Norway Pavilion Frozen construction - Frozen Ever After ride

[Haymarket2008]

This is a big ol' yikes

 

[BringMeTheHoriz]

Frozen is an overlay to an existing attraction. Kong is a full blown 6 min. E Ticket with an amazing hand sculpted facade. The fact that Kong started 3 months before this overlay and will open before it is.....humorous.

Exactly. The scale of that project is/was massive. I'm absolutely baffled by the pace of these things sometimes

 

[marni1971]

The problem is the Avatar crew is Bogarting the ladder.

Don't bring the ladder into it.

Poor ladder.

 

[danlb_2000]

I hear that due to the budget cuts, instead of Elsa's ice castle we will be getting Elsa's oil rig.

 

[Clamman73]

I hear that due to the budget cuts, instead of Elsa's ice castle we will be getting Elsa's oil rig.

That would be hilarious if it was just an ice castle scrim over the oil rig.

 

[mitchk]

This whole thing was a bad idea ......smh

 

[Next Big Thing]

As mentioned on OU. Kong is going to open first. Bwahahahahah!

Either way, opening around the same timeframe as Kong is just a huge mistake. At this rate with delays, i'd wait more towards Fall. Let Kong have the Summer (publicity wise... it'll obviously be the better ride).

 

[Bocabear]

Now with all this going on is anyone REALLY expecting Toy Story Land or Star Wars Land to end up as good as the hype from Team Disney? It will be the same thing... Budget cuts towards the end, and a nice but not too great attraction...
it is becoming formuleic.

 

[dgp602]

Frozen is an overlay to an existing attraction. Kong is a full blown 6 min. E Ticket with an amazing hand sculpted facade. The fact that Kong started 3 months before this overlay and will open before it is.....humorous.

I have to agree. I was at UNI 2 weeks ago, and the facade looks absolutely amazing!!

 

[Next Big Thing]

Now with all this going on is anyone REALLY expecting Toy Story Land or Star Wars Land to end up as good as the hype from Team Disney? It will be the same thing... Budget cuts towards the end, and a nice but not too great attraction...
it is becoming formuleic.

I'd expect this from something like TSL which is fluff more than anything, but SWL... they need to get that right or their a** is on the line. With the TFA breaking nearly every record in the book already and the sheer magnitude of what will be a 40+ year old franchise by then with a rabid fanbase, they can't screw this up.

They waited far too long for this to be a "Potter Swatter", but this is still a VERY high profile project and there will be lots of REAL media coming out to see it. Disney will want it to be every bit as good as Potter if not better as it will be compared to it. I constantly doubt Disney, but a project of this scope with the Star Wars name on it is something they can't afford to flub on.

 

[Next Big Thing]

Frozen is an overlay to an existing attraction. Kong is a full blown 6 min. E Ticket with an amazing hand sculpted facade. The fact that Kong started 3 months before this overlay and will open before it is.....humorous.

I don't want to sound like i'm defending Disney here because I find a lot of what they do these days to be questionable, but Universal, even with all they've done, is still playing from behind in the Orlando market. They NEED to get these attractions up and running quickly whereas Disney still has the luxury of taking their sweet a** time and letting parks rot away.

Even away from WDW things aren't the best. Has anyone mentioned AT ALL that Star Wars will be the first E-ticket at DL since IJA in '95?!? Or that DCA hasn't had any additions since CarsLand opened in 2012 (and while Marvel proposals are on the table, there's no sign of work starting anytime soon...)

 

[Magenta Panther]

I said in my text which Disney fans defend Frozen in Norway. The ones who defend them on anything. I'm sure there are names for them that are thrown around. And yea Star Wars fans made Phantom Menance but the movie is not liked, at all. I could be wrong I really could be but if Star Wars Land does not live up to the hype Disney makes it then people will be mad.

Then they'd have to get in line.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Now we're getting somewhere.

Where are the candy cigarettes?

 

[mitchk]

To tell you the truth I am astonished at how long the frozen phenomenon has lasted. Don't get me wrong it was a good movie but three years later

 

[Disneyhead'71]

To tell you the truth I am astonished at how long the frozen phenomenon has lasted. Don't get me wrong it was a good movie but three years later

OK, when you're 35 and have the taste of a 7 year old...idk. That's like dog years math. So 3 years is like a couple a months, or something.

 

[TyTrap]

When I first heard the news about this I was sad because the maelstrom was on my top 20 Disney attractions list. But now I turned this into a positive, everyone will be running over to world showcase to ride that which will open up lines on test track and soarin.

 

[ToTBellHop]

When I first heard the news about this I was sad because the maelstrom was on my top 20 Disney attractions list. But now I turned this into a positive, everyone will be running over to world showcase to ride that which will open up lines on test track and soarin.

Lol. With its added capacity, expect to wait 235 minutes for Soarin instead of 240. Yippee!

 

[TyTrap]

Lol. With its added capacity, expect to wait 235 minutes for Soarin instead of 240. Yippee!

Lol yea I'm excited for that!

 

[The Mom]

The topic is NOT about Star Wars, US, etc. Please stay on point. Thank you.

 

[WDWtraveler]

Photo update as of Thursday, Dec 31. The scrim over the Norway pavilion façade. Part of the original building on the right side, behind the scrim, has exposed aluminum framework.

An update to the Frozen meet and greet area next door. The back of the Mexico pavilion can be seen on the far left.