I think that's a pretty blatant misrepresentation of what happened. He loved the ride, was sad to see it closed, but understood why and didn't get upset over it. He thinks the new version isn't as good but isn't bad either. He wasn't happy it closed.
Those urine jugs they’ve been using for the last 33 years would bring in a boatload at auction, especially if they’re still full!
This. There hasn't been a single decision not motivated by profits in a long, long time. Much like how the end of Eisner's run floundered, Iger is also coming up on the 20 year mark and his last couple of years have been bad. He needs to leave and we need a creative person in charge, but the shareholders will demand another business major and we'll watch the parks all turn into IP lands of the current trend. You won't be able to tell Hollywood Studios from Epcot and California Adventure from Animal Kingdom.
I don’t think I really agree with this. Rock ‘N’ Roller is a coaster through a big black box with some blacklight cutouts. The major work here will be in the queue, but even that can remain largely similar to how it currently is. This is a very fast roller coaster, I don’t have my hopes up for an elaborate dark ride, and that really wouldn’t make fiscal sense. Some screens, new music, some lasers or other SFX, and maybe a physical Electric Mayhem van or some quick static or limited motion gags would be plenty for the ride itself. I think that if huge budget cuts and economic downturn hit, and I bet they will this overlay will be one of the less likely to be cut things, not one of the more.
Honestly to me, this is one of their smarter decisions as of late.
You’re right that it’s not true it’s a capacity addition, but the rationalization itself is correct. Popular things tend to eat more people away from other attractions.
Roger Daltry.
Yep. Disney is trying to sell Disney to people who have likely already bought in. In the process, it makes the parks just look like a blatant advertisement, and also to anyone who's not a huge Disney fan, it just further hammers in the "Disney adult/brand loyalist" stereotype.
Well, kinda? They’re known for being rather zany, fast paced, and all over the place. Chaos is the Muppet brand. I don’t think this is a completely out of the blue choice, considering that the primary demographic for the Muppets these days is adults rather than children.
Add me to the list of loving these announcements.
Fully agree. People are trying to argue that Monsters Inc is not popular, let alone less popular than the Muppets which...is just a blatant lie
. It sucks to lose Muppetvision, but it's in such a weird spot to begin with. It's positioned in a dead end like an E-ticket would be, but people obviously don't flock to it like that. They also aren't going full erasure campaign like they did with an extremely popular attraction they just replaced, so I'm not so sure I understand the dramatics from Muppet fans. If anything, they should be more upset that the RNRC retheme will be lazy.
They've proven that already with the success of Cars Land. While Universal is bringing the Harry Potter Land to every resort and park even, Disney is not with Cars. They are not even in a hurry to bring World of Frozen to Disneyland nor want to by now. Even Avatar they only built one all this time. Star Wars could've been but they didn't go the classic take everyone knows and loves!
