Soarin' Expansion and new Soarin' Around the World film

[No Name]

Also, I wonder how long it will take to make the switch. Besides changing the movie, they would need to reprogram the movements and change the smells.

I assume switching from movie to movie is fairly easy. They probably, or at least could, have a "ride pattern" pre-set to each film. So basically different vehicle movements are programmed to each film, and Disney could change between both sets of vehicle movements with the flip of a switch. This is pretty much what they do for Star Tours.

So the vehicle movement change may be able to happen overnight. As for changing the smells though, I don't really know how easy or hard that is.

 

[GhostHost1000]

So, fun info today from my buddy in internal marketing, apparently the "End of May" date (reportedly, May 27) is the opening of the third theater but will still have Soarin' Over California. Then, the movie switch will occur later in June or July, depending on Shanghai and when they finally open.

Well that is certainly odd. Reopening but not with the new movie. How much time do they need to program the new movie that has already been complete for some time. Sigh

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Why would the reopen with the old movie? Pretty LAME.. hope you're listening DISNEY!!!

 

[spectromagic04]

Why would the reopen with the old movie? Pretty LAME.. hope you're listening DISNEY!!!

Im assuming it's because Disney wants Shanghai to have it first before both U.S. parks.

 

[Marlins1]

If Frozen is really opening on May 27th then it would make sense to open Soarin' that day as well in whatever form they can. A 24 hour MK day might be in order too - anything to try to appease all of the people that won't be able to get on Frozen Ever After.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Im assuming it's because Disney wants Shanghai to have it first before both U.S. parks.

Stupid. I highly doubt there is a high percentage of people that would travel to both Shanghai and Orlando. Shanghai ruins everything.

 

[Jon81uk]

Why would the reopen with the old movie? Pretty LAME.. hope you're listening DISNEY!!!

Apparerently they promised the premiere to Shanghai and you don't want to upset the Chinese.

 

[No Name]

Well that is certainly odd. Reopening but not with the new movie. How much time do they need to program the new movie that has already been complete for some time. Sigh

It's most likely programmed and close to ready. It just has to open in Shanghai first. I can understand the reasoning too, Shanghai wants it first so they can call it an original attraction, so they can call it theirs. And Disney, thinking long ago that the park would open in 2015, probably originally thought the US upgrades wouldn't be ready till Shanghai opened anyway, so it was an easy little demand to cave into (and still is).

Just be lucky their Shanghai parteners didn't force Disney into a 5-year exclusivity deal like the other foreign parks typically do. At least, from what it sounds like, it could open in the US days after.

 

[danv3]

Im assuming it's because Disney wants Shanghai to have it first before both U.S. parks.

That had been rumored in the past. No one is sure just how long Shanghai's exclusivity is supposed to last. A day? A month? A year? Hard to know when EPCOT will get the new film.

 

[danlb_2000]

That had been rumored in the past. No one is sure just how long Shanghai's exclusivity is supposed to last. A day? A month? A year? Hard to know when EPCOT will get the new film.

Epcot will get the new film this year, Disney has said that much.

 

[Haymarket2008]

I'd expect it'd be open by mid July.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Well I sure hope we don't have to soar over Shanghai.

 

[mm52200]

Well I sure hope we don't have to soar over Shanghai.

I'm pretty sure since the film was created for Shanghai Disney...you will most likely "soar" over Shanghai at some point in the film...

 

[DisDan]

Well I sure hope we don't have to soar over Shanghai.

Well that would be an easy one to do since you could just simulate that whole flyover by having a few people smoke cigarettes while you move your iPhone through the exhaust back and forth, no one will know the difference.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

I'm pretty sure since the film was created for Shanghai Disney...you will most likely "soar" over Shanghai at some point in the film...

UGH

 

[ToTBellHop]

UGH

China is part of the world.

 

[olie64]

China is part of the world.

Really has been a major player in the world for most of history.

 

[Travel Junkie]

Looks like Disney is telling us where the ride is going. Currently at World of Disney in DTD at Disneyland.

pics from @Amanduh627 on twitter.

 

[DisneyRoy]

Looks like Disney is telling us where the ride is going. Currently at World of Disney in DTD at Disneyland.

pics from @Amanduh627 on twitter.

Very nice! I like this kind of tease. Let's a little out of the bag, but still leaves you wondering. Some nice looking locations there.

 

[doctornick]

I'm still wondering if there will be any randomization element, which would be easy to do. I mean, there are a ton more places they could add beyond those shown in the picture above. (Quick aside: no Great Wall of China?)