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twebber55

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englanddg said:
None taken.

Simply because I think that the current Imagination ride is unattractive, does that mean I will stop going to Disneyworld and riding it? <grin>

I do it to keep up on the progress of the Avatar development. If it happens, I surely can't stop it, and I hope WDI does an amazing "blow my socks off" job with it and 15 years (being facetious...perhaps) from now when it opens after 2 more sequels have enthralled a generation and a half of movie goers I am eating humble pie as to how amazing it is.

But, as it stands, I am not a fan of the concept, the movie, or the idea. But, I can respect those who are, and am curious as to what is coming down the pike.

My comment reflects my opinion (hence my note at the end), and shouldn't be construed to imply that I look down on those who are enthusiastic about this experience coming to the parks.

Make sense?
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well said..we may disagree but i appreciate your opinion on this
 
Disneyhead'71

Disneyhead'71

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Re: OrlandoParksNews blurb, I am sad that the nighttime parade won't be happening. As the Ring of Fire parade concept sounded really cool to me. It was to obviously include LOTS of real fire. Kind of a more organic Spectro. I wasn't all that stoked about the WOC knock off, but it would have been at least another thing to do after dark. They didn't mention the park wide lighting package/infrastructure upgrade, but I would imagine that if they are planning on having the park open later for Avatar, they would still need to do that.
And I talked to my friend about the E-Ticket and he explained that they ARE looking at the Pandora's Box ride system, but that the leaked blueprints does not include the Pandora's Box ride system as the ride system in the blueprints doesn't have the ability to move laterally as in room to room kind of thing where as the Pandora's Box system does (as Tim4 said). And that the ride they are looking at will be a mix of 3D screens and physical set AND of course be interactive. Gotta have that interactivity.
 
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doctornick

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If they are planning on having the park open at night and are ending the daytime parade, they would have to add some type of major entertainment to DAK at some point in the day. There just won't be enough to do with the current park + 2 Avatar attractions for longer hours.

So, my point is that I would expect at least a nighttime parade added to the mix. Maybe cheaper/smaller scale, but they'd have to do something and a parade can be more flexible to add and done quickly (as opposed to a WoC setup that would require significant construction with an artificial lake).

Edit: as I read the OTP article, I didn't realize they were just posting info from a "reader". That pushes this solidly in the "believe in your own risk" category, as it's probably just a regurgitation of info from sites like this one, not necessarily real inside info. The OTP site editor himself seems skeptical and has disclaimers.
 
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doctornick

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Scuttle said:
I've often wondered how many website piggyback off wdwmagic. This is the best site out there. Lou and Ricky got nothing on wdwmagic!!
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I mean, I'm not saying that this thread is definitely the source of the rumors, but it is so focused on the exact same discussion (E-ticket that is like Soarin' but far more, C-ticket that could be a boat ride or walk through, talk of a night parade and WoC show) that it's hard not to notice... And even if a night show or parade were added, the site could always come back with the standard "Disney reassigned money that was set up for another project" line that is kind of a get out of jail free card for rumors.

Anyhow, I don't see them not adding some sort of major entertainment to DAK if they are doing a big makeover/extending hours. All Disney parks have some sort of big show and DAK with it's decent but unremarkable daytime parade is the big outlier. I don't see how they can justify extended hours at that park without having some big entertainment to keep people there into the evening.
 
Cody5242

Cody5242

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I'm shocked that they are putting in a princess and the frog musical. I liked the movie but does it really have the popularity to have its own show?
 
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doctornick

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Cody5242 said:
I'm shocked that they are putting in a princess and the frog musical. I liked the movie but does it really have the popularity to have its own show?
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I was thinking about this and I tend to think that Tangled has more staying power. But these plans actually go along with that -- a stage show at Theater of the Stars (where PatF would supposedly go) can be easily swapped out in the future. But Tangled in the VOTLM space is more likely to stay there longer term because of the nature of the build (having some 4D type effects). But maybe I'm wrong in that.

Anyhow, I still don't understand why they wouldn't use the Premiere Theater for a new show. It's just sitting there vacant 90% of the the year.
 
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twebber55

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Disneyhead'71 said:
Re: OrlandoParksNews blurb, I am sad that the nighttime parade won't be happening. As the Ring of Fire parade concept sounded really cool to me. It was to obviously include LOTS of real fire. Kind of a more organic Spectro. I wasn't all that stoked about the WOC knock off, but it would have been at least another thing to do after dark. They didn't mention the park wide lighting package/infrastructure upgrade, but I would imagine that if they are planning on having the park open later for Avatar, they would still need to do that.
And I talked to my friend about the E-Ticket and he explained that they ARE looking at the Pandora's Box ride system, but that the leaked blueprints does not include the Pandora's Box ride system as the ride system in the blueprints doesn't have the ability to move laterally as in room to room kind of thing where as the Pandora's Box system does (as Tim4 said). And that the ride they are looking at will be a mix of 3D screens and physical set AND of course be interactive. Gotta have that interactivity.
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did your friend say that those were definitely blue prints for avatar?
 
FutureWorld1982

FutureWorld1982

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doctornick said:
Edit: as I read the OTP article, I didn't realize they were just posting info from a "reader". That pushes this solidly in the "believe in your own risk" category, as it's probably just a regurgitation of info from sites like this one, not necessarily real inside info. The OTP site editor himself seems skeptical and has disclaimers.
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Exactly. As I stated in another thread, we do not have any insider's info. Just sharing some rumors one of the readers shared with us. None of those info came directly from us.
 
RSoxNo1

RSoxNo1

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I didn't feel like digging up the Adventurer's Outpost thread, but since it's somewhat related to Avatar, the new Meet and Greet opened today.

So now, Mickey and Minnie are no longer in Camp Minnie Mickey.
 

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