Old Mouseketeer
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Without an IP tie-in or a major sponsor.... What do you think?
The Eight Ball says No.
Character dining with Moana and Stitch?
Without an IP tie-in or a major sponsor.... What do you think?
The Eight Ball says No.
Character dining with Moana and Stitch?
If you are looking at good themed roller coasters, look no further than 2 classics, the Matterhorn, and Knott's Calico Mine Ride. (Yes, it is a roller coaster, the train works on gravity and a lift hill. The lift hill is in the middle of the ride. And the load/unload station is at the middle of the hill. Pretty cleaver design by Bud Hurlbut.
But you can even go back earlier in history.
but you need a cup to ride it.
If it means bring back the fire dancers, I'm all for it.Character dining with Moana and Stitch?
I was being sarcastic.
But here is an example of the Green Lantern cutout from a Six Flags park:
Almost all the signage for the Looney Tunes rides are cardboard cutout(ish) like this -- and although you can't tell by the image below, not only are they lame and cheap, they are also super low-res and pixelated when you see them up close!!
And can we all please agree that when someone says "cardboard cut outs" that they really don't mean "made out of cardboard" but flat, 2D images on a silhouette of wood or plastic or whatever and that you don't have to be that kind of person who pretends they meant it literally so that you can say, "but it's not cardboard!!" and think you're winning the Internet?
Almost all the signage for the Looney Tunes rides are cardboard cutout(ish) like this -- and although you can't tell by the image below, not only are they lame and cheap, they are also super low-res and pixelated when you see them up close!!
Let's not forget the disconnect between Elmer Fudd and "weather balloons" and that weather balloon are generally not decorated, nor does one ride in them.
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And can we all please agree that when someone says "cardboard cut outs" that they really don't mean "made out of cardboard" but flat, 2D images on a silhouette of wood or plastic or whatever and that you don't have to be that kind of person who pretends they meant it literally so that you can say, "but it's not cardboard!!" and think you're winning the Internet? Thank you.
But at what price, Todd. WHAT PRICE?!And I think we can all now agree that the Incredicoaster will be much more than these simple cheap cutouts. They will be doing much more and looks so far like they are spending quite a bit of money on this change to the coaster.
let's not forget my personal favorite ride (next to twisted colossus) x2's themes: spoopy and twix.I am just thinking about Six Flags and some of the coasters they tried to theme. Good Examples are Terminator, now Apocalypse. Added multiple 3-D props in the outer queue, then a themed inner queue building, with a storyline and video segments taking you from room to room. It was good, especially the first time you rode it. But the fans wanted to ride the coaster and complained about the queue and the time it took on slower days to go through the rooms.
For Batman, they built Gotham City for the land to take you to Gotham City Park for its queue.
Goliath got the large letters and wall, plus the jungle like queue.
Seems like Disney is following Six Flags lead here for Pixar Pier.
And of course, look at the Revenge of the Mummy indoor queue for Universal's version.
let's not forget my personal favorite ride (next to twisted colossus) x2's themes: spoopy and twix.
seriously poor theming to that ride never made me get what the story set-up, if any was supposed to be. Hopefully incredicoaster doesn't end up like that.
as an uber disney and universal fan, part of me is bothered by "non theming" in 21st century theme parksWell, I never thought that X or X2 were supposed to have a storyline, it was designed to be a state of the art roller coaster, nothing more. Most coaster have a name, and the ride.
If you look at SeaWorld SD, at least with Manta, they had the ride vehicles, and the "show" room before launch. Journey to Atlantis has the elevator, and splash zones. But still the ride is the main focus.
SWSD did a good job with its raft ride, and gives a better story line than Grizzly Rapids.
Same with its simulator rides, Wild Arctic takes you some other than a gift shop.
Seems like Disney is following Six Flags lead here for Pixar Pier.
The difference here is that Disney at least has on-ride audio and some on-ride elements to play with for CS/Incredicoaster. Almost all theme/story for Six Flags attractions is contained exclusively within the queue and the on-ride experience is as bare bones as they come.
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