News 'Beyond Big Thunder Mountain' Blue Sky concept revealed for Magic Kingdom

[Bocabear]

Pretty sad when we’re putting over the top meet and greets up with actual rides and real attractions.

It is...but real attractions are expensive! and people will line up for hours to have their picture taken with a college kid in a costume... And that is why they are doing it... as soon as Meet and Greets fall out of favor, we might start getting more and varied real attractions.

 

[MisterPenguin]

It is...but real attractions are expensive! and people will line up for hours to have their picture taken with a collegew kid in a costume... And that is why they are doing it... as soon as Meet and Greets fall out of favor, we might start getting more and varied real attractions.

I see M&Gs as an opportunity to support a college kid's education fund!

 

[bmr1591]

Villains land could very well have the entire resort’s thesis attraction with Disney heroes battling the villains to save the Magic Kingdom, think SotMK or Fantasmic the ride. One of the things I really like about the Monsters land coming to EU is the main attraction supposedly being a crossover epic with all of the monsters. No doubt Disney would be interested in that concept for their own characters.

Copying? Maybe. Potential? Huge.

I wish they would put an amphitheater in the back that they could move Fantasmic to for this, allowing DHS to have a new show. I love Fantasmic and don't want to lose it (literally my favorite show), but it would fit much better in Magic Kingdom.

 

[celluloid]

I see M&Gs as an opportunity to support a college kid's education fund!

Too bad Disney does not!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Too bad Disney does not!

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[celluloid]

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Working a Meet and Greet not required.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Working a Meet and Greet not required.

But a sense of humor is sometimes...

 

[celluloid]

But a sense of humor is sometimes...

Says the guy who can't enjoy Country Bear Jamboree without seeing troublesome stereotypes.

If your point was about a sense of humor, you would have seen it in mine.

Aspire program sounds nice in PR though.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Says the guy who can't enjoy Country Bear Jamboree without seeing troublesome stereotypes.

I've always been a long time advocate for the rights of mounted animal busts.

 

[celluloid]

I've always been a long time advocate for the rights of mounted animal busts.

I have more commonly associated you with the other side of the animal remaining.

 

[neo999955]

I do think it would be a benefit to the Disney parks as a whole to have at least one unique premier attraction. I think there's wiggle room for unique takes on the duplicate ride systems like Cars vs Test Track. Also a really nice unique land can fill that purpose (Avatar, Cars Land again). Even something like the Nightmare retheme of Haunted Mansion is something that makes me want to visit DisneyLand each year (I know this isn't unique to DisneyLand, but is a strong pull even if seasonal).

Unique attractions and experiences make me, at least, want to visit more Disney parks. Internationally, it is maybe less important as fewer people visit all the Disney parks - but if they do, I think there should be a 'reward' in unique experiences in each.

What is enough is also debatable, I'd agree Magic Kingdom should have something a bit more exclusive and awe-inspiring within its gates. Villains Land could certainly be that (although I'm unsure if it would remain exclusive if well received) - I guess we'll see.

 

[TheIceBaron]

I’d rather they save a villains land concept for a 5th gate. Have villains represented across the spectrum of properties (Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar) in their own dedicated park rather than just a land of a few villains from Disney animation that will probably only have 2 rides anyways.

 

[doctornick]

Pretty sad when we’re putting over the top meet and greets up with actual rides and real attractions.

It's not exactly one of my favorites, but I would argue that ETWB is certainly worthy of "attraction" status more than a typical M&G and is on par with other shows mentioned as unique to MK. While I don't advocate having M&Gs in lieu of rides, if Disney is going to do character interactions, they should certainly plus it to be something akin to this (or Turtle Talk, etc) as opposed to just boring run of the mill photos with characters.

IIRC ETWB did win a THEA award

 

[Incomudro]

I find it really sad that the most popular theme park in the world doesn’t have that one unique stand out attraction.

Disneyland has Matterhorn
California Adventure has Guardians, Cars, Incredicoaster, and Grizzly
Epcot has Spaceship Earth, Test Track, and Guardians
Hollywood Studios has Tower of Terror and Rock N Roller coaster (used to have GMR)
Animal Kingdom has Pandora, Dinosaur, Everest, and the Safari
Shanghai has Pirates and soon Zootopia
Hong Kong has Mystic Manor and Grizzly
Disneyland Paris has Phantom Manor and a unique Space Mountain
Disney Studios Paris has the Avengers coaster (and Rat used to be unique)
Tokyo Disneyland has Monsters Inc, Pooh, and now the only Splash Mountain
Disneysea has a unique Tower, 20.000 leagues, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Sindbad, and soon all the rides in the expansion.

What does MK have that’s unique? Hall of Presidents? Carousel of Progress? Laugh Floor?

Unique to the park, as in some version of it doesn't exist elsewhere in the world - means absolutely nothing to me.
What does bother me however is that superior things like Tokyo Sea, exist in other parts of the world.
Magic Kingdom in WDW should have the best of the best.
It should be the showcase.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

I’d rather they save a villains land concept for a 5th gate. Have villains represented across the spectrum of properties (Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar) in their own dedicated park rather than just a land of a few villains from Disney animation that will probably only have 2 rides anyways.

You sure?

Disney is not currently on track to build a 5th gate in either of our lifetimes.

 

[Phicinfan]

I’d rather they save a villains land concept for a 5th gate. Have villains represented across the spectrum of properties (Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar) in their own dedicated park rather than just a land of a few villains from Disney animation that will probably only have 2 rides anyways.

So you don't want a villains land? Cause there won't be a 5th gate for a very, very long time

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Instead making New Fantasyland Timeless it became limited. If your not riding 7 Dwarfs Mine Train, and not dining at Be Our Guest without a reservation then all you have is Enchanted Tales if you even consider once is done and all remains is Little Mermaid. Gaston and Tangled are just restrooms. The idea of the older concept with Cinderellas former house looked at least interesting and unique. The issue is Disney's timeless franchise land experiences are all going to Japan. It's not like Magic Kingdom had the Beauty and the Beast added that Tokyo has. There's expansion potential where storybook circus is. If Japan continues with more on Disney's beloved films in the future for Aladdin for instance then Magic Kingdom is in trouble. I'm afraid anything new here for WDW will have budget cuts and won't be top notch as the international projects are.

 

[MR.Dis]

I really do not care what IP/non IP is put in MK and AK. Just do it well and make it fun. That is why I go to WDW, to have fun. I am really easy to please. As a side, try to make any attractions last over 1.5 minutes.

 

[Bocabear]

I’d rather they save a villains land concept for a 5th gate. Have villains represented across the spectrum of properties (Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar) in their own dedicated park rather than just a land of a few villains from Disney animation that will probably only have 2 rides anyways.

As others have said, 5th Gate is not even in the conversation at this point....and even if it was I fear it would be so value engineered after having to build a new park, all new infrastructure, Parking etc... An additional land would seem more doable... So Villain's Lair please... No to Coco and Zootopia

 

[aladdin2007]

Country Bears are in Tokyo. 7 Dwarfs is in Shanghai. Philharmagic has been in multiple parks…and honestly it’s an outdated 3-d show. Not much to celebrate about.

Yes I forgot the Peoplemover….
But the sad thing is that’s the only unique ride…and it wasn’t unique years ago because Disneyland also had one.

it was updated recently here with coco and such rather nicely...so cant really be outdated they give it some love at least.