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News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot
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RSoxNo1
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I can only assume that $250 million of Guardians' $450 million budget actually went to extra payments in Shanghai Disneyland.
UNCgolf
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Which definitely seems to be the standard reaction to it!
Again, I'm not suggesting that not caring about an IP automatically means you'll like a ride less. It's simply a factor that could make that happen. The better the ride is, the less likely it will matter, though.
bdearl41
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We will be there same time. I hope I hope I hope we get a chance to ride itWe’re going May 3-10. I’ll report if I find a soft opening ()
Like the IP or not, Cars Land was very well done.
I can't shake the feeling that we're going to be let down by this, for the amount of money being spent on it. It doesn't even have any rock work factoring into the price tag. There needs to be some serious AA and set pieces within the ride itself, or else unthemed big blue boxes are far more costly than any of us realized.
I can't shake the feeling that we're going to be let down by this, for the amount of money being spent on it. It doesn't even have any rock work factoring into the price tag. There needs to be some serious AA and set pieces within the ride itself, or else unthemed big blue boxes are far more costly than any of us realized.
Surferboy567
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As long as it’s a fun, enjoyable rollercoaster with a cool Guardians story with that signature music it’s going to be hard for this to be letting me down. Obviously, throw in some cool preshow effects as well as on ride effects and this could be a great addition that EPCOT sorely needs.
Mission Breakout was done cheaply and still turned out pretty well. Interested to see what they do with a budget of this scale.
ToTBellHop
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Guests should not really care how much a ride costs. Or even know. The question is, “is this a worthwhile addition that adds enjoyment to my visit?”
Incomudro
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My thoughts exactly.
I don't understand this whole fascination with ride costs.
Incomudro
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Yeah, the basic ingredients are too good to mess up.
Sure, some of those people who believe this IP doesn't belong in Epcot would likely hate it no matter how well it turns out.
But it's a big indoor coaster, who's coaster fun will be at least as much fun as any other indoor coaster.
On top of that will be a great queue, backward launch, effects, great music... The ride's going to be a win.
Disney Analyst
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This is what I have always said.
Disney projects are ALWAYS high cost, inflated, gong shows.
As a guest, I do not care so long as the attraction is good.
lazyboy97o
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Disney’s high costs negatively effect the guest experience because it is a major reason for the intentional straining of capacity.
UNCgolf
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I agree to the extent that if you're enjoying a ride, it's nonsensical to think "Well, it cost $300 million, though... this only feels like $200 million worth of enjoyment. I should be getting 50% more enjoyment than I am". It definitely has an overall effect on the parks and what gets built, though.
ToTBellHop
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I don’t honestly think we’d get more rides if this cost half as much, though. That money would go to a Disney+ show or something. But I understand your point that there is some unquantifiable impact on the parks. This ride costs as much as half a theme park should cost.
lazyboy97o
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Maybe not with this project since it’s technically separate from Evolving EPCOT, but better cost control would have enabled the third rides in Pandora and Galaxy’s Edge to survive.
ToTBellHop
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Theoretically. Or they would have just budgeted even less. Things are always cut, unfortunately. Someone always says, “do we really need that???”
lazyboy97o
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Things get cut to pay for other things.
FigmentForever96
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Thunder Mesa anyone? Correct me if I’m wrong but a lot of MK had cloned rides from Disneyland to save money yea?
BrianLo
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I totally support @lazyboy97o point on this, but the Devil's advocate in me would like to point out where costs were much, much cheaper 20 years ago, we were getting some of the worst projects imaginable out of Eisner's run.
Imagineering needs to be contained for sure. But I'd much rather they severely overspend rather than do it on the cheap.
Disney Parks has the money, the cost issues are definitely most concerning for HKDL and in many ways sunk Euro Disney.
Translation: If the rubes like it, Bob wins.
yensidtlaw1969
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Mission Breakout inherited an expensive ride system. One that was already fun on its own. It's nice that they changed the music and made things more fun in some people's opinion, but let's not pretend they turned a bad ride into a good ride with a couple bucks.
Remember, Tower wasn't rethemed because it was bad, it was rethemed because management wanted a quick way to capitalize on Marvel in the park, and it was realized that too few guests cited Tower of Terror as one of the main reasons they came to DCA, even if they ranked it well after riding. That meant it had good enough bones to satisfy guests and it had the potential to create more of a draw than there was, which is an unusual combo.
The fact that it WAS a good ride is a big part of why they reskinned it. They didn't have to spend a lot of money on Mission Breakout because $140 million was spent on Tower of Terror. Adding Guardians was a cheap way to put it over the top and renew its headliner status.