It would be a big plus if the preshow featured Muppet animatronics. That could end up being the highlight that people talk about. I'm not sure if the budget/timeframe allows, sadly. Fingers crossed.
The Muppets do lend themselves to a lot of cleverness and easter eggs in the queue, so there's potential for some really engaging material/environments there, too. Here's hoping they take this opportunity and execute it right. I'm cautiously optimistic since they do have some pressure on them from MV3D fans to deliver on a Muppet experience.
Let's also hope they fix the "using the outdoor switchback overflow queue for standby" issue. That has been a "weak link" in the RnRC experience since... well, most of its existence.
I am pessimistic - but maintaining hope - that they make the premise/execution of the load area and ride experience more immersive. The Six Flags -esque "pretend this obvious coaster train on a track is an automobile" and "pretend these two-dimensional, cartoon-style images are Los Angeles landmarks" is a relic of the Paul Pressler era and an embarrassment for a company whose claim to fame is immersion (even more so given the increasing quality of its competition). I suppose the un-realism of the Muppets characters at least lends itself to this conceit better, but I hope they can at least meet in the middle and make some level of improvement (and/or give it a better explanation).
