News Announced: Mary Poppins Attraction in UK Pavilion

[peter11435]

Will this be omnimover style or bus-bar style? I'm fine with either, but it'd be interesting to see a modern take on a bus-bar dark ride. When was the last time Disney built a classic busbar style dark ride?

Domestically superstar limo I believe

 

[EPICOT]

Domestically superstar limo I believe

So the bar is set pretty low....

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

So the bar is set pretty low....

...and bolted to the floor.

I'll see myself out.

 

[trainplane3]

This is pretty exciting as long as it happens. I'm perfectly fine with it "only" being a C. Everything can't be an E, right? Besides, this will take some of the load of Rat and GotG when those open.

I do wonder though, is having a "quick" build time have to do with the Epcot overhaul plans? Could something in FW be closing for a refurb around the time when this opens? Either way, this is great. We need more attractions in WS, big or small.

 

[rioriz]

It would be nice if they used they Shanghai Pan ride technology....

Epcot needs a Pooh type C ticket though as they are getting an E and some D's also

I'm just happy they've settled on something

 

[wannabeBelle]

What is a Bus-Bar style for an attraction?? Marie

 

[rioriz]

What is a Bus-Bar style for an attraction?? Marie

See Pooh...Alice

 

[wannabeBelle]

WDW's Pooh?? Got it, thank you!!! Marie

 

[smile]

Aren’t they the same?

not really - returns is closer to the literature

I just don't seem them going the Mary Poppins Returns route.

then you may want to adjust your bifocals

 

[Nickels5]

Hope for a C.

That’s more my expectation. Is there a dark ride you would consider lower then a c? Seas with Nemo maybe?

 

[ToTBellHop]

That’s more my expectation. Is there a dark ride you would consider lower then a c? Seas with Nemo maybe?

Nemo is objectively as strong as any other FL dark ride. They just treat it like it’s a D. Same for Mermaid. Both fall short due to execution even though they both got some cool tech upgrades over their older brethren.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Take your pick of Fantasyland dark ride. Although not Mermaid if you consider it one. No E-ticket queue for this project!

If we got a beautifully painted blacklight dark ride in the vein of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride or Snow White’s Scary Adventures for Mary Poppins I would be in heaven.

I’m not begging for such a thing to be in Epcot, but with the direction the park is heading adding Poppins would be among the minor offences. I’ll take it.

 

[Jones14]

If Shanghai’s Peter Pan is a C, bring on the Mary Poppins, y’all.

 

[WowFactor]

No E-ticket queue for this project!

That's what I'm afraid of, we have something like that hell that's the FEA queue. It is very sad to see families (especially those with grandparents and babies) waiting so long in such a monotonous place.

 

[britain]

I predict most of the ride will be in the animated jolly holiday style, after some high tech transition simulating going into a chalk drawing. And maybe a finale on the rooftops with the chimney sweeps.

 

[disneyC97]

As long as it includes “Sister Suffragette” I’ll be happy.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Not to mention figures from Great Movie Ride you can repurpose.

Those weren't very good figures to begin with, the masks are old, and the robotics had severely limited movements. In a word, they were awful. Don't let fondness for the movie cloud a critical view of the apparatus.

Now, the Wicked Witch AA, *that* was good.

 

[mikejs78]

I just don't seem them going the Mary Poppins Returns route. Why go for that when you have the Sherman Brothers songs of the original, the iconic design and look of Mary, and the fact that is is arguably Disney's most successful/famous live action film ever?

Because it's not part of the Disney franchise strategy. Notice the storm trooper show in DHS. It's not 'March of the Empire', it's 'March of the First Order'. (And for the record I love the new movies. ). But just as we aren't getting enough classic SW in the parks in favor of the new, I suspect the same might be true of Poppins.

 

[Kman101]

Despite it being 'Mary Poppins', I have a hard time imagining them greenlighting an attraction based on the new film before it even opens. I really think they have to know they need to capture the classic film in this ride. But then again ...

 

[Haymarket2008]

An attraction based on the sequel with NO Chim-Chimeree, Jolly Holliday, Step in Time, etc?! Idkkkkkk.