Disney movies that are underrepresented at Disney Parks

[jmorri26]

I was always so surprised by how overlooked Sleeping Beauty is. So many girls have the Aurora dress on and meet her but I doubt many have seen that movie, honestly. Same with Cinderella. She's got the castle, but no ride.

I always felt Aladdin and Lion King were underrepresented. I don't count the flying carpets. I mean a real ride. Lion King gets AK but not a real dark ride.Also, I'm pretty over a lot of characters, ideas or movies getting skipped over for Pixar films to get wedged in, so I'd be happy if we didn't get any more Pixar for a while. We all know that won't happen though.

Would love to see the Pinocchio and Alice rides from DL over at WDW too

 

[MikeTaylorSound]

The Jungle Book....A dark ride based on this film needs to get built, and it needs to happen yesterday. Not every movie is good material for a dark ride, but in my opinion, The Jungle Book is perfect for one. The story is relatively simple (but still engaging), every character is memorable, and the songs are so catchy. If Disney could make a life-size, fully animatronic recreation of Colonel Hathi's elephant brigade, I don't think I would ever want to get off the ride.

Yes! But, I fear the story would be a HP rip-off, ala... you accompany Mogli, as he tries to get away from Kaa, King Louie, etc. while he stumbles around until the Vultures lift him up and fly/sing him to safety as the ride ends.

 

[DaveN1996]

The bear was named Mor'du, translated as "the great blackness" or something.

My mistake Thank you for correcting my spelling there

 

[NX2I85]

I am sick and tired -SICK AND TIRED, I tell you! -of waiting for my Brave Little Toaster dark ride! A letter writing campaign is set to commence!

 

[FigmentJedi]

If not a ride to themselves, I'd love to see something like The Great Movie Ride with Disney's animated features replace the old Animation building. It's just too depressing to go in there knowing they used to make stuff, so they might as well put the old Florida studio out of it's misery and give us a cool ride that'd cover scenes from all over the Animated Canon and the shorts history. Start at the Alice Comedies, Oswald and Plane Crazy and do scenes from a bunch of the movies from there and cap the experience with something similar to that concluding animated features montage they showed when they had the actual tour.

 

[trr1]

how about a Herbie ride or a ride based on something wicked this way comes there are no attractions for either

 

[LVgoN2WDW]

Emperor's new groove!

 

[FettFan]

I'll take the Avengers!!!!! Any way I could hug Loki!!!!

If Disney would go all out for The Avengers the way they do Star Wars, you might get to hug Tom Hiddleston instead.

 

[AllyInWonderland]

If Disney would go all out for The Avengers the way they do Star Wars, you might get to hug Tom Hiddleston instead.

I think I would be so happy I would explode!!!!!!!!!

 

[AngryEyes]

Air Bud- Golden Receiver

 

[~Tinkerbell~]

When I think of the attractions that are my favorites and ones I believe are classic Disney theme park attractions they are almost all either not character-driven or don't use characters that are Disney film-based. Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Tower of Terror, Expedition: Everest, the entirety of EPCOT... For me the appeal of the parks is the attention to detail and the ability of most of the attractions to make ME the star of the adventure I'm experiencing. That is so much more satisfying than seeing a 5 minute retelling of the greatest hits of my DVD shelf.

I have to say, I agree with this too. However, I've always felt that The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jungle Book and Lady and the Tramp are underrepresented.

 

[englanddg]

I guess I'm the only one, but I rather like the notion of keeping the Disney movie characters to limited, specific, areas and allow the larger majority of the parks to be filled with attractions and experiences that aren't just a Cliff's notes version of the movies I've already seen.

When I think of the attractions that are my favorites and ones I believe are classic Disney theme park attractions they are almost all either not character-driven or don't use characters that are Disney film-based. Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Tower of Terror, Expedition: Everest, the entirety of EPCOT... For me the appeal of the parks is the attention to detail and the ability of most of the attractions to make ME the star of the adventure I'm experiencing. That is so much more satisfying than seeing a 5 minute retelling of the greatest hits of my DVD shelf.

I tend to agree...but that doesn't mean that classic Disney attractions haven't been just that in the past as well. Snow White, Mr. Toads, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan...all retellings. I don't mind if they theme rides with characters.

For example, at EPCOT, I don't mind Living Seas with Nemo, and Turtle Talk is a great addition. The theme works, the integration works, and it draws in people to the pavilion.

However, I DO mind that they merely added a pretty bad omnimover ride to it (ever seen that thing have a long line?) and ruined the overall theme of "visiting a futuristic deep sea observatory", and they destroyed the entire prologue that gets you EXCITED to tour what is basically a museum style aquarium.

 

[wolf359]

I tend to agree...but that doesn't mean that classic Disney attractions haven't been just that in the past as well. Snow White, Mr. Toads, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan...all retellings. I don't mind if they theme rides with characters.

I'd argue that Mr. Toad has very little to do with the film though. Virtually nothing you see or do in the attraction is from the film, which shows that Disney can make classics that aren't just a re-telling. Peter Pan's main draw is the flight over London scene, which was a minor element in the film but a standout because THAT imagery is so strong in the attraction. I think both Pooh and Snow White could have been stronger attractions if they had chosen just a single scene or event to create the attraction around.

For example, at EPCOT, I don't mind Living Seas with Nemo, and Turtle Talk is a great addition. The theme works, the integration works, and it draws in people to the pavilion.

I agree, I think the Nemo tie at least makes sense and integrates well. And more importantly has brought the crowds back to a pavilion that had become a ghost town.

However, I DO mind that they merely added a pretty bad omnimover ride to it (ever seen that thing have a long line?) and ruined the overall theme of "visiting a futuristic deep sea observatory", and they destroyed the entire prologue that gets you EXCITED to tour what is basically a museum style aquarium.

Once again, I'd argue that the original film prologue wasn't exactly exciting audiences anymore, but I do agree that the actual finished Nemo ride is a lot less successful than it could have been. I HAVE seen some pretty long lines though; in fact the first few times I visited the line was out the door and it allowed time to linger in the two queue rooms. Those are actually pretty nicely themed areas, but now the line does seem to move so quickly I've hardly done more than just walk straight through in recent visits.

 

[Hot Lava]

Brer Josh said: ↑

Song of the South.
Yes, it has its own ride but Disney should do more to promote it, it's a premier attraction and Disney treat it like a red head child.
Zero merchandise other than tie-dyed shirts (what is the US fascination with this?), jumpers and towel - all the same design.

Pathetic.​

This is something I've started to ponder with this thread. Splash is based off of Song of the South (a movie which is indicative of that time in history) and though those topics are controversial today, Disney will never re-release the movie. Yet it has its own ride with the characters and such from the movie in the ride (and characters you can interact with and such). How are kids today learning who these characters are?​

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Disney will never, ever allow any SotS. In this country, they have buried that movie far below Gringott's vaults. Disney will not even entertain discussions of a re-release. And to be honest, given this attitude, I have often wondered why they didn't also completely change the themeing of Splash Mountain. These two opposite mindsets have never made sense.

I would also like to see Sleeping Beauty and Mary Poppins get the dark rides they were supposed to get when Magic Kingdom was first being planned. Show scenes that depict Philip's battle with the dragon using modern special effects could potentially be epic.

THIS would be awesome! SB is my favorite of the "old" movies. As also suggested, I would love also to see a roller coaster or some ride with the theme of The Incredibles.

I also don't see why Disney couldn't use WALL-E is a big theme for some sort of future thing at least at EPCOT. But they could just as easily make it into a motion ride a la Back to the Future. Riding around on the big ship of the lump humans while trying to save Earth.

This is not so much about themeing (since they have stepped this up), but The Little Mermaid. There is never any adult clothes (t-shirts) for me. Tons and tons for girls, but not grown girls. I have no interest in Tinkerbell, and the adult women's stuff seems to be dominated by her.

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

Wall-E
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[litaljohn]

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I dunno to be honest I see tributes for this everywhere. almost every elevator in Disney has the films name on it.

 

[litaljohn]

has anyone mentioned "fixed gunnery and fighter tactics"? I really don't see that film well represented in any of the parks. perhaps it's due to parts of the series done by someone else? Disney was not a part of the segment "don't kill your friends" ( for the record while Disney did not produce that part I'm fairly certain they were against shooting your allies.)

donald gets drafted also seems entertaining.

(on a serious note does anyone know if any plans are made or ever doscussed for vault Disney blu rays? )

 

[donvincenzo]

I'm under no illusions that this will ever happen, but my personal pick for most underrated Disney animated film is The Great Mouse Detective, and I've always thought it would be great as the basis for a dark ride. Some sort of ride-along whodunit, where you follow along with Basil as he solves the crime. Perhaps with today's technology it could even be interactive, with you helping to solve it. Again, I know it will never be built, it's one of those Disney movies that's from that period in the 80's before the renaissance where Disney wasn't "at their peak", and as such it doesn't have a huge following (I bet most kids today haven't even seen it) but I still think it would be a fun ride.

 

[billDozer]

sword in the stone, tron, wall-e, goofy movie, leagues, ratatouille, and a halloweentown nod would be nice at mnssh

 

[coleandrachel]

One word, two syllables .... TARZAN