News Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[FullSailDan]

They played this game with GMR. They should have updated that and built MMRR on AC. They didn’t and the park got a new ride but didn’t improve capacity.

Will they do the exact same thing again? If they spent a bit more money and made a new MV film while building Monsters over Launch Bay, the park would be in better position by 2028. For some reason, at DHS, they keep spending $100s of millions to just keep the park treading water while they look to actually expand MK. I don’t get it. They should want to get more people in the second-tier parks instead of trying to somehow get 25 million people into MK.

This assumes MV capacity is actually used, which its not. TGMR had a similar capacity fallacy in that it could eat people up in theory, but it didnt draw enough crowds to justify the space usage. See also Ellens Universe of Energy. Still, keeping Muppets and using AC does in theory add more capacity, but I'm assuming they would consider that space for more than just a single ride. (It's a lot of room, and could handle multiple attractions.) I'd really like to see AC used with a more expansive plan that creates flow from sunset blvd to TS. The MI ride doesnt seem to really fit that bill unless theres more we haven't been shared.

 

[Streetway]

Ok maybe we should get more on topic before the thread gets locked or people get muted

 

[MouseEarsMom33]

I’m sure they’ve considered it. I think the issue is that Disneyland is so condensed with mini-lands in that side of the park, and already struggles with transitions and a sense of immersion. Adventureland there is little more than a brief walk before you’re at a treehouse halfway between New Orleans and the Wild West

Even if they wanted to use its Rivers of America, what do you even do — do you make another mini-land like New Orleans or Adventure or Frontier or Bayou Country and add more to the mess, or do you extend one of those to make them a proper land at the risk of losing what little buffer the river provides today

They need it for Fantasmic.

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

Would it be possible to place a modified MV into the underutilized Mickey Shorts Theater or even Sunset Showcase? I suppose the ROI wouldn’t be high enough, though.

 

[Coaster Lover]

Would it be possible to place a modified MV into the underutilized Mickey Shorts Theater or even Sunset Showcase? I suppose the ROI wouldn’t be high enough, though.

Personally, I just dont see how it would/could be the same... the MV theater is so purpose built and has so many built in effects... I'd be shocked if Disney would modify that theater sufficiently to retain all of those effects... then there are all the visual gags in the queue... again, I just don't see a world where those visual gags make the move..

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Would it be possible to place a modified MV into the underutilized Mickey Shorts Theater or even Sunset Showcase? I suppose the ROI wouldn’t be high enough, though.

Certainly possible. It’s probably a little small seating wise to accommodate the current crowds. They probably wouldn’t do all the AA’s - probably just film them and put them on screens on either side.

It wouldn’t be the same but it would at least be something.

 

[WeNamedTheDogIndiana]

Maybe they're waiting to see how the F&W Muppets merch sells. /s

 

[ToTBellHop]

They really are taking their sweet time with this

They should have just announced the location along with RoA’s closure and moved on.

 

[Streetway]

They should have just announced the location along with RoA’s closure and moved on.

i now genuinely think they don’t have a plan.

 

[Coaster Lover]

They should have just announced the location along with RoA’s closure and moved on.

Just rip that band aid off with a slew of bad news all at once...

 

[GhostHost1000]

i now genuinely think they don’t have a plan.

oh I'm sure they have a plan.. just like they did for Tiana's.... oh wait

 

[ToTBellHop]

Just rip that band aid off with a slew of bad news all at once...

Exactly. Get the anger out all at once. It’s like when my parents got us kids together and Mom said, “we don’t have anything to make for dinner tonight and your father and I are getting divorced.”

I barely even noticed dinner was cereal that night week.

 

[Surferboy567]

Exactly. Get the anger out all at once. It’s like when my parents got us kids together and Mom said, “we don’t have anything to make for dinner tonight and your father and I are getting divorced.”

I barely even noticed dinner was cereal that night week.

Now if it's muppets they will have TWO waves of negative news when it could have just been one. On the flip side though if it's AC they will have TWO waves of positive news.

 

[Streetway]

It certainly is a tight to the chest secret. This attractions location shouldn’t be a big deal, but they’re digging their own tomb with the radio silence. I wish we could just know already.

 

[the_rich]

Could this delay possibly have something to do with the rumor that universal is getting rid of the Simpsons earlier than thought?

 

[erasure fan1]

i now genuinely think they don’t have a plan.

The plan was most likely muppets, hence the reason it wasn't announced at the presentation. They didn't want to suck the air out of what is a great ride announcement for the studios. If it was animation courtyard, we absolutely know the day of the announcement or the day after.

They've now received significant pushback and I think it threw them for a loop. I don't think they figured people actually care about the Muppets still. So in my opinion this delay in where monsters inc is going, screams of panic mode. It's either they're rethinking where it's going. Or getting their ducks in a row for huge PR spin job to mitigate the terrible press they're probably going to get.

 

[Starship824]

Now if it's muppets they will have TWO waves of negative news when it could have just been one. On the flip side though if it's AC they will have TWO waves of positive news.

Don't you mean one wave of positive news?

 

[ToTBellHop]

The plan was most likely muppets, hence the reason it wasn't announced at the presentation. They didn't want to suck the air out of what is a great ride announcement for the studios. If it was animation courtyard, we absolutely know the day of the announcement or the day after.

They've now received significant pushback and I think it threw them for a loop. I don't think they figured people actually care about the Muppets still. So in my opinion this delay in where monsters inc is going, screams of panic mode. It's either they're rethinking where it's going. Or getting their ducks in a row for huge PR spin job to mitigate the terrible press they're probably going to get.

Agreed. Hopefully, it is that they’re moving it into AC and just want to cross their Ts and dot their Is once they determine exactly what must close since they won’t touch Mermaid.

 

[Brer Panther]

Can't they just move the Little Mermaid show to the Mickey Shorts Theater or the Frozen Sing-Along?

And if they're so insistent on keeping it, can we replace the Little Mermaid ride in the Magic Kingdom to avoid redundancy?

 

[James Alucobond]

Why is Mermaid even a problem? The facade on the right side isn’t especially inconsistent with the Monsters theme, and they could just add some additional plantings, kiosks, or themed barriers on that side of the courtyard. If they’re feeling more ambitious, shift the marquee a bit so that it exclusively faces away from the courtyard instead of straddling the corner. It doesn’t seem like a big impediment.