Rumor Moana E-Ticket Ride to Adventureland

ToTBellHop

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They'll shrink your car as you go up the hill to keep the forced perspective.

Just like they do with the train outside Expedition Everest as it heads up to the mountain's peak!
EE is the biggest thing in the park; this will likely be shorter than Big Thunder even though it’s quite close. It certainly won’t be 200 feet tall. It’s hard to appear very tall when you’re very close to something taller. Also, mountains work best when they appear far away until you’re literally on the ride. That will be hard to do in this footprint.
 

JackCH

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EE is the biggest thing in the park; this will likely be shorter than Big Thunder even though it’s quite close. It certainly won’t be 200 feet tall. It’s hard to appear very tall when you’re very close to something taller. Also, mountains work best when they appear far away until you’re literally on the ride. That will be hard to do in this footprint.
I also feel the ride system will make the forced perspective approach harder to pull off. Basically a real car going up the hill will give an easy visual size comparison.
 

EagleScout610

What a wisecracker
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Give them a week to install the foliage and swap the screens
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MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
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EE is the biggest thing in the park; this will likely be shorter than Big Thunder even though it’s quite close. It certainly won’t be 200 feet tall. It’s hard to appear very tall when you’re very close to something taller. Also, mountains work best when they appear far away until you’re literally on the ride. That will be hard to do in this footprint.
Actually, I was making a joke and slyly pointing out that the outside ramp to EE throws off the forced perspective. ;)
 

UNCgolf

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EE is the biggest thing in the park; this will likely be shorter than Big Thunder even though it’s quite close. It certainly won’t be 200 feet tall. It’s hard to appear very tall when you’re very close to something taller. Also, mountains work best when they appear far away until you’re literally on the ride. That will be hard to do in this footprint.

Just look at the awful Beast's Castle in New Fantasyland. Certainly don't want a repeat of that.
 

James Alucobond

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Just look at the awful Beast's Castle in New Fantasyland.
Which is kind of puzzling to begin with. They could've solved a lot of its issues by just building the lower walls of the castle into the cliff face, which is more like how it is in the film anyway. The bridge isn't supposed to lead into some sort of weird undercrofty back entrance. Then the smaller castle topper could've just represented the upper parapets and whatnot. Honestly, Beast's Castle is exceptional in that it looks even smaller than it really is, as opposed to the larger appearance the perspective is supposed to project. I'm always surprised at the scale of humans to it when it gets repainted.
 

UNCgolf

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Which is kind of puzzling to begin with. They could've solved a lot of its issues by just building the lower walls of the castle into the cliff face, which is more like how it is in the film anyway. The bridge isn't supposed to lead into some sort of weird undercrofty back entrance. Then the smaller castle topper could've just represented the upper parapets and whatnot. Honestly, Beast's Castle is exceptional in that it looks even smaller than it really is, as opposed to the larger appearance the perspective is supposed to project. I'm always surprised at the scale of humans to it when it gets repainted.

Yeah, basically everything about that design is baffling.
 

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
Yeah, basically everything about that design is baffling.
The beautiful valley and river you can't see because the 'rails' are high and solid concrete.

The castle door leading to a rock face.

The flickering candle bulbs don't flicker independently... they have entire strings that dim and brighten together, you know, just like candles do.

And, as mentioned, the really bad forced perspective.
 

UNCgolf

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The beautiful valley and river you can't see because the 'rails' are high and solid concrete.

The castle door leading to a rock face.

The flickering candle bulbs don't flicker independently... they have entire strings that dim and brighten together, you know, just like candles do.

And, as mentioned, the really bad forced perspective.

I'd love to see the whole area completely redone and replace Be Our Guest, which I find underwhelming, with the BatB ride from Tokyo (also not as good as it could/should have been, but is solid and would be a big draw), but don't see that happening.

Also, the Magic Kingdom does need the dining capacity Be Our Guest provides.
 
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Fox&Hound

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The beautiful valley and river you can't see because the 'rails' are high and solid concrete.

The castle door leading to a rock face.

The flickering candle bulbs don't flicker independently... they have entire strings that dim and brighten together, you know, just like candles do.

And, as mentioned, the really bad forced perspective.
Yes, the doors opening to the side of the rockwork just makes no freaking sense. Would love to see a coffee table book one day describing their thought process.

Then you see what they built overseas and it hurts even more.
 

Bocabear

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I'd love to see the whole area completely redone and replace Be Our Guest, which I find underwhelming, with the BatB ride from Tokyo (also not as good as it could/should have been, but is solid and would be a big draw), but don't see that happening.

Also, the Magic Kingdom does need the dining capacity Be Our Guest provides.
yet oddly there are dining locations around the park that are mostly shuttered.... I think we could do without Be Our Guest and have a much needed attraction... also they could open some of the shuttered locations... Tomorrowland Terrace could be converted into a unique and imaginative TS dining location...With an over the top Sci-Fi theme...
 

JackCH

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I'd love to see the whole area completely redone and replace Be Our Guest, which I find underwhelming, with the BatB ride from Tokyo (also not as good as it could/should have been, but is solid and would be a big draw), but don't see that happening.

Also, the Magic Kingdom does need the dining capacity Be Our Guest provides.
I know it probably isn't possible, but even if they just redid the Facade to make the castle bigger and maybe find a way to put the ride back behind BoG and have the entrance go to both.

A version of the BatB ride would really help even out fantasyland with an E-ticket dark ride.
 

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