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

Marc Davis Fan

Marc Davis Fan

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My two hopes for this:
  1. PLEASE retain the thematic fit of the entrance archway, or at least don’t extend wacky/colorful elements further into Sunset Boulevard. The approach to Tower of Terror is a major part of its experience—and thus integral to one the best experiences in the Disney pantheon. Please don’t mess that up.
  2. Perhaps the semi-retheme will give them the opportunity to change the “ignore the track and pretend this is a car + pretend those cartoon flats are something else” to something more believable and thus truly immersive.
 
networkpro

networkpro

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In the Parks
Yes
Hopes and dreams crushed

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tanc

tanc

Premium Member
Taking away Jim Henson's last work is terrible, Muppetvision was a fantastic addition. It boggles my mind Disney decided not to use another rock band for the ride.
 
Tom Morrow

Tom Morrow

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Prince-1 said:
Yes, that is what they did. They stole a rumor from here.
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Prince-1 said:
I know. I was responding to someone who said WDW stole the idea from the rumors thread.

Unless I misread that lol.
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Not from any specific thread or even from WDWMagic specifically, but these things have been discussed by the online fan community for literally over two decades.
Magenta Panther said:
Welp, it should have been a total eviction. Once again, Iger and his "Imagineers" fail to read the room. Flop after flop after flop from the puppets, yet apparently the dorks at Disney feared the online retaliation in the event of the puppet theater closure (which said retaliation would NOT represent the feelings of the general public, which has failed to show up at movie theaters or watch the shows starring the puppets...hence, flop after flop after flop) and so is trying to please everybody(?) With the usual results.

But what's funny about this, is that the puppet fans are screaming about this new development anyway. They want a hokey, dated attraction to remain in WDW forever. Disney can't win with those guys, so the sensible thing would be to make a clean break and render WDW puppet-free, just like all of the other Disney parks around the world. Most people, including kids, wouldn't care. But instead, with this move, Disney is generating more resentment. Not even its promise that it's going to preserve some of the stuff from the theater and place it - where? in its own mausoleum near the Haunted Mansion? Say! Maybe there'll be a Kermit the Frog headstone near Mr. Toad! Synergy! - is enough. This is a really lame choice and really bad PR move. And I fail to see how it's going to help park attendance or make WDW worth all the ridiculous price hikes. Fail, Iger. You've failed again. All hail Epic Universe!
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I was waiting for a muppet rant from you and it did not disappoint!
 
FullSailDan

FullSailDan

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This is/was an incredibly dumb move. It takes an attraction with relatively good appeal across multiple demographics and shoe horns in a kid friendly theme with an IP that isn’t even that popular with kids today. Make no mistake, I’m not a muppet fan, but I’d have supported them getting a different attraction elsewhere. This is just very poor vision from TWDC.

Part of me wonders if this won’t be short lived, or altogether scrapped and quietly not mentioned further in a year or two.
 
Tori

Tori

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The biggest thing about RNR is that ride is in desperate need of a retracking/long term refurb. Can’t keep putting band aids on it. I hope that they can take some extra time and make the ride feel like a new experience.
 
FigmentJedi

FigmentJedi

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Magenta Panther said:
Welp, it should have been a total eviction. Once again, Iger and his "Imagineers" fail to read the room. Flop after flop after flop from the puppets, yet apparently the dorks at Disney feared the online retaliation in the event of the puppet theater closure (which said retaliation would NOT represent the feelings of the general public, which has failed to show up at movie theaters or watch the shows starring the puppets...hence, flop after flop after flop) and so is trying to please everybody(?) With the usual results.

But what's funny about this, is that the puppet fans are screaming about this new development anyway. They want a hokey, dated attraction to remain in WDW forever. Disney can't win with those guys, so the sensible thing would be to make a clean break and render WDW puppet-free, just like all of the other Disney parks around the world. Most people, including kids, wouldn't care. But instead, with this move, Disney is generating more resentment. Not even its promise that it's going to preserve some of the stuff from the theater and place it - where? in its own mausoleum near the Haunted Mansion? Say! Maybe there'll be a Kermit the Frog headstone near Mr. Toad! Synergy! - is enough. This is a really lame choice and really bad PR move. And I fail to see how it's going to help park attendance or make WDW worth all the ridiculous price hikes. Fail, Iger. You've failed again. All hail Epic Universe!
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Seeing you get this ed off is the best part of this announcement.
 
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Lilofan

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GhostHost1000 said:
You expect them to demo and rebuild the track?

If they replace the only upside down coaster they have for a family attraction that will start more chaos
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Kermit won't attract a crowd like Steven Tyler. We were in the gift shop in 2012 at the ride exit and many fellow guests lined up the long hallway to exit into the courtyard. Cast advised that Tyler and his young lady friend would exit soon after riding and enter the gift shop which they both did and we saw them look at some shirts and leave, smiling throughout to the cheering crowd.
 

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