EPCOT Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[TrainsOfDisney]

I thought Mermaid was around $100 million...

Maybe including all the rock work and the meet and greet. At that point though you have to question if it’s worth it, imagine a 100 million Mermaid attraction but the facade is as basic as it’s a small world in Florida. So spending all 100 million on the actual attraction!

 

[Rteetz]

Do we have any updates? Anyone know how much Little Mermaid cost? (Still hoping for a poppins darkride).

Won’t be a dark ride...

 

[Marne-la-Vallée]

Could this be the first Disney mad house? Like Villa Volta at Efteling of Houdini's Great Escape at Six Flags?

 

[justintheharris]

Sooo.... why Emily Blunt? I feel like that's going to upset a lot of guests and I'm not really thrilled with that choice either.


Having said that, I did change my mind about Runaway Railway and its animation style. So I definitely could be persuaded.

 

[Brer Panther]

Sorry, used up all of the budget for a ridiculously long and expensive queue for Mermaid.

You're half right. Only half of the budget went to the queue, the other half went to the animatronics.

 

[thequeuelinelectures]

Could this be the first Disney mad house? Like Villa Volta at Efteling of Houdini's Great Escape at Six Flags?

Honestly not a bad idea, especially since it would fit with the upside down scene from MPR. It won’t be the case though as mad house’s don’t have the capacity Disney needs. They’d have to have like 5 different tilt rooms

 

[Jones14]

That sounds like a decent budget. For comparison purposes what did Frozen cost?

I believe the Frozen overlay was $75 million.

 

[Admiral01]

Honestly not a bad idea, especially since it would fit with the upside down scene from MPR. It won’t be the case though as mad house’s don’t have the capacity Disney needs. They’d have to have like 5 different tilt rooms

EPCOT doesn’t need any more mediocre attractions with upside down scenes. Especially attractions that COULD be (or have been) great with a little more effort...

 

[Rich Brownn]

EPCOT doesn’t need any more mediocre attractions with upside down scenes. Especially attractions that COULD be (or have been) great with a little more effort...

Its not a "scene". The whole room tulles around while the chairs swing giving the illusion you are flipping around.

 

[blackcennin]

This is Villa Volta in the Efteling. It has a little bit of a dark story but you could make it fit more with mary poppins. Maybe make it a bigger version or with multiple rooms. I Think it is atleast better then a carrousel.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

While capacity would be a huge issue, I did think a Mad House could be a great idea for a Disney attraction (or Universal). Now, whether it fits its location depends on use...

 

[britain]

Honestly not a bad idea, especially since it would fit with the upside down scene from MPR. It won’t be the case though as mad house’s don’t have the capacity Disney needs. They’d have to have like 5 different tilt rooms

If only that wasn’t the worst part of the movie.

 

[WDWFREAK53]

If only that wasn’t the worst part of the movie.

100% agreed.

 

[Bocabear]

If only that wasn’t the worst part of the movie.

now I am a huge Meryl fan, but it really was the worst part of the film..It was like they sat around and said///We need a replacement for the Uncle Albert Tea party on the ceiling scene....hmmmmmm Not so great.

 

[nickys]

now I am a huge Meryl fan, but it really was the worst part of the film..It was like they sat around and said///We need a replacement for the Uncle Albert Tea party on the ceiling scene....hmmmmmm Not so great.

Except it was taken straight from the books. “Returns” was a much truer adaptation of the books than the original movie. The stage show, at least the London version (not sure if Broadway was the same) was much darker then the movie, and also closer to the book.

 

[Bocabear]

Except it was taken straight from the books. “Returns” was a much truer adaptation of the books than the original movie. The stage show, at least the London version (not sure if Broadway was the same) was much darker then the movie, and also closer to the book.

I do know it came from the books... There were other characters in the books that didn't make it to the film as well. On the whole I really liked the film...I think it was the perfect follow up...

 

[nickys]

I do know it came from the books... There were other characters in the books that didn't make it to the film as well. On the whole I really liked the film...I think it was the perfect follow up...

I agree that it seemed shoe-horned into the story arc of the movie. But it is a genuine “scene” from the books and I guess it gave them a chance to cast a huge star into the movie in a small but memorable role, even if a not universally popular one.

 

[britain]

I do know it came from the books... There were other characters in the books that didn't make it to the film as well. On the whole I really liked the film...I think it was the perfect follow up...

It was fine, but they made a critical error in effectively replacing “Spoonful of Sugar” with “Can you imagine that” as Mary’s theme song. In the very few moments where you do hear Sugar, the movie soars! I’m dumbfounded why they went to such great lengths to copy so much of the first movie, and yet insist on “all new songs all the time!” Really? No reprises?

When making Empire Strikes Back, they didn’t replace Luke Skywalker’s theme (the main SW theme) with something new!

 

[Rich Brownn]

It was fine, but they made a critical error in effectively replacing “Spoonful of Sugar” with “Can you imagine that” as Mary’s theme song. In the very few moments where you do hear Sugar, the movie soars! I’m dumbfounded why they went to such great lengths to copy so much of the first movie, and yet insist on “all new songs all the time!” Really? No reprises?

When making Empire Strikes Back, they didn’t replace Luke Skywalker’s theme (the main SW theme) with something new!

Because in a musical, you want to add to the song catalogue, not nearly rerun it (and if they had everyone would have said oh they are relying on old stuff). The songwriters are high regarded (They have won a Grammy, a Tony and an Emmy so far). I'm sure they came on the film with the expectation of writing all new material. (Some composers will actually have a no-interpolation waiver in their contract. Obviously not here).

 

[britain]

Because in a musical, you want to add to the song catalogue, not nearly rerun it (and if they had everyone would have said oh they are relying on old stuff). The songwriters are high regarded (They have won a Grammy, a Tony and an Emmy so far). I'm sure they came on the film with the expectation of writing all new material. (Some composers will actually have a no-interpolation waiver in their contract. Obviously not here).

I’m fine with adding new material, but they should have at least kept Spoonful around more in the score. The entire movie runs on nostalgia fuel, and they cut themselves off from the best stuff.