If I could improve non-WDW Disney parks...

mharrington

mharrington

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mharrington said:
7. Storybook Cruise: A new version of Storybook Land Canal Boats.
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As you know, this is Hong Kong Disneyland's equivalent of Disneyland's Storybook Land Canal Boats and Disneyland Paris' Le Pays des Contes de Fees. HKDL's Storybook Cruise is EXACTLY the same type of ride. What I'm trying to figure out is what stories should be included. Here's a list of the locations you visit at both rides.

Disneyland's boat ride has a guide and loads and unloads on a simple load platform. Here are the Disney films represented at Disneyland:
  • Pinocchio (Monstro, Pinocchio's cobblestone village)
  • The Three Little Pigs (The pigs' three houses; the Big Bad Wolf's cave)
  • Alice In Wonderland (English village with a cottage; the White Rabbit's rabbit hole)
  • Peter Pan (London Park)
  • Aladdin (The Sultan's palace; Agrabah marketplace; the Cave of Wonders)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (The Dwarfs' cottage and mine)
  • Cinderella (The village, complete with the Tremaine chateau and the Prince's castle)
  • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Toad Hall; Mr. Water Rat's riverbank home)
  • The Old Mill (Several windmills)
  • The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric's castle; King Triton's castle (behind the waterfall))

Disneyland Paris' version is a little different: unlike the original in California, a guide does not accompany the riders. The boats here are guided by an underwater wire rather than being propelled by an onboard motor. Passengers enter their boats via a slowly-revolving platform. Anyway, here are the locations based on stories and Disney films:

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (The Dwarfs' cottage and mine)
  • Hansel and Gretel (The gingerbread house)
  • The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric's castle)
  • Fantasia (Mount Olympus (Pastoral Symphony) and Bald Mountain (Night On Bald Mountain))
  • Make Mine Music (Snowy landscape from "Peter and the Wolf")
  • Aladdin (Cave of Wonders (possibly the new Monstro))
  • The Sword In the Stone (A miscellaneous scene, complete with the titular sword set in the rock)
  • Beauty and the Beast (Belle's village; the Beast's Castle)
  • Return To Oz (Emerald City)

So, those are the lists of locations for the boat rides at Disneyland and Disneyland Paris and how they're different from each other. What I'm trying to figure out is: A) What scenes should be in Hong Kong's ride; B) Should the boats have a guide or not; C) Should the boats load and unload like at Disneyland or Disneyland Paris; D) What should be the boat ride's equivalent of Monstro? In that last instance, I'm thinking of having "Peter Pan" as this scene, with Neverland and the Monstro scene actually be Skull Rock. What do you think of these ideas?
 
mharrington

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With all the rumors of Star Tours receiving a new ride, I've been thinking about what we should do with it. I've been thinking: given the number of each simulator per ride, how about putting a different ride into a different simulator? This way, it will be win-win. Here's a breakdown of which one will be which:

  • Flight 1: Endor, only to end up at Death Star (same ride as before)
  • Flight 2: Tatooine, Pod Racer from Episode I
  • Flight 3: Hoth
  • Flight 4: Yavin IV

Now, that's only the flights for Disneyland's Star Tours; here are two more flights for Disneyland Paris (and also Walt Disney World):
  • Flight 5: Naboo
  • Flight 6: Dagobah

What do you think? I'm in desparate need of some opinions here! :( :cry:
 
mharrington

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Oh, yeah, I'm also rather dry on ideas for Disney's California Adventure, Tokyo DisneySea and Walt Disney Studios Paris. Can anyone provide me with some ideas here? I'm kinda dry here.
 
mharrington

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I read somewhere that DL's Peter Pan would actually receive a pretty hefty updating in 2008:

I reported a year ago on MC that Pan might be getting new boats as I ran into the imagineer in charge of the project while I was standing at Pan unload. I know this isn't going to happen before april, but I thought this was good news to share with everyone as this appears to be a reality for 2008! There are two problems with the current boats. First, they really only sit three causing the line to remain long because there are a lot of groups totaling four that currently take up two boats. In addition, the safety bar hits kids on their chin when released while they are at unload. The new boats are still being designed, but rumor has it that they might be able to sit four guests increasing the hourly capacity. If this is the case, look for a long refurbishment of Pan as they will most likely have to replace the track above in order to hold the additional weight.
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What about that?
 
Darth Plank

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mharrington said:
Mickey Mouse Revue is no JII. I've never seen it before. It's simply time for something new. I think Mickey Mouse Revue should go; its stride had been hit long ago. Besides, it's one attraction that's outdated. What's wrong with adding things to other parks besides that they're "special"?

About PhilharMagic, it's not ONLY in MK, it's also in Hong Kong. MicroAdventure is simply HISTA in Japanese; that show is outdated. Captain EO is also outdated. What's wrong with adding the Little Mermaid attraction to the other parks? Where else could I put the Alice ride? Why can't I put these attractions in other parks; why should they be confined to only one park each? Y'know, some people can't afford to fly across the world just to visit those attractions, or did you ever know that? :fork:

As for the Disney Channel thing, I meant to say CyperSpace Mountain; sorry for the confusion. Besides, I'm trying to make the attractions special by trying not to simply duplicate the attractions, nut by trying maybe make a few things different between them.

What's wrong with adding attractions to other parks besides making them "special"? :mad: I suppose YOU have some ideas for the parks? If so, lay them on me! I'm all eyes. I never thought I'd offend anyone here. :mad: I mean, if you want the parks to be "special", then let's get rid of POTC from WDW or the Haunted Mansion from Disneyland! :rolleyes:
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You can't shut down Mickey Mouse Revune!! Isn't there anywhere to put Alice in Wonderland? And also did you see my plans for Disneyland?
 
Darth Plank

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And you also can't shut down Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion. I love POTC! I don't want Buzz Lightyear or POTC to close down! :fork:
 
mharrington

mharrington

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Darth Plank said:
You can't shut down Mickey Mouse Revune!! Isn't there anywhere to put Alice in Wonderland? And also did you see my plans for Disneyland?
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Yes, I did see your plans for Disneyland, but they sound like they're all there already! As for Alice, if you were to look at the overhead shot of Tokyo Disneyland, you would notice that Fantasyland is pretty much landlocked. Here's the shot: http://www.thedisneyfamily.com/aerial_tdr.jpg..
 
mharrington

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Darth Plank said:
And you also can't shut down Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion. I love POTC! I don't want Buzz Lightyear or POTC to close down! :fork:
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POTC won't be shut down; they'll just be closed temporarily to include characters from the Pirates movies. You need to really read carefully before jumping to conclusions.
 
mharrington

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Here's a list of links showing off some of my other ideas that seem to require their own threads:

DLP's Splash Mountain: http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=110939

The "new" DL Toontown (to also go into DLP): http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=115901

Goofy's Motor Mania (to go into WDW and HKDL): http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=109925

The Adventures of Pinocchio (to go into WDW and HKDL): http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=108705

The "new" WDW Toontonw (to also go into HKDL): http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=112085

Well, what do you think? The only reason why I said WDW even though it's not a thread on WDW parks is because some of the WDW improvements will be in other parks as well.
 
mharrington

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Hey, what happened, guys?!? Come on! Where are you! :cry: I can't do this on my own without your help, or at the very least your opinions.
 
mharrington

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Oh yeah, I just thought of something else, too: all the current Tomorrowland car rides (Autopia and otherwise) will follow the example of Hong Kong's version and scrap all the gas-powered cars and replace them with electric-powered.
 
mharrington

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Let me remind you that one of these days, pictures will be up just as soon as I get access to a scanner as my digital camera is too blurry.
 

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