People with vacation plans are already finding Maelstrom unavailable for FastPass+. It seems they want to avoid the obvious issue of this having nothing to do with Norway, and that would get brought up with an announcement now. Then again when the attraction closes and when it reopens. Waiting means they can consolidate any negative reactions.
It's funny that they could be looking for a solution for any negative reaction except for the one that's as plain as the nose on their faces. Don't do it in the first place morons!!!!!!!!! Build a Frozen ride in MK or DHS!!!!!!!!!!
No, but we could start a fire with all the hand wringing.
What is sad is that the general public is going to eat this up and think it's a good decision. We are in a small minority that wants frozen out of epcot, almost everywhere else people are excited for this.
Again they could put an excellent ride in there, but the issue is there are plenty of other places to put it without destroying more of what the world showcase stood for. Also consider that unless they VASTLY redo the interior what they have to work with is a space that isn't very large or all that groundbreaking for an attraction. Many are sensing the mediocrity coming before it hits. I am sure if they actually put something mind blowing in there people would be a little happy, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Or I could be wrong which would be nice, but not as nice as having frozen not go in there in the first place.
They should have a soundtrack on the ride!
Tokyo.
No, but perhaps you could want to build a snowman.
Not to single you out, but every time I read a post like this, I do it in my Dick Cheney voice.
Little story about why I hate the Frozen overlay:
Every morning on the way to work, I pass this gas stove shop. There's this sign on the outside that looks like this:
Most of you will recognize this as a sign that also appears in the village at the end of Maelstrom. Whenever I pass this sign going to work, I always think of Maelstrom and how many days it will be until I see that sign inside Epcot again. It's corny. It's weird. But it's part of what makes Disney special to me. I always tell my wife how much I'd love to live in that little village. Joking of course, but there's just something about it.
There are the little things that I love about WDW. The smell of the orange groves in Horizons. The narration in the Living Seas (it rained...and rained....and rained). The 70's scene with the people in the hot tub/bar at El Rio De Tiempo. The final 1/3 of Spaceship Earth. This is just Epcot obviously, and it's all stuff that has gone away. Some of it I understand, but some of it was unnecessary.
Over at the Magic Kingdom, I LOVED the Snow White ride. It was gutted for Anna and Elsa. A ride based on (by adjusted ticket prices), far and away the most popular animated movie of all time, destroyed for a meet and greet with 2 characters that only girls care about and may very well be completely forgotten about in 5 years.
I guess what I'm trying to say is Disney, in my opinion, needs to find a way to stay current, but not destroy people's memories. Disneyland has managed to do it, and with FAR less space to do so. Why can't Team Orlando figure this out?
This is true no matter what attraction is being refurbished. Surely, your solution is not to never do any rehab? That being said, I'm pretty certain that Maelstrom serves fewer guests than any of those other attractions, so it should have the smallest impact on the remaining attractions.
The decision for Princess fairytale hall was in effect LONG before frozen was even on Disney's own radar. The film was never meant to go in there in the first place, that was a last minute decision. With or without frozen that space was being converted into what it is know.Little story about why I hate the Frozen overlay:
Every morning on the way to work, I pass this gas stove shop. There's this sign on the outside that looks like this:
Most of you will recognize this as a sign that also appears in the village at the end of Maelstrom. Whenever I pass this sign going to work, I always think of Maelstrom and how many days it will be until I see that sign inside Epcot again. It's corny. It's weird. But it's part of what makes Disney special to me. I always tell my wife how much I'd love to live in that little village. Joking of course, but there's just something about it.
There are the little things that I love about WDW. The smell of the orange groves in Horizons. The narration in the Living Seas (it rained...and rained....and rained). The 70's scene with the people in the hot tub/bar at El Rio De Tiempo. The final 1/3 of Spaceship Earth. This is just Epcot obviously, and it's all stuff that has gone away. Some of it I understand, but some of it was unnecessary.
Over at the Magic Kingdom, I LOVED the Snow White ride. It was gutted for Anna and Elsa. A ride based on (by adjusted ticket prices), far and away the most popular animated movie of all time, destroyed for a meet and greet with 2 characters that only girls care about and may very well be completely forgotten about in 5 years.
I guess what I'm trying to say is Disney, in my opinion, needs to find a way to stay current, but not destroy people's memories. Disneyland has managed to do it, and with FAR less space to do so. Why can't Team Orlando figure this out?
D: why.
