DHS Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[Nevermore525]

RnRC retheme could probably only take a couple of months to at most a year. The ride part itself isn’t that highly themed and shouldn’t take long to tweak. It’s just the pre-show video and other theming in the show space to Muppet-ize things a bit. Hopefully they’ve already filmed a lot of those things or are in process with whatever artists they intend to collaborate with.

That and MV3D can stay open as long as possible even after they break ground on the Monster’s coaster. The exit could become a bottleneck as they wall off Stage 1 and the restaurants, but the could keep it up for a decent length of time. If they wanted to that is.

 

[Chupaca Bruh]

Maybe they need the Muppet animatronics for the coaster conversion.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

Maybe they need the Muppet animatronics for the coaster conversion.

I could see them using Stalter & Waldorf and the Chef, but zero chance Bean Bunny would be used.

 

[Nevermore525]

I could see them using Stalter & Waldorf and the Chef, but zero chance Bean Bunny would be used.

If they wouldn’t cause a bottleneck, the Statler and Waldorf animatronics in the backstage exit area could work well.

 

[disneylandtour]

Yikes, I hope not. I’m not going in anymore if there’s asbestos.

This would be true for many structures in the MK if they were built in 1970/1971. Restrictions on asbestos products don't begin until the end of the 1970s.

 

[disneylandtour]

The rest of Grand Avenue outside the Muppet area (Sci-Fi and such) can simply remain as is and not be touched.

Sci-Fi is outside this area, across the walkway.

 

[J4546]

if they did redo that entire grand ave to somekind of theming Id hope theyd at least relocate Sci Fi to Tomorrowland with an entrance under the PM between SM and Buzz

 

[Moth]

I could see them using Stalter & Waldorf and the Chef, but zero chance Bean Bunny would be used.

Is Bean Bunny like, fully retired?

 

[Captain Barbossa]

This would be true for many structures in the MK if they were built in 1970/1971. Restrictions on asbestos products don't begin until the end of the 1970s.

 

[disneylandtour]

What handcuffs? The Universal deal only restricts the use of the Marvel name and branding at Disney’s California Adventure. It imposes no other limitations in California or Paris.

This is mostly true. There are some trademark and naming restrictions. This is why MARVEL appears nowhere in the DCA name or promotions.

 

[disneylandtour]

Is it possible the Monsters theater show is another 3D movie/experience, like MV3D? Not sure if that’ been discussed in the thread yet…didn’t see it trying to catch up

I doubt that there's much space in the theater for anything but another screen show with maybe some animatronics in the room. There's no large stage, now backstage areas, dressing rooms, etc., etc., to accommodate anything more.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

Is Bean Bunny like, fully retired?

Not officially, but the director of Muppets Haunted Mansion confirmed on Twitter that the puppet no longer exists, so he would have to be rebuilt from scratch for future projects.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

I could see them using Stalter & Waldorf and the Chef, but zero chance Bean Bunny would be used.

I wonder if they’d reskin some of them for this. Don’t see much of a need for any of those characters, but I figure it wouldn’t be too hard to turn the penguins into the Mayhem.

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

Not officially, but the director of Muppets Haunted Mansion confirmed on Twitter that the puppet no longer exists, so he would have to be rebuilt from scratch for future projects.

I thought he was retired and the puppet (or version of... they have multiples) is on permanent display in Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

I thought he was retired and the puppet (or version of... they have multiples) is on permanent display in Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts.

He was considered for a cameo in Haunted Mansion, but since they don’t have an active puppet he would have to be rebuilt. Which would have been too expensive for that project. On top of that, Bean doesn’t have a performer currently due to Whitmire’s “departure.”

 

[disneylandtour]

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Above: The marquee says "Late Night Screams". I can't make out the banner to the right, but it ends with the word "You".

Chamber of Commerce Welcomes You.

 

[Professortango1]

Just leave our Tower alone, thank you very much!

I don't work for WDI. I'm just saying that DL's design is more fitted for an action retheme than the other towers. And it would fit that park considering it's now mostly lands themed to movies.

 

[GoofGoof]

So any chance they don’t Re-theme RnRC to muppets until after the new Monsters land is built?

Having coaster and muppets down for extended periods at the same time is a capacity hit that the park really can’t handle.

They can likely start work on Door Coaster and a lot of the rest of Monster Land while also keeping Muppets open. Eventually Muppets will likely close first and then they would do RNRC unless they don’t plan to reuse anything from MV3D.

Maybe they need the Muppet animatronics for the coaster conversion.

I assume they will use some of the props from the MV3D lobby area probably in the queue for RNRC. They could in theory add the old guy AAs to the wall in the load area or right before the launch. Hard to use them during the ride since it just moves too fast. Maybe at the exit but they don’t want people standing around at exit.

If they wouldn’t cause a bottleneck, the Statler and Waldorf animatronics in the backstage exit area could work well.

This could work. Maybe replace the screen showing Aerosmith on a loop right where the ride photos are.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

And it would fit that park considering it's now mostly lands themed to movies.

And DHS is…

That being said, I think the most we’ll get for DHS is a similar retheme to DLP. Keep what works about Tower (the worldbuilding, backstory, and spooky vibes) while removing the non-Disney IP.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

He was considered for a cameo in Haunted Mansion, but since they don’t have an active puppet he would have to be rebuilt. Which would have been too expensive for that project. On top of that, Bean doesn’t have a performer currently due to Whitmire’s “departure.”

I honestly hope that whenever they get back to doing big productions, they consider hiring Whitmire back solely for Rizzo and other roles of his they retired. He's still close friends with the rest of the Muppet cast, he's expressed that he'd come back if they offered, even Brian Henson has spoken positively about him in recent years (which really makes me believe Disney paid off the Henson kids to help make their decision seem morally justified). The Kermit ship has sailed, and it'd be cruel to take the role back, but there is no Rizzo without Steve. And honestly, the Muppets without Rizzo feels weird- Muppets Haunted Mansion made his absence super noticeable. It's likely never going to happen, but I can dream haha.