Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster to be Re-Themed?

[ImperfectPixie]

Indeed. This is a low-hanging fruit for IP integration and would be a cheap, quick changeover.

I don't even blame them. If they can make a compelling product based upon a movie franchise in their movie theme park, so be it. Aerosmith never really fit for me.

With all the kid-centric stuff Steven Tyler has been involved in during the last ~6-8 years, I'd be kind of surprised if he didn't still want a presence in the parks. Maybe he'd be willing to work on something with Disney.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Heaven forbid they keep it and build a new ride. Imagine a world where DHS can have more than 9 rides.

 

[Bleed0range]

Heaven forbid they keep it and build a new ride. Imagine a world where DHS can have more than 9 rides.

Good point haha.

 

[DCLcruiser]

3, 2, 1...Dude looks like a lady! I love RnR, and I was even able to ride it many times during soft-opening back in the day. However, I agree, Aerosmith could be replaced.

 

[WondersOfLife]

If Aerosmith is gone I honestly rather see the whole thing removed than a retheme no one asked for. Disney’s track record leaves a lot to be desired.

No reason to throw out a perfectly good air conditioned, thrilling, roller coaster. A retheme wouldn't be too bad. Not like you'd recognize anything in the actual ride part anyways. It'd be like retheming Space Mountain.

 

[ToTBellHop]

No reason to throw out a perfectly good air conditioned, thrilling, roller coaster. A retheme wouldn't be too bad. Not like you'd recognize anything in the actual ride part anyways. It'd be like retheming Space Mountain.

When I'm riding dinosaur, as we whip around each turn, I visualize in my head the superior scene that occurs at that point on the Indiana Jones Adventure. Like, we stop to see the long-necky vegetarian dino and I picture

It makes the ride 72% more enjoyable.

 

[WDWTank]

Not everything at Disney has to be Disney-branded. It’s part of what makes Disney Parks great.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Not everything at Disney has to be Disney-branded. It’s part of what makes Disney Parks great.

Agreed. We just need to convince the higher-ups at Disney of that.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Agreed. We just need to convince the higher-ups at Disney of that.

Someone should remind them that the second they build something, it BECOMES a Disney brand. There’s no need to find an IP.

They literally have a Haunted Mansion line. Park-specific properties can make money.

 

[Bocabear]

Someone should remind them that the second they build something, it BECOMES a Disney brand. There’s no need to find an IP.

They literally have a Haunted Mansion line. Park-specific properties can make money.

They are still selling Figment plush and T-shirts... Park and attraction specific merchandise always seems to sell well...no one wants a generic Disney plush they can buy at WalMart...

 

[ToTBellHop]

They are still selling Figment plush and T-shirts... Park and attraction specific merchandise always seems to sell well...no one wants a generic Disney plush they can buy at WalMart...

I don’t know why they don’t understand this. I won’t pay $36 for a shirt very similar to what Walmart sells for $8. But I can’t buy a cool Tower of Terror shirt elsewhere so I’ll pay.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Someone should remind them that the second they build something, it BECOMES a Disney brand. There’s no need to find an IP.

They literally have a Haunted Mansion line. Park-specific properties can make money.

You just don’t understand that Disney is a business. They can’t risk having another Expedition Everest with its fantastic return on investment.

 

[WDWTank]

You just don’t understand that Disney is a business. They can’t risk having another Expedition Everest with its fantastic return on investment.

But does that matter if it has a significant return on investment?

 

[ToTBellHop]

But does that matter if it has a significant return on investment?

Of course it does. They build rides to drive attendance. No one wants a SGE.

 

[lazyboy97o]

But does that matter if it has a significant return on investment?

I don’t follow.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Except Disney can't sell Aerosmith and Aerosmith did not become a Disney brand by being in a Disney Park. Third party IPs can have a worse return than a brand newly created IP. Just like Pandora and the Muppets and Star Wars, Disney will have to buy Aerosmith or dump them.

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

Just like Pandora and the Muppets and Star Wars, Disney will have to buy Aerosmith or dump them.

Disney buying Aerosmith CONFIRMED!

But seriously, the reason I’m in favor of RnRC getting a (high-quality) re-theme is because the current attraction is not immersive.

Disney at its best creates believable experiences that help you suspend your disbelief and “step into the story.” An obvious roller coaster train decorated like a limo, driving past two-dimensional cartoon-style images, does not an immersive adventure make. (The soon-to-be-replaced Paris version solves all of these problems, making the storyline that it’s a roller coaster co-created by the record company and Aerosmith, no pretending it’s a limo required.)

My only hesitation is that they might screw up the aesthetics of Sunset Boulevard / the Tower of Terror area by adding garish, unfitting elements to the entrance area, etc.

 

[Jones14]

(The soon-to-be-replaced Paris version solves all of these problems, making the storyline that it’s a roller coaster co-created by the record company and Aerosmith, no pretending it’s a limo required.)

I don’t personally care for the idea of a riding a rollercoaster that’s meant to be a rollercoaster. That feels more amusement park-y than a themed experience that uses a coaster as the medium.

The limo race through LA is cheesy, but it’s also clever, and could be much more convincing if the whole ride had as much detail as the pre-launch area.

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

I don’t personally care for the idea of a riding a rollercoaster that’s meant to be a rollercoaster. That feels more amusement park-y than a themed experience that uses a coaster as the medium.

The limo race through LA is cheesy, but it’s also clever, and could be much more convincing if the whole ride had as much detail as the pre-launch area.

Good point. I agree that "auto-theming" (to use David Younger's terminology from Theme Park Design) is almost never optimal, and I would almost never want it for a new attraction that's being built from scratch, but...

I find it to work much better for RnRC than the DHS version, because at least it's believable (plus the "light show" on the ride itself is a really cool concept). I think the vehicles themselves (obvious roller coaster trains), and the boarding and launch areas (with visible track), make it basically impossible for the "limo" version to ever be believable. It should also be noted that the WDSP version's premise - a recoding studio in LA that built a roller coaster in collaboration with musicians - remains a thematic premise (rather than being an amusement-park-y lack of theme, though again, I still agree that "auto-theming" is suboptimal).

 

[WDWTank]

Good point. I agree that "auto-theming" (to use David Younger's terminology from Theme Park Design) is almost never optimal, and I would almost never want it for a new attraction that's being built from scratch, but...

I find it to work much better for RnRC than the DHS version, because at least it's believable (plus the "light show" on the ride itself is a really cool concept). I think the vehicles themselves (obvious roller coaster trains), and the boarding and launch areas (with visible track), make it basically impossible for the "limo" version to ever be believable. It should also be noted that the WDSP version's premise - a recoding studio in LA that built a roller coaster in collaboration with musicians - remains a thematic premise (rather than being an amusement-park-y lack of theme, though again, I still agree that "auto-theming" is suboptimal).

It’s too bad that the Paris version is closing.