News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Nice idea, but sounds like something old disney would do, like GMR...

Too True.

 

[HMF]

Maybe the UK Pavilion will be a homage to William Shakespeare or better still a reflection of English Lit with scenes depicting some of the best plays, poems and book characters pinned by English and Scottish authors.

not going to happen under the Bobs.

 

[Magenta Panther]

To me, the only thing worse than Burton's Alice for UK would be Brave. Awful ripoff of Brother Bear, starring a ginger Cabbage Patch Kid.

As for Robin Hood...I've always liked the concept of recasting the original story's characters with animals. But the movie is too slight, and it has horribly weak villains, great voice actors notwithstanding. Say, maybe a live-action remake should be considered? I'm only half kidding...

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Toad or bust.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

I wore out my book and record set as a child, and can still quote nearly the entire movie by heart.
I also attribute my love of football to Lady Cluck. <3

I still have my book all these years later. One of the classic old movies that holds a special lace in my heart.

 

[doctornick]

My mind says it will be Brave that is used. My heart is holding for for Mr Toad.

 

[Robbiem]

Well, here's the thing. The ride was installed while Paramount owned the parks, but since Cedar Fair bought it, they had to relinquish all the movie-branded stuff. So, while it was designed in the spirit of The Italian Job, there are no longer any direct links to the movie -- including, much to your dismay, the music.

That's a shame - I'd hoped we might get something like this at the proposed theme park near London (a variation on test track would have been very cool rather than a coaster) but a Paramount have pulled out of the project, which is a shame as the original Italian job movie is still very popular here in the UK

 

[SirLink]

Personally if we must have an IP themed attraction for the UK let us have The Muppets Christmas Carol ride. Celebrates one of great British writers and the Muppets which was filmed originally here in the UK.

Plus seen as we were the first to create the trend of sending 'Christmas cards' it would be a nice piece to put in the gift shop.

 

[HMF]

Personally if we must have an IP themed attraction for the UK let us have The Muppets Christmas Carol ride. Celebrates one of great British writers and the Muppets which was filmed originally here in the UK.

Plus seen as we were the first to create the trend of sending 'Christmas cards' it would be a nice piece to put in the gift shop.

Would it be a seasonal
operation? Poppins Is the only IP I can tolerate and only the 1964 film not the upcoming abomination.

 

[SirLink]

Would it be a seasonal
operation?

Nope open it all year long. If you can have multiple xmas shops all over property you can have a ride that focus's on how to go from an Eastenders xmas to a positive one.

Only the UK peeps will get that reference

 

[HMF]

Nope open it all year long. If you can have multiple xmas shops all over property you can have a ride that focus's on how to go from an Eastenders xmas to a positive one.

Only the UK peeps will get that reference

Well, I am actually in the U.K. For the next few hours anyway and I have no clue.

 

[Matt_Black]

Would it be a seasonal
operation? Poppins Is the only IP I can tolerate and only the 1964 film not the upcoming abomination.

Since you can apparently see the future and tell whether or not a film is going to be good before it's even out, would you mind checking the lotto numbers for me? My next trip to WDW ain't gonna pay for itself!

 

[HMF]

Since you can apparently see the future and tell whether or not a film is going to be good before it's even out, would you mind checking the lotto numbers for me? My next trip to WDW ain't gonna pay for itself!

I don,t see how they can possibly do justice let alone be in the same ballpark as the original.

 

[Matt_Black]

I don,t see how they can possibly do justice let alone be in the same ballpark as the original.

It can't be any worse than the Mary Poppins book released in 1988 about child slavery.

 

[raymusiccity]

It can't be any worse than the Mary Poppins book released in 1988 about child slavery.

Or that loving and sentimental opening sequence in Return to Oz, featuring electroshock therapy on a little girl

 

[Matt_Black]

Or that loving and sentimental opening sequence in Return to Oz, featuring electroshock therapy on a little girl

How does Return to Oz factor in any way to living up to the legacy of Mary Poppins?

 

[Princess Leia]

So I'd like to blame this thread for the dream I woke up from yesterday. It was about Brave, and for about 3 minutes yesterday morning, I was convinced that I was Merida.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

How does Return to Oz factor in any way to living up to the legacy of Mary Poppins?

Because we've come full circle. Rinse and repeat. "Return to Poppins" is coming to theaters VERY soon. Will it have the same charms as the original or will it be more like "Return to Oz" a serviceable middle-ground movie that makes a studio millions yet struggles to charm the audiences that fell in love with the classic.

 

[PizzaPlanet]

So I'd like to blame this thread for the dream I woke up from yesterday. It was about Brave, and for about 3 minutes yesterday morning, I was convinced that I was Merida.

"If ye had the chance to change yer fate... woudja?"

 

[MOXOMUMD]

"I'm Mary Poppins Y'all!"

Yes, I laughed out loud.