PlutoHasFleas
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I don't believe TDO has seen this kind of immediate with any other IP. They must act quickly if they are going to capitalize.
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Frozen ride replacing Maelstrom?
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I also like the ignore list feature, as it makes rude comments instantly disappear making my overall outlook on the forums a happier one!
Welcome. And with all due respect you may as well just go ahead and put me on ignore before I waste any time responding to your extremely elementary view of what WS is/was/should be. If you favor a cartoon shoehorn to satiate your desire for an attraction update, then I fear any attempt to explain why quality 'edutainment' is more appropriate in ECPOT would be a lost cause.
PlutoHasFleas
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Back up in time for Holiday Rush (Dec. 20th - Jan. 1st). So not confirmed it's not funny tho.
Like they did with Harry Pott...er, I mean Avatar..
danlb_2000
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Still doesn't make it right.
What is your source for this? Rumor that has been posted here was 18 months.
acishere
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A Danish fairy tale adapted by an American animation studio that used some Norwegian inspired imagery in the film does not seem like the proper IP to represent Norway.
TDO is not going to temporarily stick something in Norway until they are ready to make a more appropriate attraction to match the demand. This is and a snowman on a stick at DHS are what you are going to get. And this is much bigger issue than Gran Fiesta or a game that most people probably never notice. Once Maelstrom is overlayed, the only thing left in Norway that is about Norway will be a bakery.
TDO is not going to temporarily stick something in Norway until they are ready to make a more appropriate attraction to match the demand. This is and a snowman on a stick at DHS are what you are going to get. And this is much bigger issue than Gran Fiesta or a game that most people probably never notice. Once Maelstrom is overlayed, the only thing left in Norway that is about Norway will be a bakery.
danlb_2000
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That is a good question that has no good answer at this point.
PlutoHasFleas
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You got it. Calling my views "extremely elementary" is already insulting enough. Good day.
FrankLapidus
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That doesn't excuse them from denegrating it any further and just illustrates how out of touch and uncaring those in charge today are of the legacy they have inherited and should look to build on through innovative, imaginative and original new creations. If they want to add quality attractions to World Showcase then it really wouldn't be difficult for them to look in their own archives at the projects developed by legends such as Herb Ryman and Sam McKim that did celebrate the rich cultures of each country.
Instead, they shoehorn in the latest cash cow and disregard what World Showcase was created to do. The fact they've done it before is no excuse, just a sad illustration of how out of touch TDO management continues to be.
I love WDW, I love Epcot and I love World Showcase but for me its been pretty clear that the current management simply have no love or respect for the park and what it was originally intended to be since I first experienced the pathetic mess that is Imagination!. This seemingly imminent overlay just further illustrates that point.
I really enjoyed Frozen but nothing will convince me that a very loose adatation of a story by a Danish author set in a fictional kingdom belongs in World Showcase, not when WDW's flagship park has a large area dedicated to the fairytales that Disney have already adapted for their animated features.
Yes, because Cars Land and Toy Story Midway Mania were built overnight....
PlutoHasFleas
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Very well put. It is nice to see such valid arguments.
Lol, well that's just because they aren't for you. You obviously are not in their target demographic
I can think for myself and dont soil my blue jeans when Disney announces cutbacks or completes lackluster "expansions" that pale in comparison to anything the company did when ran by people who had a clue of how a theme park should be operated, so I guess I am no longer in the demographic either
unkadug
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If you put everybody here on ignore you would have a .....PODCAST...oh wait....you already do!
No need to be offended, perhaps a few moments of reflection while clutching your bedazzled picture of Iger will bring you peace.
Don't worry. We don't usually do anything confirmed around here. It's normally a bit late.
Interesting time frame.
The issue I have with the overlay is that it ISN'T doing the Frozen phenomenon justice. I'm not a big fan of the movie to begin with, I like Tangled more, but I can see the popularity of it and the opportunity that Disney has to hit a home run with it.
Frozen is a cash cow, yes, and that cash cow is being milked at MGM as we speak with the Frozen Summer stuff. The best way in my mind to do the Frozen phenom justice AND improve a park would be to build a Frozen ride at MGM. Extend the Frozen Summer for however long it takes to build the ride. This keeps the Frozen presence, which is already established in a park that desperately needs new rides, fresh.
Quick and cheap is NOT what Disney should be doing, especially after the Potter expansions, to please guests and especially the fans of the movie. A quick overlay is going to leave fans of the movie disappointed more than entertained.
Frozen is a cash cow, yes, and that cash cow is being milked at MGM as we speak with the Frozen Summer stuff. The best way in my mind to do the Frozen phenom justice AND improve a park would be to build a Frozen ride at MGM. Extend the Frozen Summer for however long it takes to build the ride. This keeps the Frozen presence, which is already established in a park that desperately needs new rides, fresh.
Quick and cheap is NOT what Disney should be doing, especially after the Potter expansions, to please guests and especially the fans of the movie. A quick overlay is going to leave fans of the movie disappointed more than entertained.
PlutoHasFleas
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Excuse me?!? Why such an incredible amount of disdain for podcasting? Why are you discouraging someone from doing what they enjoy? I haven't even mentioned my podcasts, you investigated me on your own accord in attempt to insult me. Farewell to you too, pal.
Mike S
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lazyboy97o
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Where did you get the idea that the Studio would be paying for the new attraction?
No, you're just suggesting that the Queen has again run off from her country after a foreign aristocrat tried to seize control by initiating a succession crisis.
Never said it was. The snack counter is all that would be left of anything having to do with Norway.
Never said anything close to that.
What would be a precedent for such an idea?
So? Previous bad ideas don't justify more.
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