Jrb1979
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No more irrelevant than Aerosmith or Twilight Zone. I have no issue with the Simpsons in MK. The parks don't have a theme anymore. Put the top characters in the top park. Add in a Duff brewery and it's perfect.
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DHS Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios
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James Alucobond
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The biggest issue I have with it is quite simply that The Simpsons isn't a visually compelling property in the slightest. I wouldn't mind quite so much if they put something related to it inside and sequestered away, but following their current trajectory of constructing themed lands, it's just not a property I find conducive to a themed environment. IMO, the land at Universal looks awful despite more or less representing the extent of what could be done.
Orange is the new Red
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I guess it depends on your preference. I hope they don’t. It seems like a dead IP and it’s never been my thing.
Aerosmith and TZ are already there and have been for decades . I think each park still has its very own feeling and identity to it. I don’t subscribe to the thought that each park has lost its theme but to each there own.
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UNCgolf
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Exactly.
I have other issues with the Simpsons (mainly that I don't think they will be popular enough to be a theme park draw 10 years from now -- I don't think they even function as a draw for Universal right now), but the biggest is that I don't see how they can make an interesting land out of it.
It's a major problem with the IP mandate in general, especially as they've pivoted to lands themed around a single IP -- there just aren't that many IPs that are both popular enough to merit their own land, and visually interesting enough to work. It's the reason Avengers Campus is such a dud (there are certainly visually interesting locations in the MCU, but they tend to be tied more closely to one or a small handful of specific characters instead of being fair game for anyone to appear).
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DisneyHead123
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I really enjoy The Simpsons, but I can’t say Springfield is a place I ever dreamed of being transported to. I think the whole point is that The Simpsons is a sardonic, caricatured look at life - not an idealized escape from the daily grind. That works great as a tv show, not as a travel destination.
Disgruntled Walt
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- In the Parks
- No
The discussion always shifts towards Simpsons in these Studios threads every few months. I don't think it belongs in a Disney park.
Here's a particular thread I made in January for discussing this point: https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...o-so-after-the-universal-deal-expires.982956/
Here's a particular thread I made in January for discussing this point: https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...o-so-after-the-universal-deal-expires.982956/
Figments Friend
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Animation Courtyard will be a good fit for the ‘Monsters Inc.’ area.
Opens up some opportunities, for now and the future.
Still a little tinge of sadness will be about me when they bulldoze those buildings.
Some real animation history happened there a few decades ago…
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Opens up some opportunities, for now and the future.
Still a little tinge of sadness will be about me when they bulldoze those buildings.
Some real animation history happened there a few decades ago…
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The Leader of the Club
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I hope that we get more than just the coaster and Harryhousen’s. It would be a real shame not to get something else in DHS without a height requirement. I think Ride & Go Seek from Tokyo would be the perfect addition here. Theme it to MU if you want to avoid reusing the factory setting too much.
peter11435
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I agree… but that’s not happening.
BrianLo
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Reminder that Alien used to be in MGM.
Jrb1979
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And in MK.
lazyboy97o
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The alien in the Alien Encounter was not the xenomorph from the Alien franchise.
bmr1591
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Lilo and Stitch. Brother Bear. What else am I forgetting?
aladdin2007
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Mulan
Fox&Hound
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I have a difficult time seeing Disney using the Simpsons. “I’m Bart Simpson, who the h*** are you?” and Homer screaming and strangling him just doesn’t jive with their brand. The property no longer seems relevant and whatever they do Universal would have done it better. Please no!
V_L_Raptor
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Have you been around to observe some of the families visiting lately? I mean, hell, my family was like this in the '90's, and even the World Showcase double decker driver saw a need to pause and apologize for it. It's possibly one of the most relatable versions of a family visiting Disney there is.
Jrb1979
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I agree they aren't as relevant now as they once were, I disagree with not jiving with the brand. Not everything they do has to for all ages.
Bocabear
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There is nothing about the Simpsons that feels like it fits the Disney brand... Regardless if it is for all ages or not.