News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[King Panda 77]

I'm not quite sure I fully understand your point. Scotland could very well have a vote in the not so distant future where one of the outcomes is that they are no longer part of the UK. Having a heavily Scottish based attraction in the UK Pavilion when the UK only includes England, Wales and Northern Island won't work and would actually annoy many Scottish and British people if that happened to be the case.

Saying all that, it probably makes more sense than Frozen in Norway so I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen.

Don't panic Scotland isn't going anywhere.

 

[Fox&Hound]

Uhhh...what?

I mean that the source material for "Splash Mountain" is forgotten by most and abhorred by many due to its racial depictions of African Americans, however, the ride that was inspired by the movie is a classic E-ticket beloved by many. I was saying that I would hope the same could be done with a Brave-inspired ride- make a great ride/attraction out of a less than stellar/polarizing film.

 

[matt9112]

I am currently sans-RX-7 at this point, but I have owned many (79, 85, two 86's, 91 and 94 model years). Now waiting on the next version as long as it doesn't have 4 doors. Waiting for Mazda to announce their next rotary powered vehicle is like this waiting on someone in this thread to break the ice on what this new ride is...

except a new ride isn't facing impossible emissions requirements hahahah. I hope Mazda nails it but I hope Mazda doesn't pull a Nissan and bring it back to life for just shy of 6 figures.....

 

[disneygeek90]

I mean that the source material for "Splash Mountain" is forgotten by most and abhorred by many due to its racial depictions of African Americans, however, the ride that was inspired by the movie is a classic E-ticket beloved by many. I was saying that I would hope the same could be done with a Brave-inspired ride- make a great ride/attraction out of a less than stellar/polarizing film.

Brave and SotS are not even on the same stratosphere when it comes to "polarizing" films imo.

 

[MichRX7]

I mean that the source material for "Splash Mountain" is forgotten by most and abhorred by many due to its racial depictions of African Americans,

I always struggle with this, this thread is probably not the place to discuss and I know it's probably been discussed ad nauseam elsewhere on these boards, but I disagree with the statement (though it is probably abhorred by many who don't want to watch or acknowledge the movie before harping on it). Here is a good read on the topic:
http://www.theforbidden-zone.com/scrolls/songofthesouth.shtml

 

[larryz]

I have said it a million times...they really need to purpose build an all new Peter Pan show building, double tracked the way Toad was...so the ride tracks could actually share the different show rooms...the way Toad did in the town square setting. For what is arguably the most popular ride in the Magic Kingdom. they should do something really spectacular with it, and include a Neverland play area and proper Tink meet and greet at the exit...bye bye Circus tents, Hello Neverland...Pirate ship and all! Now THAT would be a fitting addition for the 50th!!

It would have cost a lot less than an electronic guest tracking system...

 

[PizzaPlanet]

But your missing an accurate portrail of Scottish history.

People were actually turned into bears?

 

[Matt_Black]

Think about it though...it takes far less time to create a sequel than it does to create a brand new, never seen before full cast of animated characters and backdrop.

Which, for Pixar standards, can still take a long time. Monsters University went into production before Despicable Me. It came out after Despicable Me 2.

 

[DisneyFan18]

@marni1971, I know they already choose the IP, but have they greenlit the attraction already?

 

[crxbrett]

I think Adventureland is the only real bottleneck of it's type in the park, but that park is intimate and detailed and lovely...

The entrance to Tomorrowland is worse. When they stupidly relocated the rockets there it ruined the entrance and created the worst bottleneck in the park. Getting through Tomorrowland at DL on a crowded day is pure hell.

 

[King Panda 77]

People were actually turned into bears?

Right around the time of Robert the Bruce.

 

[Fox&Hound]

Brave and SotS are not even on the same stratosphere when it comes to "polarizing" films imo.

Oh I completely agree with you. I was not suggesting they were- I was just trying to make the point that a great ride/attraction can come from a less than stellar movie. Depsite how people feel about Song of the South, its not like it is a cult favorite and people watch it all the time.

 

[disneygeek90]

Oh I completely agree with you. I was not suggesting they were- I was just trying to make the point that a great ride/attraction can come from a less than stellar movie. Depsite how people feel about Song of the South, its not like it is a cult favorite and people watch it all the time.

Absolutely. There's quite a few on here that said Avatar didn't have the following to carry a land... and here we are.

 

[MotherOfBirds]

I wouldn't believe anything until dirt moves. Even then, dirt has been known to move before coming to an indefinite halt.

Like the Mermaid has shown us, a great movie doesn't necessarily translate into a great attraction. That ball is 100% in WDI's court.

 

[King Panda 77]

I wouldn't believe anything until dirt moves. Even then, dirt has been known to move before coming to an indefinite halt.

Like the Mermaid has shown us, a great movie doesn't necessarily translate into a great attraction. That ball is 100% in WDI's court.

So if it based on Brave we can expect a mediocre ride ?

 

[MotherOfBirds]

Brave and SotS are not even on the same stratosphere when it comes to "polarizing" films imo.

Indeed. Brave is polarizing because it had multiple changes in story and leadership waaaay too late in the game and thus resembles a kind of movie-loaf. SotS is polarizing for reasons I hope I dont have to explain.

 

[MotherOfBirds]

So if it based on Brave we can expect a mediocre ride ?

Not what I said at all. The quality of the ride will depend entirely on the budget and creativity of Imagineering.

 

[jpeden]

Or at least upgraded a la double-up with another track. TSMM is hugely popular, but Peter Pan deserves the attention more.

I don't know how anyone can queue an hour for Pan and come off it not being severely underwhelmed and disappointed at the experience, beyond nostalgia. It's a great concept but short, and if it's short it needs to wow...plastic models don't cut it in this day and age.

Orlando's really should be upgraded to the DLP version at a minimum with the double pirate ship vehicles. It would greatly increase capacity.

 

[Haymarket2008]

Meh. My gut reaction at face value? Brave is the wrong choice. BUT it is quite possible that Brave could have the most edutainment value of all the UK IP's.....

 

[King Panda 77]

I don't see brave having a higher edutainment value than MP