Big changes coming to the Mexico Pavillion (RUMOUR)

Would you be sad to see GFT go.

  • Yes.

    Votes: 151 58.3%

  • No.

    Votes: 108 41.7%
  • Total voters
    259
Dizney Crew

Dizney Crew

Active Member
Kinda cracks me up how many people are so anti-Elena on here, honestly for those who don't go to the parks very often her presence is strongly felt among young girls and adults. I see more and more girls wearing her dress each time we go out to MK or any of the parks. Whether or not she has staying power is to be seen, but right now I would argue that she might just be the most popular princess among Disney's target age group. So I can't fault the parks for cashing in while its the hot thing.

But I would think the GFT would get the CoCo overlay, too strong of a connection with the current ride and pavilion. I would think they would just swap out Donald with the characters of the new movie, doesn't seem like it would be that hard. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. We always go on the Mexico boat ride whenever we're at EPCOT, never a wait and a nice ride to relax on, especially on hot summer days.
 
RoysCabin

RoysCabin

Well-Known Member
Given the fact that the ride has always had a Dia de los Muertos scene in it, a Coco overlay would obviously be expected. Still, I haven't gotten to see the animatronics yet, so I'd be a bit bummed.

Honestly, if IPs must keep infiltrating World Showcase, I'd prefer if they went with a style of ride where the culture/country is the main focus, but the various characters show up to enhance the experience rather than dominate it. We've discussed in some threads on the France pavilion that if they had to include Disney characters in a new ride, rather than just slapping on a Ratatouille theme, why not integrate a lot of the different French characters in the Disney catalog to help emphasize different parts of the cultural experience (e.g. Beauty and the Beast characters popping up in the provinces, a sweeping view of Notre Dame and the surrounding area of Paris, etc.), rather than making the culture come second to the characters from the film?

I mean, I do kind of understand it: why throw in multiple IPs on one ride if you feel you can get multiple attractions out of them elsewhere. But, again, it'd be nice to see corporate telling the Imagineers to make sure that each park in Florida really felt different and unique from one another, and not just like alternate Magic Kingdom locations.

On one other topic, if this does happen then I really hope they're NOT trying to cram in big crowds for it, for the reasons mentioned above. World Showcase works best in its current iteration with American Adventure serving as the big E ticket show, but with the other attractions sitting closer to C or D range. The infrastructure for longer lines simply isn't there right now, as best I can tell (and I'd be glad to be corrected on that). It was always why I was a little confused by earlier ideas to place a Mt. Fuji ride in the Japan pavilion, it's hard to see where the lines would fit well.

...Speaking of which, if the IP march must go on, could we at least get a ride exploring Japanese culture designed with help from the good people at Studio Ghibli? They just played Spirited Away in theaters for its 15th anniversary, and Princess Mononoke is playing in January for its 20th, so it's really on my mind at the moment.
 
Bacon

Bacon

Well-Known Member
Original Poster
Kman101 said:
I'd normally agree with this, but it's a princess ... maybe they're planning an Elena movie? LOL. It wouldn't shock me, though it sounds like this would be for Coco. I know insiders can't share much but this can't really be much of a secret ...
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Didn't they make a TV movie?
 

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