wedenterprises
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Sounds Dangerous really should be a modern audio effects show based on Star Wars or Indiana Jones, or even POTC franchise.
With just me and my wife, we are done dak by 3 or 4 pm. Now that we have a daughter, we will be in dak longer because we skip dinoland, camp mouse, other m&gs and the bug's life show. There are some rides she won't be able to ride, but the same is said about my wife that doesn't like coasters.
I have heard that the ride system for hunny hunt cost alot to develop and implement, so that could be a reason that tdo would not want to use it instead of Omnimovers. I look at the ride system and theme being more of a draw than just a franchise slapped into a ride. Most of the rides and attractions that are the most popular are original, they aren't themed.
We've gone with young kids a couple of times, though its been a few years.
We usually find enough to do. We'll do:
- safari
- everest (ride swap for the youngest)
- kali (ride swap again)
- festival of the lion king
- nemo show
- it's tough to be a bug
- africa animal walk
- asia animal walk
- conservation station
- flights on wonder bird show
- the boneyard (fossil dig area)
- tricera top spin
- we'll wander around dinoland
- we'll see the parade
Add in breakfast & lunch and that's a good day for us.
We generally don't skip rides that are age appropriate. As I look at it, pretty much any Disney ride is better than the rides I have back home
I think we're a fairly typical family that visits WDW every few years. I mention this because I suspect the strategic planners in TDO spend a lot of time thinking about families like ours and come to the conclusion that "there is plenty to do".
My kids can kill an hour or so in Dinoland. Camp Minnie Mickey is really just Festival of the Lion King and meet and greets. We can get meet and greets anywhere.
On our last trip, we didn't even find it worth are time to hop over to DAK for 1/2 a day. If we'd have gone, we'd have ridden the safari, seen a show probably FotLK) and played in the playground for a while. We'd probably make some time at the animal exhibits. But that would just be padding things out to feel good about having stayed a half a day.
Let me know if you actually do spend MORE time there when you take your daughter. I think you may be surprised how little there is to do for young kids there.
In terms of building a quality attraction, the theme is almost irrelevent. In terms of selling the attraction in a marketing campaign and associated merchandise, it is very significant. Even an attraction like Haunted Mansion that has rabid fans that buy merchandise doesn't approach the merchandise sold for Cars, Star Wars and most importantly Harry Potter.
Agreed!! It's basically a regular arcade with Toy Story stuff littered all over. I want one straight from the film!!!
True, E BV Drive will be busier with guests entering and exiting the hotel. I also think that with the limited space, that this hotel would be completely valet parking.
Well it seems like they forget that cloning and franchise theming existing attractions looks cheap and that it lower guests' satisfaction.
What, silly. It is not like we know what the inside of a pizza planet actually looks like, oh wait...
Well the merch opportunities for something like HM is going to be different than cars, star wars, or hp. potc is a better franchise to compare to cars, sw, or hp.
The theme of an attraction has to be one that won't be dated, changing an attraction after 5 years won't make sense if all it was is a themed shop with a ride thrown in.
When Meg talks about IOA and wwhp being a draw for wdw, it is disheartening to see tdo wave the white flag.
Harry Potter remains a juggernaut of a draw in Orlando, and I think that a Star Wars / Lucasland by itself would not be enough to shift the balance. Rather, a two-land expansion featuring some combination of Star Wars / Indiana Jones and Marvel Studios' Avengers or Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings would probably be needed to put DHS back on top. Since Universal will likely hang on to Marvel Superhero Island as long as possible, I wouldn't bet on those characters doing anything at DHS for at least 5 years.
The fact it's Meg Crofton saying this is either out of pure laziness, delusion, or her justification to not do anything significant for WDW's parks.
This is why Disneylanders gloat
Sounds Dangerous really should be a modern audio effects show based on Star Wars or Indiana Jones, or even POTC franchise.
Right, but it seems that these franchiseless marquee attractions only come about when they really need it. Recent history has dictated that attractions have to have a tie in that can sell merchandise and appease the bean counters that the investment will pay off.
What they fail to realize is that investments in things like Everest also work. Everest resulted in AK's attendance increasing by close to 1.3 million from 05-07. Even if that # is only 1 million, at $60 a guest (well below the per day ticket, merchandise and food cost per guest), this attraction paid for itself in 2 1/2 years.
That's not quite how the math works, but the concept still stands. Marquee attractions benefit attendance. Sure they may not get the full boat with merchandise sales but it doesnt' make them bad investments.
This is the mindset that has everyone believing that Carsland will find it's way to DHS by the end of the decade. People are anticipating a significant boost to DCA's attendance starting in 2012 and 2013 and they'll also have the marketing component as well. Sure that attraction might be north of $300 million but if DCA has the same 1 million guest attendance boost it will pay for itself after 5 years.
A return to high quality and investment will prove that the parks have not matured, that they're still capable of growth, and that if you build it, they will come.
When I hear people say how much WDW is benefiting from WWHP it makes me want to pull my hair out. It's actually taking more business away from WDW. Money is being spent elsewhere. Again, the majority of folks who travel to Orlando are going to Disney. Now, they're losing days of people's vacations and money they're spending on UNI merch. Not to mention locals who want to visit something new.
It used to be the philosophy at Disney that a day spent anywhere else was money WDW lost to someone else. And they did everything they could to keep people from going anywhere else. The fact they seem to be fine with people flocking to IOA says everything about what's wrong with WDW.
The fact it's Meg Crofton saying this is either out of pure laziness, delusion, or her justification to not do anything significant for WDW's parks.
This is why Disneylanders gloat
Harry Potter remains a juggernaut of a draw in Orlando, and I think that a Star Wars / Lucasland by itself would not be enough to shift the balance. Rather, a two-land expansion featuring some combination of Star Wars / Indiana Jones and Marvel Studios' Avengers or Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings would probably be needed to put DHS back on top. Since Universal will likely hang on to Marvel Superhero Island as long as possible, I wouldn't bet on those characters doing anything at DHS for at least 5 years.
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