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DHS Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster to be Re-Themed?
- Thread starter DocMcHulk
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999th Happy Haunt
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God I really hope they don’t make it Cars. The IP isn’t meant for anyone above the ride’s height requirement imo
Cars was the first in theater movie My now almost 16 year old saw. He watched it almost daily on DVD for about a year after release.
I assure you, a Cars themed RnRC is the LAST IP he would want.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
He doesn't have a lot of credibility to me. He has been spreading his "sister parks" rumor over numerous message boards, I guess trying to get someone to believe it.
Dunston
Well-Known Member
And they've grown out of it too.
TJJohn12
Well-Known Member
The others have a far smaller footprint compared to TOT Prime, so real estate in DCA could be left for “better” uses (e.g. retail, dining...). People don’t seem to realize the back half of Tower in DHS is the 5th dimension hallway, and just how much extra space the assent shaft and show scenes require.
Remember the DCA version was designed for WDSP. Anaheim took it.
TDS was meant to get an Orlando version originally.
IMDREW
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Still can’t understand why they put it right in the middle of the park in WDS
.ToT should be at the edge of a park imo, you can’t get around the extremely tall and boring back of the dropshafts.
The placement (designed from the start) has always been odd. It’s a weenie building, not a centrepiece.Still can’t understand why they put it right in the middle of the park in WDS
ToT should be at the edge of a park imo, you can’t get around the extremely tall and boring back of the dropshafts.
One can only assume they never planned on expanding the blvd as they are doing now. Or just another chapter of how not to design a park.
"Ignore that big tower you see and instead focus your eyes on this fantastic warehouse you have to enter first!!!"
IMDREW
Well-Known Member
It is such an ugly park. I always try to see the beauty in it whenever I’m there, but will never understand most decisions made for that place.
Love that they’re expanding it and pouring some much needing cash in it, but if it were up to me, they’d skip frozen land and put that money into redesigning most of the park as is now. Especially the entrance. Like they did for DCA.
Love that they’re expanding it and pouring some much needing cash in it, but if it were up to me, they’d skip frozen land and put that money into redesigning most of the park as is now. Especially the entrance. Like they did for DCA.
Brer Oswald
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I’m placing all bets on a Cars retheme. If not for the Marvel contract, I’d bet on an Avengers retheme. But as for Cars:
Great soundtrack with respectable songs to people outside the Disney demographic? Check.
LA Highway theme? Check.
Motorized vehicles as the ride cars? Check.
High speed? Check.
I don’t think we are getting Cars Land, but this could be a good counterpick focussing more on the racing, high energy, and “big city” elements of the first film, as opposed to the laidback small town life of Radiator Springs that DCA has.
I’d rather them keep Aerosmith, but I’d be okay with this.
Great soundtrack with respectable songs to people outside the Disney demographic? Check.
LA Highway theme? Check.
Motorized vehicles as the ride cars? Check.
High speed? Check.
I don’t think we are getting Cars Land, but this could be a good counterpick focussing more on the racing, high energy, and “big city” elements of the first film, as opposed to the laidback small town life of Radiator Springs that DCA has.
I’d rather them keep Aerosmith, but I’d be okay with this.
RSoxNo1
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I would maintain that the way the front half of this park worked out is that the Hollywood Boulevard to Sunset Boulevard is entirely a setup for Tower of Terror, the front half of the park is setup for Tower of Terror.
The best way to to address this is to connect the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster / Cars show area to the Animation Courtyard area. Transition out of the Sunset Boulevard theme in whatever RnRC's retheme ends up being and make the transition actually work.
My personal preference, put some facades along that stretch and make the area the new home of an Osborne Lights equivalent. It can be nothing more than a passthrough area during 9 months of the year but be functional 3 months of the year.
Purduevian
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I feel like a Cars overlay would be awful for the same reason Stitch was an awful overlay for AE. The cars franchise is currently very popular with younger kids, and RnRC is currently a thrill ride aimed at teens and young adults. It's just seems like a bad idea to mix the two as I actually think it might lower the demand for RnRC. There is a reason Disney has not thrown a childish overlay on large rollercoasters yet, they tend to use their Superhero or Starwars (more adult) IP.
rle4lunch
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cough cough, incredicoaster.... sigh...
Purduevian
Well-Known Member
Honestly forgot about the Incredicoaster. I wonder if it is more or less popular than it was before.
rle4lunch
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good question. even tho pixar pier is lackluster, i doubt it has a lesser crowd, but i dunno.
The Grand Inquisitor
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God..... I hope it wont be the incredicoaster. Either keep it as Aerosmith or retheme it to Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.
rle4lunch
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me either, i was just reminding the poster that they had already rethemed a teen/adult rollercoaster to a kid movie. that said, i think this is going the carsland route. it really makes the most sense.
in the past 8 years since carsland has opened, RSR consistentely has just as many adults riding it as kids (probably more so). So I don't think a 'Cars' reskin would be doing an disservice to RnRc.