News Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

Cmdr_Crimson

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Anyone speculating on the new MI show?

"Late Night Screams" per the concept art marquee details - possible placeholder.

Talk show format? Showtime at the Apollo-style variety show? Or do we take the name literally, anticipating a scarier format like ExtraTerroRestrial Alien Encounter?
Laugh Floor idea just being moved from MK to DHS..Then closing MLF and removing Buzz down the line gutting both buildings for one big attraction.."IF" and "When" Tomorrowland gets reimagined..
 

Mr. Sullivan

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Trust me, I would much rather that come than have the Muppets be shoehorned into RnRC. Would've been a better utilization of them than an intense roller coaster with a high height requirement to match
See I don’t see this as a shoehorning at all. This marriage makes perfect sense, both in terms of the ride itself and the land its existing in.
 

Jedi14

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Anyone speculating on the new MI show?

"Late Night Screams" per the concept art marquee details - possible placeholder.

Talk show format? Showtime at the Apollo-style variety show? Or do we take the name literally, anticipating a scarier format like ExtraTerroRestrial Alien Encounter?
Probably Laugh Floor, Mike’s Comedy Class from Monsters at Work, or Put That Thing Back Where It Came from or so Help Me.
 

NelsonRD

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Honestly to me, this is one of their smarter decisions as of late.

An old ride that has good bones but aging skin gets an update, we get an all new land with an all new ride, the Muppets continue to find a home at Disney World, Hall of President stays as it was (although I don’t think that was ever in question), and they’re going to be preserving the MuppetVision film and other aspects of the attraction. What the latter ends up looking like I don’t know for sure, but it’s not disappearing.

Now don’t get me wrong I love MuppetVision and I’ve said before that I didn’t want it to have to go, however with the news officially out there and with the knowledge that the Muppets get to stay and that the attraction is going to get preserved in someway, I feel OK with it. I feel my sentiments are maybe more specific to the Muppets themselves rather than MuppetVision.
The problem is they have the age groups backwards. MuppetVision appeals to all ages, something that is needed in a park that has so few offerings for families with young children. Then adding muppets to a launch inversion coaster where the target guest for that attraction is teens to adults, who no longer relate to puppets. It doesn’t fit.

If muppetVision had to go for Monsters, instead of shoving the muppets into Rockin Rollercoaster, they should have moved them into Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor at MK.
 

The Leader of the Club

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The problem is they have the age groups backwards. MuppetVision appeals to all ages, something that is needed in a park that has so few offerings for families with young children. Then adding muppets to a launch inversion coaster where the target guest for that attraction is teens to adults, who no longer relate to puppets. It doesn’t fit.

If muppetVision had to go for Monsters, instead of shoving the muppets into Rockin Rollercoaster, they should have moved them into Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor at MK.

The thing is, adults are going to go on RnRC regardless of its theme. They only really care that it’s a fun coaster with inversions and rock music. It’ll still be that after the refurb.
 

lazyboy97o

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As a practical matter, yes it is.

If you disagree, show your work. Show us your math.
A 2 liter bottle only holds 2 liters. How much it can hold doesn’t change based on how much you put in it, much less somehow increase. Capacity is not utilization.

Ongoing peak utilization is also not desirable. The design day capacity program of a theme park should exceed the average day utilization. The most practical reason for this can be seen with regular frequency at Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios where attractions going down causes a significant cascading effect on wait times not just in the immediate area but across the entire park. The parks are incapable of handling routine fluctuations in demand.

I assume he meant the latter. The physical number of seats available don’t increase (especially since they are brand new seats;)) but the number of butts in the seats will. Theoretically if the show was half as long it would also double the available hourly available capacity but we have no indication if it will be longer, shorter or the same length.
The formula for both instantaneous and hourly capacity is based on seats. That’s it. Reducing cycle times isn’t just theoretical, it does increase hourly capacity. One of the things that was unique about early Disneyland is that the park eventually set ride times. Even the flat rides were going to have a consistent experience instead of cutting down ride times to get people through when it is busy.

Cycle times is also why continuous theater shows are of better service with a lower utilization than other types of experiences like rides. The whole reason Disney uses groupers at rides is to maximize efficiency. People don’t just sort themselves into the most efficient arrangements. Imagine how much longer it would take to get on Star Tours if they just lumped 40ish people together and told everyone to figure out seating for themselves when the doors open. It’d be a nightmare but now multiple that by at least 10. In a continuous theater you want to be able to just open the doors, have people enter, sit down and start the show. That requires empty seats so that there is room for however people sort themselves otherwise you have to take the time to move people around. Moving people around takes time which means you’re increasing the cycle time and thus decreasing hourly capacity. You could sort people beforehand like in the rides but that will require additional staffing to do that work, not to mention additional space to divide and hold people. For continuous theaters it is not actually efficient to seek very high utilization.
 

NelsonRD

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The thing is, adults are going to go on RnRC regardless of its theme. They only really care that it’s a fun coaster with inversions and rock music. It’ll still be that after the refurb.
I agree, and I will be one of them. But I will be reminded that Rockin Rollercoaster could be better, and I don’t like it when things are not as good as they can be.
 

Blobbles

Active Member
Ok, so what are some other big famous armchair imagineering ideas? I wanna know what future additions are gonna be /hj

Because if it stays in this direction, I will be hyped for inside out in wonders of life, the sugar rush Tomorrowland speedway redo, and the beastly kingdom revival.
 

SplashJacket

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The reaction to this should be positive, IMHO.

To me, the main concern with losing Muppets was we would be losing a no-wait, well-enjoyed, air-conditioned for a mid-capacity attraction.

We're not losing that, and that whole area, which feels very awkward with the ugly gift shop and side facade of muppets will be an improvement. I'd also expect the food to become far better and more interesting.

We aren't even losing Muppets, which I take as a positive sign for Figment. Parks fans would be far more negative to losing Figment than losing Muppets, yet they're going to non-negligible lengths to appease Parks fans.

We might not even be losing MV3D. If Rockin goes Muppets, use the villains show to test and adjust the palatability of villains and what people want from them.

The only villainous (non-halloween) attraction I can think of was the dreadfully bad Villains Tonight! on Disney Cruise line, so it's worth bringing a draw for a couple of years and getting valuable feedback. If people find the show too tame, they can make it more villainous and then see how GSATs react. Once Villain land opens/nears opening, put MV3D in the spot, completing a Muppets mini-land.
 

Mr. Sullivan

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The problem is they have the age groups backwards. MuppetVision appeals to all ages, something that is needed in a park that has so few offerings for families with young children. Then adding muppets to a launch inversion coaster where the target guest for that attraction is teens to adults, who no longer relate to puppets. It doesn’t fit.

If muppetVision had to go for Monsters, instead of shoving the muppets into Rockin Rollercoaster, they should have moved them into Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor at MK.
See I don’t think the Muppets’ main audience is kids. Its us.

The little kids still get to have a show that is cute and funny and has no height requirement, but with characters that are more relevant to them than the Muppets. MuppetVision is a family attraction, but so will the new Monsters show. In terms of demographics, adults are currently (and have been for most of the Muppets’ existence) older people who will be riding the coaster anyway.
 

celluloid

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We’re not losing a non-coaster no height requirement attraction. We will still have that. MuppetVision is going, but the thing itself—a for all families show—isn’t.
If the show happens..yes.

The park for two years-ish...yes. Yes it is. The park should not be losing that attraction right now. And it is fair to say not on the same scale as Muppet Vision 3D with any sense of reasonableness. Not a major no height requirementa attraction. Just same building.
 

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