News Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Bocabear]

It was pretty much silence for Cars and the robot Walt announcement.

really! Wow, The year I attended they were applauding for just about anything that was said....

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I’d be curious on the attendance levels for the riverboat and island…. Have they gone down?

Are less people visiting the island now vs. 1980? 1990?

 

[Gusey]

I’d be curious on the attendance levels for the riverboat and island…. Have they gone down?

Are less people visiting the island now vs. 1980? 1990?

I mean, the amount of people saying that it's become the quiet spot in the Magic Kingdom certainly hints towards an attendance decline in recent years

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I mean, the amount of people saying that it's become the quiet spot in the Magic Kingdom certainly hints towards an attendance decline in recent years

That’s not numbers though… that’s why I said it would be interesting.

 

[flynnibus]

I’d be curious on the attendance levels for the riverboat and island…. Have they gone down?

Are less people visiting the island now vs. 1980? 1990?

Well polys status should tell you something… plus the obvious lack of replacements as things get slowly removed.

Disney has already been telegraphing the utilization of the place…

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Well polys status should tell you something…

What is polys status?

Edit - Ohhhh Aunt Polly restaurant ?

 

[Moth]

I'm just gonna drive by here and say that I am not opposed to the ROA in WDW leaving, but I feel whatever that's replacing them should've been a stronger concept than "Lightning McQueen Goes Camping".

Something like a NBC mini-land to connect Mansion to Villains or something. But the farther we get from the announcement the more unimpressed I am with it.

 

[Bocabear]

Unfortunately there were many times I was on the island when it was busy and Aunt Pollys was either closed or just served uncrustables.... Aunt Polly's could have been busier if it had a track record of being open and had something really great to offer... That could have even driven attendance to the island... allowing people to actualluy rediscover what was there... The island has a lot of cool things to wander through....

 

[Ayla]

Unfortunately there were many times I was on the island when it was busy and Aunt Pollys was either closed or just served uncrustables.... Aunt Polly's could have been busier if it had a track record of being open and had something really great to offer... That could have even driven attendance to the island... allowing people to actualluy rediscover what was there... The island has a lot of cool things to wander through....

Over the course of the last 18 years, I've visited multiple times in every single month of the year. I don't ever remember Aunt Polly's ever being open. It's another building they've left empty and useless.

 

[Raineman]

Does this change indicate that Disney will start operating their theme parks like it was Las Vegas-build something new, and in 30 years when the attraction is less busy, or the IP has become tired and not as popular, bulldoze it for something new and shiny based on what most 7 year old's love at the time? Is this gonna be the new business model?

 

[Streetway]

Does this change indicate that Disney will start operating their theme parks like it was Las Vegas-build something new, and in 30 years when the attraction is less busy, or the IP has become tired and not as popular, bulldoze it for something new and shiny based on what most 7 year old's love at the time? Is this gonna be the new business model?

Someone wished on a monkeys paw for Disney to run their parks more like universal does now.

 

[celluloid]

Someone wished on a monkeys paw for Disney to run their parks more like universal does now.

And Universal learned the hard way that when you go all in on that, it does not work for things not on the scale of Potter or as strong as what it replaced.

Twister, Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice are far stronger properties than what replaced them.

 

[Incomudro]

Does this change indicate that Disney will start operating their theme parks like it was Las Vegas-build something new, and in 30 years when the attraction is less busy, or the IP has become tired and not as popular, bulldoze it for something new and shiny based on what most 7 year old's love at the time? Is this gonna be the new business model?

Seems like it.
Ironic for a brand which tries to support much of its image based on its history and classics.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Twister, Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice are far stronger properties than what replaced them.

And in relation to this thread - Jaws was not the best move and should not have been replaced. There was other property that could have worked for Harry Potter.

 

[Raineman]

And in relation to this thread - Jaws was not the best move and should not have been replaced. There was other property that could have worked for Harry Potter.

Replacing an original attraction/area that used a beloved "older" IP that had a large footprint and used water as a conveyance, with a newer, "cooler" IP that the kids will love-it took Disney 14 years to work in that horrible idea from Uni.

 

[celluloid]

And in relation to this thread - Jaws was not the best move and should not have been replaced. There was other property that could have worked for Harry Potter.

Yes. Jaws issue was that it took up real estate and costly to operate as well as being eadg for park to park transit between Potter Lands.. The big difference at least with Diagon and London compared to Jimmy Fallon and Superchargged, is the land has made healthy profits and accolades.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

The big difference at least with Diagon and London compared to Jimmy Fallon and Superchaeged, is the land has made healthy profits and accolades.

The other big difference is that Diagon Alley is arguably the best theme park land in the world haha.

 

[John park hopper]

And in relation to this thread - Jaws was not the best move and should not have been replaced. There was other property that could have worked for Harry Potter.

I loved jaws it's one of those movies that will be a classic and so was the attraction bad move removing it universal

 

[celluloid]

The other big difference is that Diagon Alley is arguably the best theme park land in the world haha.

Exactly. Hence the accolades.

 

[Bocabear]

Jaws was also not the main waterway in an area spanning 2 "lands" either.... They did not fill in the central lagoon to add Harry Potter... Just this one attraction....