Marvel coming to WDW?!?!

GiveMeTheMusic

GiveMeTheMusic

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GOTG is clear for use at WDW. Elements and characters have already been used at public and private events in DHS & MK. This is not a debatable topic. Disney's team of rabid lawyers would not allow a GOTG-TOT proposal to get this far in development if it wasn't legally viable.

It is in development. We are all hopeful it doesn't go through as planned for WDW. That's the current status.
 
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Quinnmac000

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GiveMeTheMusic said:
GOTG is clear for use at WDW. Elements and characters have already been used at public and private events in DHS & MK. This is not a debatable topic. Disney's team of rabid lawyers would not allow a GOTG-TOT proposal to get this far in development if it wasn't legally viable.

It is in development. We are all hopeful it doesn't go through as planned for WDW. That's the current status.
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Avengers monorail wrap happened even though it wasn't allowed just saying. Just because Disney does something doesn't mean they are in the right.

And don't know if its MCU certified but definitely doesn't look like anything out of the comics
 
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TubaGeek

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Ranky64 said:
Hollywood Studios is already screwed up in the first place, with the nonstop closing of attractions and shows to make way for Toy Story and Star Wars, so closing Tower of Terror would pretty much ruin the park. However, I do have a good alternative decision.

DHS is getting a Toy Story Land, so why not close down Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and replace it with, you guessed it, a GOTG attraction. I've always found Buzz and Toy Story Mania being in two different parks awkward.
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If you wanna get SUPER particular, Guardians doesn't take place in the future, so it wouldn't fit in Tomorrowland.
But then again, Stitch's Great Escape is a prequel to Lilo and Stitch, so it takes place in the PAST, so...
 
MerlinTheGoat

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Quinnmac000 said:
Avengers monorail wrap happened even though it wasn't allowed just saying. Just because Disney does something doesn't mean they are in the right.
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There seems to be an allowance or loophole regarding advertisement for Marvel films and tv (even pasted onto vehicles) as long as it occurs outside the parks. I've seen buses and billboards in the DHS parking lot with Avengers related ads. Big difference from deliberately built attractions inside a park or even selling merch.

Incidentally, since the Epcot monorail actually enters the park, they did not run the Avengers monorail on that line (at least they weren't supposed to, i don't know whether cast members tried to ignore this warning). MK's monorail does not cross the park boundary.
 
PorterRedkey

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TubaGeek said:
If you wanna get SUPER particular, Guardians doesn't take place in the future, so it wouldn't fit in Tomorrowland.
But then again, Stitch's Great Escape is a prequel to Lilo and Stitch, so it takes place in the PAST, so...
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You're right. I think that Disney confuses Space with the future. Change Tomorrowland to Spaceland and then everything fits except MILF.
 
truecoat

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GiveMeTheMusic said:
GOTG is clear for use at WDW. Elements and characters have already been used at public and private events in DHS & MK. This is not a debatable topic. Disney's team of rabid lawyers would not allow a GOTG-TOT proposal to get this far in development if it wasn't legally viable.

It is in development. We are all hopeful it doesn't go through as planned for WDW. That's the current status.
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Actually, Star Lord was used one time at a private event and he was unannounced character provided by a third party. Is that far enough removed? Not sure. GOTG is coming to DL. DHS not so much.
 
DisUniversal

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GiveMeTheMusic said:
GOTG is clear for use at WDW. Elements and characters have already been used at public and private events in DHS & MK. This is not a debatable topic. Disney's team of rabid lawyers would not allow a GOTG-TOT proposal to get this far in development if it wasn't legally viable.

It is in development. We are all hopeful it doesn't go through as planned for WDW. That's the current status.
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GOTG is not clear for use at WDW. When they had the movie preview, they were not allowed to use the Marvel name, nor did they use any "special effects" to enhance the preview...it couldn't be anything more than a movie
 
TubaGeek

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God bless the "Ignore" button.
DisUniversal said:
GOTG is not clear for use at WDW. When they had the movie preview, they were not allowed to use the Marvel name, nor did they use any "special effects" to enhance the preview...it couldn't be anything more than a movie
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Correct, as far as I can tell. The film was a PROMOTION, not an ATTRACTION (hence the lack of effects). And, really, the use of the characters in the park was... like party princesses. Like when people pay for "Glass Slipper Princess" or "The Snow Sisters" to appear at their kids' parties.
God, I hope that's right. It's hilarious.
 
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Quinnmac000

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Truth is Disney has lawyers who will argue yes they can you will have Comcast saying they can't.

Per contract, yes they can use the characters themselves for an attraction however marvel can not be used nor the characters name in promotion which is what Disney did with the one night event with Guardians. They were not promoted advertised by Disney (that's why they have the social media brigade to do it for them). However with that it makes no sense for an overlay they won't be able to advertise.
 
GiveMeTheMusic

GiveMeTheMusic

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DisUniversal said:
GOTG is not clear for use at WDW. When they had the movie preview, they were not allowed to use the Marvel name, nor did they use any "special effects" to enhance the preview...it couldn't be anything more than a movie
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Disney is NOT allowed to use the name Marvel for marketing purposes in the US, even at Disneyland (Super Hero HQ instead of Marvel Hero HQ, for example). They can market a GOTG attraction, as long as they don't use the word Marvel.

Most Marvel heroes are barred from use in WDW parks because of UOR's contract. Not all Marvel characters are barred by the contract. Disney's legal team has determined that GOTG is clear for use. It doesn't matter what Jim Hill thinks, or whether Universal was involved in those discussions.

The Guardians property has appeared in DHS with official Disney characters (Villains Unleashed, a public event, plus a private event at MK) along with the movie preview. These were not "party princesses", they were Disney performers approved for their roles (and in some cases, shipped in from CA) like any other character performers. The Marvel name can't be used. That doesn't preclude the characters from appearing there or an attraction being built.

Again, WDW1974 knows what he's talking about. GOTG can be used at WDW, which is why the TOT overlay is in development for both resorts. If we're lucky, the WDW version will get killed, but that won't stop GOTG from showing up in the future with a different overlay or a brand new attraction (the ideal scenario).

And as fun as it is to "argue" this with people who have absolutely no clue what they're talking about, I won't be commenting further. Have a ball.
 
asianway

asianway

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TubaGeek said:
What do you think we've been doing for the past seven years? ;)
Seriously, though, it's obvious that there's debate, even at the corporate level. Otherwise I'm sure we would have seen Star-Lord and Gamora more than ONE TIME.
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Thrice-
Unleashed at studios
PowWow at MK
Some corporate group at the contemporary(the ones that also had captain America)
 

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