Yeah...to be more specific The Muppets belong to Disney Live Entertainment (an arm of WDI), which is an interesting choice. Especially since The Muppets are not really utilized in the parks. I'm not really a Muppets fan but I feel Muppet-Vision is stale, and "Grand Avenue" can use some life. Turning the Writers Shop into a "trendy pub" wasn't enough, while I do enjoy their pretzel.
But why go to such great lengths to make a franchise relevant, especially when they’ve unsuccessfully tried to do that on the studio side over the past ten years or so? What leads you to believe it would be a huge hit?
This is never happening.
Well, it made sense when there was a live Muppets show in Liberty Square.
IP is just a way of telling stories and entertaining people...The Muppet attraction was a big hit when it first opened...but decades of the same show with no updates have allowed it to get stale... They could do more with the IP...and people still like them... While looking for things to refresh the parks, it would make sense to use the IP already in the fabric pf the park... Marvel is not going to happen... They own an awful lot of other IP... So why not use what they currently own and is currently in the park for the expansion areas in a fresh new way?
Yes, Disney’s most popular attractions were not based on popular IP, and they also weren’t built around an agenda to revitalize IP that’s not nearly as popular as it once was. At that point, why not just create an original attraction? Heck I’d even prefer they utilize the talent of one Olivia Rodrigo.
The Twilight Zone
: Tower of Terror, Rock N Rollercoaster feat Aerosmith ?
Disney not replacing both Towers with Guardians at the same time leads me to believe that the Tower isn't changing in Orlando. This doubled with Mission: Breakout being really popular with guests & Disney still having no plans to redo our Tower.
I don't think anyone would care if it's a rip-off if they were somehow able to outdo Hagrid. That's a tall order, but it's not impossible.
Part of the reason for DHS ToT remaining the same was that its mechanical systems are significantly different than the simpler DCA clone. This means they would have had to spend twice the money to do both -- it wasn't going to be a two-for-one situation.
I'm a fan of the Muppets, but I'm kind of at this point regarding the franchise. They keep trying to find new ways of using the characters, yet nothing has really worked. That said, Muppet integration into the parks has so far been relatively successful. The show they did in Liberty Square was one of the few new injections of IP of which virtually everybody (well, except one poster on here who must have an origin story involving loved ones being killed by Muppets) seemed to approve. Muppet Vision 4-D has also had a longer life than, I think, any 3-D film Disney has ever created for the parks.
I think people forget Aerosmith was still pretty big in the late 90s early 2000s when the ride opened. Also The Twilight Zone is one of those IPs that is so ingrained in American Pop culture even if someone hasn't seen the series they know it through cultural osmosis. There's a reason Imagineering chose it for their Drop ride.The Twilight Zone
I like that we’re brainstorming names. How about Rocket Rodrigos?
I don't really know what other IP they could put onto our Tower then. I guess Dr Strange but if they didn't want to use Guardians for it, I doubt they'd do another Marvel IP.
I think the fact that they're leaning so hard into Tower being the park's mascot nowadays is another good sign it's sticking around. They could've gone with the Falcon as the new park mascot; sure it's in the back of the park, but it's incredibly impressive & easy to market.
A Doctor Strange retheme would require minimal changes. RNR could then become Incredicoaster. The theater could be GOTG dance band. Then a new Big Hero 6 ride where Fairfax is.