Lee
Adventurer
For most...
Elsewhere in MK.
Little of both, I guess...
Nah. I wish...
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Press event Tuesday, Jan. 18th.
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NYwdwfan
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At least you can check every hour...I was away for 8 hours and had 10 pages (of which there were 17 posts asking if it's streaming live) to catch up on. And yet - I read them all!!
pax_65
Well-Known Member
Whenever a classic Disney ride is replace there is always some sadness. But c'mon... Disney can do better than Snow White's Scary Adventures. It's a classic dark ride, yeah, but the technology is bare bones - basically what you'd see in any "Haunted House" type attraction in any local amusement park - although admittedly Disney's sets are more well-done and beautiful.
The technology now exists for a dark ride to make you feel like you're truly a part of the action around you, not just a spectator traveling through. Historically Disney has made the most innovative dark rides - I'd like to see them create a new dark ride that blows everything else that's been done out of the water.
I was watching a show about the planning and construction of WDW last night. We always hate to see classic attractions go and we say, "What would Walt say!" Well... watching this show, seeing and hearing Walt, I think he would have said "The future is always changing" and he would wonder what took so long to change the attraction.
If the #1 emotion you get on a ride is "nostalgia" because you're ridden the ride hundreds of times since you were a kid, that's nice but that's not good enough. A ride should inspire, excite, inform, entertain and provide enjoyment beyond simple feelings of nostalgia.
This is the case with Snow White and the Speedway for sure. Disney can do better than these attractions.
WDWFigment
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Agreed 100%.
When we rode Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disneyland last fall for the first time since we were kids, we said, "that's it?!" at the end. Some attractions may be loved for their nostalgic value, but if that's all they have going for them, a change is due.
DocMcHulk
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You have exactly worded the thoughts I have had for a long time, but far better written than I ever could have.
TinkerBell9988
Well-Known Member
Sorry I'm a little late in the game, but...
What time is this press event supposed to happen? And where is the location of it? LBV? NY?
Thanks!!
What time is this press event supposed to happen? And where is the location of it? LBV? NY?
Thanks!!
ChrisM
Well-Known Member
Absolutely agreed. SWSA is such a painfully dated attraction, it now reminds me of something only slightly better than you'd see at a traveling carnival show. Truly. It's terrible. I also avoid the Speedway like the plague.
For the longest time I waxed nostalgic over Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, until it became such a burden I watched an old ride video of it on YouTube. Any pain I once felt at it's absence instantly vanished. If I want to ride through a bunch of cardboard cutouts, I can probably jimmy up a fairly decent recreation in my basement. That ride was decades past its prime.
Along the same lines, every time I ride through the prehistoric portion of Universe of Energy, I can't help but cringe. That sucker is dated beyond belief.
Ultimately my point is this - my fondness for WDW comes from two youthful sources:
(1) The memories of the excitement surrounding a big family trip and having everyone in one place experiencing it together.
(2) The fact that many of the attractions were truly cutting edge and things you simply couldn't see anywhere else. As a child, those are impressions that last a lifetime. Until you go back as a jaded adult and it literally hasn't changed an iota and it now totally sucks.
Lee
Adventurer
Guess again.
Or don't actually. I don't want to get into a situation of saying something by not saying something. I'm still waiting to confirm that stuff 100%.
Tonight. MK in WDW.Sorry I'm a little late in the game, but...
What time is this press event supposed to happen? And where is the location of it? LBV? NY?
Thanks!!
Atomicmickey
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My guess is they are moving Harry Potter land and Spider Man over to MK.
:lol:
Watch now. That'll get repeated as a rumor somewhere.
But . . . gaaaa!
Indy.
Adventurer's Club.
Something.
GAAAAAAAA!
:lol:
Watch now. That'll get repeated as a rumor somewhere.
But . . . gaaaa!
Indy.
Adventurer's Club.
Something.
GAAAAAAAA!
NYwdwfan
Well-Known Member
Found this at orlandosentinel.com - bold part (not the title) made me laugh:
OrlandoSentinel.com: Disney to unveil new Fantasyland expansion details
By Jason Garcia and Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel
10:09 AM EST, January 18, 2011
Walt Disney World executives are expected tonight to unveil additional details about the resort's Fantasyland expansion project, during an evening presentation to travel press inside the Magic Kingdom.
The event will mark Disney's first extended comments about the Fantasyland project since company executives acknowledged last summer that they were redrawing significant elements of a plan that was first unveiled in September 2009.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs, the former Walt Disney Co. chief financial officer who took over Disney's theme-park division at the start of 2010, said at the time that he wanted to "broaden" the appeal of the project, which focused heavily on Disney's girl-oriented princess and fairy franchises.
Though Disney has since declined to discuss project specifics, rumors have been circulating for months on various online Disney fan forums that the revised plans will include a moderate, indoor roller coaster themed around Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Disney has said the Fantasyland project, which it has billed as the largest expansion in the Magic Kingdom's history, will open in phases beginning in 2012.
This evening's event at Disney World is timed to take advantage of the presence of scores of travel writers, who are already in Central Florida and scheduled to depart tomorrow on a preview voyage aboard Disney's new $900 million cruise ship, the Disney Dream.
Disney will also use the event to unveil a central feature of its "Let the Memories Begin" advertising campaign: The projection of hundreds of photos taken by guests onto Cinderella Castle. Disney says the castle and Disneyland's "it's a small world" attraction will continue to feature such projections throughout 2011.
OrlandoSentinel.com: Disney to unveil new Fantasyland expansion details
By Jason Garcia and Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel
10:09 AM EST, January 18, 2011
Walt Disney World executives are expected tonight to unveil additional details about the resort's Fantasyland expansion project, during an evening presentation to travel press inside the Magic Kingdom.
The event will mark Disney's first extended comments about the Fantasyland project since company executives acknowledged last summer that they were redrawing significant elements of a plan that was first unveiled in September 2009.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs, the former Walt Disney Co. chief financial officer who took over Disney's theme-park division at the start of 2010, said at the time that he wanted to "broaden" the appeal of the project, which focused heavily on Disney's girl-oriented princess and fairy franchises.
Though Disney has since declined to discuss project specifics, rumors have been circulating for months on various online Disney fan forums that the revised plans will include a moderate, indoor roller coaster themed around Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Disney has said the Fantasyland project, which it has billed as the largest expansion in the Magic Kingdom's history, will open in phases beginning in 2012.
This evening's event at Disney World is timed to take advantage of the presence of scores of travel writers, who are already in Central Florida and scheduled to depart tomorrow on a preview voyage aboard Disney's new $900 million cruise ship, the Disney Dream.
Disney will also use the event to unveil a central feature of its "Let the Memories Begin" advertising campaign: The projection of hundreds of photos taken by guests onto Cinderella Castle. Disney says the castle and Disneyland's "it's a small world" attraction will continue to feature such projections throughout 2011.
For theme park food it's priced about right. The last time I went to Cedar Point I got a 6" Subway sadnwich for $9. If I wanted to add chips and a drink it would've been $15. Mini corndog nuggets, fries and a coke cost me $13 up there as it was my normal meal at Cedar Point.
My roomate was in there Monday morning and said the place was slowly being gutted.
I am a sucker for dark rides of any sort. While I love the classic elements of Snow White it needed to be updated very bad. Building a new ride with the same theme is there way of doing that. Even Peter Pan is dated. I've often said the best possible thing they could do to that ride is swap out the vehicles for 2-seaters doubling the capacity and shortening the wait time.
TinkerBell9988
Well-Known Member
Thanks. I know where I'll be tonight... Checking these boards like crazy!
Indy coming to MK? Interesting, to say the least...
djkidkaz
Well-Known Member
Oh ok, I was nosing around on some other site as well and it seems that this earth shattering possibility is whatever was scheduled to be in the spot of the Princess M&G's before it was axed and replaced by the Princess castles and now to be replaced by Snow White coaster.
I also noticed that its something scheduled for another park, so they will just be making two of them.
So who knows what was the first thing scheduled for the middle spot of the FLE? Whatever it was is seemingly being added back in just put elsewhere in the MK.
I also noticed that its something scheduled for another park, so they will just be making two of them.
So who knows what was the first thing scheduled for the middle spot of the FLE? Whatever it was is seemingly being added back in just put elsewhere in the MK.
And while we may be excited to finaly here the official word, plans as of June last year slate the ride not being open until early summer of 2014. So let's quickly put that into perspective if people are planning their trip around riding it. But as said before, plans can change.