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

[Lilofan]

Muppets may be family friendly, but the coaster is not.

Coaster and some other rides come with all the safety and health warnings to advise families prior to riding which is important and friendly reminder.

 

[ToTBellHop]

What I like about this is that it is still the “Rock N Rollercoaster”, keeping the iconic name while expanding on the concept. Wish that route was taken more often

Splash Mountain comes to mind.

 

[NelsonRD]

Coaster and some other rides come with all the safety and health warnings to advise families prior to riding which is important and friendly reminder.

I am sorry, what is your argument? That there are health and warnings to advise families so that makes it family friendly?
A coaster that does 0-60 in 2.8 seconds with 3 inversions is not something every family with pre-teen children can ride.

I wonder how many kids are going to want to ride this seeing the muppets promote it, only to be scared the whole time.
I also wonder how many people are like me, and think this will give this attraction a childish, immature, and obnoxious vibe.

 

[mattpeto]

I’ll take a shot with the timeline:

-Summer 2025: Mermaid show opens
-Fall 2025: construction starts on anti-gravity building for Monsters inc; Mama Melrose closure
-Late 2025: Villains show opens
-Early 2026: RnR goes down for Muppets
-Spring 2026: MuppetsVision 3D show closes
-Spring 2027: RnR opens with Muppets Mayhem
-Early 2028: Villains show closes
-Spring 2028: Monsters Inc. land opens

Somewhere in there we also get announcement of MuppetVision 3D next act and Animation Courtyard grand plans.

 

[Lilofan]

I am sorry, what is your argument? That there are health and warnings to advise families so that makes it family friendly?
A coaster that does 0-60 in 2.8 seconds with 3 inversions is not something every family with pre-teen children can ride.

I wonder how many kids are going to want to ride this seeing the muppets promote it, only to be scared the whole time.
I also wonder how many people are like me, and think this will give this attraction a childish, immature, and obnoxious vibe.

I doubt there is going to be a launch for a muppet ride

 

[Jrb1979]

I doubt there is going to be a launch for a muppet ride

I doubt they will change the coaster at all. It would cost too much money to change it. They already have a family coaster and are getting a second one with Monsters Inc.

Muppets are going to be an overlay. Instead of Aerosmith on the screen at the beginning it's going to be Muppets with different bands.

 

[NelsonRD]

I doubt there is going to be a launch for a muppet ride

What? Are you suggesting Rockin Roller Coaster, being themed to muppets, is going to lose the launch?

 

[mattpeto]

What? Are you suggesting Rockin Roller Coaster, being themed to muppets, is going to lose the launch?

Yeah no shot. Ride will stay the same.

 

[wdwmagic]

Correct, but when it was announced, you initially posted on here that you believed Muppets was safe, then you heard differently later on before you wrote the article.









So you initially believed Muppets was safe, but got info later that changed things before you posted the article. Again, that’s fine. I’m well aware that plans change and don’t hold anyone to what they say about Disney changing because it happens all the time. That’s the only point I was making with my initial post. It wasn’t to criticize you, it was to say that Tom’s info wasn’t necessarily wrong when he got it, but plans changed. It happens. No need for members to dog on him.

I think perhaps the difference is that what you are quoting is just me posting my thoughts/opinions on the forum at that time, not articles that I have published on the main site.

 

[NelsonRD]

I am not saying I hate the muppets, but I do hate the muppets in this context.
Ms. Piggy, and hearing "wocka wocka wocka!", is going to be very annoying before getting on a coaster.

 

[abaker1975]

All this strife and here is me excited for what they announce new for Animation Courtyard. This could be awesome. A new Monster's Inc land with door coaster, a great upgrade to Rock N Roller Coaster with The Muppets and potentially another big announcement for updating/replacing Animation Courtyard with another large scale new attraction(s).

 

[Dranth]

I am not saying I hate the muppets, but I do hate the muppets in this context.
Ms. Piggy, and hearing "wocka wocka wocka!", is going to be very annoying before getting on a coaster.

I doubt you will get much more than a brief introduction from Kermit and a few small cameos of other Muppets. The main interactions will be with the Electric Mayhem.

 

[J4546]

I always thought that old concept art for Muppets MAyhem overlay on RnRc was well recieved. I am into this, just hope they move the theater over where the villains show is in the future

 

[ToTBellHop]

Yeah no shot. Ride will stay the same.

How are we even debating this? The internet is a frightening place.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I doubt there is going to be a launch for a muppet ride

You may have something there as we have seen Disney make the most illogical changes that make no sense whatsoever.

Seriously and thankfully, this will be a re skin as its the cheapest thing to do.

I would normally say, cheapest and fastest, but Disney does nothing fast.

This will probably be closed for two years for a simple reskin.

 

[JohnD]

Splash Mountain comes to mind.

And the name Splash Mountain has nothing to do with Brer Rabbit. It's only called that because Michael Eisner had a hare-brained idea to call it that to coincide with the promotion of the movie "Splash". It would have been Zip-A-Dee River Run.

 

[ToTBellHop]

You may have something there as we have seen Disney make the most illogical changes that make no sense whatsoever.

Seriously and thankfully, this will be a re skin as its the cheapest thing to do.

I would normally say, cheapest and fastest, but Disney does nothing fast.

This will probably be closed for two years for a simple reskin.

Splash didn’t close that long and was much more complicated than this project.

 

[ToTBellHop]

And the name Splash Mountain has nothing to do with Brer Rabbit. It's only called that because Michael Eisner had a hare-brained idea to call it that to coincide with the promotion of the movie "Splash". It would have been Zip-A-Dee River Run.

They love asterisks. I would have been fine with Splash Mountain: Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

 

[Lilofan]

You may have something there as we have seen Disney make the most illogical changes that make no sense whatsoever.

Seriously and thankfully, this will be a re skin as its the cheapest thing to do.

I would normally say, cheapest and fastest, but Disney does nothing fast.

This will probably be closed for two years for a simple reskin.

Hopefully some noticeable stuff can be noticed when reopened if closed for two years. When Great Movie Ride at MGM was closed for 6 months the only item we noticed was new carpeting in the pre show area.

 

[Lilofan]

Yeah no shot. Ride will stay the same.

And the little ones with their parents going to launch 0-60 in 2.9 sec and inverted loops? Better alert Custodial to clean up not if but many vomit spills.