Captain Neo
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Nobody can afford dat 300+ million dollar price tag
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DHS CARS LAND
- Thread starter whylightbulb
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Nobody can afford dat 300+ million dollar price tag
TP2000
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That could be it. Simple as that, even for Oriental Land Company. Let alone TDO. Radiator Springs Racers alone was reported to cost north of 300 Million Dollars, with Cars Land overall reported to be north of 500 Million.
The rockwork must have added 100 Million dollars, as it is truly impressive. Most Disney theme parks have a "berm" surrounding the park, which is just a mound of dirt with shrubs and trees on it. But Cars Land rewrote the book on what a visual "berm" is, and it has to add 100 Million or more for these other parks that have considered cloning Cars Land.
Now that's what you call a berm!
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EPCOTCenterLover
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^^^ This is a spectacular entrance! The normal, main drag entrance is pretty too, but coming into Cars Land from the Wharf area- this view says "WOW! Disney can still do it right when they want to!"
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Yeah, that first time anyone visits Cars Land they really should enter through the Wharf entrance.
RSoxNo1
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The Wild Arctic overlay is some re-cut footage of Polar Express, not all of it is in 1st person - it's pretty awful.
Then sort out the inflated costings. Others have proven you can bring amazing projects in cheaper without cutting quality or show.
SirLink
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Disney should just hire Universal Creative or at least look at how much smaller the teams are without having redundant in-house work. Or split WDI into 3 components: Prop manufacuter, set design for movies etc., theme park design.
Captain Neo
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The inflation comes from Imagineering which they are forced to use and Disney execs don't want to make the effort to understand why the costs are so inflated nor have any inclination of wanting to fix the issue
misterID
Well-Known Member
I was thinking the same thing. 200 million sounds more right, at least in Universal Creative terms.
Dragonrider1227
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Such things are events that don't require downtime of any attractions
jensenrick
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I just LOVE how everyone complained about cloning CarsLand, but if WDW gets a clone of whatever DL gets for Star Wars- well, that's just fine.
WDW1974
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The point is the parks are fundamentally altered for seasonal events/fests in a much larger way than DLR ... yet the excuse is that all those 'once in a lifers' trips will be ruined by closures and overlays.
What about the folks who come to see Wishes, but can't because the park is closing early for a hard ticket party? What about folks who want to see Cindy's Castle in normal attire in November, but get tacky lights strung on it?
It's the exact same argument used for attraction overlays. Weak all around.
WDW1974
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Not the point I was making. ANd attractions must have downtime. When you keep them open and neglected all the time, you get WDW today.
doctornick
Well-Known Member
Well....
1. Not "everyone" complains about the idea of cloning Cars Land. Many are in favor of it. Others, like myself, are indifferent. There's no reason to paint with such a broad brush. Plus, you are probably conflating different groups -- it's likely that the people who support Star Wars clones are the same people supporting a Cars Land clone while the people knocking the idea of cloning Cars Land might very well condemn cloning Star Wars stuff.
2. There's a different psychologically to people when getting a ride that is built somewhere and then cloned versus as ride being built in two places simultaneously. The former seems like a knock off while in the later case neither place really has the "original".
jensenrick
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"simultaneously" LMAO! Oh, that was a good one, thanks for the laugh.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Unless it's part of FLE...then it's called a C ticket clone
ToTBellHop
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It's a nice ride, but this is quite the random bump.
michmousefan
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I agree that set inside Cars Land as it is, RSR becomes the most *immersive experience* that I've ever experienced at a Disney park. That would be lost if the ride was dropped into a value-engineered version of itself, or even completely enclosed. The outdoor portion is a great part of the ride, day or night.
Californian Elitist
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Why the random thread bump?