News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[rle4lunch]

I know right? DCA is such a hodgepodge of themes, but the 1930's/40's boardwalk theme seemed like it failed to resonate for whatever reason. They're going with their breadwinner IP's for easy brand recognition and crowd "drawability". Personally, I think it all went downhill when Maliboomer was taken out to put in a smoke pit/waste of space.

Carving out sections of DCA for each area is probably the best thing they can do to give the park 'focus'. CarsLand is pretty awesome. Whatever the heck was going on from one side of the pier to the swings was anyone's guess though.

My thoughts on the pay-per-throw games at DCA and AK is that they really need to get rid of them. NO ONE plays them, and they're more of a holdover from parks of yesteryear al a Great America, Coney Island, County Fair. No sensible adult is going to let their kid spend $50 trying to win a stuffed animal when they just paid $1200 for a 2 day/3 night stay at Grand Californian.

They gotta do something to draw people out of Carsland and keep the crowd dispersed before they go into demo mode in Bugsland for the Marvel expansion. DCA is about to be DHS in terms of the amount of attraction offerings they'll have. (i know they'll still have more than DHS, but they don't have 4 parks there to go to).

 

[disnyfan89]

I think what Articos was saying is that was never an intentional design choice on the project, just a happy coincidence that fans picked up on.

I use the word coincidence somewhat liberally, since IOA clearly built their land around Jurassic Park the movie franchise and not Jurassic Park the literary work. I can’t bring myself to believe JP wouldn’t have made its way into the park if it was merely a film franchise with no literary source.

Speaking of literary sources for Theme Park attractions, how about that Mary Poppins ride . . .

One could argue the fact that JP uses the River Raft Ride as it's mode of transportation is directly in the book but that's just splitting hairs at this point.

It should also be noted that Universal Specifically teached in it's orientation that IOA is like a book case as all the lands presented in the park came from Literary sources (Even if they rely on the looks of their movie adaptations). I don't know if this is the case since Kong came on the scene though.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Me too. It’s not been said directly to me but I’m wondering if they think Gran Fiesta is "good enough" for now. Which in the grand scheme of things it is IMHO.

Quite right.


I resent 3 Caballeros overlay for the usual reasons, but by and large Rio remains a good ride. It is number 164 on my 'to do' list.

But Rio has untapped capacity. All those half full boats. That with the right IP could be filled by the modern audience of the toddler brigade and the known IP brand obsessed. What if the choice is effectively between adding 700 per hour extra rider throughout at Rio vs adding 700/h new capacity at C Poppins?

A C costs $150 million, an overlay $20 million. And the internet has left modern audiences so uninformed that both can equally be marketed as an expansion, a new attraction.

 

[Timothy_Q]

I know right? DCA is such a hodgepodge of themes, but the 1930's/40's boardwalk theme seemed like it failed to resonate for whatever reason.

Well, for one, it was 1900’s boardwalk pier, not a 30’s/40’s one.

So they already failed in making that easily understandable, considering so many design elements in the land just read as cheap contemporary.

Paradise Pier never transported you the same way Main Street does.

 

[rle4lunch]

Well, for one, it was 1900’s boardwalk pier, not a 30’s/40’s one.

So they already failed in making that easily understandable, considering so many design elements in the land just read as cheap contemporary.

Paradise Pier never transported you the same way Main Street does.

Thanks so much for the correction. If indeed they were going for early 1900's then they sorely missed the mark.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Quite right.


I resent 3 Caballeros overlay for the usual reasons, but by and large Rio remains a good ride. It is number 164 on my 'to do' list.

But Rio has untapped capacity. All those half full boats. That with the right IP could be filled by the modern audience of the toddler brigade and the known IP brand obsessed. What if the choice is effectively between adding 700 per hour extra rider throughout at Rio vs adding 700/h new capacity at C Poppins?

A C costs $150 million, an overlay $20 million. And the internet has left modern audiences so uninformed that both can equally be marketed as an expansion, a new attraction.

Except most days I go there's a 5 minute wait.

 

[marni1971]

Except most days I go there's a 5 minute wait.

Queued onto the plaza last year. I was in shock.

 

[Kman101]

One could argue the fact that JP uses the River Raft Ride as it's mode of transportation is directly in the book but that's just splitting hairs at this point.

It should also be noted that Universal Specifically teached in it's orientation that IOA is like a book case as all the lands presented in the park came from Literary sources (Even if they rely on the looks of their movie adaptations). I don't know if this is the case since Kong came on the scene though.

But were they training that from the very beginning?

I mean, if people want to support the whole literary thing, go for it, but I'm not sure why it matters, to be able to justify the various lands that don't really tie anything together?

 

[disnyfan89]

But were they training that from the very beginning?

I mean, if people want to support the whole literary thing, go for it, but I'm not sure why it matters, to be able to justify the various lands that don't really tie anything together?

That I can't answer.

 

[Kman101]

Queued onto the plaza last year. I was in shock.

Wow.

But it happens. I've walked right onto Living with the Land and I've also waited 30 minutes .... I've personally just walked right onto Gran Fiesta but I usually hit it as WS opens so I'm sure later in the day there's at least some line, but I still don't think it's a major draw (and not saying it necessarily should be, but are they satisified it draws in enough crowds?). We don't need more overlays right now but they actually should greenlight Coco, but not at the expense of other attractions needing to be built.

I imagine they gut some of the shops for a new queue if they greenlight Coco. Or at least they should. But by all means let's let the guests spill out into the already crowded walkway

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Queued onto the plaza last year. I was in shock.

It's queue goes very quickly though . Even if it's full on a bad day it's 10 mins

 

[marni1971]

It's queue goes very quickly though . Even if it's full on a bad day it's 10 mins

Yes, its THC vs demand isn’t too shabby.

 

[marni1971]

Wow.

But it happens. I've walked right onto Living with the Land and I've also waited 30 minutes .... I've personally just walked right onto Gran Fiesta but I usually hit it as WS opens so I'm sure later in the day there's at least some line, but I still don't think it's a major draw (and not saying it necessarily should be, but are they satisified it draws in enough crowds?). We don't need more overlays right now but they actually should greenlight Coco, but not at the expense of other attractions needing to be built.

I imagine they gut some of the shops for a new queue if they greenlight Coco. Or at least they should. But by all means let's let the guests spill out into the already crowded walkway

The queue situation was possibly one reason why at least one of the planned Cocos doesn’t look like it will happen.

 

[rle4lunch]

Wow.

But it happens. I've walked right onto Living with the Land and I've also waited 30 minutes .... I've personally just walked right onto Gran Fiesta but I usually hit it as WS opens so I'm sure later in the day there's at least some line, but I still don't think it's a major draw (and not saying it necessarily should be, but are they satisified it draws in enough crowds?). We don't need more overlays right now but they actually should greenlight Coco, but not at the expense of other attractions needing to be built.

I imagine they gut some of the shops for a new queue if they greenlight Coco. Or at least they should. But by all means let's let the guests spill out into the already crowded walkway

Living with the Land is always good for a nap. For some reason it reminds me of Star Trek 4. weird.

 

[Haymarket2008]

The queue situation was possibly one reason why at least one of the planned Cocos doesn’t look like it will happen.

Presumably the more ambitious proposal?

 

[Kman101]

The queue situation was possibly one reason why at least one of the planned Cocos doesn’t look like it will happen.

I can see that.

Do the stores that line the back of the queue for the ride really make that much money? Just wondering because they often seem empty but I guess they could still make money and enough to where they don't want to use it as queue space. Just wondering why there seems to be a hesitation regarding the queue because it's fixable. Of course that means spending money ....

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Living with the Land is always good for a nap. For some reason it reminds me of Star Trek 4 for some reason. weird.

Shameful!

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Except most days I go there's a 5 minute wait.

On my last trip early December I too was greeted with a line, of sorts.

Bit of an unpleasant surprise, really.
Together with the Peoplemover they were my two 'always walk-on' plan B's if all else was busy. No longer the case for either then, possibly.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

On my last trip early December I too was greeted with a line, of sorts.

Bit of an unpleasant surprise, really.
Together with the Peoplemover they were my two 'always walk-on' plan B's if all else was busy. No longer the case for either then, possibly.

Yeah but the wait is always short . In fact I'd rather see a line for these attractions because that shows management to take care of them.

 

[marni1971]

Yeah but the wait is always short . In fact I'd rather see a line for these attractions because that shows management to take care of them.

It shows a lot of guests don’t know what they’re queing for / are waiting for their Frozenstrom FP to open..