News Paradise Pier Becoming Pixar Pier

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Incredicoaster is a stupid name. California Screamin' was good.

 

[Disney Irish]

I'm not quite sure if that's what the report was saying. I think it's specifically referring to Iger not liking the name "Incredicoaster", not necessarily the idea of it being rethemed to The Incredibles

I think its a joke....

 

[jmuboy]

I'm not quite sure if that's what the report was saying. I think it's specifically referring to Iger not liking the name "Incredicoaster", not necessarily the idea of it being rethemed to The Incredibles

Either way it shows Iger has a LITTLE more class when it comes to Theme Park design. At least Iger argued about some part of the project.

 

[Mike730]

 

[iMax]

I really miss that Pier..

 

[Disneysea05]

I’m hardly Pixar Pier’s harshest critic but with the Pixar overlay they took a couple steps forward but then took a few giant somersaults backwards.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

3 years later and I still think we're 3 years overdue for a Pixar Pier demolishment.

 

[PiratesMansion]

Pixar Pier is my vote for the most upsetting and infuriating thing they did all decade.

Which is nuts, because I was never exactly in love with the original pier or any of the attractions there either! I guess all you have to do to make me mad is paint the tunnels red, call it IncrediCoaster (barf), and build food stands that look like Happy Meal boxes.

Somehow, they made the awful Toy Story Lands look GOOD!

At least the Pixar Pier changes should be more easily reversible than many of the other controversial changes they've made over the years. Maybe someday someone will decide it's a bad concept and fix it.

Highly doubtful, but I can dream.

 

[DLR92]

I still think Paradise Pier could host more dark rides. Fun engaging type. The Little Mermaid was okay. At least it set a gentle type.

 

[October82]

I still think Paradise Pier could host more dark rides. Fun engaging type. The Little Mermaid was okay. At least it set a gentle type.

Not a new idea, but an original trackless dark ride on the scale of Mystic Manor with an entrance in Incredicoaster's turnaround would certainly be a hit.

 

[DLR92]

Not a new idea, but an original trackless dark ride on the scale of Mystic Manor with an entrance in Incredicoaster's turnaround would certainly be a hit.

Is there even room around there? I think ditching the board games and the outdoor wild mouse coaster for 2 dark rides would be great.

 

[October82]

Is there even room around there? I think ditching the board games and the outdoor wild mouse coaster for 2 dark rides would be great.

There are a number of large backstage buildings - about the size of Midway Mania's show building or a bit larger. One of them is parade storage IIRC.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

 

[No Name]

Pixar Pier was supposed to be fast, cheap, and good. Ironically it was not fast, not cheap, and not good.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Fast, cheap and good. Just how I like my...internet.

 

[mickEblu]

Pixar Pier was supposed to be fast, cheap, and good. Ironically it was not fast, not cheap, and not good.

More like predictably.

As much grief as we give Pixar Pier, myself included, I think losing TOT was a bigger a loss for the park. The Pier was always stucco-ey and kind of bland. Now it’s brighter but plasticky. Same rides, same experiences more or less. Same can’t be said with losing TOT.

Losing TOT was the beginning of the end of Hollywoodland and the hopes of one day getting a 2.0 version. Imagine a Hollywoodland with TOT and MMRR with new facades on Hollywood Blvd and the Backlot.

 

[PiratesMansion]

MB, though, has SOME redeeming value. It could be argued that the experience is better or more fun, even if the thematics and integration are lessened (though TOT was hardly a thing of beauty and mostly blended in because it was relatively nondescript). At least for me, as much as I would have preferred for TOT to stick around.

Hollywoodland has always been broken IMO. Before, during, and after TOT.

Who could consider the Pier an improvement that's over the age of five or isn't a cookie num num diehard?

 

[waltography]

I happen to like Pixar Pier as a guilty pleasure; I know, it's bad (I mean... Poultry Palace exists ), but also the former personally wasn't something I found worth being sad over, and I love the Lamplight Lounge and pockets of PP.

 

[mickEblu]

MB, though, has SOME redeeming value. It could be argued that the experience is better or more fun, even if the thematics and integration are lessened (though TOT was hardly a thing of beauty and mostly blended in because it was relatively nondescript). At least for me, as much as I would have preferred for TOT to stick around.

Hollywoodland has always been broken IMO. Before, during, and after TOT.

Who could consider the Pier an improvement that's over the age of five or people who really like the cookie num num?

MB sticks out like a sore thumb from everywhere including the esplanade. TOT wasn’t beautiful but as you say it kind of blended in instead of saying “look at me!” The only redeeming quality I find with GOTG:MB is the randomized drops but even that is a mixed bag because I don’t find any of the profiles as thrilling as TOTs one ride profile. That’s without even getting into the everything lost.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

I swear it'll be 2050 and if I'm still alive Mickey Blue will still be complaining about Mission: Spaceout and Slashed Mountain, in addition to the eventual replacement of Frontierland with Princess Outpost.