Pumbas Nakasak
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More Interactive Experiences at WDW?
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WhatJaneSays
Well-Known Member
I've always really wanted something like this.
... with a few "dream wants" of course that will likely never happen.
- Sliding level of difficulty. For re-playability sake.
- Aging up for the non 6-12 year olds that want to play; while I love the feeling of being a child I do occasionally want a higher level entertainment. This also goes with the level of difficulty aspect. I love puzzles and the like but if they are to easy or obvious it kind of kills the magic for me.
- Some kind of benefit for reoccurring play. Maybe if there are multiple adventures in a single park and you complete them all there is a "extra adventure" or if it expands to all the parks some of the adventures relate to one another.
- SAVED GAMES. This is probably my biggest hope. That way you can pick up an adventure right where you left off on the next trip. This would be the best bonus I could ever want.
In it's most advanced (pure pipe dream) state I could see a property wide adventure that is constantly being added to and expanded. It could be as small and quaint at you want, like an afternoon scavenger hunt with the kids or as giant and immersive as you want, like a one woman quest to save all of Disney-dom that could take numerous trips to finish. Combine that with an online community and low level game play that could be connected to your "real world" game and Disney might just have invented the next generation of ARG - Alternate Reality Gaming.
Theoretically it could even go world wide encompassing all of the Disney parks. Via the online community your family could "team up" with a family in Japan or where ever and unlock more adventures.
But the one thing I can't stress enough is making it adult friendly. Meaning adults playing with out kids friendly. If it could turn into as something as involving as what I've described it's actually something I would PAY to play and I think others would as well but the majority of that money would be coming for adults.
KP and P&F are nice and all but I'm a 26-year old that wants something I can connect to on my own and not only by way of the nieces and nephews. Different adventures for different people. A little boy's quest to save a princess or become a pirate. A little girl's dream to help the Fairies or be a pop star. A whole family that wants to solve a mystery together.
Again this is all pure dream and would never happen but it's actually the kind of project I've spent a long time brainstorming over. I also think that Disney World is a perfect platform for this all encompassing kind of experience. The actual STORY is key to making anything like this work and I really believe that Disney is one of the few entities that could pull off this level of project. Disney is about the STORY and this could take every single element of that world and make it part of a single narrative. It's the kind of thing that could change the vary nature of what a theme park is.
... sorry for the length I just get overly excited easily.
Kingdom Hearts and Epic Mickey in action! I'd be a happy, happy fan-woman then.
... with a few "dream wants" of course that will likely never happen.
- Sliding level of difficulty. For re-playability sake.
- Aging up for the non 6-12 year olds that want to play; while I love the feeling of being a child I do occasionally want a higher level entertainment. This also goes with the level of difficulty aspect. I love puzzles and the like but if they are to easy or obvious it kind of kills the magic for me.
- Some kind of benefit for reoccurring play. Maybe if there are multiple adventures in a single park and you complete them all there is a "extra adventure" or if it expands to all the parks some of the adventures relate to one another.
- SAVED GAMES. This is probably my biggest hope. That way you can pick up an adventure right where you left off on the next trip. This would be the best bonus I could ever want.
In it's most advanced (pure pipe dream) state I could see a property wide adventure that is constantly being added to and expanded. It could be as small and quaint at you want, like an afternoon scavenger hunt with the kids or as giant and immersive as you want, like a one woman quest to save all of Disney-dom that could take numerous trips to finish. Combine that with an online community and low level game play that could be connected to your "real world" game and Disney might just have invented the next generation of ARG - Alternate Reality Gaming.
Theoretically it could even go world wide encompassing all of the Disney parks. Via the online community your family could "team up" with a family in Japan or where ever and unlock more adventures.
But the one thing I can't stress enough is making it adult friendly. Meaning adults playing with out kids friendly. If it could turn into as something as involving as what I've described it's actually something I would PAY to play and I think others would as well but the majority of that money would be coming for adults.
KP and P&F are nice and all but I'm a 26-year old that wants something I can connect to on my own and not only by way of the nieces and nephews. Different adventures for different people. A little boy's quest to save a princess or become a pirate. A little girl's dream to help the Fairies or be a pop star. A whole family that wants to solve a mystery together.
Again this is all pure dream and would never happen but it's actually the kind of project I've spent a long time brainstorming over. I also think that Disney World is a perfect platform for this all encompassing kind of experience. The actual STORY is key to making anything like this work and I really believe that Disney is one of the few entities that could pull off this level of project. Disney is about the STORY and this could take every single element of that world and make it part of a single narrative. It's the kind of thing that could change the vary nature of what a theme park is.
... sorry for the length I just get overly excited easily.
Kingdom Hearts and Epic Mickey in action! I'd be a happy, happy fan-woman then.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Self sacrifice is my middle name, strange parents.
ob1thx1138
Member
I am with Jain I would love to see something that is scalable maybe you could set it up at home by picking your favorite attractions or for those that don't like certain rides they could select things not to include. I would like to see something that includes the attractions as well as extras in the park. This could be almost a replacement for fast pass when ques are short the game could send people to that area.
Hard to put in Cars-themed props around WS. If you want a replacement based on an existing property, I'd go with National Treasure, or perhaps Figment/Dreamfinder if they change it to discovery themed, instead of stop-the-bad-guy theme. But I hope, instead, if we do get a replacement for KP, that there is a new backstory and character for it.
Nonetheless, KP is fine with me for awhile.
plutoismyhero
Active Member
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oooo National Treasure GREAT idea. Have riley help you through it would be awesome and they could make it work in any and every country. I think the key to disney doing this is to pick something that is a great medium between kids and adults i have seen some parents just plain angry while their kids are doing the KP one now. This is also the reason i think figment would be great he appeals to both even it people dont know who he is.
oooo National Treasure GREAT idea. Have riley help you through it would be awesome and they could make it work in any and every country. I think the key to disney doing this is to pick something that is a great medium between kids and adults i have seen some parents just plain angry while their kids are doing the KP one now. This is also the reason i think figment would be great he appeals to both even it people dont know who he is.
While I take your point about something parents can understand as well, using a kid-friendly plot for a World Showcase adventure was a good choice, I think.
Plus, parents who are angry because their kids are having fun in World Showcase might, just possibly, have lost perspective. :lol:
jmick71
Member
epcot now has a race around the world with cars characters( it is not like KP, more like get stickers from different countries and when you go to all the countries you win the race)
true it would be hard to put cars themed stuff into world showcase while still being somewhat hidden
so yah like i said earlier (and many others said too) figment would be a good character.
true it would be hard to put cars themed stuff into world showcase while still being somewhat hidden
so yah like i said earlier (and many others said too) figment would be a good character.
AEfx
Well-Known Member
Even as someone who is intrigued in general about meta-games like this, it's hard to think I'm the only one that thinks this is just kind of unnecessary.
Average folk already complain about how complicated Disney is, they come to Disney for rides and excitement and spectacle. I just don't see something like this catching on enough to make it worthwhile.
It's a neat idea, but I just don't see families spending all that much of their park time doing it. If it's too simple then it's just not worth it to begin with, and if it's too complex you give people the "ugh we have to do this because the little electronic doo-hickey says so" by the end of the day. It becomes a chore.
I don't think it's an awful thing, but I'd just much rather they spend R&D on real attractions, not virtual games that are either going to bore people who are really interested in such things because of how dumbed-down it's going to have to be, or be too much for most guests to care about even if it was dumbed down for them.
Average folk already complain about how complicated Disney is, they come to Disney for rides and excitement and spectacle. I just don't see something like this catching on enough to make it worthwhile.
It's a neat idea, but I just don't see families spending all that much of their park time doing it. If it's too simple then it's just not worth it to begin with, and if it's too complex you give people the "ugh we have to do this because the little electronic doo-hickey says so" by the end of the day. It becomes a chore.
I don't think it's an awful thing, but I'd just much rather they spend R&D on real attractions, not virtual games that are either going to bore people who are really interested in such things because of how dumbed-down it's going to have to be, or be too much for most guests to care about even if it was dumbed down for them.
plutoismyhero
Active Member
I do think that a child friendly "something" is needed for world showcase and definitely agree with your second statement about parents but i think that if something like this is done it needs to be done so kids and parents both understand it and BOTH want to do it together. That was Walts point in any of his parks.
I guess my hope is just that its not hey look its our newest cartoon series that wont be on TV in 5 years and will become irrelevant. Thats why i think they need to use major characters.
Master Gracey
Well-Known Member
Oh boy, park-wide adventurers! Sounds like the perfect time and place to re-introduce to the world renound adventurers like Hathaway Browne, Samantha Sterling, Otis T. Wren, Pamelia Perkins, Emil Bleehall (Jr. and Sr.) Fletcher Hodges, Graves, Madame Zarkov, Chilton Thompson, Suter Bestwick and a bevy of French Maids! All these quests should start at a club devoted to adventures, posibly named the Adventures Club! Just sayin, its a perfect opportunity to get back a LOT of goodwill Disney!
Personally I don't see the appeal in adding endless "interactive experiences" to the parks/ride queues. While I happen to thoroughly enjoy technology, such additions can tend to have a cluttering effect (not to mention offer mindless stimulation for the ever-waning attention spans of our instantaneous society). You're at WDW...how's that for an interactive experience! :brick: