Lights, Motors, Action! on its way out soon?

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wdwfan4ver

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I have a hard time seeing LMA being gone this year although I expect it to be gone before Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular. While LMA only has 2 shows a day, DHS capacity is down the way it is since the backlot tour is gone along with the fact 3rd track of Toy Story Midway Mania is not going to be ready for use before late next year.
 
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stevem85

stevem85

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I was just at Disneyland about 2 hours ago and all of the Brawny and other related GP sponsorships are still up. The guide maps also continue to say "Presented by". But, National Car Rental still has it's signs up on Main Street and they left a long time ago. My guess is the signs for Brawny will come down soon.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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stevem85 said:
I was just at Disneyland about 2 hours ago and all of the Brawny and other related GP sponsorships are still up. The guide maps also continue to say "Presented by". But, National Car Rental still has it's signs up on Main Street and they left a long time ago. My guess is the signs for Brawny will come down soon.
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DHS soon to be sponsored by Astroglide like this website?
 
JohnD

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It's packed every time I go. Some of the extrapolations on this forum I find interesting. Noticing that Brawny is no longer a sponsor (who notices things like that? Not your average Disney guest, that's for sure) leads to a question naturally extrapolating to ask whether LMA is ending.
 
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HauntedMansionFLA

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I wouldn't mind the Indiana Jones Stunt show moved to where LMA is. Also, build a roller coaster like Tokyo or Paris. The show still packs them in. They did this over at DAK with FOTLK.
 
TalkingHead

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danlb_2000 said:
Is the current theme of RNR Coaster even safe? I don't see them getting rid of the ride, but a re-theme wouldn't be out of the question.
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I can't imagine the current management team bothering to retheme RNRC unless by "retheme" you mean "switch out the preshow video."

I think it's the most overrated ride in the parks, but even I'd say the park has bigger issues to address than that.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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stevem85 said:
I was just at Disneyland about 2 hours ago and all of the Brawny and other related GP sponsorships are still up. The guide maps also continue to say "Presented by". But, National Car Rental still has it's signs up on Main Street and they left a long time ago. My guess is the signs for Brawny will come down soon.
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All the signs will come down, and many of the bathroom signs have already been removed.

The Georgia-Pacific paper goods division of Koch Industries signed a 10 year sponsorship agreement with Disney theme parks in January, 2005. Brawny at LMA! and Big Thunder Ranch Petting Zoo, Dixie Cups at the Hungry Bear Restaurant, Sparkle Paper Towels at Gadget's Go Coaster, etc.

Koch Industries has allowed their Georgia-Pacific sponsorship to expire without renewal, and the signs are coming down at the 10 year mark from when they went up in the winter/spring months of 2005. By May they'll all be gone.

As for National Car Rental, they are still an active sponsor. And it's National's parent company, Enterprise Holdings, that still has an active sponsorship with Disney's parks. Alamo Rent-A-Car is another car rental division of Enterprise Holdings, and Alamo is still the sponsor of Luigi's Flying Tires even during its year long transformation into a totally different ride. The Alamo logo is even plastered on the refurbishment signs on the Luigi's construction wall, per the Enterprise Holdings sponsorship agreement.
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wdwgreek

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Interesting if this goes how this affects the footprint for future expansion, DHS/MGM/whatever the future name is does not have a lot of room to build out without hitting parking or roads. These could be moved, by by closing big footprint attractions hopefully this will carve out a nice, larger pad for more development.
 
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doctornick

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wdwgreek said:
Interesting if this goes how this affects the footprint for future expansion, DHS/MGM/whatever the future name is does not have a lot of room to build out without hitting parking or roads. These could be moved, by by closing big footprint attractions hopefully this will carve out a nice, larger pad for more development.
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DHS is the smallest of the WDW parks, but it's crazy to suggest it doesn't have "a lot" of room. There are backstage buildings (like costuming) that do not have to be in DHS and the functions can easily move elsewhere. There's also vestiges from when the park was a working studio that can be demo'ed. The Backlot Tour had a very large footprint, so just using that space creates a lot of potential. If LMA goes, not only do you have the physical theater but also the backstage practice area.

Point being, there's a lot to work with already at DHS. They certainly can and will "hit a wall" in terms of space before any of the other WDW parks, but it's not an excuse for not adding a lot. Heck, they even have available land on the other side of World Dr if they really needed space for backstage stuff or even a large show building for a ride (no reason a ride couldn't have its queue on one side of World Dr. and then have enclosed travel over World Dr to get to the show building).
 
DisneyGentleman

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I'm curious and Someone here (like Martin) surely knows the answer.

The bleacher for LMA always have had the feel of a temp structure. Are they something that can be disassembled and sold off, or is it easier/cheaper to take a wrecking ball to it?
 
stevem85

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TP2000 said:
All the signs will come down, and many of the bathroom signs have already been removed.

The Georgia-Pacific paper goods division of Koch Industries signed a 10 year sponsorship agreement with Disney theme parks in January, 2005. Brawny at LMA! and Big Thunder Ranch Petting Zoo, Dixie Cups at the Hungry Bear Restaurant, Sparkle Paper Towels at Gadget's Go Coaster, etc.

Koch Industries has allowed their Georgia-Pacific sponsorship to expire without renewal, and the signs are coming down at the 10 year mark from when they went up in the winter/spring months of 2005. By May they'll all be gone.

As for National Car Rental, they are still an active sponsor. And it's National's parent company, Enterprise Holdings, that still has an active sponsorship with Disney's parks. Alamo Rent-A-Car is another car rental division of Enterprise Holdings, and Alamo is still the sponsor of Luigi's Flying Tires even during its year long transformation into a totally different ride. The Alamo logo is even plastered on the refurbishment signs on the Luigi's construction wall, per the Enterprise Holdings sponsorship agreement.
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Thanks for the info. I knew that Alamo was still a sponsor, but National was taken off the guidebooks and some of the signs on Main Street were removed ( not all however ).
 
HiYa Pal

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hpyhnt 1000 said:
LMA was one of those shows that I found mildly interesting the first few times, but not really afterwards. Plus those bleachers were a pain to sit in for 30+ mins.

Won't be sorry to see it go; just hope it doesn't sit there abandoned for a year while Disney fumbles around trying get its act together.
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I've only been to the show once, and we were seated in directors chairs, the cast member who seated us said that Celine Dion had been in those same seats the day before, I just stared at her like "really lady!?!?" I'm not 5 years old, I highly doubt that.
 

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