Let's build a Tiger King dark ride and call it a day.
Darkest dark ride ever!
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Rumor: Jungle Book Boat Ride at Animal Kingdom
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Darkest dark ride ever!
WEDway Inc & Company LLC
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If that's not dead too...
FettFan
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Let's build a Tiger King dark ride and call it a day.
The Mad Meth Party?
Imagineer45
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It is so unfortunate they deem a revolutionary ride system too expensive for their flagship resort.
True, although the ride would still cost a lot less now than it did for Shanghai.
Magenta Panther
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Says the easily-impressed Iger shill.
Watch a video (in other words, educate yourself) of the Pirates ride in Shanghai. It demonstrates what a real state-of-the-art dark ride can really be. Why can't the U.S. have that? Then take a gander at Shanghai's Peter Pan's Flight update. And the Beauty and the Beast ride in Tokyo Disney. All those blow away the TRON rollercoaster, Rat and FoP combined. And Toy Story Land? The land of peeling paint and a kiddie coaster? You're actually impressed by that? Such blind loyalty. Or poor taste. But some of us have standards and reasonable expectations for the money we shell out for WDW. How you can defend cheapness and corner-cutting and call yourself a Disney parks fan is beyond me. Enjoy your disco Yeti and the Tangled bathrooms. The height of TDO innovation, no doubt, as far as you're concerned.
General Mayhem
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That reference is so old that I was a teenager when that "argument" took place. Good times.Finally King Louie will actually have a ride
Raineman
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What gets me is that I'm sure that a good deal of these great attractions at other parks around the world are using the massive revenue that Disney gets from WDW to fund them. Smaller parks with lower attendance are getting the good stuff, while the parks generating all of that $$ suffers in that area. I don't have a ton of gripes about Disney, but that is my biggest one. Funnel most/all of the money that WDW makes back into WDW, and not overseas.
lazyboy97o
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Disney pays less than half the cost for attractions in China (the three land expansion of Hong Kong Disneyland is a unique exception) and nothing in Japan.
doctornick
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I remember @marni1971 hinting on this topic in past discussions and this seems to confirm some things. Basically, he had said that two different parks were fighting over getting a certain tech but for different rides - this basically confirms it was the Shanghai POTC ride system and that the two parks fighting over it were DAK for a Jungle Book ride and DHS for an Indiana Jones one. Makes sense.
He's also stated before that DAK was slated to get a big E-ticket after the current builds were done. Sounds like this may have been the concept... and it will be off due to COVID-19.
Or maybe it was off anyway due to the cost anyway.I know other rumored stuff for DAK has been either a third Pandora attraction (a great leonopteryx encounter walk through maybe?) or possible changing Dinorama to something more substantial.
doctornick
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Yeah, I am not sure I understand the argument.
Sure 5 years ago it was certainly true that foreign parks were getting cutting edge attractions while WDW was stagnating. But in recent years, we've seen LPS rides finally coming to WDW, we've gotten FoP which is the only park using that next generation version of the ride system, we're seeing Tron being built - no not exactly a unique ride system, but the guest positioning and experience was certainly unique for Disney and it is not staying as a Shanghai exclusive - and WDW is the first park getting the positioning roller coaster technology for GotG.
On top of all that, RotR used not only the LPS setup but also blends it with other systems to create an absolutely unique ride experience. And only the domestic parks have it at this time.
It's also worth noting that some of the other relatively recently stateside builds included Radiator Springs Racers (the next iteration of the slot car tech) and 7DMT (the first development of the swinging car roller coaster).
So... I don't get the idea that WDW or the US parks overall not getting "good stuff". Was certainly true in the past but doesn't seem like a defensible position at this time.
Now, I do agree that it is a shame if the domestic parks do not get the Shanghai POTC system at some point. And hopefully it won't take forever as it did with LPS rides. It seems like a great ride system given its flexibility but also because it has a high capacity, something sorely needed.
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And Epcot.
Heppenheimer
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My bet is on King Louie Walken, since he never turns down a paying job, whereas the estate of Louis Prima has been far more protective of his legacy.They better include the earthquake section.
EDIT - Begs the question though....is this King Louie Prima or King Louie Walken?
I would hope not for a few reasons: DAK has the costume characters already. (could be used to hypothetically sell an addon Meet and Greet area) The animated feature is more MK-adjacent (more kid-oriented, something DAK I believe is wanting to add to their park) Theory: It'd be used to stave off any would-be Zootopia plans. The classic provides a better aesthetic. The music is better. 100% Fact. In comparing Prima to Walken... one of those guys can actually sing. One is bouncy and fun the other more action adventure. Both could work though. I just think the style of the original is better suited for theme park attractions.
What was Epcot's plan?
That’s where the India ride originated from.
DisneyTalks
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Oh chapek! Chapek!!!
Was it originally to be slated for Epcot first prior to the other parks wanting a piece of the action or were they all fighting for the Shanghai tech around the same time?
I don’t know about the others but I heard of Epcot 4 years ago.
Heppenheimer
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My comment was actually only limited to who would portray King Louis, archived Louis Prima recordings or paying Christopher Walken to record some new lines.
The original has demonstrated far more staying power in the public mind than the recent remake (much less the now forgotten 1990s live action version), so it would be the obvious choice. But as I noted, the estate of Louis Prima has not always played ball well with Disney.