Rumor Magic Kingdom 50th Refurbishments

[smile]

That’s mostly every ride anymore.
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t it supposed to be cornball! That’s the attraction of the ride. I’m not defending it, don’t get me wrong but I enjoy it for what it’s supposed to be. Bad jokes.. mostly good skippers and best of all, seeing people ride it for the first time usually laughing or groaning. Maybe I’m in the minority here.

oh, it is... but wasn't always
morphing into a farce is the easy way to not only address but utilize it's outdatedness

as if, instead of attempting to periodically breathe new life into sse,
one year it was decided to let everything be and just alter the show to make fun of its old self and wonky 'time travel'

But the end goal should be that the Skippers are an audition only role where the actor is paid to Actors Equity scale.

yes, but adding where there wasn't before?
... where, exactly, do you think you are!?


jc could be a wonderfully re-imagined experience, but i'd personally dump the skippers for show reasons *ducks*

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

What could they add to Astro Orbiter?

AsTRON Orbiter

 

[flyerjab]

Proposed refresh for the 50th. As all these projects are.

No Peter Pan?

 

[HmmmmmMMMmm]

The day Peter Pan gets the improvements that it needs is the day they actually lower the price of admission.

 

[Brer Oswald]

AsTRON Orbiter

Grrr you stole my joke. Should’ve posted it before I jumped in the shower!

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Grrr you stole my joke. Should’ve posted it before I jumped in the shower!

So THAT’S where all the hot water went!

Guess we’re even.

 

[smile]

AsTRON Orbiter

lol hey, why not?!
and jack-jack into the contemp................................

ya know, i almost pity the bobs for having to consistently deal with steamy knickers due to all the ips burning holes in their pockets - can't get em out fast enough!

The day Peter Pan gets the improvements that it needs is the day they actually lower the price of admission.

my, that's a damn fine queue, tho... eh? eh??

 

[Chupaca Bruh]

If you are able to get a copy of the vinyl of the Jungle Cruise and Tiki room record you can hear the serious version of the Jungle Cruise. It was really good with Thurl Ravenscroft narrating.

 

[Soccerbrad]

There's a cave with a fire breathing dragon (I don't think there was ever any kind of animatronic in the cave, but smoke, roars, and a stream of fire would burst out of the cave opening as though a dragon was inside). It was briefly visible when Animal Kingdom first opened as part of a riverboat ride, but that was shut down pretty quickly. Since they never built the Beastly Kingdom the dragon's den no longer fits into the park.

Thanks!! I was familiar with the Beastly Kingdom history but never was able to get on the riverboat before it closed

 

[CastAStone]

The day Peter Pan gets the improvements that it needs is the day they actually lower the price of admission.

The improvement that it needs is an identical clone right on top of it.

Hey didn’t they lower the price of admission by a buck on like 3 days in September when they went to date based pricing? I remember them making a whole thing about it.

 

[TeriofTerror]

Hey, Disney - leave my Bears alone!

 

[UNCgolf]

Thanks!! I was familiar with the Beastly Kingdom history but never was able to get on the riverboat before it closed

I never rode it either -- I just happened to be reading something about it a month or so ago and remember the details. There was also a unicorn area you went past which had a big unicorn statue (I think it was supposed to be replaced by animatronics when Beastly Kingdom opened) but that has been totally removed, and there was supposed to be an area where the boat was attacked by a kraken.

 

[UNCgolf]

Forbidden site just picked up the Big Thunder and Jungle Cruise refurb story.

It was actually on there yesterday before anyone posted about it here. I just didn't pay much attention to it.

 

[thequeuelinelectures]

Is tronifying the speedway still in the plans?

Wrong park, that’s in the plans for Disneyland

 

[FigmentJedi]

It was actually on there yesterday before anyone posted about it here. I just didn't pay much attention to it.

Damn, deleted my post before seeing it quoted. Didn't catch it earlier because I got blocked by their Twitter months ago.

 

[Magenta Panther]

We could talk about the rest

Philharmagic
Tiki Room
CBJ
COP
Astro Orbiter
Small World
Treehouse

At the very least, I hope Philharmagic will get the film upgrade it so desperately needs! It was blurry five years ago when I last saw it. I can't imagine the shape it's in now.

 

[TJJohn12]

If you are able to get a copy of the vinyl of the Jungle Cruise and Tiki room record you can hear the serious version of the Jungle Cruise. It was really good with Thurl Ravenscroft narrating.

Walt’s Music actually has that one streaming:

ST-3966 The Enchanted Tiki Room/Jungle Cruise

Enchanted Tiki Room

www.waltsmusic.com

 

[EricsBiscuit]

re: Jungle Cruise Skippers should just be trained better.
Disney made a conscious decision when the park's acting got unionized. They are not allowed to tell the Skippers how to spiel. That's why it's called "spieling" and not "acting" or "performing." Because if Disney tells them how to spiel, it becomes a performance and Disney would have to 1) audition for the roles and 2) pay the Skippers a fair rate.
Spiel pay would be a start. But the end goal should be that the Skippers are an audition only role where the actor is paid to Actors Equity scale.

This is why we can’t have nice things. It’s too expensive to justify I guess.

 

[Dragonman]

There's a cave with a fire breathing dragon (I don't think there was ever any kind of animatronic in the cave, but smoke, roars, and a stream of fire would burst out of the cave opening as though a dragon was inside). It was briefly visible when Animal Kingdom first opened as part of a riverboat ride, but that was shut down pretty quickly. Since they never built the Beastly Kingdom the dragon's den no longer fits into the park.

The ride was actually a functioning transportation service to the different areas of the park, however few guests realized that and were upset that it was not an actual ride (despite the sign stating it’s transportation purposes). There were still many things to see along the ride however including the aforementioned dragons cave, an animatronic iguanadon, geysers, etc

You can find out more about the ride and it’s elements in this video:

 

[SteamboatJoe]

I think this is probably pretty close, aside from Tarzan. Super dated IP and it’s already completely ignored at DL. I’d guess it’ll be zootopia or up or some other jungle compatible IP

Tarzan is probably the one I am least confident in. I thought about Zootopia but just couldn't figure how it remotely fits in Adventureland. It's such a different animal, pun intended. Up makes more sense; still not a great fit but that hasn't stopped them before.

I could actually see a Lost Boys treehouse here complete with Tinkerbell nook, something pertaining to Jungle Book, or Rafiki's tree from Lion King.