PhilharMagician
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I would hope that it would be something Pixar themed being the SS1 is located in Pixar Place. If something unrelated to Pixar went there, than management certainly did not get the memo that DHS is broken.
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DHS Soundstage 1 Renovation - Toy Storia Mania expansion
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I would hope that it would be something Pixar themed being the SS1 is located in Pixar Place. If something unrelated to Pixar went there, than management certainly did not get the memo that DHS is broken.
doctornick
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I think it is a valid thought -- though anything new would be popular by default -- when it comes to deciding what to put there. In my opinion, the sensible thing would be to quickly put a smaller scale C-ticket dark ride into that area (like one of the Monsters Inc rides). Something that can be built relatively quickly to increase capacity and not require significant modification to the show building (I believe the door coaster, for example, involved annexing a bunch of space behind the building to fit). DHS needs increased capacity yesterday so doing something quickly in that space should be a priority.
While that's going on, they can use the substantial footprint of the BLT to build a bigger E-ticket draw (whether a clone like Ratatouille or a novel E-ticket like one based on The Incredibles or whatever) as well as potentially some smaller flat rides or dark rides. That build would by nature take longer if only for site clearing as well as potential infrastructure placement.
My point is: I don't expect Ratatouile to go in Soundstage 1, but it doesn't mean that something along that scale couldn't go somewhere in an expanded Pixar Place.
doctornick
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As an aside, this whole talk reminds me of this thread. Which made a big DHS renovation seem imminent at the time; hopefully it is finally happening.
flynnibus
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it was his baby
flynnibus
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No leaked prints I am aware of - but it wasn't just bluesky... it was under development. It just got shelved before any actual implementation got to the ground.
DisDan
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I have ridden the Intimidator 305 Coaster that they designed and it is one of the best Coasters I have ever ridden. Awesome ride...sooo fast and smooth and the ride vehicles made you feel like you were strapped int a race car. Very cool.
Cesar R M
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bathrooms?
ToTBellHop
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I'm fairly confident blueprints were, in fact, made.
HolleBolleGijs
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It's actually a giant dark ride based on the Pixar theory. That way, everyone is happy, right?
Cesar R M
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What about in a cave? with a pile of scraps?
DisDan
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doctornick
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I wonder how much he gets involved in non-Pixar projects. He generally seems to be mentioned in connection to Pixar themed stuff (Nemo subs, Cars Land) but then again there hasn't been a ton of stuff being build anyway. I don't recall hearing his name much with regards to the FLE for example.
Mawg
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I don't think it will be Ratatouille, let's face it they'll some day put this in WS in the France pavilion. And, they'll probably put the monsters inc coaster between two countries in WS so that you enter from one country end up in monstropolis and leave through another country. This way they can still close DHS completely.
doctornick
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I kind of thought so. Which makes it interesting to me that Fitzgerald would be part of a crew touring DHS since isn't he in charge of WDI for Epcot specifically? Isn't there a creative chief equivalent to Fitz for DHS already?
His presence at least makes me wonder about Ratatouille being brought to DHS. Are there other Pixar rides that he had been involved in the development?
Cesar R M
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so.. they're building Scrooge Mcduck's vault to fill it?
habuma
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Interesting thought because I was just thinking the same thing. While I'd love to see this somewhat mythical Monsters Inc Door Coaster, I have doubts that's what this will be. Seems a bit ambitious and...maybe I'm wrong, but...I'm not sure if any meaningful coaster ride could vertically fit in that building. The roofline seems awful low for a coaster to me.
That led me to thinking about dark rides in that space. The Monsters Inc ride in DCA is nice and all, but hardly anything to get terribly excited about. What might be slightly more interesting is Peter Pan's Flight clone themed to Monsters Inc and with doors instead of pirate ships. And then that led me to thinking about other Pixar franchises that might fit in there and ended up with a PPF clone themed to Up with balloon-flying houses instead of pirate ships.
Don't get me wrong. I want to believe something incredibly groundbreaking is coming to DHS. I'm just not convinced it will be in that building. I expect something familiar, but perhaps themed in a new way.
flynnibus
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Well to develop it to any significant degree.. they would have to since the ride was a coaster
I said 'no leaked [blue]prints' People have described it, but AFAIK no public site has posted any significant art or mechanical drawings for the concept.
Lord_Vader
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Then my favorite will probably be five.
Not necessarily, but it's not really relevant to what is being discussed here since they clearly aren't going to build a clone of Carsland in Soundstage 1.
RSoxNo1
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Except you don't have to worry about the queue, the Mr. Potato animatronic or the ADA compliance on the new track. To me, it looks like the simplest solution is to just build a 3rd track in Soundstage 1.