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

[Tha Realest]

Han's dead.

So’s Ray.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

Chewbacca or Han Solo should have been our animatronic host for Smugglers Run.

The best choice for a host, imo would have been Lando. He’s still alive in this point in the timeline, he’s a more familiar face than Hondo, and he speaks English (unlike Chewie).

 

[C33Mom]

The best choice for a host, imo would have been Lando. He’s still alive in this point in the timeline, he’s a more familiar face than Hondo, and he speaks English (unlike Chewie).

I’m fine with Hondo (and the droids in the standby queue) but willing to agree that Lando would have been even better. Especially if he cheated us out of a promise at the end.

 

[BrianLo]

What does the CEO need to see in Florida? Walt Disney Imagineering is based in Glendale. Does he need to look at the swamp that will be filled in?

Are these projects even usually approved by the board? That also stood out to me as odd.

Perhaps something like the 60 billion Capex or something on the level of Shanghai Disneyland. But - Bob needs the boards sign off on a Coco attraction?

 

[Rosso11]

Are these projects even usually approved by the board? That also stood out to me as odd.

Perhaps something like the 60 billion Capex or something on the level of Shanghai Disneyland. But - Bob needs the boards sign off on a Coco attraction?

No they are not. Most of these aren’t even approved by Bob yet everyone loves blaming him as well. Bob takes much more of a backseat approach compared to Eisner who wanted to be deeply involved in every decision. After the overall funding was approved, most of these decisions today are left up to Jeff Vahle and Josh on how to spend it. The reality is Jeff has the biggest impact on the overall guest experiences at Walt Disney World yet somehow gets the least responsibility for it in the fan community.

 

[Tha Realest]

The best choice for a host, imo would have been Lando. He’s still alive in this point in the timeline, he’s a more familiar face than Hondo, and he speaks English (unlike Chewie).

Look, why go with Chewy, Lando, or mess with the timeline to use Han, when you have Hondo and Vi Moradi sitting right there?

 

[Rhinocerous]

I get people lamenting a missed opportunity for a more well-known character there, but Hondo is exactly the kind of con man needed for the ride setup, and he is voiced by Disney royalty.

 

[Rhinocerous]

The best choice for a host, imo would have been Lando. He’s still alive in this point in the timeline, he’s a more familiar face than Hondo, and he speaks English (unlike Chewie).

Upon reflection, the Millennium Falcon was Lando's baby. There's no way he would send a group of strangers out to fly her on a sketchy mission.

 

[danlb_2000]

I’m fine with Hondo (and the droids in the standby queue) but willing to agree that Lando would have been even better. Especially if he cheated us out of a promise at the end.

I think Hondo is a great choice. His character fits well with the storyline of the ride, and his sarcastic sense of humor ads some fun to the ride. Not to mention, you just can't go wrong with Jim Cummings voice work!

 

[RSoxNo1]

The best choice for a host, imo would have been Lando. He’s still alive in this point in the timeline, he’s a more familiar face than Hondo, and he speaks English (unlike Chewie).

The Episode 8 timeline lock was a mistake. That being said, I would 100% accept Lando as our host. For what it's worth though, Chewie would probably be the easiest animatronic to do relative to the other options.

 

[Tha Realest]

Chewbacca's briefing would be funny... at first.

Chewbacca + protocol droid. Problem fixed.

 

[Brer Oswald]

The best choice for a host, imo would have been Lando. He’s still alive in this point in the timeline, he’s a more familiar face than Hondo, and he speaks English (unlike Chewie).

Nobody visiting cares about “the timeline”. They just want to be immersed in the worlds of the movies that they actually liked.

 

[Brer Oswald]

I don't get people's continued obsession with trying to force Coco in Epcot. Just because it's a newer IP taking place in Mexico so it has to go there? The plan they are going for now is so much better. Coco gets its own ride designed ground up around the film's strengths in MK with a land that segues strongly with Frontierland, one of Disney's cult following series keeps its ride perfect for its size (also Cabs sell merch better than people think), Disney doesn't need to pay tons for extension queue modifications or the supposed crowds making the pavilion inoperable just for Coco to get a 80s hand me down. Everyone wins in this scenario, so I can't grasp why people are so fixated on the presumably cancelled worse scenario. Not every ride needs to be this overcrowded 1 hour wait, pavilion was never meant for that

I don’t get it either. The Three Caballeros ride is perfectly charming as is. The blend of animation and real people makes sense because that’s how it was in the movie. And to top it off, “The Three Caballeros” song is actually “Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes”, an authentically Mexican song. I don’t think it gets much better than that.

Another retheme wouldn’t improve the ride experience in any meaningful way. Mexico is the last pavilion at the park in need of an overhaul. It’s easily the best one in World Showcase as is.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Nobody visiting cares about “the timeline”. They just want to be immersed in the worlds of the movies that they actually liked.

I don't need Where's Waldo of film characters for a land or attraction to be immersive. Random droids rolling around Galaxy's Edge would be immersive, they don't have to be R2-D2 and BB-8. Pandora is immersive without Jake and Neytiri. Tron is a cool world without [any of the characters from Tron, whose names I don't know].

 

[Streetway]

Where is coco rumored to be going anyway. Is it NEXT to big Thunder now as opposed to beyond it?

 

[JD80]

Where is coco rumored to be going anyway. Is it NEXT to big Thunder now as opposed to beyond it?

Is there a distinct distance or direction that would make you happy to define next to vs beyond?

Lol

 

[Streetway]

Is there a distinct distance or direction that would make you happy to define next to vs beyond?

Lol

Iike to the LEFT of big thunder on the other side of the tracks as opposed to in the undeveloped land past the railroad bridge.

 

[JD80]

Ok. But do we care about the adjective here?

 

[Streetway]

Ok. But do we care about the adjective here?

Here’s an image I crudely made with my finger, hope it gets the point across. This came up on DSNY’s video

 

[Nickm2022]

Enterence to COCO likely next to Tiana's Bayou Adventure (former Splash) restrooms.