

[DisneyManOne]

Hmmm...this is a tough one.

Off the top of my head, we could possibly re-theme the Jungle Cruise to be a more horror-based ride. Minimal lighting, sounds to create jump-scares based on the existing animatronics, eerie projections in the temple (if we're talking about the Magic Kingdom version, that is). Maybe we could even update the snake on the tree to lunge right out at boat-goers!

Basically, this.
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Likewise, the video above could provide inspiration for new crocodile animatronics. Compared to Old Smiley and Ginger, these animatronics are openly vying for much more than a "hand-out." They're even trying to get on board the boat!

 

[tcool123]

Okay here me out on this one... for Halloween Muppet*Vision presents The Piggy Horror Show.

A Rocky Horror Show parody starring the Muppets, with various elements edited out or changed to make the show run 30 minutes utilizing the preshow and main theater to tell the story and best hits of the films.

Who would play the iconic characters of the film glad you asked!
Janice as The Lips
Wane as Brad and Wanda as Janet, both chosen due to their overall genericness that are present in the characters they would portray
Uncle Deadly as Riff Raff
Rizzo and Yolanda as Maroon and Magenta
Camilla the Chicken as Colombia
Miss Piggy as Dr Swine-N-Furter
Kermit as Kermy
Gonzo as Eddie
Fozzie as Dr Scott
Sam the Eagle as The Criminologist

Then the pre show would have Science Fiction/Double Feature, Dammit Janet, and Over at the Frankenstein Place along with an opening narration from Sam the Eagle.
The theater would play host to Time Warp, Sweet Lil Piggy (Rewrite of Sweet Transvestite), Hot Patootie, Eddie's Teddy, Rose Tint My World, Wild and Untamed Thing, and Science Fiction / Double Feature (Reprise).

Much of the story's sexual elements will be downplayed, while the typical Muppet humor will shine through the oddity that is The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

 

[Miru]

Halloween overlay for Alice in Wonderland: David Hall’s Wonderland Nightmare! Inspired by David Hall’s spooktacular concept art for the film, this nightmare of a ride lasts all of the Halloween season!

Alice in Wonderland (partially lost original draft of Disney animated film; 1939) - The Lost Media Wiki

lostmediawiki.com

Riders enter the first room, where Alice slurps a sentient bottle’s mutagenic contents and shrinks down into a dark forest. The razor-toothed, fish-eyed Cheshire Cat appears, guiding Alice through Wonderland... to her doom! Rooms include the Dutchess’s noisy household, the Mad Hatter and March Hare ready to slice up riders with a knife and scissors, and the Queen of Hearts’s torture dungeon and guillotine. The ride ends with Alice waking up from her nightmare vision of Wonderland.

 

[Imagineer Brandon]

i know the snow white rides used to be terrifying, maybe a halloween overlay for those? i also like miru's alice in wonderland idea. there's something inherently creepy about abandoned ideas, especially this one.

 

[Evilgidgit]

I say turn all of Main Street into Mean Street for Halloween, and the villains, creepy creeps with eerie eyes, and 19th century ghouls come out to take over the street! Everything gets a retheming with plenty of trick-or-treats, and Halloween merch.

-The Disney Villain Story, retelling the creations of beloved badguys from character sketches to final designs, and how they've been adapted in other movies and TV shows.
-Great Moments With Benedict Arnold (muahahahaha!)
-Reincarnation Cafe
-Ghoulish Girl Eye-Scream Parlour
-Happy Halloween Bakery
-Mean Street Market Spookhouse
-The Imp-porium!

 

[Pi on my Cake]

June 3rd is National Egg Day. I suggest we create an overlay for eggs.
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Frontierland is celebrating egg day by letting their chickens loose and placing eggs all over the town. On Big Thunder Mountain you'll see all sorts of eggs hidden in the rockwork, including a giant goose creating golden eggs down in the mines!

An egg-cellent idea!

Hmmm...this is a tough one.

Off the top of my head, we could possibly re-theme the Jungle Cruise to be a more horror-based ride. Minimal lighting, sounds to create jump-scares based on the existing animatronics, eerie projections in the temple (if we're talking about the Magic Kingdom version, that is). Maybe we could even update the snake on the tree to lunge right out at boat-goers!

Basically, this.
​

Likewise, the video above could provide inspiration for new crocodile animatronics. Compared to Old Smiley and Ginger, these animatronics are openly vying for much more than a "hand-out." They're even trying to get on board the boat!

I was thinking something Jubgle Cruise could be a great place for a Halloween overlay. Stuff like you said would work. Maybe have some live actors like they did for Pirates last halloween.

Im thinking Jungle Cruise of the Living Dead. A bunch of zombies throughout. But not super bloody or realistic, kibda cheesey and goofy looking. A mix of mild scares and zombie puns. Plus the lighting and sound effects you were talking about. Could be a lot of fun!

Okay here me out on this one... for Halloween Muppet*Vision presents The Piggy Horror Show.

A Rocky Horror Show parody starring the Muppets, with various elements edited out or changed to make the show run 30 minutes utilizing the preshow and main theater to tell the story and best hits of the films.

Who would play the iconic characters of the film glad you asked!
Janice as The Lips
Wane as Brad and Wanda as Janet, both chosen due to their overall genericness that are present in the characters they would portray
Uncle Deadly as Riff Raff
Rizzo and Yolanda as Maroon and Magenta
Camilla the Chicken as Colombia
Miss Piggy as Dr Swine-N-Furter
Kermit as Kermy
Gonzo as Eddie
Fozzie as Dr Scott
Sam the Eagle as The Criminologist

Then the pre show would have Science Fiction/Double Feature, Dammit Janet, and Over at the Frankenstein Place along with an opening narration from Sam the Eagle.
The theater would play host to Time Warp, Sweet Lil Piggy (Rewrite of Sweet Transvestite), Hot Patootie, Eddie's Teddy, Rose Tint My World, Wild and Untamed Thing, and Science Fiction / Double Feature (Reprise).

Much of the story's sexual elements will be downplayed, while the typical Muppet humor will shine through the oddity that is The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Ya know, I'd never think of combining Muppets and Rocky Horror. Yet it works so well! Like, i can't see Disney ever doing this. But its definitely fun to think about and id love to see it.

Halloween overlay for Alice in Wonderland: David Hall’s Wonderland Nightmare! Inspired by David Hall’s spooktacular concept art for the film, this nightmare of a ride lasts all of the Halloween season!

Alice in Wonderland (partially lost original draft of Disney animated film; 1939) - The Lost Media Wiki

lostmediawiki.com

Riders enter the first room, where Alice slurps a sentient bottle’s mutagenic contents and shrinks down into a dark forest. The razor-toothed, fish-eyed Cheshire Cat appears, guiding Alice through Wonderland... to her doom! Rooms include the Dutchess’s noisy household, the Mad Hatter and March Hare ready to slice up riders with a knife and scissors, and the Queen of Hearts’s torture dungeon and guillotine. The ride ends with Alice waking up from her nightmare vision of Wonderland.

Perhaps slightly too dark to actually happen, but would be a ton of fun! A Disney dark ride being transformed to be more like the classic carnival/pier spookhouses that originally jnspired their ride system would be amazing! Whether it's this one or Snow White like @Imagineer Sroo suggested.

I say turn all of Main Street into Mean Street for Halloween, and the villains, creepy creeps with eerie eyes, and 19th century ghouls come out to take over the street! Everything gets a retheming with plenty of trick-or-treats, and Halloween merch.

-The Disney Villain Story, retelling the creations of beloved badguys from character sketches to final designs, and how they've been adapted in other movies and TV shows.
-Great Moments With Benedict Arnold (muahahahaha!)
-Reincarnation Cafe
-Ghoulish Girl Eye-Scream Parlour
-Happy Halloween Bakery
-Mean Street Market Spookhouse
-The Imp-porium!

Mean Streat could be a lot of fun! (Epic mickey reference?). It would make a great intro for a night of Halloween spooks and scares! I love it!

 

[Pi on my Cake]

my idea for this was to overlay the Grand Fiesta Tour in the Mexico Pavilion with Coco for Dia De Los Muertos. And with the themes of family, keep it up longer too. So, it could last from October to December.

With that ride being mostly simple figures and tv screens, it would be really easy to switch over.

 

[Miru]

I say turn all of Main Street into Mean Street for Halloween, and the villains, creepy creeps with eerie eyes, and 19th century ghouls come out to take over the street! Everything gets a retheming with plenty of trick-or-treats, and Halloween merch.

-The Disney Villain Story, retelling the creations of beloved badguys from character sketches to final designs, and how they've been adapted in other movies and TV shows.
-Great Moments With Benedict Arnold (muahahahaha!)
-Reincarnation Cafe
-Ghoulish Girl Eye-Scream Parlour
-Happy Halloween Bakery
-Mean Street Market Spookhouse
-The Imp-porium!

- GREAT!
- Feat. Herbert Hoover.
- Or, the De-incarnation Cafe

i know the snow white rides used to be terrifying, maybe a halloween overlay for those? i also like miru's alice in wonderland idea. there's something inherently creepy about abandoned ideas, especially this one.

Sure, a Snow White’s SUPER Scary Adventures overlay would be good, and a neat tribute to the original if applied to Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. I can imagine it largely based on the 1971 WDW incarnation with some other added elements of horror; namely the increased skeleton count of the Tokyo version (if not beyond even that), the “Paris Fright”, and the original 1955 Witch design.

Maybe some more elements from concept artwork and or stuff like KH, such as a wolf forming out of the moonlight above riders. Maybe Peter Pan could get an overlay based on the unmade 1939 version of the film? Skull Rock would be full of the rotting bones of those victims of Captain Hook (similar to the 1966 Disneyland version except with even more bones), booby traps, and maybe we’d end on the crocodile successfully digesting his long-awaited main course.

 

[Suchomimus]

June 3rd is National Egg Day. I suggest we create an overlay for eggs.
View attachment 378751

Frontierland is celebrating egg day by letting their chickens loose and placing eggs all over the town. On Big Thunder Mountain you'll see all sorts of eggs hidden in the rockwork, including a giant goose creating golden eggs down in the mines!

 

[Pi on my Cake]

June 4th
3 Day Streak

Previous Day's Pitch

Our goal was to create a new holiday overlay for a current Disney attraction. Halloween proved to be the popular pick (National Egg Day a close second). Many ideas seemed to focus on scarier versions of classic Fantasyland dark ride (Alice and Snow White especially) or Jungle Cruise. An annual overhaul of Main Street into the spooky Mean Street was perhaps the most ambitious of the pitches.

Today's Project

What non-musical Disney movie would you turn into a musical stage show for the parks, cruise line, or broadway? How would you adapt it? Any ideas for musical numbers? Where would you place it?​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

June 4th
3 Day Streak

Previous Day's Pitch

Our goal was to create a new holiday overlay for a current Disney attraction. Halloween proved to be the popular pick (National Egg Day a close second). Many ideas seemed to focus on scarier versions of classic Fantasyland dark ride (Alice and Snow White especially) or Jungle Cruise. An annual overhaul of Main Street into the spooky Mean Street was perhaps the most ambitious of the pitches.

Today's Project

What non-musical Disney movie would you turn into a musical stage show for the parks, cruise line, or broadway? How would you adapt it? Any ideas for musical numbers? Where would you place it?​

This prompt is actually inspired by an old SYWTBAI prompt from sseason 14 (do I have the season right, @TheOriginalTiki?). I worked on a Pinocchio musical! I can't remember who all was involved with it, but I know @DisneyManOne and @Basketbuddy101 were there!

Also, figured I'd tag @MANEATINGWREATH as our resident musical fan who isn't usually active outside of dream parks. See if he's got any ideas!

 

[DisneyManOne]

I was just about to mention the Pinocchio thing! I still recall the song you wrote for it!

As for non-musical ideas, Atlantis could work well as a musical. I can already picture atmospheric chanting using the Atlantean language. For placement, either Discoveryland in Disneyland Paris or on the Cruise Line.

But, if we're taking Broadway, then frankly, I think WALL-E could work well not so much as a musical per se, but as a "play with music." Dance and music would play heavily, but not so much in the sense of a typical Broadway musical. The "Define Dancing" sequence would be more of a balletic pas de deux between WALL-E and EVE; and the climax could easily be performed through dance. Frankly, this is something I've thought about for quite some time. I always pictured WALL-E lying dead until EVE revived him; I wouldn't go the "reboot" route, although that would be both frightening and heartbreaking to see if performed by a human.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

I was just about to mention the Pinocchio thing! I still recall the song you wrote for it!

As for non-musical ideas, Atlantis could work well as a musical. I can already picture atmospheric chanting using the Atlantean language. For placement, either Discoveryland in Disneyland Paris or on the Cruise Line.

But, if we're taking Broadway, then frankly, I think WALL-E could work well not so much as a musical per se, but as a "play with music." Dance and music would play heavily, but not so much in the sense of a typical Broadway musical. The "Define Dancing" sequence would be more of a balletic pas de deux between WALL-E and EVE; and the climax could easily be performed through dance. Frankly, this is something I've thought about for quite some time. I always pictured WALL-E lying dead until EVE revived him; I wouldn't go the "reboot" route, although that would be both frightening and heartbreaking to see if performed by a human.

Wall-e as a ballet-esque would be absolutely beautiful! And Atlantis would be very cool too

 

[Miru]

Wall-E the Ballet sounds good. I could see elements that were scrapped from the movie, like the gelatin aliens, making appearances for the sake of more dancing.

Well, I think GOTG would make a good musical on Disney Cruise Line, Perhaps via using the late 60s-late 80s music adapted as full-on musical numbers alongside original tracks. I could see some tense scenes like the Kyln getting musical tracks added to them. Keep Ronan serious, though.

 

[Imagineer Brandon]

lilo and stitch all the way. i'm thinking it'd work best on a cruise line.

 

[Evilgidgit]

Treasure Planet would make a fantastic musical. I know it has one song, but that is more of an overall theme for the whole movie, and I love it. Sci-fi properties that aren't Marvel of Star Wars get much love in the Disney parks. Not sure about the location, but the seating would be like an arena or horseshoe-shaped, so that large spacecraft and the hoverboard scenes could be included.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Wall-E the Ballet sounds good. I could see elements that were scrapped from the movie, like the gelatin aliens, making appearances for the sake of more dancing.

Well, I think GOTG would make a good musical on Disney Cruise Line, Perhaps via using the late 60s-late 80s music adapted as full-on musical numbers alongside original tracks. I could see some tense scenes like the Kyln getting musical tracks added to them. Keep Ronan serious, though.

Ya know, GotG as a jukebox musical would definitely not be easy to pull off but could be pretty amazing!

 

[PerGron]

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