PhotoDave219
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So.... 360/hr by 12 hours is.... 4300 or so. Assuming non-stop, 2 groups per minute, all rooms going, nobody slowing down for anything.
Yeah they've got a problem.
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Norway Pavilion Frozen construction - Frozen Ever After ride
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So.... 360/hr by 12 hours is.... 4300 or so. Assuming non-stop, 2 groups per minute, all rooms going, nobody slowing down for anything.
Yeah they've got a problem.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
aladdin2007
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Forbidden Journey cost 85 million.You guys crack me up!
Not everything Disney builds is going to be on the scale of Avatar or Star Wars Land. Could this project have been bigger? Sure, but you can only have so many billion dollar projects going on at a time.
How much for a short boat ride in the correct park?
I'll second the three.
Whoopee flippin' do.
Or we could talk about designing Tokyo Disneyland and EPCOT Center AND the original NFL all at the same time. Oh, plus two Big Thundermountains too.
ToTBellHop
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Will it be set up like Dumbo where you can hide in the bathroom like a Walmart employee until it's time to meet and grope?
GLaDOS
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It also doesn't help that WDI can't spend money efficiently. I hate to beat on the dead horse, but Universal's expansions all pay for themselves quickly because Universal doesn't have incredibly bloated budgets like WDI does. There's no reason Little Mermaid should have been a more expensive attraction than Forbidden Journey.
ToTBellHop
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But...Ursula is better than the Yeti!
GLaDOS
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Wait until you see the gorilla going in down the road
aladdin2007
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wish they had kept the Norwegian adventure line underneath but were stuck with frozen ever after, which is a dumb name for a ride Im sorry lol.
Lee
Adventurer
Oh, I disagree....
Imagineers spent a combined 3,468 hours scuba diving in Scandinavian waters for research in order to be able to replicate the experience for guests. That doesn't come cheap.
How else could they offer such an immersive and realistic environment?
SpaceMountain77
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An excerpt from How Disney Milks its Hits for Profits Ever After, from the Wall Street Journal:
Purists may scoff at putting sentient snowmen in a park meant to “entertain with a purpose,” as Disney’s chief executive described Epcot when it opened in 1982.
But Disney executives point out that “Frozen” is tied to Scandinavian art and culture, adding that millions more people will likely visit Norway and the rest of the World Showcase just to experience the new four-minute ride.
“We have to be careful not be too doctrinaire when we apply these principles,” said Mr. Staggs.
Essentially, Staggs states that upholding the original mission of Epcot is impractical.
Purists may scoff at putting sentient snowmen in a park meant to “entertain with a purpose,” as Disney’s chief executive described Epcot when it opened in 1982.
But Disney executives point out that “Frozen” is tied to Scandinavian art and culture, adding that millions more people will likely visit Norway and the rest of the World Showcase just to experience the new four-minute ride.
“We have to be careful not be too doctrinaire when we apply these principles,” said Mr. Staggs.
Essentially, Staggs states that upholding the original mission of Epcot is impractical.
Brer Panther
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That was the OLD Disney Imagineering. Before all of the imagineers were replaced with snails and turtles.
ToTBellHop
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I'm sure it'll have a longer name once they are finished. Disney loves long, dumbed-down attraction names. Based upon today's comments, I'm going with Frozen Ever After: A Norwegian Adventure with your Norwegian Friends from Norway's Arendelle. And then a second sign #TotesNorwegianFrozenFunRideEpic
PhotoDave219
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So if we take our 360/hr for M&g and add it to the 900/hr for Frozenstrom, you get 15,000/day, assuming 9-9.
Oh dear god. This just wasn't thought through with any sort of operational reality, was it?
ToTBellHop
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I'm sure it'll be a real hit if the tiered ticket prices come in, too. Imagine--you go to Epcot during Spring Break for $125/day and realize that only a third of the guests in the park will have any chance of seeing EITHER of the park's newest attractions. You'd have a better chance of getting a lifeboat on the Titanic!
I think I'll stand in the queue and mutter, "there's not enough boats on this ride. Not enough by half" to people.
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