News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[Magicart87]

I'd be ok with the "Mary Poppins' Spoonful Of Sugar" stand...

Give me that sweet sweet Poppins medicine!
One spoonful of your Rum Punch please. Double the rum for extra punch.

Also... Can we get an Amen! on the Poppins Darkride confirmation? Here's hoping they do it justice.

 

[Princess Leia]

Surprise, it’s something called ‘Mary’s Scary Adventures’, where you get yelled at by bankers and scary Londoners in the dark for 2 minutes.

All jokes aside, I really hope this comes to fruition and is marvelous.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Oh I don’t blame someone for doubting me. My info doesn’t always prove correct.

I think it’s fun knowing about projects that do and do not come to pass as long as every once in awhile we actually get a great ride! 2000-2010 were a bit depressing...

2000-2010 was non existent...and what I like to call a "root cause"

 

[ToTBellHop]

2000-2010 was non existent...and what I like to call a "root cause"

Egg is on their (and our) faces now. In 2005 they could build rides that today cost $300,000,000 for $100,000,000. So to make up for being lazy 10 years ago, they get to spend billions to bring us attractions we should have gotten annually in the 2000s, but due to absurd budgets, they still aren’t building enough new rides.

 

[TabulaRasa]

Not a huge surprise but I did hear today that a Mary Poppins dark ride has been approved and work begins within 6 months. We will see if they stay the course here.

Happy Anniversary to this thread!

Updated my initial post to reflect @MansionButler84 ’s info from today.

 

[Magicart87]

Happy Anniversary to this thread!

Updated my initial post to reflect @MansionButler84 ’s info from today.

A whole year of will they or won't they. I think they landed on the right IP. Glad it wasn't the ginger cabbage patch. As for Loch Ness; Maybe they'll bring Nessie to DAK or in a new Epcot pavilion when Scotland pulls a brexit... Scoxit?

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Not a huge surprise but I did hear today that a Mary Poppins dark ride has been approved and work begins within 6 months. We will see if they stay the course here.

Have had no power all week so am seriously slacking On my news and rumors!!!

Grabbing an umbrella and jumping off the nearest ledge with excitement!!!!!!!

 

[Clowd Nyne]

Did you expect a cash wager? Been burnt by sharing info about this mercurial company before. I always suggest waiting until a structure actually goes vertical. But this is a rumors board. More concrete items appear on the main page. Peter Pan’s Flight finally getting updates is another rumor that I will treat with caution until it actually closes for refurb.

The proposal I heard about is pretty charming. Not ostentatious. Kind of like the UK.

Idk man I’m still waiting on that ride in the Germany Pavillion and it has a building

 

[doctornick]

I'm still of the mind that Mary Poppins is a kinda poor IP for a UK pavilion*, but happy to see another attraction potentially being developed in WS. That and Ratatouille will really help to balance things out in that half of the park.

*That said, I'm willing to wait until the ride in announced/built/open to see if it really would fit in UK properly.

 

[Princess Leia]

Have had no power all week so am seriously slacking On my news and rumors!!!

Grabbing an umbrella and jumping off the nearest ledge with excitement!!!!!!!

Due to me wanting you to be able to experience this potential ride someday, I’m going to suggest that you do NOT do that

 

[zakattack99]

Did you expect a cash wager? Been burnt by sharing info about this mercurial company before. I always suggest waiting until a structure actually goes vertical.

Oh come on its not like Disney has announced a project and not gone through with it... Ok well it's not like they have put up construction walls and started ground clearing and canncled the project....

Thanks for the info, hope they follow through and it happens. As a Big Mary Poppins fan I am excited to see an attraction with her going forward.

 

[aladdin2007]

Idk man I’m still waiting on that ride in the Germany Pavillion and it has a building

it has a partial one, Japan has the full one. Another to still wait for.

 

[Timothy_Q]

The proposal I heard about is pretty charming. Not ostentatious. Kind of like the UK.

Any other info you can give us?
Should we expect a fantasyland style dark ride?

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

So we have "approval" with full deniability in the next sentence, ehh??

...boy, I can't get the scepticsm at all

That’s how they roll on this site. Just like a weatherman, partly sunny with a chance of rain.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

it has a partial one, Japan has the full one. Another to still wait for.

I saw a video about Germany’s cancelled ride hidden away with a mural. Japan with Godzilla?

 

[Timothy_Q]

That’s how they roll on this site. Just like a weatherman, partly sunny with a chance of rain.

That’s how Disney rolls

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

That’s how Disney rolls

I’ll wait for the announcements and go from there

 

[Magicart87]

I’ll wait for the announcements and go from there

And sometimes even those aren't a 100% done deal.

 

[Clowd Nyne]

And sometimes even those aren't a 100% done deal.

IE Mainstreet theater

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Egg is on their (and our) faces now. In 2005 they could build rides that today cost $300,000,000 for $100,000,000. So to make up for being lazy 10 years ago, they get to spend billions to bring us attractions we should have gotten annually in the 2000s, but due to absurd budgets, they still aren’t building enough new rides.

All that's being built now is just to make up for the lost decade...that's all that it is...

All the people salivating for rides "for the 50th"...that's not what this is at all. It's damage control as bob parachutes away. Don't take my word for it...watch as it unfolds.