News Disney Confirms Muppets Take Over Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Hollywood Studios

[WeNamedTheDogIndiana]

Do Muppets appeal to a younger generation or are they more for adults now?

I was thinking just this - I'm not too in touch with the little kid demographic, but I figured the Muppet audience skewed a bit older than this forum seems to think.

Not to mention, it's not like we're cutting off THAT MANY kids. I was able to ride RnRC at 6 years old, and I've always been shorter than average. Might some 6 year-olds be too scared for this kind of coaster? Maybe, but that's not the same thing as them being barred due to height.

 

[britain]

Muppets have always screamed aggressive thrill ride. It just made sense. Right?

What are we doing. Does Disney even know what they are doing anymore? The trend of questionable decisions over the last 5 years or so have been mind boggling at times

I disagree with you here, this isn’t the Bluey rock ‘n’ roll roller coaster. These are the Muppets who basically appeal to adults… Frankly middle-aged adults more than anybody else.

 

[cwoms197]

There are other plans for that area

Is Bluey still on the drawing board for this area?

 

[HauntedPirate]

RNRC is a big thrill ride that guests will ride no matter what the theme. I don’t think Aerosmith was ever the reason people got in line.

RnRC is an ride experience greater than the sum of its parts.

 

[EagleScout610]

- Princess aimed at the 6ish crowd? Log flume with a 50 foot plummet.
- The Muppets? 60mph roller coaster.

Disney's inability to match theme to ride type is baffling lately.

 

[Prince-1]

They no longer hire creative visionaries. Imagineers are now just whatever college program participants flirted the hardest with their leadership team, so it makes sense that they have to steal their ideas from decades-old discussion forum rumors.

Yes, that is what they did. They stole a rumor from here.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Is Bluey still on the drawing board for this area?

Not unless Disney has somehow managed to purchase the theme park rights to Bluey and it's been the best-kept theme park secret ever.

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

I LOVE this, very excited. Muppet Vision was on its way out like it or not. This ensures Muppets stays plus gives the Muppets an exit gift shop while staying relevant with artists if necessary. AND they are preserving Muppet Vision in some way? I think Sunset Boulevard would be a great place to renovate after the Villains Land is done!

 

[BrianLo]

I feel like this was an acceptable compromise. This leadership is oddly meta about their decision making in a way we’ve never really seen before.

 

[GhostHost1000]

- Princess aimed at the 6ish crowd? Log flume with a 50 foot plummet.
- The Muppets? 60mph roller coaster.

Disney's inability to match theme to ride type is baffling lately.

Winnie the Pooh Mission Space probably coming next

 

[marni1971]

I’ve know about this for a week. What a disaster.

 

[jrhwdw]

Not unless Disney has somehow managed to purchase the theme park rights to Bluey and it's been the best-kept theme park secret ever.

Disney Channel has enough Bluey, I'm shocked TDO doesn’t have the rights......

 

[peter11435]

Yes, that is what they did. They stole a rumor from here.

No. The monsters coaster was a real project nearly 20 years ago long before it was rumored here.

 

[Blobbles]

I’ve know about this for a week. What a disaster.

yknow what? I disagree. It keeps the muppets in wdw, AND keeps the RNRC name. It’s an actually fun expansion of the concept. And imo: I think it’s better than trying to capture the magic that can’t truly be recaptured with a new show of any kind imo. Muppetvision was one of a kind. We should keep it that way.

 

[GhostHost1000]

I’ve know about this for a week. What a disaster.

Let me be the first to say today thank you for helping us preserve some of the Disney history on video while they continue to destroy it. I don’t know what they are doing anymore

 

[BrianLo]

Many of disneys good imagineers are now helping build Epic.

Many of Epics good creatives have now been poached by Disney. Job security in Florida is a lot stronger under Disney in the medium term.

 

[Ice Gator]

I HATE that we’re losing Muppet Vision.

But I LOVE that Muppets are replacing RnRC.

Is there something wrong with me?

 

[HauntedPirate]

No. The monsters coaster was a real project nearly 20 years ago long before it was rumored here.

It's true, they stole the idea from my wife while listening in on our conversations in our hotel room in 2003.

 

[marni1971]

Muppetvision was one of a kind. We should keep it that way.

Exactly. By keeping it open.

This is definitely Friday afternoon news.

 

[EagleScout610]

Winnie the Pooh Mission Space probably coming next

If he brings Piglet we'll be closer to a PIGS IN SPAAACEEEEEE ride than the Muppets ever got us