Phroobar
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Is Anybody Else Annoyed With Hyperspace Mountain's Stay?
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Californian Elitist
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Please leave and don’t return.
So sick of the Space overlays.
So sick of the Space overlays.
- In the Parks
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You laugh but @Phrubruh has a point. Right now it's all Star Wars all the time, and that's not what Tomorrowland is supposed to be about. Pay me to be in imagineering and I can come up with some great ideas that embrace both the future and nostalgic Disneyland past.
RobWDW1971
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Considering there really hasn’t been a cohesive theme to any Tomorrowland around the world in decades or any hint that WDI knows how to inspire us with the “future” in Future World, I think Walt’s original intent is dead. And this is coming from someone who loved Tomorrowland as a kid as it was my favorite land in the 70’s.
If my choice is a hodgepodge mess of Buzz Lightyear and Monsters, Inc rides mixed in with a bronze Dumbo ride and High School Musical previews, I would have preferred just making it a cohesive Star Wars land.
It would have given it a cohesive theme with which to work, saved all of the money of rerouting the ROA, etc. They could have just left Star Tours, permanently made Space into a well done Star Wars experience, put the Falcon as the “weenie” where the carousel building is, build ROTR, a Jedi Temple, and fill out the land with other attractions, shows, etc that celebrate the entire Star Wars universe past, present, and future.
Yes, that would be better than any of WDI’s versions of “Tomorrowland”.
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- In the Parks
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With Chapek and Iger in charge of Disneyland, who knows what's next but I agree that they lack vision for Tomorrowland. Though i'd fight tooth and nail against turning Tomorrowland into SW:GE had that been the original intent.
RobWDW1971
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Not sure how anybody can have confidence in the group that just had Moana and Guardians join Nemo in "Future World", is building "The Happy Ride with Baymax" in Tokyo's Tomorrowland, and has "Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters", "Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor", "Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek", "Stitch Encounter", "Stitch's Great Escape", a 60 year old gas powered Autopia, etc. in "Tomorrowland"s around the world today.
The dream of Tomorrowland and Epcot's Future World is unfortunately dead forever.
And note, I was not proposing Galaxy's Edge where Tomorrowland is, but a full blown Star Wars Land with multiple environments - the concept of the bombed out specific land/timeframe of Batuu was a fundamental creative mistake.
Let me say it again, "The Happy Ride with Baymax" is coming to Tomorrowland.
Not sure how anybody can have confidence in the group that just had Moana and Guardians join Nemo in "Future World", is building "The Happy Ride with Baymax" in Tokyo's Tomorrowland, and has "Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters", "Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor", "Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek", "Stitch Encounter", "Stitch's Great Escape", a 60 year old gas powered Autopia, etc. in "Tomorrowland"s around the world today.
The dream of Tomorrowland and Epcot's Future World is unfortunately dead forever.
And note, I was not proposing Galaxy's Edge where Tomorrowland is, but a full blown Star Wars Land with multiple environments - the concept of the bombed out specific land/timeframe of Batuu was a fundamental creative mistake.
Let me say it again, "The Happy Ride with Baymax" is coming to Tomorrowland.
Phroobar
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The dream of Tomorrowland and Future World doesn't have to be dead forever. It just takes executive will and wdi creativity and a little bit of pixie dust. They could easily create rides that fit the original intent of Tomorrowland and Future World. Epcot showed these things were possible if leaned more on entertainment than education. Get industry leaders involved to come up with something the inspires and excites the imagination. Make these rides commercials for Space X, Tesla, Nasa, Amazon and other companies if they need to. It is possible to give us a Tomorrowland and Future World that the fans would love. It just takes inspired leadership that Disney company is unfortunately lacking.
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I'm guessing (and this is just a wild guess based on current trends) TDA wanted to keep HSM in due to it's so-called popularity. They're not afraid to bastardize Space Mountain for the sake of continued Star Wars advertisement. Also, since the movie was coming out in December, they probably used that as an excuse to keep it chugging along.
What really gets me, is that they were too chickenpoop to keep SoC in for longer than a month or two (or however long it was, not long enough).
Phroobar
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I think they just budgeted for x amount of time. The studios typically pay for movie overlays so they are just finishing their contract.
RobWDW1971
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I don't think it is more complicated that they have a major Star Wars release opening in December and wanted to keep the synergy machine cranked up until then.
BubbaisSleep
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My exact thoughts since they premiered the ride the first time. It was going to come and go until the last movie of the trilogy was released. Makes sense.