News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[Surferboy567]

What I’m about to say is a rumor. It’s definitely NOT from a reliable source but sounds super plausible. Mickey Views has put out a rather excellent video about the current situation. This isn’t a lazily put together video, it’s actually dome extremely well.

According to Brayden who is FAR from an inside credible source. Let me stress that, but this seems plausible and is why I’m posting it. Maybe this is why insiders were so hesitant to talk about the carousel. The Mary Poppins ride wasn’t going to be a carousel...at one point it was but before the situation the most recent form of the project was.....

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

...Tea Cups

No this isn’t a joke indoor tea cups.

Now I’m sure our insiders may know if this is legitimate. @marni1971 or any other insider can you comment. I know it hardly matters since this project is probably cancelled. Again, not saying Mickey Views is reliable but this seems to match up with the insider reports.

 

[UNCgolf]

What I’m about to say is a rumor. It’s definitely NOT from a reliable source but sounds super plausible. Mickey Views has put out a rather excellent video about the current situation. This isn’t a lazily put together video, it’s actually dome extremely well.

According to Brayden who is FAR from an inside credible source. Let me stress that, but this seems plausible and is why I’m posting it. Maybe this is why insiders were so hesitant to talk about the carousel. The Mary Poppins ride wasn’t going to be a carousel...at one point it was but before the situation the most recent form of the project was.....

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

...Tea Cups

No this isn’t a joke indoor tea cups.

Now I’m sure our insiders may know if this is legitimate. @marni1971 or any other insider can you comment. I know it hardly matters since this project is probably cancelled. Again, not saying Mickey Views is reliable but this seems to match up with the insider reports.

Martin did specifically call it a flat ride multiple times (as opposed to saying carousel), so that sounds plausible.

 

[WEDway Inc & Company LLC]

This saddens me on so many levels. Just skip the whole idea and just bring back the Mary who's eaten too many Hobnobs to take photos with the kids.

sounds like it’s already been Cancelled

 

[marni1971]

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According to Brayden who is FAR from an inside credible source. Let me stress that, but this seems plausible and is why I’m posting it. Maybe this is why insiders were so hesitant to talk about the carousel. The Mary Poppins ride wasn’t going to be a carousel...at one point it was but before the situation the most recent form of the project was.....

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

...Tea Cups

No this isn’t a joke indoor tea cups.

Now I’m sure our insiders may know if this is legitimate. @marni1971 or any other insider can you comment. I know it hardly matters since this project is probably cancelled. Again, not saying Mickey Views is reliable but this seems to match up with the insider reports.

I wouldn’t say most recent but it was a potential rise system, yes.

 

[GladToBeHear]

What I’m about to say is a rumor. It’s definitely NOT from a reliable source but sounds super plausible. Mickey Views has put out a rather excellent video about the current situation. This isn’t a lazily put together video, it’s actually dome extremely well.

According to Brayden who is FAR from an inside credible source. Let me stress that, but this seems plausible and is why I’m posting it. Maybe this is why insiders were so hesitant to talk about the carousel. The Mary Poppins ride wasn’t going to be a carousel...at one point it was but before the situation the most recent form of the project was.....

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

...Tea Cups

No this isn’t a joke indoor tea cups.

Now I’m sure our insiders may know if this is legitimate. @marni1971 or any other insider can you comment. I know it hardly matters since this project is probably cancelled. Again, not saying Mickey Views is reliable but this seems to match up with the insider reports.

This is the best (and most plausible) video I've seen on the potential ride system:



Of course, this was all pre-COVID-19.

 

[WEDway Inc & Company LLC]

At this point, anything would be fine. World Showcase needs more attractions, and to be honest, I couldn't care less about what ends up in World Showcase. Plus, EPCOT needs at least one good flat ride.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

A Mary Poppin's Tea Party sounds great! Finger sandwiches, pastries, and clotted cream. All while Mary sings and gets pictures with each family. I'm in.

What?

Oh, the spinny ride?

Never mind.

 

[IveBeenJack]

This is the best (and post plausible) video I've seen on the potential ride system:



Of course, this was all pre-COVID-19.

This video was filmed in December 2019, and I only state that the ride will be an indoor flat/spinner attraction. Then towards the end of the video I give an example of how a basic spinner attraction could be interestingly implemented, by showing Disney Patents from many years ago. But of course, I also state that IT IS NOT the ride system. Just want to put that out there.

I FULLY INTEND on doing a video CLEARLY stating that Poppins is cancelled, once we receive some sort of confirmation, and will unlist (make unavailable) the original announcement video from D23.

I feel that blogs and YouTubers who make such a BIG DEAL about a new ride, should also give EQUAL WEIGHT to the news that the project has been cancelled to help inform the public responsibly.

 

[marni1971]

At this point, anything would be fine..

No it wouldn’t. That’s how you get burdened with mediocrity.

 

[RobWDW1971]

A Mary Poppin's Tea Party sounds great! Finger sandwiches, pastries, and clotted cream. All while Mary sings and gets pictures with each family. I'm in.

What?

Oh, the spinny ride?

Never mind.

They had that in the Disneyland Hotel for years - my daughters loved it.

 

[UNCgolf]

No it wouldn’t. That’s how you get burdened with mediocrity.

And then that mediocrity stays forever. Frozen Ever After is the first example that comes to mind. Regardless of how you feel about the Frozen movies, it's a giant property for Disney. They wanted to capitalize on it quickly, so they forced a mediocre ride into a preexisting space (where it absolutely should not be, but that's not the point here). Now everyone is stuck with it when the property probably deserves a far more impressive attraction, but Disney isn't going to spend money because they already have a ride.

If a dumb spinner was built for Mary Poppins, then that's likely it forever. There's the Mary Poppins attraction; no reason to spend money on anything more when there's other IP to leverage.

 

[MisterPenguin]

A Mary Poppin's Tea Party sounds great! Finger sandwiches, pastries, and clotted cream. All while Mary sings and gets pictures with each family. I'm in.

What?

Oh, the spinny ride?

Never mind.

That there isn't a tea room in the UK pavilion is a crime.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

That there isn't a tea room in the UK pavilion is a crime.

There's an old barn near us that was converted decades ago to be a store. In the last 20 years or so, it was converted to be a restaurant - it just keeps changing hands. I don't quite know why nothing there has managed to survive because it's on a street that sees TONS of traffic. One of the recent iterations was a very nice-looking tea room.

 

[Haymarket2008]

The project has been in the mud for over a year. Epcot deserves better. Trash it. I’ll take the cancellation with open arms.

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

The project has been in the mud for over a year. Epcot deserves better. Trash it. I’ll take the cancellation with open arms.

I hope this means Mary Poppins would get a proper ride in the future.

 

[Horizons '83]

No it wouldn’t. That’s how you get burdened with mediocrity.

At this point i'd rather have the project put on hold or scrapped altogether than get a waterdown "attraction" with a watered down budget.

 

[412]

I hope this means Mary Poppins would get a proper ride in the future.

Plenty of people, myself included, think EPCOT needs more small attractions to round out the park. Why, in your view, is it a bad idea for one of these small attractions to be themed to Mary Poppins?

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

Plenty of people, myself included, think EPCOT needs more small attractions to round out the park. Why, in your view, is it a bad idea for one of these small attractions to be themed to Mary Poppins?

Because what we were supposed to get was not even a ride. It was a meet and greet like the Belle one at Magic Kingdom. Mary Poppins deserves a lot better than just a meet and greet.

 

[412]

Because what we were supposed to get was not even a ride. It was a meet and greet like the Belle one at Magic Kingdom. Mary Poppins deserves a lot better than just a meet and greet.

That makes sense. For me, I would be disappointed if Disney spent any money on another Enchanted Tales with Belle-like experience, regardless of the IP. It's not the Mary Poppins part that specifically bothers me.

I don't totally subscribe to the idea that certain IPs "deserve" a certain size of attraction. If the UK pavilion needs a D-ticket and Disney wants to theme it Mary Poppins, I wouldn't be upset that Mary Poppins didn't get a bigger ride. I don't mind when Disney's most-prominent IPs lack rides (the Lion King) and when Disney's most-prominent rides are themed to unpopular IPs (Splash Mountain).

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

That makes sense. For me, I would be disappointed if Disney spent any money on another Enchanted Tales with Belle-like experience, regardless of the IP. It's not the Mary Poppins part that specifically bothers me.

I don't totally subscribe to the idea that certain IPs "deserve" a certain size of attraction. If the UK pavilion needs a D-ticket and Disney wants to theme it Mary Poppins, I wouldn't be upset that Mary Poppins didn't get a bigger ride. I don't mind when Disney's most-prominent IPs lack rides (the Lion King) and when Disney's most-prominent rides are themed to unpopular IPs (Splash Mountain).

I agree. The UK pavilion should be able to hold a small fantasy land like dark ride for Mary Poppins.