This is a continuously popular IP that has lasted well over 30 years. A fictional Springfield makes sense, especially given that the people who grew up on the Simpsons are the ones who have the money now. It fits DHS with zero problems, since they appear to be dividing the lands by IP and not overall, general theme.
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Rumor Are the Simpsons moving from USF to DHS?
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To be honest, this is one of those cases where I would want something more new. The Simpsons is something that's not been relevant in a while and the recent seasons haven't been good, despite what some video essays try to convince you (mostly talking about the SuperEyepatchWolf one which pretends the new seasons don't reference the old ones every 5 seconds). Wouldn't have minded if monsters came here or the old Zootopia rumor came true (which would probably cause most of the US's population of furries to make pilgrimages to HS), but the only reason its still there is that disney is too cheap to build new offices for the ones that are there.
drkarcher22
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can I point out a potential problem with this that hasn’t been brought up? The vast majority of voice actors are all in their seventies or will be by the time Universal loses the rights and Disney can even start building anything for them. Julie Kavner and Harry Shearer’s characters barely sound like they used to, Marge and Mr. burns most notably. Pamala Hayden just retired from the show. Are we just going to recast the entire cast for a ride and season 40?
Thats coming to the theatre in the wild at DAK. There will be fun facts about real monkeys shown before the show, so Disney can claim the park is still about animal preservation and appear as they are respecting rhode’s vision
Andrew25
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Are The Simpsons as relevant as once before? No. Do they still make a boatload of merchandise and Food & Beverage sales? Yup.
I think some sort of Simpsons mini-land will work at DHS. I think the ol' Pixar Place street is perfect for them. It's a decent size and is out of the way of any major expansion. All you really need is enough space for merchandise sales and a few kiosks to sell those Pink donuts and a bar to sell Duff beer.
I think some sort of Simpsons mini-land will work at DHS. I think the ol' Pixar Place street is perfect for them. It's a decent size and is out of the way of any major expansion. All you really need is enough space for merchandise sales and a few kiosks to sell those Pink donuts and a bar to sell Duff beer.
Moth
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Futurama isn't as... okay it's more mature than Simpsons, but there's just an element I can't really grasp that makes it more compatible with WDW than Simps?
Probably the fact it's more fantastical. More whimsy. More Zoidberg M&G Lightning Lanes.
There also is themed food in in slurp, but i don't know if anyone who ever watched the show would actually want to drink it…
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
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If it’s a terrible idea, it’s probably going to happen!
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
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Yep. Nothing matters anymore. Guardians of the Galaxy and Moana in Future World. Cars in Frontierland. Encanto in Animal Kingdom. Simpsons in Hollywood Studios. They’ll just dump IP anywhere they can make the smallest of excuse it fits.
“It’s actually called Front-Tire Land!”
danlb_2000
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With the huge library of existing voice recordings and some AI you wouldn't need the voice actors.
danlb_2000
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WaluigiTime
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Was Star Wars considered on brand in the 80s or was The Twilight Zone and Indiana Jones in the 90s?
Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
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Star Wars fit Tomorrowland, Indiana Jones fit Adventureland, and The Twilight Zone can really do anything so they wrote a Hollywood-themed script for it. They all made an effort to fit in.
Starlord going "Veggie Veggie Fruit Fruit" doesn't make the ride fit Epcot.
Dranth
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Not to be that guy but Star Wars is in the distant past, not the future.
Ayla
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Anyone 50+ has been to all these lands.
Cmdr_Crimson
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They also must have lended Universal the characters during D23 expo a few years back for this M&G event..
DreamfinderGuy
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I used to hate the idea of The Simpsons in WDW at all, but in my head I've already fully written off DHS so I no longer care what happens there. Another Simpsons area could be cool, especially if they build a ride that doesn't suck.
The Simpsons stopped being funny and relavent 25 years ago.
Seasons 6 and 7 were the best of the best.
Seasons 6 and 7 were the best of the best.