Well, be sure to get some video next time you ride it since you clearly have concluded everything that is possible!
Exactly. The fake outrage should be in defense of the boomers who love the Muppets but can no longer tolerate RnRC without visiting a chiropractor. When I first heard this rumor, I thought it was a surprising choice but as I consider it more, I don’t think 3-year olds will be an issue here.
Legit concerns IMO. I too have checked out of blind faith a long long time ago. I like to separate what I think is possible.. vs what I set my expectations of what they WILL do.
6 months to replace carpeting, yup, that’s Disney.
Wow.. that's an interesting 'take' on those snippets. The show as we know it is dead-man walking. Tributes, other retellings, or preservation of things doesn't mean the show is staying.
It doesn't mean it's gone for good either. Neither of knows that. What we do know is that it will no longer be in the Muppets Courtyard location. I choose to wait for a definitive announcement before proclaiming its demise.
See, I think this idea is a lot less about the Muppets, and a lot more about the music. Muppets are just the vessel. You show up, and now you can hear like a Foo Fighters song, a Taylor Swift song, etc. The music aspect gets the crowd, the Muppets just host it to get you your songs. I almost consider GotG the same way in that it's so much going on, to me it's just jamming to music on a fun coaster. That's why I see this working pretty well personally (assuming that is the plan).
Muppet Babies would beg to differ
I personally have a feeling that we'll be waiting an extremely long time before we see anything of substance go into animation courtyard.
When there was talks of the electric mayhem taking over the coaster, months before the monsters inc announcement, it was mostly positive reaction. I think most of the negative stems from muppet vision closing.
That's true for the most part. As I said above, if muppet vision was staying, very few have an issue. While the theater rarely hit capacity, it still had a decent amount of people go through it. It had good guest scores and it was something everyone in a group could do. Now the muppets are only going to be in a ride a lot of people can't do.
RnRC used video intermixed with set pieces.. but that was 20+ years ago and because they were trying to integrate what we all know as human performance. Even if they stuck with video, we know the integration possibilities are far greater now than they did in the late ninties. There isn't anything saying they have to stick to the single pre-show scene either.. and the static boards on the ride now. On-ride props could be replaced with projection/video elements.. the 'alley' staging could be taken from static to something with show scenes added... the entire preshow could be replaced with phyiscal+projection, something physical, etc. I think there are a lot of options they could go with... the only question is direction and ambition...
I think going to Disney+ is the most probable outcome, and it's not a terrible one - if it's adapted well.
As much as I love Aerosmith, the band has retired (several months early due to Steven Tyler's vocal chord injury). The theming no longer makes any sense as you are racing to a concert that can't be happening.
Anybody who thinks they could just cut the launch speed needs to spend a few minutes on Rollercoaster Tycoon!
