EPCOT Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[yensidtlaw1969]

I don't understand this strange, contemporary taste somebody seems to have for "all sides, no protein".

How many attractions have we seen in the past decade+ where they spend big on the queue and/or preshow but then bunt on the main show?

Have they forgotten that half the point of the queue is to set proper expecations for the experience that follows?

 

[FettFan]

Cough, cough.

Someone deserves to be fired for this.

 

[SaucyBoy]

How embarrassing that the world's supposed "leader" in theme park experiences could only conjure up a boring teacup ride for one of their film division's greatest achievements. Lol!!

 

[Brer Panther]

That would have been such a waste of both the IP and the space.

I agree, but I would've taken this over an Enchanted Tales With Belle-style experience.

 

[Brer Oswald]

As someone who actually enjoyed Mary Poppins Returns, I agree.

The fact that this wasn't centered on Jolly Holiday is cuh-razy.

The space depicted is really interesting and might have been somewhat enjoyable (in isolation), but Mary Poppins deserves so much more. I'm not even someone who is advocating for an E Ticket. That will never happen in EPCOT. What it deserves is the classic, charming Fantasyland dark ride treatment.

A bus-bar ride based on Brave was a contender for this space......why not Mary?

I mean…are we really surprised they tried to base it off the sequel instead of the original? They seem to exclusively be going for recent properties/adaptations regardless if they are more or less popular.

But I do agree that this should’ve gotten the Classic Fantasyland Dark ride treatment. I wouldn’t mind if all countries of World Showcase had their own dark ride.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I mean…are we really surprised they tried to base it off the sequel instead of the original?

We shouldn't be since all the artwork that was shown referenced the sequel.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I agree, but I would've taken this over an Enchanted Tales With Belle-style experience.

And we only know about that and now this teacup iteration because of leaks. Our insiders have said that the nature of this attraction had changed behind the scenes several times. We don't know how close we came to a teacups, carousel, or Tales with Poppins attraction.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I don't understand this strange, contemporary taste somebody seems to have for "all sides, no protein".

How many attractions have we seen in the past decade+ where they spend big on the queue and/or preshow but then bunt on the main show?

Have they forgotten that half the point of the queue is to set proper expecations for the experience that follows?

So all C-Ticket rides should have an outdoor switchback? What is the appropriate queuing for such a ride?

Someone deserves to be fired for this.

How embarrassing that the world's supposed "leader" in theme park experiences could only conjure up a boring teacup ride for one of their film division's greatest achievements. Lol!!

Disney fans: The parks need more C Ticket rides.

Also Disney fans: OMG, it's just a C Ticket ride!!!

 

[MisterPenguin]

But to use the D23 stage to announce this?

They didn't use the D23 stage to announce *this*.

They announced some sort of Poppins attractions along with all the other EPCOT renewal initiatives at the same time as one big package.

At the time of D23 they didn't even say what the attraction was.

 

[Tha Realest]

Someone deserves to be fired for this.

For conceptualizing it, or leaking it?

 

[Tha Realest]

I don't understand this strange, contemporary taste somebody seems to have for "all sides, no protein".

How many attractions have we seen in the past decade+ where they spend big on the queue and/or preshow but then bunt on the main show?

Have they forgotten that half the point of the queue is to set proper expecations for the experience that follows?

I’ve long felt MFSR is an E-ticket queue in service of a C-ticket attraction.

 

[mattpeto]

I think the little attraction/area could have been a nice add.

 

[Tha Realest]

If this was what was to come of Mary Poppins, and based on what we saw for the SSE refurb, the COVID stoppages helped us dodge more bullets than Neo

 

[Skibum1970]

So all C-Ticket rides should have an outdoor switchback? What is the appropriate queuing for such a ride?






Disney fans: The parks need more C Ticket rides.

Also Disney fans: OMG, it's just a C Ticket ride!!!

Just asking, not challenging. Would this have been considered a "C" though?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Just asking, not challenging. Would this have been considered a "C" though?

Yeah, a typical 'flat' ride is a mostly considered, at most, a C.

 

[JustInTime]

Honestly this concept looks amazing and Epcot could really use another C ticket family ride.

 

[JohnD]

Cough, cough.

Another Tea Cups? This would have been the third such ride in as many parks. Yes, Alien Swirling "Saucers" might as well be another tea cup ride. Why not go for broke and put another variation in AK?

 

[esskay]

Honestly glad they didn't go ahead with this. The Poppins theming would've been good but a genric teacup spinner is a laughably poor ride choice.

 

[Rteetz]

I’m amazed that so many are shocked about this. Not just here but all over the internet. Did people really think this was going to be a big dark ride or something?

 

[Coaster Lover]

Cough, cough.

Honestly, I don't hate it. Space back there is limited and it looks like it would have been REALLY well themed (something many other C ticket attractions at Disney don't get). And EPCOT really needs C ticket attractions. I think my only issue is that the IP, the fact that the attraction is indoor, and the fact that it is well themed likely would have resulted in lines being WAY longer for this than they ever deserved to be for what it is.