Marvel Land at DCA. Your thoughts...

[George Lucas on a Bench]

The show scenes could use some work. I feel as if they do not do justice to the Twilight Zone IP.

The attraction basically never did justice to The Twilight Zone. Neither version. It isn't a good Twilight Zone story. It isn't really much of a story at all. Lightning strikes the hotel and the elevator vanishes. There's no twist, there's no commentary. The lesson is: Don't check into a deserted hotel. Huh? What? The heck's this have to do with The Twilight Zone?

But the setting of a deserted haunted hotel is awesome. That's all it has to be. But it certainly doesn't feel Twilight Zone to me.

 

[Phroobar]

Hollywood is an area within Los Angeles city limits. The Carthay Circle Theater was considered to be in the mid-city west area of Los Angeles city. Right or wrong, good or bad, Los Angeles (L.A.) means different things to different people.

There's the City of L.A., the County of L.A., the L.A. Metropolitan Area, as well as the Greater L.A. Area (pretty much representing the broadcast area).

Growing up in Anaheim, it used to irk me that we were host to the "California Angels" and the "Southern California Sun" sports teams, and that out-of-state relatives staying at out house assumed they were "coming out to L.A." when they would enter neither the county nor city. It seemed that Anaheim was deemed unworthy of it's own identity. But, Oh well.

It's an even bigger insult calling the Angels.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Los Angeles has nothing to do with Orange County.

 

[VJ]

I think it's a great idea. And it's certainly a vastly better idea than the fiberglass California cows that Disney gave us in 2001.

Shiny cows come from California.

 

[NobodyElse]

It's an even bigger insult calling the Angels.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Los Angeles has nothing to do with Orange County.

I mostly agree with you, but I understand their marketing reasons. The genie was let out of the bottle long ago (NY Giants play in East Rutherford NJ, etc.).

 

[mickEblu]

The attraction basically never did justice to The Twilight Zone. Neither version. It isn't a good Twilight Zone story. It isn't really much of a story at all. Lightning strikes the hotel and the elevator vanishes. There's no twist, there's no commentary. The lesson is: Don't check into a deserted hotel. Huh? What? The heck's this have to do with The Twilight Zone?

But the setting of a deserted haunted hotel is awesome. That's all it has to be. But it certainly doesn't feel Twilight Zone to me.

I agree For the most part. In April after first hearing the GOTG rumor and posting many negative comments I decided that the next time I went to the park I needed to ride with an open mind ... Below is my post and review from April ....

So I have been pretty vocal about how I feel about GOTG taking over TOT. I was at the parks yesterday and decided to ride TOT with an open mind and really critique what works and what doesn't.

After reflecting on the experience, from outside of the hotel, to the queue, to the pre show, to the ride itself I realized what I would really miss most about this ride would be the old Hollywood feel and how this haunted hotel works so well as an anchor for the land. I would miss the queue and that beatiful, haunting jazz music they play outside the hotel / outdoor queue which nobody seems to talk about or notice. Losing this theme / experience in the park, I feel is the biggest loss.

I would slightly miss the tie in to The Twilight Zone because somehow it does a better job of placemaking (through nostalgic feeling for the IP because of its age and place as a classic) and is more effective than the actual show scenes themselves. Just seeing the Twilight zone logo and hearing "Rod Sterlings" voice is a great set up that is not matched by the pre show video content or the show scenes on the ride. At least in DCA's version.

The show scenes could use some work. I feel as if they do not do justice to the Twilight Zone IP. Besides the star field, everything else about the show scenes are kind of cheesy. I guess this is something I always overlooked as I was overtaken by my excitement / anticipation for the drops to come.

So in summation I do not think that TOT is a flawless experience. However, I still don't think that GOTG is the right move here. I think they should actually strengthen the theme they already have going on here. I love the old Hollywood theme and coupling that with a Haunted hotel is just classic. Especially with the Red Car trolley outside, the whole thing just works. I will admit that the show scenes could use some work, which would be a lot easier and in my opinion more effective than retheming the entire attraction to GOTG. An Old Haunted hotel anchors Hollywoodland beautifully and is much better suited for DCA in general.

I think Disney should give GOTG the type of attraction it deserves or overlay Star Tours.

 

[VJ]

It's an even bigger insult calling the Angels.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Los Angeles has nothing to do with Orange County.

The "The Angels" Angels. My favorite thing ever.