GlacierGlacier
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Is the issue not the core functionality of the ride system? Because I'd say having the ride actually function consistently is part of quality.
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Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway confirmed
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kurtk
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I get the impression from @marni1971 the delay is an intentional redirection of resources to get SW:GE running. Only so many people work there.
...it's a yungle
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It’s been said, “When you can’t find the answer to ‘why?’...it’s money, that’s why”
If not for technical reasons, maybe it’s this: while enjoying a gourmet dinner, a Bob thought bubble appeared,
“The chef doesn’t present all 11 courses at once...they’re presented one course at a time, so as to give full attention to each new offering, building anticipation for the next and extending the overall experience. Thank you chef, put it on the corporate account”.
Falcon, Rise, Mickey...if all 3 open simultaneously, packed house. One at a time, packed house. 1 open then 2 open, 2 open then 1 open, packed house...for years. Every business is about the almighty dollar, so why not open 1 at a time, from a business standpoint.
All agree there’s need for more capacity now and more so when all 3 new attractions are open. For once-a-year guests, if they can experience all 3 at once, thanks, see ya next year. If they stagger it and open 1 every 4 months they just might get those annual guests to visit twice or thrice in one year, or thrice in 2 years.
Why?
Follow the green, not the dream
(Just an outsiders thought
)
If not for technical reasons, maybe it’s this: while enjoying a gourmet dinner, a Bob thought bubble appeared,
“The chef doesn’t present all 11 courses at once...they’re presented one course at a time, so as to give full attention to each new offering, building anticipation for the next and extending the overall experience. Thank you chef, put it on the corporate account”. Falcon, Rise, Mickey...if all 3 open simultaneously, packed house. One at a time, packed house. 1 open then 2 open, 2 open then 1 open, packed house...for years. Every business is about the almighty dollar, so why not open 1 at a time, from a business standpoint.
All agree there’s need for more capacity now and more so when all 3 new attractions are open. For once-a-year guests, if they can experience all 3 at once, thanks, see ya next year. If they stagger it and open 1 every 4 months they just might get those annual guests to visit twice or thrice in one year, or thrice in 2 years.
Why?
Follow the green, not the dream
(Just an outsiders thought
)
mm52200
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Or it just has technical problems and is being delayed because of that....It’s been said, “When you can’t find the answer to ‘why?’...it’s money, that’s why”
If not for technical reasons, maybe it’s this: while enjoying a gourmet dinner, a Bob thought bubble appeared,
Falcon, Rise, Mickey...if all 3 open simultaneously, packed house. One at a time, packed house. 1 open then 2 open, 2 open then 1 open, packed house...for years. Every business is about the almighty dollar, so why not open 1 at a time, from a business standpoint.
All agree there’s need for more capacity now and more so when all 3 new attractions are open. For once-a-year guests, if they can experience all 3 at once, thanks, see ya next year. If they stagger it and open 1 every 4 months they just might get those annual guests to visit twice or thrice in one year, or thrice in 2 years.
Why?
Follow the green, not the dream
(Just an outsiders thought
MickeyMinnieMom
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I'm not sure how to interpret the 3rd comment given the 1st and 2nd... If it's not that there's a problem (i.e. "quality" isn't there yet -- whether that reliability, tech up to snuff, etc. - 3.), why delay something that is needed (1.)? Probably can't answer, but I'm confused!
ToTBellHop
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Hmmm...
matt9112
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boils down to parks lack of capacity....i did enjoy the former attraction HOWEVER it boils down to capacity....that this park lacks in gigantic terms.
matt9112
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they pay attention...they just dont care.
LittleBuford
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I’m not sure I understand what this has to do with the point I made.
matt9112
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the mickey ride is just replacing capacity...not expanding it....your point is this is a better ride etc. and my point was quality of ride is irrelevant it should have been built by itself so there was capacity GAINS.
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LittleBuford
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But that’s a separate argument entirely. I don’t believe any ride should be kept open just because it helps swallow crowds.
WDWFREAK53
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But if it's swallowing crowds of people...then it must have some popularity to it.
The problem is when you have an attraction that COULD swallow crowds but doesn't.
LittleBuford
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That's another strike against the Great Movie Ride, because it really wasn't swallowing crowds towards the end of its time. As your second sentence suggest, perhaps an overhaul would have changed that.
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WDWFREAK53
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Exactly...that was my point. It had the potential to swallow crowds but wasn't (except for peak seasons I'd imagine). It could've been overhauled to swallow crowds again...but they chose to completely change it. I'm ok with the change but I do wish we could've had both. Having Mickey in the middle of the park seems appropriate though. It's not a studios park anymore.
Ideally it would've been nice to be able to have Mickey at the middle, Muppets, Star Wars, Pixar, and then Marvel on Sunset and create an "acquisition" park for the IPs that didn't originally start out as Disney which stems out from the center...which would've been Mickey and Disney Animation.
matt9112
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could have....you know with any remote inkling of attention or care? something it never seemed to get except for the short lived TMC deal....
LittleBuford
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We'll never know. My own view is that the concept was more the issue than the execution. It's not as if the ride was falling apart or anything in its final days.
matt9112
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its a culture thing....every new ride is all this over the top xyz crammed into a 4 minute experience...no time to soak anything in or really take it in. PS this is why SSE is my favorite ride on property and im not some old fart. im 29....but i appreciate things more so maybe....i dont want all the pizzaz and glitter for 30 seconds....i want something deeper with meaning.
LittleBuford
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SSE is one of my favourites too, and I'm also a fan of classic attractions. But for some reason, even though I love dark rides, animatronics, and film, I always found the Great Movie Ride lacking. I'm really not sure why.
Sir_Cliff
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Must admit that I am exactly the same. I adore SSE, but Great Movie Ride always left me cold. Perhaps the slow-moving giant ride vehicles and soundstage-scale sets all ultimately gave it the feeling of rolling past a series of reconstructions of scenes from major motion pictures without any sense of intimacy or involvement. The guides, in my experience, didn't really overcome that and the film montage at the end probably packed the most emotional punch of the whole attraction for me.
I know this will not be a popular view here, but I think it was one of those attractions that was ambitious and sounded good on paper but never quite worked in practice.