Frozen Ever After opening day

[MerlinTheGoat]

Given my overall distaste for ALL things Frozen, after watching the POV, I don't have many good things to say. However...if they are using the same AA tech over at Pandora in DAK that they used in Frozenstrom, I may be going to DAK first thing during my next trip in 2018.

Frozen uses facial projection AA's like the ones from 7DMT, the tease we got for the Navi AA's actually use physical movement on the faces. They look incredibly advanced, even from the brief teaser you can see that there are far more axes of motion in the area around the eyes alone than anything before it. I suspect Avatar's AA's are actually going to be a step far beyond this ride. No telling how many figures like this there will be however.

 

[Jjbean2]

thoughts and prayers to everyone... especially the CM's (when the ride goes down)

 

[clemmo]

Poor Olaf.
https://twitter.com/MichaelSheehyJr/status/745266293549506561

Well he finally did what frozen things do in summer...

 

[Sped2424]

this video is complete

The ride is solid anyone who didn't think it would be was still sipping on frozen hate. Now that doesn't fix it's placement and this makes me so confused and sad it's in the WS. Imagine this at the Mk? Rip for what could have been.

 

[wdwmagic]

VIDEO - Frozen Ever After opens at Epcot's Norway Pavilion

Here is our queue tour and ride through

 

[orlando678-]

Well a Mulan ride could work in China...since Mulan actually takes place in China...not a mythical country... Also it would be hard to place a Mulan ride in the Magic Kingdom...no land feels thematically correct for it...World Showcase would work...Likewise Ratatouille, not so sure about any other character though as most are not based in a specific time and place...

I think my biggest issue with the Frozen ride is, is that it doesn't really showcase anything of the country's culture, while there is enough exciting stuff to do with Norwegian culture. Also, Mulan and Ratatouille would actually fill in this cultural aspect for me, especially Mulan due to its historical background. Ratatouille could serve as a great ride to show France's culinary side, maybe not precisely like the ride at DLRP, but there are ways to perfectly showcase this.

 

[brb1006]

I have to admit I love the Olaf AA's. That was the most impressive AA I seen in a while.

 

[spiritofNorway]

I heard the first Olaf AA is already dead.
The food department have called in extra staff for crowd control, overtime ok due to all of Epcot being in Norway.

 

[Magenta Panther]

So very Norwegian!

But after seeing the video...the ride reminds me a bit of the new-ish Peter Pan's Flight ride in Shanghai. There's a lot of visual excitement and real charm, I must admit. The AA's are more sophisticated than Pan, of course. Olaf's are quite impressive. And the "Let It Go" song is mercifully brief. The ride is still horribly out of place, but at least TDO did put some effort into this. So...okay. (shrugs)

 

[brb1006]

Someone is waving a RIP Maelstrom sign

I want to see a photo of that.

 

[PhotoDave219]

I heard the first Olaf AA is already dead.
The food department have called in extra staff for crowd control, overtime ok due to all of Epcot being in Norway.

I wish you and your fellow Cast good luck. Hopefully the Germans will bring over beer, the French Wine and the Brits some whiskey in your time of need.

 

[iYazmo]

I want to see a photo of that.

Attractions Magazine tweeted a photo of it here: https://twitter.com/Attractions/status/745236393622933504

 

[Sped2424]

already 101... 1.5hrs into opening... well that can't be good

Where is the picture of Disney over estimating frozen popularity again

 

[Princess Leia]

It's clearly still popular because of day one lines? Wait a few weeks and we will see if the popularity is still up. It may be but don't base that on these lines on day one.

I've got little cousins who love it. Frozen to them is what Lion King is to me. It's got holding power.

 

[jt04]

What I would love (love, love, love) to see is an upgrade in the WS because of this. Mexico and Norway are the only countries with rides. I don't think it will happen anytime soon, but I would love to see the boat ride in Germany actually become a reality, as well as something in Japan. Something new would give Frozen/Norway a bit of a breather; maybe the waiting time would go down a bit. I can see this having longer wait times than Soarin' for the next couple of years. I know people are saying that Frozen's a has-been, but it's clearly still very popular.

This will open the floodgates by necessity.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Id pay for an up charge ticket just to have an air conditioned skybox with a full bar over that area right now.

 

[Raineman]

Frozen uses facial projection AA's like the ones from 7DMT, the tease we got for the Navi AA's actually use physical movement on the faces. They look incredibly advanced, even from the brief teaser you can see that there are far more axes of motion in the area around the eyes alone than anything before it. I suspect Avatar's AA's are actually going to be a step far beyond this ride. No telling how many figures like this there will be however.

Where can I find the teaser for Avatar? I would love to see that-I have only seen the renderings at this point.

 

[cindy_k]

Id pay for an up charge ticket just to have an air conditioned skybox with a full bar over that area right now.

I would just love a web cam of the courtyard

 

[hpyhnt 1000]

Poor Olaf.
https://twitter.com/MichaelSheehyJr/status/745266293549506561

I heard the first Olaf AA is already dead.
The food department have called in extra staff for crowd control, overtime ok due to all of Epcot being in Norway.

Alright, bring out the strobe light. No need to let a broken AA shut down the ride!

(Sorry, someone had to...)

 

[Idoonu]

RIP Olaf