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News Paradise Pier Becoming Pixar Pier
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vancee
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Exactly, if you’re comparing Disney to Six Flags then you have no right to talk. DCA alone is better than Universal.
TwilightZone
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Professortango1
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1. The land is a seaside pier. The ride begins at their house. Which isn't on a pier nor associated with it in anyway.
2. The ride is clearly a representation of a woodie coaster that would be found on a pier. That doesn't tie in with the plot of attraction.
It would be like taking the Disneyland Carousel and adding Buzz Lightyear music and images where we're chasing Zurg. You're still clearly riding a Carousel horse on a carousel, but the story ignores that and that conflict takes away from the unthemed and themed experiences.
TROR
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D.Silentu
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To add my opinion on this reveal would be preaching to the choir. So, I'll say instead that it seems to me, when you are forming a ride around a team of superheroes, having an scenario centered around babysitting gone wrong seems to eschew far more exciting possibilities.
Travel Junkie
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The thing the irks me is that on one hand they go to great lengths to sell you on the immersion and the "story" of lands like Galaxy's Edge and Pandora. Then the same company does Pixar Pier, which is the antithesis of what they have been advertising.
They try and have it both ways, whenever it suits them.
Professortango1
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The ride is designed to look like a wooden roller coaster. They built it out of metal to keep it smoother and cheaper, as woodies get rough and require more maintenance.
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Maybe because it's kind of unnecessary. Also this thing (like Mission Breakout last year) feels to some of us like another log too many on the IP bonfire. I don't say this to be negative or a downer, but the parks have gradually been transformed into another distribution and marketing channel for Disney brands.
The only saving grace is that WDI's track record for executing top level experiences over the past few years has been exceptional. Hopefully the Pier makeover will meet fan expectations.
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TROR
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B-but Walt did that too! Forget the original attractions and imagination and pure creativity that existed in the 1950's and 60's, Walt named his castle after a movie that didn't even come out yet! It doesn't matter that the castle was beautiful and special!
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Disagree. With every IP based attraction Walt built there was at least another that had zero synergistic relationship to the Studio. Take the Disneyland Railroad for example, a signature attraction that came to be purely out of Walt's love for trains.
If anything Walt Disney probably relied too heavily on external corporate sponsors. In retrospect I suppose we should be grateful that at least we aren't being force fed corporate sponsorships while waiting in line for Millennium Falcon ride or The Incredicoaster.
TROR
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I know lol just poking at the "Walt did it too!" crowd before they show up. I definitely agree about corporate sponsors, but I understand why they were necessary at the time, and still even are.
lazyboy97o
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You’re confusing linear narrative for story and quantity for quality. California Screamin’ had a story.
TwilightZone
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what was the story then
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Are they really? Disney is poised to drop some serious money on what many are calling the largest entertainment merger in history, and it can't afford to 100% finance attractions at its theme parks? I call shenanigans.
lazyboy97o
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Roller coaster...
No Name
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Reading comprehension seems to be lacking among some, which is no surprise, considering their accompanying opinions. 
Nowhere did anyone say that Disney parks are on the same level as Six Flags parks. But this coaster and surrounding area is very much like what Six Flags does. A ride that tacks on a narrative almost completely unrelated to its design, structure, movement, etc. Sea World and Universal have been guilty of this too, but this is the first time I believe Disney's stepped to such a low on a comparable scale.
There's a coaster opening in DHS next year. The very simple story is that it's a toy coaster that Andy built in his backyard. It's far from perfect. But if they tacked on a linear narrative about Russel saving Carl's neighbor's house from flying away, would that make it better?
Nowhere did anyone say that Disney parks are on the same level as Six Flags parks. But this coaster and surrounding area is very much like what Six Flags does. A ride that tacks on a narrative almost completely unrelated to its design, structure, movement, etc. Sea World and Universal have been guilty of this too, but this is the first time I believe Disney's stepped to such a low on a comparable scale.There's a coaster opening in DHS next year. The very simple story is that it's a toy coaster that Andy built in his backyard. It's far from perfect. But if they tacked on a linear narrative about Russel saving Carl's neighbor's house from flying away, would that make it better?