This is where I feel they would go. You don’t really need Aerosmith or a particular band on the ride. It can just be a non-descript rock band. When the ride premiered I’m sure Aerosmith drew crowds, but the amounts are probably waning so it’s the ride itself people are coming for.
If they go with a simple project like this, I just hope they give it the budget to replace the tacky glow-in-the-dark cartoon images on flat props. They’re a remnant of the Paul Pressler “how cheap can you make it?” era. Even updating it to something like what was in the WDSP version - the light show and “auto-theming” that acknowledges it’s a roller coaster - would be a vast improvement.
Plenty of things get what at least seems like a proper budget on paper.
And then there's Cosmic Rewind which had to be some type of money laundering scheme.
Yeah It sure would be interesting to know what they really spent that money on.
It would be easy but it would completely lose the story of the ride. The whole theming is based on taking a really fast car to get to a concert with backstage passes. You don't need a specific band but you do need A band to fit the story.
or what if they actually re-themed the ride...not just changed the music. The sets are just painted flats, there is much that could be done with the ride...A crazy Benny's Cab ride from Roger Rabbit with the tunnel launching you into Toontown and ending at the Acme Gag Factory and Gift Shop. I am sure there are other ways they could integrate this into an ip that better fits the 1940s Hollywood Sunset Boulevard theme of the front of the park. While I enjoy RNRR, it always felt a bit off thematically with it's location.
Year and a half? Any meaningful change in TDO timeline would take literally 3-5 years based on other builds... How long did the Frozen overlay take?
The parts that need replacing are just video and audio. The hardware is fine. They don't need to actually build anything, they just need new content on the screens.
...maybe from India?
or something.......
