I have no expectations because this isn't the type of ride I think the MK really needs. Unless it has a ton of "show elements" (which it doesn't sound like it will) then it's an epic fail IMO.
What I'm hoping for is great new take on the dark ride, and includes a great story and lots of character scenes. If not, we already have BTMRR and the Barnstormer, so this attraction is totally unnecessary. I'm also really hoping that it is designed in a way that people OF ALL AGES can ride it, including young children.
If there is any kind of height restriction (besides maybe the youngest of children), then IMO, Disney has really made a massive mistake.
100% agree!
Magic Kingdom already has a lightly themed roller coaster, the Barn Stormer. Thunder Mountain doesn't tell a story, but has some decent theming. The last major E-Ticket was Splash, which uses detailed show scenes to tell a story. They didn't need to try to replicate Splash's show scenes, but how hard would it have been to add half a dozen show scenes? There certainly is the room in the structure's footprint which is massive.
It will be a C-Ticket ride, which I guess is OK, but as the poster above said, they already have rides like this around the Magic Kingdom. The whole swaying thing is interesting, but given what Disney has accomplished in the past (Splash) and what Potterland has done, this just doesn't cut it for the "biggest expansion in park history" or whatever they are calling FLE.
During my next trip when all of this is finished, I'm going to spend half the time in Potterland, I will *want* to see BOG, and the kindergartener in our group will want to ride LM, and I'll ride 7DC once to see what happens, but seriously, this is a major disappointment. I bet they want a ride with few scenes/effects because then they don't have to maintain it. Heck, I wouldn't be upset if the scenes had those figures with limited motion, but at least you'd get the feeling you got to go into Snow White's world.
Happiness is going to be drinking a butter-beer, not daydreaming about what an E-Ticket Snow White could have been had they cared to add a decent number of show scenes. We get Snow White doing a cameo like the Yeti. Not good enough.
They are quite simply cutting the budget too much for these rides, to the point where you have a lot of regret when you go into the park and remember when there was more "show" and story to the attractions.
I regret not riding Snow White last time I went, it was still a good ride, but it badly needed updating and a new queue and new special effects. I always ride Snow White in Disneyland, maybe because the facade is so well done.
