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Mermaid Lagoon Coming to MK!!!?????
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Captain Chaos
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Why not do both?? The dark ride queue could be included with Mermaid Lagoon....
Lewis Carroll
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That would make sense to me. There is a documentary on the upcoming dvd that features Tony Baxter talking about the Little Mermaid dark ride.
Also yea Mission:Space was supposed to be based on Mission to Mars which in itself is loosely inspired by the old Magic Kingdom/Disneyland ride. In addition to Gary Sinese being in the preshow aren't there also props from the movie in the pavillion? I know some of the font and promotional imagery they used for Mission:Space is very similar to Mission to mars as well.
Snapper Bean
Active Member
It would really be something for Disney to make a new dark ride from scratch. All of the recent iterations of "new" dark rides have used an existing track - Monsters, Inc. from Superstar Limo, Nemo from Seacabs, Buzz Lightyear from Dreamflight. I guess Midway Mania would qualify as a "new" dark ride but that hasn't been announced yet either. In any event, I applaud the notion that an existing park can be supplemented by a new dark ride as opposed to only with a new thrill ride. Very much hope that this happens to be true.
Given the marketing reliance on them, I am suprised each of the princesses doesnt have her own dark ride....
S.E.A.
Member
Beauty and the Beast was supposed to have a Tikki-room style attraction in Paris that wold have opened the same time as their Mermaid darkride.
Sleeping Beauty was supposed to be the scary dark ride for MK when it opened but they decided to cut corners and cloned Snow White instead.
i'm actually pretty glad that not all the princesses have a dark ride since really, only 3 of them have dark-ride worthy stories (Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and The Little Mermaid). The rest are confined to just one environment that don't realy merit elaborate "rides".
Captain Chaos
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Actually, didn't the Imagineers pitch a Disney Princess dark ride to Michael Eisner and he fell in love with the idea? He approved of the ride but the bankers didn't? I thought it led to one of the best quotes I ever heard.. When Eisner give it the OK, the mney guys waited until he left the room then told the IMagineers no way.. When they said Eisner gave the OK, the money guys said some along the lines of, You actually think HE runs this company?? So, Eisner had a princess dark ride ready, but, of course, these bankers knocked it down...
Spaced Out Dude
New Member
Sounds like a cool idea. I'm with it. It could take over Pooh's Spot, Ariel's Grotto & Mickey's Toontown.
Captain Chaos
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October 1st kicks off YOAMD.... There is a MK event on Oct 4th.... and a NYC event on either the 8th or 18th, I forget which...
Lewis Carroll
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The announcements are just Year of a million dream promotions...They arent going to announce any new attractions or anything.
gniko21
Member
And that's a good example of why it's not 'always' about an established property.
Tim G
Well-Known Member
Dunno... they say so... :lookaroun
I guess so, since the E-Ticket pond was taken out to put in a A-ticket playground. I guess there does need to be a balance. :lookaroun
If they don't put an E-ticket back there or somewhere, doesn't that just sound more awful every time you hear it? :fork:
Captain Chaos
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Mr. Eisner.. please tell us what you know.. or better yet, since you cannot tell us everythng, give us clues... Are we in for a mountainous (is that a word) ride, or are we being taken under the sea????
Honestly, I would like to see a new, non movie based attraction. Somethig orriginal that would become a classic that maybe they could do a movie on in a few years.
Also remember a new product line Disney Faries is an asset that could be made into a dark ride in Fantasy Land.
Also remember a new product line Disney Faries is an asset that could be made into a dark ride in Fantasy Land.
That's a good idea. I'm curious about the fairies... but would they put it across from Peter Pan - an attraction already related to Tink?:veryconfu
DisneyRoxMySox
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To be honest, I think it may be hard to put a mountain where the Pooh playground is. I know there will be enough space..but how could they hide the ride building..or prevent guests from seeing back stage..but that doesn't seem to be a priority anymore.
EDIT: I am sure a lot more people know more than I do, just an observation.