News Big Thunder Mountain to receive full retrack

[bmr1591]

Pretty sure that concept has been in the works for ages, not just at WDW but at all the international parks too. It would be a home run for Disney if they would just let them do it imo. It'd serve as somewhat of a response to Classic Monsters Land at Epic Universe. But unfortunately, I can't see it matching up with the DEI checklists the company has been pushing on Imagineers as of recently... I imagine that would throw a wrench in a lot of their ideas for it, especially if they want to use characters like Chernabog, Doctor Facilier, or Hades (too dark/offensive/problematic/etc.)

If we can't get Facilier in the PATF ride, then there's no chance we're getting a Bald Mountain coaster.

The only problem with Villains (and I WANT Villains) is what you do with it. Because my idea of a phenomenal Villains land is different than your idea and another person’s idea. There are so many ideas of what it should look like that people will be disappointed if/when they go a different direction.

Well firstly he doesn't really "mean" anything. He used to be a great source for park news but since he's relocated he's fallen down the rabbit hole of click bait titles, rage bait content, and stirring the pot gets his stuff more views and clicks and attention.

What his statement would be implying is that they would be doing the changes in a cheaper (and implying it'd be crappier) way than DL did. However, there is absolutely nothing to even say that they're going to add the effects period let alone do it on the cheap. This rumor pops up every few years and these click bait news sources run with it as if it's a done and dusted fact.

In all fairness to him, if you’re trying to make a business out of YouTube, you have to play the game. Sensationalized titles and stirring the pot are proven to get more engagement, which means more money in his pocket.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

In all fairness to him, if you’re trying to make a business out of YouTube, you have to play the game. Sensationalized titles and stirring the pot are proven to get more engagement, which means more money in his pocket.

Oh completely, I get why he does it. It's just disappointing that he does because he was doing fine without all of that, but when he moved and got closer to the action, that all changed. Which to me speaks a lot to the motives of a lot of the Disney influencer community if being around them all has changed him that much.

DL has some great influencers like Magic Journeys and Fresh Baked who give really great, objective, informative, non-click bait coverage of DLR and I wish WDW had some more like that.

 

[easyrowrdw]

DL has some great influencers like Magic Journeys and Fresh Baked who give really great, objective, informative, non-click bait coverage of DLR and I wish WDW had some more like that.

Bricker at Tourist Blog seems pretty fair, though his stuff doesn’t get updated enough. There was Josh, but tragically he passed away.

 

[Ice Gator]

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but when was the last time BTM got a retrack? For some reason I remember in the early 2010s the ride's track was refurbished to some extent. Unless I'm just confusing it with one of its longer closures for general maintenance/enhancements.

 

[tparris]

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but when was the last time BTM got a retrack?

When it opened.

 

[MickeyLuv'r]

I was thinking about this as well, but I also got to thinking about this: in the modern world, the way we discuss mythology sort of completely skips over that it was a religious thing for the Greeks. It was, absolutely, but I'm curious if they would look over this because it today doesn't carry a religious connotation as much as it does a fantastical story of heroes and villains and romance connotation.

Neopaganism is actually very much a current religion. It is also called modern paganism. I don't know much about it, so perhaps someone else can share more details, but it is my understanding that the Greek Gods are important part of the religion. (as pertains to remaking Hercules in 2024.)

 

[Earlie the Pearlie]

Bricker at Tourist Blog seems pretty fair, though his stuff doesn’t get updated enough. There was Josh, but tragically he passed away.

I love Bricker and his stuff, but he stretches himself too thin. Covering both coasts and to a lesser extent Tokyo is an impossible feat. Even more so now that he has a daughter.

 

[dreamfinding]

I wish he could hire some help. No telling what kind of stress he is under.

 

[JoeCamel]

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but when was the last time BTM got a retrack? For some reason I remember in the early 2010s the ride's track was refurbished to some extent. Unless I'm just confusing it with one of its longer closures for general maintenance/enhancements.

You remember correctly that a lot of track work was done in 2012?? but it's never had a full retrack. Being out in the weather it may need footing work for the new supports before track can be installed.

 

[Ice Gator]

You remember correctly that a lot of track work was done in 2012?? but it's never had a full retrack. Being out in the weather it may need footing work for the new supports before track can be installed.

Yeah that must be what I’m thinking of. It was the queue that got the big makeover and “new story”, not the track.

 

[LittleBuford]

I really don't think we're going to get a proper Disney villain (who isn't a twist villain or sympathetic) in a Disney movie ever again.

Magnifico in Wish was a proper villain.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Magnifico in Wish was a proper villain.

Well, he was an attempt at one. Like the rest of the film, he felt like a Direct-to-DVD version of something from an actual theatrical release.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Magnifico in Wish was a proper villain.

Maybe if there was an 8 season story arc a la breaking bad to explain how he turned from basically a nice guy who cared about his people and had a tragic backstory at the beginning of the movie to Maleficient at the end.

 

[LittleBuford]

Well, he was an attempt at one. Like the rest of the film, he felt like a Direct-to-DVD version of something from an actual theatrical release.

I wasn’t opining on how successfully he was done, merely pointing out that he was, indeed, a “proper villain”.

 

[Ice Gator]

Magnifico in Wish was a proper villain.

Was he actually a villain though? I’m not going to get into Wish here but he has to be the lightest attempt at a villain the studio has ever made.

 

[Bocabear]

That was the worst Disney film I think I have ever seen...and I saw The Boatniks....lol

 

[ToTBellHop]

That was the worst Disney film I think I have ever seen...and I saw The Boatniks....lol

But, you did see it.

Sir Bob the Wise thanks you.

 

[Earlie the Pearlie]

Magnifico in Wish was a proper villain.

He was genuinely the best part of the movie. I have come to love him ironically. Especially because he looked like my middle school music teacher.

 

[ToTBellHop]

He was genuinely the best part of the movie. I have come to love him ironically. Especially because he looked like my middle school music teacher.

My middle school music teacher also stole my wishes. Now I am too ashamed to even sing in the shower.

 

[DisDude33]

Maybe if there was an 8 season story arc a la breaking bad to explain how he turned from basically a nice guy who cared about his people and had a tragic backstory at the beginning of the movie to Maleficient at the end.

I would absolutely love that show!