Surferboy567
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Thanks! Sounds interesting.
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Thanks! Sounds interesting.
_caleb
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While I would not be a fan of an Incredibles overlay of the PeopleMover, I could see it fitting better than the Incredicoaster does. The PeopleMover feels retrofuturistic in the way the films do, and the show scenes could use proper AAs and would fit in controlled-environment showbuildings. Baby on a stick could at least hide the sticks? I don’t know.
Did I mention IP shouldn’t be forced into every attraction?
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Disney history is littered with attractions that became ‘hard to maintain’ and one day just slipped off the map from seasonal or extended refurb status.
Very recently Primeval Whirl got that treatment, although granted there’s not likely to be many tears spent in its demise.
The new Disney isn’t really much different then the old Disney in respect that everything has a number, and there are no sacred cows (except, apparently, CoP...).
Goofyernmost
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The older we get the more we need that type of ride. They do need to replace those vertical moving sidewalks with regular escalators. Age and arthritis make negotiating it, especially downward, sometimes difficult and dangerous. Then spend a couple bucks to put some entertaining scenes like they used to have in the blank dark areas of the ride. Make the inside of Space Mountain visible again and return the black light strips to the SM vehicles. Oh, and one more thing go back to the original script. That alone was entertaining.
Surferboy567
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Not saying IP should be forced, I’m just generally curious to see how this would work. Are we taking a light reskin with just Bob narrating, maybe a single screen tunnel like TRON, or possibly a full on Incredibles peoplemover with story etc.
Supreme Leader
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Why do I feel like WDI has to add an IP to any attraction they want to build so it actually receives any funding?
Pretty much.Why do I feel like WDI has to add an IP to any attraction they want to build so it actually receives any funding?
I think Chapek has made that very clear even before he got the top job, and I think that will be even more so now.Why do I feel like WDI has to add an IP to any attraction they want to build so it actually receives any funding?
JoeCamel
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Why do I feel like WDI has to add an IP to any attraction they want to build so it actually receives any funding?
And this is a problem why? -bob
Mac Tonight
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At this point, I'm convinced Chapek and co. can IP-ify anything... including the restrooms.
"Come on guys, it's a slam dunk! IP in the bathroom. Ehh!?!?!?!" - Bob Chapek
"Come on guys, it's a slam dunk! IP in the bathroom. Ehh!?!?!?!" - Bob Chapek
Tangled restroom area opening day - Photo 6 of 32
Tangled restroom area opening day - Photo 6 of 32
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Mac Tonight
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OK... I'll see myself out.Tangled restroom area opening day - Photo 6 of 32
Tangled restroom area opening day - Photo 6 of 32
Squishy
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But wasnt that Tom Staggs?Tangled restroom area opening day - Photo 6 of 32
Tangled restroom area opening day - Photo 6 of 32
Think it is safe to say the IP move began quite a ways back, but was really grasped onto by Bob Chapek.
Mac Tonight
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IP has always existed in the parks, even back to Walt's day. But at least back then there was balance between IP and original concept. I think it was late-stage Eisner and the entire Iger/Chapek regime that has embraced the "IP or nothing" approach.
SaveDinosaur
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It's really astonishing how much this management doesn't care about theming, sometimes I feel that Six Flags has much more care than they do...
"How about we bring back the peoplemover with an overlay, even though the ip's seeting is in the past and we already have a ride based on that next door?"
"I don't care, you can even change Tommorowland to some World-Celebration-Generic area as long as you don't create something original."
SaveDinosaur
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Late stage Eisner approved and constructed Expedition Everest.
_caleb
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I like that at first glance you can't tell it's an Incredibles overlay.