One Sentence Competition - Season 4 Episode 1

[Magic Feather]

Bear Crossings Mine Shaft

In this new, comedic drop tower attraction (to be placed in a new “Bear Crossings Mini-Land, adjacent to the Woody’s Round Up area of Toy Story Land”) guests will come face to face with the anthropomorphic bears that take residence in Bear Crossings, in an hilarious and thrilling adventure through a series of mineshafts. In this spiritual successor to Country Bear Jamboree, guests will be lowered, spun, and pulled forward through a series of mine shafts, where guests will be playfully bobbed (as opposed to dropped) through the shafts between different vignettes of Bears singing and causing mayhem in the mines.

Bonus: This will be added to Grizzly Peak, near the Chapparal Theater in Disneyland Parc, and behind Ig Thunder Mountain in Magic Kingdom.

 

[Disneylover152]

Disneylover152 Presents...
“Storybook Raceway”

Bringing the classic Autopia from Disneyland to Shanghai Disneyland, The Storybook Raceway is opening.

Tinkerbelle has built magical cars for you to drive, and using a little bit of her pixie dust, she is transporting you to your favorite stories, such as Frozen, Tangled, The Little Mermaid, and more!

Located behind the Tangled Tree Tavern, this ride is sure to be a guest-favorite, taking this classic ride with new pixie dust.

Bonus: The Storybook Raceway will be cloned in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, added next to Rockin’ Roller Coaster, as a spiritual successor to the iconic The Great Movie Ride.

 

[Poe Dameron]

20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Expanding Fantasyland will be the classic attraction 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea as an updated submarine voyage of the seven seas. The subs will instead be trackless dark ride vehicles that will flow at the depths of the ocean in sea pods as you follow Captain Nemo around on a daring expedition.

 

[MonorailRed]

Join Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Woods in this new take on the classic attraction, Splash Mountain, newly titled Hundred Acre Mountain.

Hop aboard umbrellas as the rain rain rain comes down down down, but be on the lookout for Hefflelumps and Woozles!

This attraction allows The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh to convert to a state of the art dark ride attraction to match the rest of Fantasyland, while still keeping a cohesive theme locating the attraction next to the Hunny Pot Spin.​

 

[spacemt354]

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Join Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Woods in this new take on the classic attraction, Splash Mountain, newly titled Hundred Acre Mountain. ​

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Hop aboard umbrellas as the rain rain rain comes down down down, but be on the lookout for Hefflelumps and Woozles!​

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This attraction allows The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh to convert to a state of the art dark ride attraction to match the rest of Fantasyland, while still keeping a cohesive theme locating the attraction next to the Hunny Pot Spin.​

Project name?

 

[MonorailRed]

Project name?

Hundred Acre Mountain

 

[D Hulk]

Treasure Mountain

This is Shanghai's equivalent to Splash Mountain located in Adventure Isle. The plot follows the pirate equivalent of brer rabbit, brer fox and brer bear on a battle for lost treasure. This attraction will be later cloned to disney's california adventure to replace grizzly river run in a retheme of grizzly peak into a more mythical adventure themed land as part of disney's plan to make dca more disney.

A pirate-themed version of Splash Mountain is really unexpected and unique – which is what this round was going for. Somehow I’m reminded of Donkey Kong Country, with its critter buccaneers. I only wonder if the pirate element in Adventure Isle would conflict with nearby Treasure Cove. Would like to know a little more about the ride system, if it’s unique at all from classic Splash.​

Bonus: I like your notion to add more “Disney” to DCA, although in this case we lose a bit of “California” in the process. (+1)

 

[D Hulk]

it's a small world​

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Disneyland Shanghai's it's a small world is situated next to Pooh's Teapots, and features a different take on the original attraction. In this version, there are only a few dolls, and the rest are either holograms or projections, which have different recordings, so each ride is a different experience. This version also doesn't use boats, it uses a trackless ride system, so each ride spins and swerves to the iconic song of "it's a small world".​

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Bonus: This version is going to replace the current one at Disneyland Park, making it a first (excusing the saucers of the 50s/60s) at Disneyland Park.​

Changing Small World to a trackless, projection-based ride certainly gets what makes Shanghai unique, with its really high-tech new rides. Small World seems a tricky ride to differentiate, because it’s always so indebted to Mary Blair’s lovely art, but you’ve done well by making the ride system distinct instead.

Bonus: I’m generally OK with replacing/upgrading other Small Worlds. However, Disneyland’s original, historical, World’s Fair model I think is the one sacrosanct, untouchable version. Still, automatic bonus! (+1)​

 

[D Hulk]

Shanghai Disneyland Transrapid​

上海迪斯尼乐园 磁悬浮列车​

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As Shanghai Disneyland 上海迪斯尼乐园 continues to expand into the future - due to its expansive land area, it needs a form of transportation from the Toy Story Hotel 玩具故事酒店, the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel 上海迪斯尼乐园酒店, as well as to and from the parks, which will be accomplished by the Shanghai Disneyland Transrapid 上海迪斯尼乐园 磁悬浮列车.​

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This rapid transit system will be an upgraded version of the Disneyland Monorail; an elevated train with comfortable seating and spacious luxury for travel throughout the resort, running at a top speed of 65 km/hour on a long straightaway, providing efficient and quick transit.​

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Slated to open in 2021, the Shanghai Disneyland Transrapid 上海迪斯尼乐园 磁悬浮列车 will consist of 3 station stops, at the front of Shanghai Disneyland 上海迪斯尼乐园 and at the entrance to Disneytown 迪斯尼镇, followed by the Toy Story Hotel玩具故事酒店 , and finally to the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel 上海迪斯尼乐园酒店, with expansion space throughout for more parks and resorts in the future.​

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Bonus​

This Maglev transrapid system style could be installed at Hong Kong Disneyland and/or Disneyland Paris if those resorts plan to expand.​

You’ve interpreted the challenge in an unanticipated way, and I love it! With the map and explanation, it’s shockingly clear how much Shanghai needs transportation! (They don’t even have a Disneyland Railroad!) Dang, I had no idea the Shanghai resort was so massive. The Chinese characters (which I assume are accurate, and not vulgar) are a nice extra touch.

Bonus: Your clone suggestions are also practical. (+1)​

 

[D Hulk]

Matterhorn Bobsleds​

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To me, the one thing Shanghai Disney is missing is a mountain attraction as a Disney park doesn't feel the same without it. To fix that, I propose adding an updated Matterhorn Bobsleds into Fantasyland to the right of where Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is. Updates will include a smoother track, state-of-the-art audio animatronics, and new snow effects throughout to make it appear as if it were snowing while riding.​

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BONUS: A replica of this updated version will be added to EPCOT to revitalise the old Swiss pavilion in the World Showcase.​

Your nouveau Matterhorn has a smoother track and upgraded effects, but otherwise it doesn’t sound all that altered from the original version. Honestly, Expedition Everest – which rumors state Shanghai might get – is already more of a Matterhorn upgrade in terms of tech and theme, which is what we’ve seen so far from Shanghai.​

Bonus: For decades there’s been talk of giving Epcot’s Switzerland a Matterhorn, so this is a slam dunk cloning suggestion. (+1)​

 

[D Hulk]

SPACE MOUNTAIN​

太空山​

The new and improved Space Mountain will be given an upgrade to match the rest of Shanghai’s neons Tomorrowland’s aesthetics as well as its technology.​

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Updates include a smoother and better track, and a virtual queue where guests can wait by playing retro arcade games as well as modern, advanced one.​

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The new ride goes upside down via corkscrews and loops, and features screens to immerse guests during takeoff.​

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BONUS: Hong Kong’s Disneyland is the next to receive an update to make it more similar to this.​

Given that Shanghai already has an upgraded Space Mountain in the form of TRON (at least that’s the premise of this challenge), it’s a little redundant to also give them the original flavor. On its own though, this is a good upgrade on a classic.

Bonus: Hong Kong’s opening day lineup was certainly wanting for modern innovation, so I think your improved Space Mountain fits better here. (+1)​

 

[D Hulk]

Enchanted Tiki Room Adventure Isle

Added to the Adventure Isle land in Shanghai Disneyland will be Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, bringing the South Seas back to Shanghai's Adventureland. The Tiki Room will be updated to be a river ride through the Polynesian Islands replacing the not so well received Roaring Rapids ride.

Bonus
The Magic Kingdom could use this to plus the Tiki Room in the Adventureland expansion pad.

Yay, I love the Enchanted Tiki Room, and the idea of turning it into a boat ride is inspired. Such an idea deserves a full write-up! It’s not clear to me that Roaring Rapids warrants replacement, especially with so many expansion pads all over, which is the only sour note in this otherwise wonderful proposal.

Bonus: You totally got the idea behind the bonus! This Tiki Room could exist in MK alongside theirs without either being redundant. Very smart. (+1)​

 

[D Hulk]

Nick Nebula's​

Jungle Planet Rocket Cruise​

This exciting new ride in Shanghai Disneyland's Tomorrowland will utilize the ride system from Flight of Passage to create a new, exciting Intergalactic adventure version of the classic World Famous Jungle Cruise.​

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Guests board their Rocketcycles and follow their Skipper, the self-proclaimed famous space adventurer Nick Nebula, through a pun filled flight around an alien jungle planet with fantastic creatures, dazzling sights, attacks from alien headhunters, and the most exciting sight of all: THE BACKSIDE OF WATER!!!​

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While the ride itself is much more action packed, fast paced, and exciting than the classic attraction, Nick Nebula's cheesey sense of humor will bring the same corny charm from the original to this new experience.​

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The ride will be cloned in Disney Studios Paris replacing the Armageddon stunt show next to the recently rethemed Gaurdians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout creating a Sci-fi Studios land to fill the traditional sci-fi void left by Discoveryland's Jules Verne approach in their kingdom park and the void of being the only kingdom park without a Jungle Cruise other than Shanghai.​

Whoa-oa-oa!!! It’s flabbergasting how much you’ve modified the classic Jungle Cruise (a sci-fi alien flight sim!) while keeping it recognizably the Jungle Cruise! You’ve grasped this challenge perfectly, and gone further & wilder than I thought possible. I’m very, very curious how you’d adapt the humor for China (Hong Kong’s classic model has 3 queues and 3 languages).

Bonus: A very smart clone too, to a resort without a JC, without classic sci-fi, and to a park in need of some pizzazz. (+1)​

 

[D Hulk]

Topsy Turvy Wonderland
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Replacing the Alice in Wonderland maze in Shanghai's Fantasy land will be an updated version of the Alice in Wonderland dark ride from Disneyland in California. Taking a darker look at the trip down the rabbit hole we will follow Alice throughout the weird and dizzying paths of Wonderland on a slow moving indoor coaster with spinning tea cup seats similar to Primeval Whirl. This ride will go through the growing and shrinking of Alice with use of proportional props and lend a more psychedelic view of the world with lots of moving elements and black-light reactive colors.

Bonus: This ride will also be placed in Disney Paris to replace the Alice maze there as well.

Changing Alice in Wonderland from a dark ride to an enclosed spinning coaster – another wonderful unpredictable upgrade! Psychedelic, dizzying spinning really fits Alice! Technically speaking, WDSP’s Crush Coaster (or Universal’s semi-obscure Space Fantasy) might be a better model for this than Primeval Whirl.

Bonus: But then you wouldn’t be able to clone this to Paris. It’s a shame to lose Paris’s charming maze (could be a cool queue actually). I think you could have both! (+1)​

 

[D Hulk]

Bear Crossings Mine Shaft

In this new, comedic drop tower attraction (to be placed in a new “Bear Crossings Mini-Land, adjacent to the Woody’s Round Up area of Toy Story Land”) guests will come face to face with the anthropomorphic bears that take residence in Bear Crossings, in an hilarious and thrilling adventure through a series of mineshafts. In this spiritual successor to Country Bear Jamboree, guests will be lowered, spun, and pulled forward through a series of mine shafts, where guests will be playfully bobbed (as opposed to dropped) through the shafts between different vignettes of Bears singing and causing mayhem in the mines.

Bonus: This will be added to Grizzly Peak, near the Chapparal Theater in Disneyland Parc, and behind Ig Thunder Mountain in Magic Kingdom.

You call this a Country Bear successor, but while first reading it I thought it could’ve been a cousin to Tower or Terror or even HK’s Big Grizzly Mountain. Like the Tiki Room, I adore transforming the Bears into a ride. This ride system sounds really fascinating too – like you’re improving on the trackless element in WDW’s TOT while making it goofier and less thrill-based. This is a fascinating idea!

Bonus: You’re cloning this to 2 parks, showing its versatility. Actually, I’d say every Disney resort could successfully house Bear Crossings, it’s unique enough it wouldn’t be redundant anyplace. (+1)​

 

[D Hulk]

Disneylover152 Presents...​

“Storybook Raceway”​

Bringing the classic Autopia from Disneyland to Shanghai Disneyland, The Storybook Raceway is opening.

Tinkerbelle has built magical cars for you to drive, and using a little bit of her pixie dust, she is transporting you to your favorite stories, such as Frozen, Tangled, The Little Mermaid, and more!

Located behind the Tangled Tree Tavern, this ride is sure to be a guest-favorite, taking this classic ride with new pixie dust.

Bonus: The Storybook Raceway will be cloned in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, added next to Rockin’ Roller Coaster, as a spiritual successor to the iconic The Great Movie Ride.

Upgrading Autopia is a bold move considering it’s already been removed from the other Asian resorts. Switching the theme over to Fantasyland helps, making it sound like an automotive Storybook Land Canal Boats (an underrated gem). Something tells me that with Mainland China’s emerging middle class, Autopia would hold the same appeal it did for 1950s SoCal audiences.

Bonus: More rides in Hollywood Studios are always a good thing. I’d question placing a princess ride outside of Magic Kingdom, but they’ve already plopped Elsa into Epcot. (+1)​

 

[D Hulk]

20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Expanding Fantasyland will be the classic attraction 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea as an updated submarine voyage of the seven seas. The subs will instead be trackless dark ride vehicles that will flow at the depths of the ocean in sea pods as you follow Captain Nemo around on a daring expedition.

A trackless 20,000 Leagues? Would the ride vehicles be fully enclosed to simulate being underwater? If you’re unfamiliar with it, check out a low-light YouTube video of DisneySea’s 20,000 Leagues, which is a suspended dark ride like Peter Pan with bubble windows creating a dry-for-wet effect. Very neat, and this could be a neat variation on that.​

 

[D Hulk]

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Join Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Woods in this new take on the classic attraction, Splash Mountain, newly titled Hundred Acre Mountain. ​

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Hop aboard umbrellas as the rain rain rain comes down down down, but be on the lookout for Hefflelumps and Woozles!​

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This attraction allows The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh to convert to a state of the art dark ride attraction to match the rest of Fantasyland, while still keeping a cohesive theme locating the attraction next to the Hunny Pot Spin.​

Where’d that concept art come from?! You make it?! No matter, Pooh makes perfect sense as Splash Mountain. Upside down umbrellas – a really original ride vehicle concept. This also makes sense as a replacement for Shanghai’s Pooh dark ride, arguably their least impressive attraction.​

 

[D Hulk]

Challenge 2 results!​

My goodness, 12 proposals, all of them really interesting. You guys are not making it easy to pick out 3 medalists!​

Once again, there are several projects I’d like to reward but cannot. The standout winners were competitors who went further, weirder or more unexpected with their entries, which fits Shanghai’s distinct, state-of-the-art style. Ultimately, the gold medalist won out – with the regular proposals neck-and-neck – by having a super strong bonus answer. And with this stiff competition, that’s enough to eke out the win!​

Bronze Medal (1 point)

@spacemt354 – Shanghai Disneyland Transrapid
Shanghai needs this. Very practical and realistic, medal-worthy.​

Silver Medal (2 points)

@Pionmycake – Nick Nedula’s Jungle Planet Rocket Cruise
Way to twist and deform Jungle Cruise into something totally weird. Perfect for Shanghai, and almost the champion…​

Gold Medal (3 points)

@Magic Feather – Country Bear Drop Tower​

A truly creative ride system for an unexpected IP. Its potential to clone into every resort it what made it this week’s standout. Well done!

 

[D Hulk]

Standings

@Pionmycake – 9
@Magic Feather – 7
@spacemt354 – 6
@pixie_princess – 5
@Disneylover152 – 5
@AceAstro – 4
@kmbmw777 – 4
@TwilightZone – 3
@DisneyForever – 2
@DisneyForever – 2
@StevenU – 2
@KBLovesDisney – 1
@Poe Dameron – 1
@MonorailRed – 1

Great job everyone! We’ll march into Challenge 3 later tonight.​