flavious27
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I was thinking about the same thing. If they could have a ride with the light cycles. I was thinking about the use of a motion simulator like the new one that lexus is using.
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Is Disney contractually obligated to keep the Narnia attraction?
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I was thinking about the same thing. If they could have a ride with the light cycles. I was thinking about the use of a motion simulator like the new one that lexus is using.
I'm sure the ship has sailed on Disney distributing the Narnia movies again. Even if the new one is a success (which it won't be), the current distributor would have to opt out in order for Disney to get it back.
There's no way TDO would keep incurring the expense of Narnia unless they had to.
It's prime space and would've been the perfect place for Tron. Seeing how hard Disney is promoting Tron, and how little sense it makes that they're keeping Narnia around, I'm really guessing that their original contract with the producers of Narnia states that they have to keep the attraction in the park for an unknown number of years. Not wanting to spend the money to update the attraction, it may just remain the same until they are contractually allowed to remove it.
EpcotServo
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No they are not. It was going to close, but it seems like cheapness made them just abandon plans and leave it.
My prediction is that it stay open even well after Star Tours opens, then it will just close and sit vacant for a long time. I've kind of lost faith that if they didn't feel TRON was perfect for the space, nothing else will convince them to spend money on it. It's really quite embarrassing to me that we're promoting the movie another studio is releasing against a MUCH stronger title we have the next week.
My prediction is that it stay open even well after Star Tours opens, then it will just close and sit vacant for a long time. I've kind of lost faith that if they didn't feel TRON was perfect for the space, nothing else will convince them to spend money on it. It's really quite embarrassing to me that we're promoting the movie another studio is releasing against a MUCH stronger title we have the next week.
flavious27
Well-Known Member
businesses do weird stuff sometimes.
Jekyll_Baker
Active Member
Maybe they'll close the Narnia attraction sooner, after people who assume that it's Dawn Treader related, start complaining about it
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
The cheap route would be to close the attraction and let it rot. My guess would be that enough people still pass through each day that it justifies keeping the attraction open.
Disneyfanatic!!
Member
I believe it was going to be changed to promote Prince of Persia last srping, with a Prince of Persia meet-and-greet but for some reason those plans were scrapped.
Just close it.
Just close it.
rct247
Well-Known Member
As much as I agree and would like this, isn't that was the Magic of Disney Animation sort of does as well?
flavious27
Well-Known Member
Why promote live action films with an animation attraction?
cheezbat
Well-Known Member
its not a ride. It's a walkthrough attraction with some stuff from the movie. Nothing special.
wolf359
Well-Known Member
Three words: already paid for.
I do wish the space turned over more frequently to showcase upcoming or recently finished films. I'd much rather see props/evironments from Tron or Pirates 4, but at this moment the new Narnia film is bound to generate some interest in the previous ones, so Disney still having Prince Caspian in the parks probably works for them.
I do wish the space turned over more frequently to showcase upcoming or recently finished films. I'd much rather see props/evironments from Tron or Pirates 4, but at this moment the new Narnia film is bound to generate some interest in the previous ones, so Disney still having Prince Caspian in the parks probably works for them.
Magenta Panther
Well-Known Member
Yeah, the only cool part is when you're facing the doors of the giant wardrobe, and they open to reveal a snowy forest inside. That's pretty neat. But the rest of the attraction is meh.
JustInTime
Well-Known Member
Actually, That was The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Now it has been rethemed for Prince Caspian. It's the stone table scene from the second film where the White Witch appears behind the ice.
It's worse than the first one, honestly.
Well, they wouldn't spend money to update an attraction to promote a movie for another studio.
With Narnia3 it over the weekend (finished #1 but with only $24 mil), I think we can safely assume the Narnia franchise is over. In a couple of weeks, it'll probably drop out of the top 10 - with families choosing Tron and Tangled for their holiday movie watching.
It's really a shame they didn't turn it into a Tron walkthrough. They may have actually gotten some publicity and inspired people to go to the Studios. Instead they're left with an out of date attraction that makes them look ridiculous.
Cheers TDO! :wave:
cheezbat
Well-Known Member
While I like the Narnia series, I agree. Tron would've made way more sense.
flavious27
Well-Known Member
Dawn Treader and the Narnia franchise were in trouble after prince Caspian. the second movie flopped in so many different ways. fox did have a more worldwide opening than the first two movies so the overall haul after the first weekend isn't as dire, but it is. Also the budget so far is $140 billion but that does not include the expenses for promoting the movie, disney spent $175 million on prince casp.
as bad as it is that disney dropped out of owning the rights to the full series of movies, it would have cost them to make the last 5. I doubt that fox will make another movie past the silverchair.
degunter
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Tronorail
I don't think you can say "zero presence"... they do have the Tronorail...
I don't think you can say "zero presence"... they do have the Tronorail...