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Disney's Reaction to Harry Potter Details?
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Figment632
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If you take your Disney blinders off for a second and just read about the ride you can see that there has never been anything like this before, kind of like when Indy first opened.
1) FLE is an expansion. I would have liked another ride too. I would say many here may feel that way about FLE but I am not sure about the general public. This is not widely know outside Disney sites. Time will tell how the general public feels.
2) IOA has no draw to me except WWoHP. I am not a coaster person. MK has more of a draw to me than just FLE. There is stuff at US that I like but not enough to get me back often. More at WWoHP and I could have visited each year. We do SW 1-2 times per year. There is lots there for me without doing coasters.
To me Universal turned their back on people like me who are not into coasters. I loved the first time I rode ET. I wish they did more of those types of rides.
Teens are a big draw for them but teens need mom and dad for the money and trip and can also have younger siblings.
devoy1701
Well-Known Member
I dont have on Disney blinders...i can see the good and the bad that the company does, moreso bad than good lately. I'm just looking at this topic with a rational head. I acknowledge that the main attraction is "unlike anything we've seen before" but I'm still saying that you can read all you want, but there is still no way you can say that HP land blows WDW out of the water if you have not yet experienced it yourself and you definitely can't state it as fact when the dang place hasn't even opened yet!
Monsterfan99
Active Member
Had to pay for the rights as well, which should be included in the total cost.
The new Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey sounds amazing! The FLE cannot top this in anyway. This would be the time to go through with Beastly Kingdom.
I would love to see BK built.
devoy1701
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The new Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey sounds amazing! The FLE cannot top this in anyway. This would be the time to go through with Beastly Kingdom
the argument here is not whether FLE can top HP. we all realize that the offerings if you compare the 2 are not on the same playing field. The questions that are at hand are:
a) whether people will be booking vacations just because of FLE (Figgy says he knows for a fact the answer is no).
b) Whether anyone in the Disney Company has called TLM an e Ticket (Figgy says Lasseter's opnion does not matter).
c) Whether HP land is a game changer (Figgy says for a fact yes but some of us are challenging how it is possible to state that as a fact when it hasn't opened yet).
d) Whether George Lucas is jealous of JK Rowling.
did I miss any?
imagineer boy
Well-Known Member
So true! :lol: I can see it now: "I personally have never cared for HP, and don't see what all the hype is about. To me it just looks like another typical Universal attraction, IMO I would much rather visit Pixie Hollow which will be WAY more popular than anything at HP land."
:hammer:
Figment632
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RoRo
New Member
Ok, obviously Disney went through with FLE just to counter WWOHP and plus if you don't believe in that statement, Disney's next big thing (FLE) obviously, unless the Little Mermaid dark ride is amazing and has something that can beat HPatFJ, cannot top HPatFJ.
I understand the two are different, one is a land expansion and one is a new land. If people that have seen it think it blows everything out of the water, then its amazing. FLE will just make Fantasyland nicer, thats all. If I remember correctly, the thread title does not has those "questions" listed at all. I can discuss anything I feel in a thread about WWOHP regarding Disnye's reaction to WWOHP.
Testtrack321
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Ok a game changing ride vs an Omnimover and Meet & Greets
You are comparing HP vs FLE. Yes, HP wins. Hands down from an experience perspective. But nothing, NOTHING, is isolated, there are other factors. When people see the expansion plus everything else and compare it to the land (which they thought was a new park) that they get in IOA, I think they'll end up coming back to Disney. It doesn't matter if the ride is a game changer, if it's an hour experience, or whatever. Unless at the end Jesus comes to heal the wounded and give sight to the blind, Universal won't do a major leapfrog over Disney. This isn't being blinded, a fanboi*, or whatever. It's momentum and brand, wether you and UO like it or not.
*Fanboi, blinders, whatever, it's a dismissive argument that doesn't add anything to the discussion and is an attempt at dismissing someone's opinion without any proper thought or recourse.
IWant2GoNow
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This thread keeps getting curiouser and curiouser...
I'm still playing the wait and see game with ALL of it. I'm just hoping there's soft openings of WWoHP between June 5-12. If I miss the opening by a week... I'm reserving all judgement on WWoHP and FLE until I'm standing in the middle of them.
I'm still playing the wait and see game with ALL of it. I'm just hoping there's soft openings of WWoHP between June 5-12. If I miss the opening by a week...
I'm reserving all judgement on WWoHP and FLE until I'm standing in the middle of them.So you'd rather have the word of Baxter or Sklar that are near retirement age and really have no say in what's going on?
Tinkermommy
New Member
Very good point about the younglings. My husband and I are already planning to go and spend a day at HP because we love the books, but our kids are too young to do much at Universal so Nanny and Papa will be watching them for the day. Disney is amazingly friendly to young children. Last year we ducked into the Epcot baby center with our hot, cranky two year old daughter and they just let her crash and take a two hour nap in the nursing room. Amazing service that Universal does not have. Disney will always be the ultimate destination, even if visitors take a day or two at some of the other area attractions.
Figment632
New Member
Baxter is not retiered.
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
I agree that Fantasyland probably isn't going to dramatically increase attendance, but what it should do, is allow for the continued gradual growth in attendance that Disney has been reliant on for the Magic Kingdom. The added capacity should help ease congestion and in turn, improve guest satisfaction.
If you want to see a boost in attendance, we need to be hoping for a drop in attendance as a result of Harry Potter - otherwise Disney will continue with their slow paced development.
If you want to see a boost in attendance, we need to be hoping for a drop in attendance as a result of Harry Potter - otherwise Disney will continue with their slow paced development.
devoy1701
Well-Known Member
I must say that the members of this forum lack a basic understanding of humor and sarcasm. Sheesh.
I see a couple of things in this discussion that are impossible to untangle.
1) Does FLE have anything to do with Potter. I don't think so. MK needed something new and nice. That's it.
2) Will Disney do anything directly to combat HP? Probably, but when is the key. I live in the midwest and for many, the Uni parks and to a lesser extent SW have already supplanted Disney as far as fun. Not everyone has thinks this, BUT it grows incrementally stronger over time. It's kind of like an iceberg carving out a valley. It moves very, very slowly. As a result, if Disney waits until there is an appreciable drop in attendance it may be too late. No matter how nice any response they have is, it will take quite a while to build the brand/rep back up. Thus, I would hope that some in the company are agitating for a response/announcement this calendar year.
1) Does FLE have anything to do with Potter. I don't think so. MK needed something new and nice. That's it.
2) Will Disney do anything directly to combat HP? Probably, but when is the key. I live in the midwest and for many, the Uni parks and to a lesser extent SW have already supplanted Disney as far as fun. Not everyone has thinks this, BUT it grows incrementally stronger over time. It's kind of like an iceberg carving out a valley. It moves very, very slowly. As a result, if Disney waits until there is an appreciable drop in attendance it may be too late. No matter how nice any response they have is, it will take quite a while to build the brand/rep back up. Thus, I would hope that some in the company are agitating for a response/announcement this calendar year.