Brer Panther
Well-Known Member
They were really going to have TWO PRESHOWS for a clone of the teacups? That seems pointless and over the top.
I would assume the other rooms are just indoor queue space. The only room that has a visible preshow is the one where it seems folks are transported to the surface of the Royal Doulton bowl.They were really going to have TWO PRESHOWS for a clone of the teacups? That seems pointless and over the top.
They were really going to have TWO PRESHOWS for a clone of the teacups? That seems pointless and over the top.
They announce rides they’re just thinking about, meet and greets, and sections in your local Target at these conventions. The bar is very low and a new ride certainly clears that bar.You know… if Disney just wanted to add some small attractions like this, well themed, but didn’t make a big fuss about them, and just did it to add capacity and such… I would be more for it.
But to use the D23 stage to announce this? Garbage. Keep the big hyped stuff for the Disney attractions we expect, use the parks blog to announce adding a new teacup ride.
My thoughts on this is that they had a better ride there and by cutting costs they kept the pre-show areas and just replaced the ride. The fireplace scene (which must be a very magical passage) looks cool though.They were really going to have TWO PRESHOWS for a clone of the teacups? That seems pointless and over the top.
A.S.S. is a pretty different ride and doesn’t fit the picture at all. This and the MK ride are not only the same layout and system, they’re both conceptually the same… spinning in a Teacup.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?
That’s a bold assumption!An addition without a VQ? Count me in.
(He was lying!)Is it actually cancelled? The last we heard on this says no.
I think it’s fine. Especially if the walls had projections similar to what MMRR has. I think it could have been a fun C ticket.Everything up to the ride type was great Imagineering. The concept fell apart when the elaborate queue and setup led to teacups. For what it's worth, I'm not really knocking the teacup attraction itself (even though Tea Party personally induces serious nausea) I just think it's the wrong ride type for the concept. Had they gone with a different spinner type I'd be all the more forgiving. Take for instance the classic Musik Express/Himalayas carnival attraction. That ride type could simulate the movement of a slow galloping Carousel and a frenetic spinning, dizzying saucer ride. Combining that with the same projection tech that was to be used here, and you could have the best of both rides and a premise that could explore both the classic Poppins go round and the tea cup spinning storylines. It would have been the better ride type, IMO. Another option could have used a Vekoma's Mad House to recreate Topsy-Turvey's upside down room or a sequence similar to Poppin's visit with Uncle Albert.
Practically ANYTHING would have be better than a rehash of Tea Cups. The IP is most deserving of a dark ride. Anything else is always going to be less then.
Didn’t the project lead leave the company and take the concepts with him? Am I imagining this?I still think this could easily get approved if they need something to market in 2025. Especially if they postpone Play (or whatever it becomes) even longer.
You don't get to take your concepts with you when you leave Imagineering.Didn’t the project lead leave the company and take the concepts with him? Am I imagining this?
You take that back; Alien Swirling Saucers is clearly a dressed up tilt-a-whirl. They are different attractions.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?
On a similar note of leveraging outsider properties they have some distributional involvement in, what they should be doing with the Japan Pavilion. Like the fact that Ultraman sales are wiping the floor with every Disney brand in China right now according to Tsuburaya Productions's own earnings reports should be cause enough to at least consider growing the partnership beyond Marvel books.Now that this is gone, we can focus on another British property that currently doesn't have any theme park presence that Disney is now throwing money at:
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Not all IP transfers well across cultures. WDW couldn't make Duffy and Friends a thing in the states.On a similar note of leveraging outsider properties they have some distributional involvement in, what they should be doing with the Japan Pavilion. Like the fact that Ultraman sales are wiping the floor with every Disney brand in China right now according to Tsuburaya Productions's own earnings reports should be cause enough to at least consider growing the partnership beyond Marvel books.
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Tsupro's been making a pretty active push for the brand in the West the last few years ever since they won back their international distribution rights from Chaiyo and its been picking up a lot of steam. The Marvel book was only a small part of their expansion strategy and admittedly, there's multiple fingers in the pie in the West given Netflix's animated movie plans and Shout Factory/Mill Creek holding the streaming/physical rights respectively for the back catalog, but if Tsuburaya wanted to try another live-action western co-production, adapting the Marvel books with Disney might not be a bad way to go.Not all IP transfers well across cultures. WDW couldn't make Duffy and Friends a thing in the states.
Also, this may be me reading too much into it, but I think the whole concept of transporting you into a royal doulton bowl is a cute way to tie the ride (small as it may be) to the overall UK pavilion. It's a subtle yet effective way to celebrate english art and not just the Mary Poppins character herself. If we were going to get a spinner in World Showcase, this is the kind of theming I'd like to see.
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