News Paradise Pier Becoming Pixar Pier

[Rich T]

I'm sorry that is just so ridiculous. Disney has been using smells to elicit guest reactions since opening day, they are famous for it. And all so guest will buy more. This is no different.

It is different. They usually do this in a retail environment, such as outside a shop. Their world-famous attractions should not hawk snacks as part of the ride. The orange smells on Soarin' are for effect only. You don't exit into an Orange Julius. Yet.

 

[Disney Irish]

For me, the smellitizers were all about subtlety as you walked along Main St. They added to the ambience of the environment. They don't act as marketing ploys while you're zipping by at 60mph.

Actually it is a marketing ploy, albeit not at 60 mph. They pump popcorn smell to get you to try and buy popcorn, starting as you walk through the front gate. They pump candy smell next to the candy shop to get you to walk in and buy candy. And during Christmas time they pump candy cane smells to market the candy canes.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Actually it is a marketing ploy, albeit not at 60 mph. They pump popcorn smell to get you to try and buy popcorn, starting as you walk through the front gate. They pump candy smell next to the candy shop to get you to walk in and buy candy. And during Christmas time they pump candy cane smells to market the candy canes.

Maybe I don't see it as a marketing ploy because it doesn't work on me.

For the record, I'd rather smell whatever Disney pumps out over guest B.O.

 

[Rich T]

I get what you're saying, but I look at it differently obviously. Disney has been using smells in their parks in different ways since day 1. HM has dusty musky smell pumped in, Pirates has that damp dank smell pumped in, Soaring has all its smells pumped in. This is no different, it goes with the story they are trying to tell.

But you don't exit Pirates and have them trying to sell you air "fresheners" that smell like the ride.... anymore! (They did stop that, right?)

 

[Disney Irish]

And I'm saying that putting three flat rides that provide the same kind of motion right next to each other is poor design and shows little concern for providing the guests with their money's worth of new experiences. Which sounds like DCA 1.0 all over again.

That I'll agree with, but that is more logistical. My argument was in trying to say they weren't spinner flat rides. Experience I can see means a lot of you.

 

[Disney Irish]

Maybe I don't see it as a marketing ploy because it doesn't work on me.

Just because it doesn't work on you doesn't mean its not a marketing ploy. Again they are famous for it, and I believe even patented the smellizer technology.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Just because it doesn't work on you doesn't mean its not a marketing ploy. Again they are famous for it, and I believe even patented the smellizer technology.

UGH! YES IT DOES! WHY MUST YOU BE SO COMBATIVE!??!?!?!

lol, jk. I literally knew you would say that word for word.

 

[Disney Irish]

But you don't exit Pirates and have them trying to sell you air "fresheners" that smell like the ride.... anymore! (They did stop that, right?)

I have to find the company, but I believe Disney might have partnered with a candle company to sell the smells of Disney attractions.

 

[Disney Irish]

UGH! YES IT DOES! WHY MUST YOU BE SO COMBATIVE!??!?!?!

lol, jk. I literally knew you would say that word for word.

Because in this case I'm talking about fact not opinion

 

[Rich T]

That I'll agree with, but that is more logistical. My argument was in trying to say they weren't spinner flat rides. Experience I can see means a lot of you.

It does. See, if they got rid of the Mouse Swings and put a rocking pirate ship there... It would be another cheap, off-the-shelf ride, yes, but at least it would be a change-up from yet another hang-and-move-in-a-circle ride. Of the three rides Al Lutz liked to call "Monkey Buckets", Golden Zephyr should be the one that stays; it's a rarely seen (these days) ride style with historic significance as far as parks go.

 

[Disney Irish]

It does. See, if they got rid of the Mouse Swings and put a rocking pirate ship there... It would be another cheap, off-the-shelf ride, yes, but at least it would be a change-up from yet another hang-and-move-in-a-circle ride. Of the three rides Al Lutz liked to call "Monkey Buckets", Golden Zephyr should be the one that stays; it's a rarely seen (these days) ride style with historic significance as far as parks go.

Because I have experience in working these type of rides as a teenager, albeit not at a Disney park, I use the classification system of ride type not experience.

 

[Rich T]

Because I have experience in working these type of rides as a teenager, albeit not at a Disney park...

Me, too. I'll always have a soft spot for the classic Trabant.

 

[TROR]

I like the swings. They're pretty. Same with Zephyrs. I will say the swings do offer a more thrilling experience than the zephyrs do so there is a slight difference in their experience.

 

[Disney Irish]

Me, too. I'll always have a soft spot for the classic Trabant.
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I worked in Smurf Woods with similar spinner flat rides we are talking about.

 

[Kram Sacul]

I’m still trying to figure out how most of these static figures and show scenes are going to be decernible when you’re whizzing by at 50+ mph. Then they’ll shoot cookie smells at you. From where?

 

[Rich T]

I'd love to see a remake of "Liar Liar" with the main character working for Disney Parks Publicity when the Truth Curse hits....

 

[Model3 McQueen]

I'd love to see a remake of "Liar Liar" with the main character working for Disney Parks Publicity when the Truth Curse hits....

Or Liar Liar starring Robert Chapek

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Or Liar Liar starring Robert Chapek

Not sure it would be a comedy...sounds more like a horror film.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

 

[Model3 McQueen]

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