Disney confirms 'Frozen' makeover coming to Epcot's Norway Pavilion

[lazyboy97o]

I guess the concern for Norway is unfounded, as it sounds like Frozen has been the best advertising for the country in years.

Disney's Frozen fires up Norway's tourism

This is not some shocking new revelation. It just shows that you too are confusing being inspired by something and being about something.

 

[Sam Magic]

Guys just...

 

[PhotoDave219]

Since when did an underwhelming dark ride with four show scenes become the coup de grace of Disney Themed Entertainment?

 

[FigmentsFangirl]

Agreed that it won't continue at the current frenzy indefinitely, but Frozen Mania doesn't need to continue at the level it's at now for the ride to be popular or for the meet and greet to have a line. Plenty of the other princesses are long past their prime popularity and still draw quite a line.

Disney is already working on a Frozen Broadway show and talking about a possible sequel so I don't think it will be forgotten in 18 months. Only time will tell if the movie ends up being considered in the same ballpark as the new classics from 20+ years ago but even if it doesn't it will be pretty popular for the foreseeable future.

Talk of a sequel is going strong. Personally I'd kill for it to be live action over animated. But that is just me.

 

[Sam Magic]

too soon man...too soon.

The fact of the matter is we don't know what they have planned yet. We have no renderings or descriptions of plans officially. for all we know they are going to use the expansion plot between Norway and Mexico to build a meet and greet and just have an entry way from Norway.

Well there goes the possibility of a new and original/unique pavilion.

 

[flynnibus]

Since when did an underwhelming dark ride with four show scenes become the coup de grace of Disney Themed Entertainment?

Since when is anyone claiming it was? The ride stinks.. doesn't justify ignoring everything else just to get 'something' in there.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Since when did an underwhelming dark ride with four show scenes become the coup de grace of Disney Themed Entertainment?

Because it is a rather great example of everything that is wrong with Disney's attitude towards the medium.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Since when is anyone claiming it was? The ride stinks.. doesn't justify ignoring everything else just to get 'something' in there.

Never said it did justify anything. I dont care for Frozen personally and have thought the Norway ride has needed ... well anything, really. The trolls and the polar bear are the highlight of the ride.

And based on the righteous indignation coming from the self appointed "Keepers of Walt's Vision" you would think we were going after COP or iasw.

 

[FigmentJedi]

Since when did an underwhelming dark ride with four show scenes become the coup de grace of Disney Themed Entertainment?

Short as it is, Maelstrom was the most entertaining of the World Showcase attractions (though AA is still the best of them).
I think that says more about World Showcase's needs for additional new content then Maelstrom itself. There's so many expansion pads in that half of the park and Disney should actually do something with them dammit. Hell, do a Denmark Pavilion with Hans Christian Andersen stories as an attraction theme and do an ensemble piece with those various adaptations.

 

[Sam Magic]

Not the point.
Many Disney movies were highest grossing of their time period. Snow White was released in a whole different kind of World than today's Frozen. That doesn't mean that it needs to vomit all over the Theme Park. If that's the case, where's my Lion King ride from back in the mid-90's? Oh wait, Disney wasn't delusional greed mongers back then.

Oh bullcrap the Eisner era was just lazy, but they still found time to leave visible scars on Epcot and allow for what is happening right now to happen.

The thing that sucks the most about this is that the ride probably will not be done until 2024 which by then Frozen will not even be popular.

Sigh...we knew the axe was coming, but I suppose somewhere deep down there was always hope that sanity and reason would prevail. But no - this is Disney.

 

[Sam Magic]

Short as it is, Maelstrom was the most entertaining of the World Showcase attractions (though AA is still the best of them).
I think that says more about World Showcase's needs for additional new content then Maelstrom itself. There's so many expansion pads in that half of the park and Disney should actually do something with them dammit. Hell, do a Denmark Pavilion with Hans Christian Andersen stories as an attraction theme and do an ensemble piece with those various adaptations.

It's the only WS attraction besides the it's a small world wannabe in mexico so saying it is the best is like saying Australia is the best country on that continent.

 

[englanddg]

Oh bullcrap the Eisner era was just lazy, but they still found time to leave visible scars on Epcot and allow for what is happening right now to happen.

The thing that sucks the most about this is that the ride probably will not be done until 2024 which by then Frozen will not even be popular.

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Eisner saw the largest growth of WDW ever. I wouldn't call his reign "lazy" by any means.

Where he screwed up was in his later years.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Never said it did justify anything. I dont care for Frozen personally and have thought the Norway ride has needed ... well anything, really. The trolls and the polar bear are the highlight of the ride.

And based on the righteous indignation coming from the self appointed "Keepers of Walt's Vision" you would think we were going after COP or iasw.

Anything is not a vision of quality.

 

[englanddg]

It's the only fu*cking WS attraction besides the it's a small world wannabe in mexico so saying it is the best is like saying Australia is the best country on that continent.

Um...no. WS is littered with "attractions". It is NOT littered with rides.

 

[Sam Magic]

Eisner saw the largest growth of WDW ever. I wouldn't call his reign "lazy" by any means.

Where he screwed up was in his later years.

That is what we are referring to, and anything he did build was either terrible or half of what was there before. The only exceptions to this would be the hotels, DLP, MGM, and a few rides here and there. AK was only half of what it could have been.

 

[englanddg]

That is what we are referring to, and anything he did build was either terrible or half of what was there before. The only exceptions to this would be the hotels, DLP, MGM, and a few rides here and there. AK was only half of what it could have been.

The only exceptions would be 3/4 of what WDW is today.

 

[Sam Magic]

Um...no. WS is littered with "attractions". It is NOT littered with rides.

Okay then five...still not a lot and the other three are shows.

 

[englanddg]

Okay then five...still not a lot and the other three are shows.

That wasn't the point of WS.

 

[Sam Magic]

The only exceptions would be 3/4 of what WDW is today.

I would have to disagree with you on this. Did Eisner do good things? Yes, but he also did things that either ruined the parks or left a legacy of hotels, shopping centers, and rides that are now either being renovated or replaced.

 

[englanddg]

Late 80's? During Parastroika? Right before the fall which ultimately stopped it. And China came after the economy became more free.

I would have to disagree with you on this. Did Eisner do good things? Yes, but he also did things that either ruined the parks or left a legacy of hotels, shopping centers, and rides that are now either being renovated or replaced.

Not at all. I don't worship Eisner by any means, but with a company with such a limited list of leadership, you really can't say he did Disney wrong, not by a long shot.

Did he make a lot of poor decisions in the later years? Sure. But his first 15 or so years of leadership were fantastic, and saw more investment in the Parks as well as the iconic Second Renaissance of Disney Animation.

It's easy to hate Eisner, or any CEO, but, he wasn't all bad. Not by a long shot.