Baby Groot's House of Fun! (Formerly - Haunted Mansion needs to go)

Model3 McQueen

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JayWaters said:
Let's be honest: The California Tower of Terror sucked. It was a hastily built attraction built to save a hastily built park.
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I consider ToT - M:B to be the slightly less equivalent of changing Haunted Mansion to Baby Groot's House of Fun! It will be a blast and a knee-slapper of a good time for Marvel fans around the world.
 
JayWaters

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1LE McQueen said:
I consider ToT - M:B to be the slightly less equivalent of changing Haunted Mansion to Baby Groot's House of Fun! It will be a blast and a knee-slapper of a good time for Marvel fans around the world.
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Except its more like retheming Stitch's Great Escape...

...if the ride wasn't as old as Stitch's and was non-Disney IP.
 
Dead2009

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Hatbox Ghostbuster said:
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Can we get a Mr. Freeze laugh floor type attraction at Six Flags where it's nothing but Arnold's puns? Everyone....chill.
 
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SuddenStorm said:
Gonna need a source on that.
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My father ran the business section for the Los Angeles Times in the 1980s which at the time was the best source for news on the Walt Disney Company.

I don’t know if this ever got reported, but when Eisner and the Disney execs first rode Splash Mountain they showed up in their finest Armani suits and were horrified that their suits were ruined at the end of the ride as they were soaking wet.

They were convinced that the average guest would likewise be horrified at getting so wet on a ride called...Splash Mountain.

So Eisner demanded at the last minute imagineers adjust the ride so people wouldn’t get so wet...while at the same time maintaining the distinctive wave at the end of the ride.

I believe someone must have changed this, but I recall never getting wet on the ride when it first opened to the public at Disneyland. That’s clearly no longer the case.
 
CraftyFox

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JayWaters said:
My father ran the business section for the Los Angeles Times in the 1980s which at the time was the best source for news on the Walt Disney Company.

I don’t know if this ever got reported, but when Eisner and the Disney execs first rode Splash Mountain they showed up in their finest Armani suits and were horrified that their suits were ruined at the end of the ride as they were soaking wet.

They were convinced that the average guest would likewise be horrified at getting so wet on a ride called...Splash Mountain.

So Eisner demanded at the last minute imagineers adjust the ride so people wouldn’t get so wet...while at the same time maintaining the distinctive wave at the end of the ride.

I believe someone must have changed this, but I recall never getting wet on the ride when it first opened to the public at Disneyland. That’s clearly no longer the case.
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Last time I rode Splash Mountain, my varsity jacket was completely destroyed by the end of the ride due to the flood of water that splashed into our boat.
 
SuddenStorm

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JayWaters said:
My father ran the business section for the Los Angeles Times in the 1980s which at the time was the best source for news on the Walt Disney Company.

I don’t know if this ever got reported, but when Eisner and the Disney execs first rode Splash Mountain they showed up in their finest Armani suits and were horrified that their suits were ruined at the end of the ride as they were soaking wet.

They were convinced that the average guest would likewise be horrified at getting so wet on a ride called...Splash Mountain.

So Eisner demanded at the last minute imagineers adjust the ride so people wouldn’t get so wet...while at the same time maintaining the distinctive wave at the end of the ride.

I believe someone must have changed this, but I recall never getting wet on the ride when it first opened to the public at Disneyland. That’s clearly no longer the case.
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Ah yes, that's a very common story. But having to redesign the logs and adjust water levels are different then a ride that's a mess from the ground up like Mission Breakout.

The two aren't comparable.
 
JayWaters

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SuddenStorm said:
Ah yes, that's a very common story. But having to redesign the logs and adjust water levels are different then a ride that's a mess from the ground up like Mission Breakout.

The two aren't comparable.
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Unpopular opinion, but it’s a masterpiece compared to the Indiana Jones Adventure.
 
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mickEblu said:
What is?
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Mission Breakout.

I’ve always disliked the Indiana Jones Adventure since I first rode it in 1995. Felt like a cheap ride with a knock off generic Indiana Jones in a ride that reminded me nothing of the movie.

Mission Breakout while not as technically complex made me feel like I was in the Guardians of the Galaxy universe. A little touch like raising your hands to be scanned to enter is brilliant. I thought the storytelling on Mission Breakout is actually among Disney’s best. Especially without the 5th Dimension scene in California, it’s superior to Tower of Terror.
 
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JayWaters said:
Mission Breakout.

I’ve always disliked the Indiana Jones Adventure since I first rode it in 1995. Felt like a cheap ride with a knock off generic Indiana Jones in a ride that reminded me nothing of the movie.

Mission Breakout while not as technically complex made me feel like I was in the Guardians of the Galaxy universe. A little touch like raising your hands to be scanned to enter is brilliant. I thought the storytelling on Mission Breakout is actually among Disney’s best. Especially without the 5th Dimension scene in California, it’s superior to Tower of Terror.
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JayWaters

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mickEblu said:
Lol wow. Ok stop, I know you re just trolling. You had me going there for a second. Lol
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I am actually dead serious. It’s not Disney’s greatest ride, but Mission Breakout is a solid ride with an entertaining queue.

Maybe I give too much credit to queues, but I think entertaining queues significantly make a ride better and I don’t know why so many rides fail at this. But waiting in line for Mission Breakout (once you make it inside), Star Tours, the Haunted Mansion, and the late Back to the Future Ride at Universal barely felt like waiting.

But I will never forgive the long corridors of the Indiana Jones Adventure and the original Test Track where you did and saw nothing (until the very end when Sallah popped up).
 
mickEblu

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JayWaters said:
I am actually dead serious. It’s not Disney’s greatest ride, but Mission Breakout is a solid ride with an entertaining queue.

Maybe I give too much credit to queues, but I think entertaining queues significantly make a ride better and I don’t know why so many rides fail at this. But waiting in line for Mission Breakout (once you make it inside), Star Tours, the Haunted Mansion, and the late Back to the Future Ride at Universal barely felt like waiting.

But I will never forgive the long corridors of the Indiana Jones Adventure and the original Test Track where you did and saw nothing (until the very end when Sallah popped up).
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Well you are certainly entitled to that crazy opinion. This is coming from someone who admits to riding MB 5x as much as Indy. MB is more fun. But it has nothing to do with the theming for me. It’s the ride system.
 
SuddenStorm

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JayWaters said:
I am actually dead serious. It’s not Disney’s greatest ride, but Mission Breakout is a solid ride with an entertaining queue.

Maybe I give too much credit to queues, but I think entertaining queues significantly make a ride better and I don’t know why so many rides fail at this. But waiting in line for Mission Breakout (once you make it inside), Star Tours, the Haunted Mansion, and the late Back to the Future Ride at Universal barely felt like waiting.

But I will never forgive the long corridors of the Indiana Jones Adventure and the original Test Track where you did and saw nothing (until the very end when Sallah popped up).
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Not sure how you can place so much value on the queue- but somehow manage to deride Indy in the same post.
 

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