EPCOT Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[Drdcm]

I’m honestly surprised they killed this.

Here’s how I would have accomplished this with complete grace and class.

1) gone down to the local carnival, made them an offer on the spinning ride
2) set it up in an empty warehouse
3) paint the vehicles to vaguely resemble tea cups
4) slap some cardboard cut outs on the wall like in toy story land.
5) bask I the perfect representation of Mary Poppins

 

[monothingie]

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?

Surprisingly people still have high expectations for Disney.

 

[trainplane3]

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?

I know it was never supposed to be anything big but this is even more lackluster then a carousel, somehow.

 

[Rteetz]

Surprisingly people still have high expectations for Disney.

Sure but even in all the rumors here and elsewhere it was never going to be a major dark ride. It was always said to be a flat ride or interactive meet and greet experience like Enchanted Tales with Belle.

 

[monothingie]

I'm relieved, can you imagine the amount of vomit that this thing would have some of the more indulgent guest producing after riding it, after having drank around the world?

 

[monothingie]

Sure but even in all the rumors here and elsewhere it was never going to be a major dark ride. It was always said to be a flat ride or interactive meet and greet experience like Enchanted Tales with Belle.

I guess the D23 over hyping and non-specific preview center concepts misled people to expect more.

 

[SaucyBoy]

Disney fans: The parks need more C Ticket rides.

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

A C-ticket experience doesn't have to be uninspired garbage.

 

[JohnD]

I know it was never supposed to be anything big but this is even more lackluster then a carousel, somehow.

I agree. Another spinning ride no parent wants to ride vs. a carousel ride with hydraulics under each horse, pushing it up and down. The top of the horse pole isn't attached to the ceiling so its like one of the horses in the movie. Children and adults wouldn't mind that ride as much.

 

[Andrew25]

It's not a bad idea, but it is an odd choice to put a tea cup style attraction in Epcot though with people drinking all day.

 

[Andrew25]

I agree. Another spinning ride no parent wants to ride vs. a carousel ride with hydraulics under each horse, pushing it up and down. The top of the horse pole isn't attached to the ceiling so its like one of the horses in the movie. Children and adults wouldn't mind that ride as much.

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Ironic - Epic Universe is getting something similar to this idea

 

[trainplane3]

Imagine:
Open the Disney app at 7am to spend $10 on a Lightning Lane thing
Rush to park at open
Wait in line for like a half hour
Go through one preshow
Get excited
Go through a second preshow
Start thinking it's going to be on the same level as most recent attractions
Doors open
It's a teacups spinner you just spent money on and lost 2 hours of your morning rushing to get to
Magical

 

[JohnD]

Ironic - Epic Universe is getting something similar to this idea

Interesting. I'm less up to speed on what is happening there.

 

[JohnD]

Imagine:
Open the Disney app at 7am to spend $10 on a Lightning Lane thing
Rush to park at open
Wait in line for like a half hour
Go through one preshow
Get excited
Go through a second preshow
Start thinking it's going to be on the same level as most recent attractions
Doors open
It's a teacups spinner you just spent money on and lost 2 hours of your morning rushing to get to
Magical

But knowing its teacups going in, that's on the guest. It's a skip for me.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Chapek felt the company could afford to needlessly retheme an area of DCA to San Fransokyo but not a modest flat ride?

I honestly think this would’ve felt pretty charming. An addition without a VQ? Count me in.

 

[Disnutz311]

In a park that needs more C Ticket attractions and something for young kids, this is not that bad. It's a spinner where those are bowls full of sugar you are spinning around in and I bet the background/surround was a digital or projection screen that was fully animated so like being in the movie singing along with famous songs.

Is it Tony Baxter's super cool Mary Poppins ride? No. Do you really expect anymore from the Gensler Imagineers of today?

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Not surprised they scrapped this.

For a low capacity flat ride, it would have been very costly and take up a lot of space.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Chapek felt the company could afford to needlessly retheme an area of DCA to San Fransokyo but not a modest flat ride?

For a flat ride, this is anything but modest.

Multiple themed rooms, exterior facades, all the usual stuff the goes into having an completely indoor facility (electrical, insulation, A/C etc)

Not even double Dumbo with its playground queue comes close to this.

There's a reason why most Disney flat rides just have roofs or nothing.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I hate to say it but Six Flags Great America does it better during during their Fright Fest with an indoor Teacups..It mostly strobes, fog, and hard-core techno.

 

[ToTBellHop]

For a flat ride, this is anything but modest.

Multiple themed rooms, exterior facades, all the usual stuff the goes into having an completely indoor facility (electrical, insulation, A/C etc)

Not even double Dumbo with its playground queue comes close to this.

There's a reason why most Disney flat rides just have roofs or nothing.

Modest at Epcot is under $100,000,000.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I like the idea of going through the Banks' house to get to the animated world, but after all that buildup, a spinner ride would be kind of disappointing to those unsure of what was inside.

Keep the exterior, queue and exit, but have something else for the actual ride.