Movielover
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What Disney MGM Studios could have been if Euro Disneyland and other projects didn't tank...
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Roger Rabbit mini-land in the future for DHS
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EPCOTCenterLover
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What is that last image ?
Movielover
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Proposed addition to the Backlot Studio Tour, was going to be Journey To The Center of the Earth. You would enter through a sub terrain tunnel, pass through ancient ruins before encountering a very large AA of a lava worm. It was going to be based on a remake of the movie being planned at the time, but movie did not happen, and this addition to the tour was shelved. If Catastrophe Canyon was the equivalent to Universal's Earthquake set on their tour, this would have been equivalent to the original King Kong Encounter.
EPCOTCenterLover
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Thanks!
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What is Roger Rabbit's Hollywood would looks like?
Movielover
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Yeah, that's what the façade would have been. you can see the Maroon Studious building cut off to the left of the ACME factory. The Studio building was to be the entrance and you would exit out of ACME. It would have been situated on Sunset Blvd where Sunset Ranch Market and Rosie's are today, they were built as placeholders meant to be temporary filling for that section.
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What attractions, dining and entertainment will have for Roger Rabbit's Hollywood?
Movielover
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As far as I know the Sunset Blvd mini land was going to be just the Trolley Simulator, ACME Factory shop, and walk around M&G. I'm not sure about dining. Beyond that I'm not sure.
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I heard there is Terminal Bar & Grill, Baby Herman's Runaway Baby Buggy Ride, Benny the Cab ride, and a thrill roller coaster based on Roger Rabbit short RollerCoaster Rabbit.
Movielover
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I heard of those as well but I have no idea how they would have fit space wise in the park. I wish they were all built though!
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But I need a more information about a Roger Rabbit simulator ride.
Movielover
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Sorry, all I know about the Trolley Simulator is what I said above. Star Tours but with Roger.
Rambozo
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Oh, I was referring to the Disney World parks. The ones in Florida seem to becoming too similar.
Cmdr_Crimson
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If Spielberg decided to drop everything as he and Amblin have a 50% share of ownership. Disney had their back up at the ready..
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Guys, I can't find Who Discovered Roger Rabbit script everywhere, can you link it?If Spielberg decided to drop everything as he and Amblin have a 50% share of ownership. Disney had their back up at the ready..
Also what this is script I can find this:
Disney Maddux
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You have the huge expansion pad behind Star Tours.
The Trolley ride was going to be the same cabin simulator ride-type.
You still have all the concept art and ideas for the land.
DHS is still in desperate need of some kind of Phase 3 expansion.
The pieces are all there, but today's Disney will probably never act on it sadly.
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They can remove Star Tours, and replaced with Roger Rabbit mini-land with attractions such as Toontown Trolley, RollerCoaster Rabbit,
Benny the Cab dark ride, and Baby Herman's Runaway Baby Buggy Ride.
MagicHappens1971
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Star Tours doesn't necessarily have a huge "expansion pad" behind it, it's all backstage buildings, like cast services, the parade warehouse is also somewhere back there I think, etc. Plus a cast parking lot. It would be a lot of building and reconstruction. Plus the starcruiser is not too far away from all of those buildings.
networkpro
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What was called an "expansion pad" is what I'd call cast parking. There are necessary back-of-the-house functions you cant just convert into guest attractions. It would be as if you just turned your kitchen, laundry or bathroom into more sitting areas. It would provide some functionality, but remove necessary functions from your abode.
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pdude81
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Sure but the way they've locked up that park, it's the most reasonable expansion area other than chopping up animation courtyard. So you wouldn't demo the kitchen and laundry if you still needed those things right in that spot. You would either be converting the whole deal into something else (e.g. house into offices), or add on to put those necessary functions in a more desireable (and perhaps larger) space.