Bring AE back

[Logan5]

Stitches great plush supermarket.....

Hello everyone, Just wanted to put in my 2 cents...
I think the reason we are seeing alot of resentment towards stitch, is that for the first time weve been given an attraction, that was an afterthought to a gift shop. Now, i dont mind disney trying to sell us something around every corner but at least make the experience before the gift shop worth while...But for christ sake, Ice station cool (a giant coke commercial) at EPCOT is more of an experience then stitch.... Alien Encounter with all its faults was at least original....... Stitch is just a messy, and not to mention boring Commercial with a cool AA.....

And i realy miss S.I.R..............

 

[TikiBears]

I miss S.I.R. as well. He held your attention and like him or not he was impressive. The revamped AA is the same figure for the most part, but its too much of a 3 stooges personality.

 

[PurpleDragon]

I miss S.I.R. as well. He held your attention and like him or not he was impressive. The revamped AA is the same figure for the most part, but its too much of a 3 stooges personality.

Its hearing things like THAT, that is keeping me from seeing this attraction. I am just for the most part disgusted at how cheap an approach Disney took to making this attraction. They could have done so much better, but instead they simply recycled an idea and threw in a half-assed story line and called it a new attraction.


Kinda reminds me of JIYI versions 2.0 and 3.0, you know being done half-assed and all. :lookaroun

 

[LilDucky]

Despite being a little hesitant, Im still going to see the ride. I have to see this "crapfest" that everyone keeps talking about. Is it really all that crappy? Honestly? I only saw AE once, as an eleven year old because quite honestly, it scared the winnie the pooh of out of me (yes im a wimp, you can stop laughing at me now...) . Yes, I go every year, and I am now 19 and didnt bother to see it again. Now I kinda wish I had! I'll have to put my two cents in January when I come back.

 

[NemoRocks78]

someone mentioned that the lines are better for stitch than they were for AE caue it has "Stitch". Yes and no. No being that it's a "new" ride. anytime there is a "new" ride the lines tend to be longer than usual.

I'd like to know where these "long lines" are coming from....I've been to the park a few times since the soft openings and have yet to find it with a wait longer than 30 minutes (just because the line wraps around to the back doesn't mean it has an hour wait).

 

[Legacy]

I'd like to know where these "long lines" are coming from....I've been to the park a few times since the soft openings and have yet to find it with a wait longer than 30 minutes (just because the line wraps around to the back doesn't mean it has an hour wait).

Interesting... I had heard about "long lines", but that is the first number I had heard in regards to wait times.

 

[TikiBears]

PurpleDragon, dont let my opinion steer you from what could be a favourite attraction of yours... Theres no accounting for tastes. Im just one of those Disney Fans that refuses to settle the companys newfound mediocrity. Others relish in it...

 

[TikiBears]

The second and LAST time that i went on SGE, i waited almost 45 minutes, i finally asked one of the CMs if both theatres were operating. Only one was in operation.

 

[NemoRocks78]

Interesting... I had heard about "long lines", but that is the first number I had heard in regards to wait times.

It was even a walk-on last Saturday night when Space Mountain, just down the street, was pulling a 50 minute wait.

 

[General Grizz]

The attraction had great attendance the week of Thanksgiving. 60 minute wait.

 

[dxwwf3]

The attraction had great attendance the week of Thanksgiving. 60 minute wait.

Yes I remember seeing your pictures. 60 minutes was about the average wait time for Alien Encounter during the first year of operation. So it looks like it is right on track as far as wait times go.

 

[General Grizz]

Yes I remember seeing your pictures. 60 minutes was about the average wait time for Alien Encounter during the first year of operation. So it looks like it is right on track as far as wait times go.

Yeah. . . it was MASS crowded. However, if they don't rehab it (keeping it scary and kid-directed at the same time), then I would expect that number to be drastically different in a not-too-distant time. . .

 

[TikiBears]

From what i remember, wasnt Snow Whites Adventures originally "scary", they it became "not so scary" once political correctness took off and finally changed back to "scary" a few years ago. Disney seems to be having a bit of trouble finding that happy- or rather scary medium. Same with Stitch.

 

[CTXRover]

Yes I remember seeing your pictures. 60 minutes was about the average wait time for Alien Encounter during the first year of operation. So it looks like it is right on track as far as wait times go.

Yea, I agree. I am one of those that has said that SGE seems to have lines a lot longer than I had seen AE get at the END of its run, even during MK's busiest days. Part of it can be attributed to the fact that its "new" and being promoted and likewise attendance will drop off when all the hoopla is over, much like AE did. The other part attributing to its longer lines than the previous inhabitant of that area was generating is the fact that it does say "Stitch", whether people want to admit it or not. I agree that if they don't tweak it somewhat, the repeat factor WILL be lost and wait times will fall off much like they did for AE in the not too distant future.

However, I still respectfully disagree with those who think SGE was just all about selling more toys or that the attraction was an afterthought to a gift shop. I agree they could have done more with Stitch, I agree that SGE needs some work, I agree with a number of reasons why one can say its a "disappointment", but I do truthfully believe Stitch was added because he is an incredibly popular character right now and why not "give the people what they want" while replacing an attraction that had apparently lost its appeal while re-introducing some pretty neat technology they had developed in a new package for hopefully a second life. 10 years down the road, Stitch might not be popular at all (but that won't be the case if Disney's marketing team has anything to say about it) and any attraction with him in could be considered a waste. But as we've seen with everything in that location from Mission to the Moon, to Mission to Mars, to AE, to now SGE, nothing is safe from being replaced when the time calls for it.

 

[PurpleDragon]

PurpleDragon, dont let my opinion steer you from what could be a favourite attraction of yours... Theres no accounting for tastes. Im just one of those Disney Fans that refuses to settle the companys newfound mediocrity. Others relish in it...

Its not just you opinion that keeps me from seeing. Its the overall laziness of the Disney execs that keeps me from seeing it. The lack of originality, the poor judgement, the half-assed presentation, etc...


Things like what you have said, are simply reinforcing opinions that were already there .

 

[CTXRover]

Its not just you opinion that keeps me from seeing. Its the overall laziness of the Disney execs that keeps me from seeing it. The lack of originality, the poor judgement, the half-assed presentation, etc...


Things like what you have said, are simply reinforcing opinions that were already there .

Not to be a jerk or single you out, but I honestly think any attraction should always be judged first-hand and not from others opinions or videos of it. While people's opinions are always valid and respected by me and portray a general reaction to something, I always wait to see an attraction first-hand before passing judgments on it. Beyond the story problems outlined in countless threads and some unnecessary down time in the dark, the actual technical "presentation" of SGE is very well done in my opinion and can only be truly appreciated by seeing it for yourself. The animatronic figures throughout are perhaps the best you'll see in the theme park world of today. If you consider parts of the attraction a "light show", its also very well done.

I agree that there is a sense of lack of originality in SGE in the very fact that it IS more or less AE toned down and with Stitch in it. But if you take a step back and forget it was an overlay to AE as it always was planned to be, the originality in the show's effects are once again fantastic (afterall, nowhere else that I can think of presents a show in the same fashion as SGE/AE). The lack of poor judgement was not in giving Stitch an attraction or replacing AE with one (imo), but in the judgement to pass of a weak storyline to present it all....that is SGE greatest problem, imo. But its not all bad, its just a few things that need to be tweaked, as I've said before. IF they really do go in an try to fix some things, I hope these weaknesses can be fixed and SGE will get the life it deserved.

 

[Stitchfan712]

Wait times were 45 minutes at SGE on my last day, and on Thanksgiving day, the wait was 55 minutes.

 

[PurpleDragon]

I agree that there is a sense of lack of originality in SGE in the very fact that it IS more or less AE toned down and with Stitch in it. But if you take a step back and forget it was an overlay to AE as it always was planned to be, the originality in the show's effects are once again fantastic (afterall, nowhere else that I can think of presents a show in the same fashion as SGE/AE). The lack of poor judgement was not in giving Stitch an attraction or replacing AE with one (imo), but in the judgement to pass of a weak storyline to present it all....that is SGE greatest problem, imo. But its not all bad, its just a few things that need to be tweaked, as I've said before. IF they really do go in an try to fix some things, I hope these weaknesses can be fixed and SGE will get the life it deserved.

Hey you found something we agree on!!:sohappy: I don't think the replacement of AE or the use of Stitch in this attraction is the issue at all here.

I place blame soley on the Disney execs for not allowing the imagineering department to think up a whole new origional attraction and not giving them the budget to implement it. I blame them for forcing the imagineers to work under the confinds of a rediculously small budget. I blame them for forcing them to recycle an old ride system and concept to simply save a buck.

My decision to boycott this ride is out of disgust at the Disney execs and their destruction of the wonderful imagination that used to thrive at WDC. For cutting creative talent at WDC to the bare minimum levels, for putting all creative talent on a rediculously short leash, and for cutting the imagineering budgets down to nothing less than a joke. They are destroying the WDW parks one cheap ride at a time, and I personally am sick of it.

Sorry, I'm finished now! Rant over!

 

[TikiBears]

Purple Dragon, i agree with you almost completely. I still think you to go see the "attraction". Do it for a laugh if nothing else. I would bring one of those Mission Space barf bags with you tho

 

[PurpleDragon]

Purple Dragon, i agree with you almost completely. I still think you to go see the "attraction". Do it for a laugh if nothing else. I would bring one of those Mission Space barf bags with you tho

LOL!!!:lol::lol::lol: Maybe!!!

I'll have to think about that one! (comptemplates stuffing barf bag in pocket, next time on Mission:Space :lookaroun )