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MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom
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JackCH
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unfortunately I don’t think any of those are near the hits Cars was/is.
Gusey
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Elemental was a huge success, and grew in popularity mainly be word of mouth compared to actual marketing, and the others with Luca had Disney+ streaming popularity
TheRealSkull
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- In the Parks
- No
Cars is far from being a dated IP. It's in Disney's top 10 most profitable franchises, even as recent as last year. Up there with Marvel, Star Wars, Disney Princesses. Like it or not, Cars isn't going away anytime soon. It has proven to be relevant for almost 20 years.
JackCH
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Fair, but it just seems like Cars is in another tier from those franchises. I could be wrong though.
WorldExplorer
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Oh god, no, please, not the ugly CalArts bean mouth style in animatronic form! It was bad enough it escaped 2D animation containment!
Disstevefan1
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One thing is for sure. Disney is going to make TRUCKLOADS of MONEY from LL as a result of this REPLACMENT in MK, if it is indeed a functional and reliable attraction.
Walt said in Florida he had the blessing of size and he was absolutely correct.
Modern Disney leadership knows its CHEAPER and EASIER to DESTROY and REPLACE rather than expand.
The modern leadership will DESTROY and REPLACE in WDW as much as they can, regardless of how much land they have.
True "expansion" will happen here and there, but they much prefer the cheaper and faster, DESTROY and REPLACE.
For me the shock and anger is gone and I know Disney is doing what is BEST FOR DISNEY no matter what we say on these boards.
I am looking forward to see what we actually end up with here after all the cost cutting is done and I really do hope we end up with an reliable attraction and this does not end up like a Rocket Rod debacle.
Walt said in Florida he had the blessing of size and he was absolutely correct.
Modern Disney leadership knows its CHEAPER and EASIER to DESTROY and REPLACE rather than expand.
The modern leadership will DESTROY and REPLACE in WDW as much as they can, regardless of how much land they have.
True "expansion" will happen here and there, but they much prefer the cheaper and faster, DESTROY and REPLACE.
For me the shock and anger is gone and I know Disney is doing what is BEST FOR DISNEY no matter what we say on these boards.
I am looking forward to see what we actually end up with here after all the cost cutting is done and I really do hope we end up with an reliable attraction and this does not end up like a Rocket Rod debacle.
TrainsOfDisney
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That’s debatable. As far as I can tell…. Disney executives are doing what they want, because they believe they are right. That’s it.
Disstevefan1
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Disstevefan1
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FIFM (Fixed it for myself) againWell yes.
Fixed it.
I know Disney is doing what they think WILL MAKE THE MOST MONEY FOR DISNEY
PizzaPlanet
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Cars is pretty much brand new compared to other IP. Last year in Tokyo they opened a ride based on a movie from 1953
Jrb1979
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That and for those in Burbank everything has a dollar sign attached to it now more than it used to.
New attractions were built with how much attendance boost it did and the money that boost gave in ticket sales. Now new attractions are built with how much LL sales it will generate
WorldExplorer
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Don't forget Tokyo DisneySea's Mysterious Island, based on the stories of Jules Verne, who died over a hundred years ago let alone wrote anything. It's an extremely expensive looking land, too.
(And absolutely amazing.)
Gusey
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I'll be honest, I prefer them to remove a fake river over the real woodland area behind Big Thunder & the train track we thought was going to get destroyed
Disstevefan1
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I totally understand. There are a lot of folks who dislike the Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, the Liberty Belle riverboat, Liberty Square as well as the Hall of Presidents.
For these folks I think all these will be gone soon enough
As for the fake river, I suspect, it has become home for some wildlife in the 50+ years existed which will now be destroyed.
As for actually expanding behind Big Thunder Mountain instead of destroying and replacing existing areas in the park, I do understand your concern. We know that for every space WDW develops, it designates the same amount of land as protected land for wildlife elsewhere on property.
Another thing about expanding behind Big Thunder Mountain, that project is SO, SO, SO far off that I speculate it will still be just talked about in the next 2 D23 events. (mostly kidding here... I hope).
That does bring a question in my mind. Yes, while RoA was man made, it evolved into a habitat for wildlife I suspect. I wonder if Disney will designate protected land for wildlife equivalent to what is be being lost with the destruction of RoA and TSI?
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id prefer they keep the lower loop, permanently dock/build out the steamboat as a small seting/museum area, keep canoes, and build a bridge connecting the island to the rest of the park and redo the island as a huge cargo net/rope course playground with slides and stuff
It is getting to be a bit much isn't it? I can't tell where one cartoon starts and another ends. It's like one big cartoon
It'd certainly be cheaper. But would it bring in those sweet sweet LL monies?
TrainsOfDisney
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I don’t understand - by that logic would you prefer WDW was never built and it was still a swamp land?
Why would you want less to do at WDW and not more?
TheRealSkull
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- No
I think what this person is saying, regardless of what they prefer, is the fact that there is a beauty to the surrounding area of the Magic Kingdom. Knowing that it is kinda in its own separate area surrounded by wildlife makes it all the more mysterious and magical.
That being said, swampland would still exist around the park even if they expanded beyond the river, so I still fail to see the logic here, too.
Gusey
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I get that that expansion plot will be used eventually. I'm more saying that any expansion outside of the park is not as simple as just expanding. The "blessing of size" argument that keeps being brought up makes it sound like all of Walt Disney World can be used for parks and hotels, when a large part of it has to be reserved for nature (I'm not an expert on the exact wording). When the Tron expansion was being done, the first thing they had to do was sort out the water retention pond being moved