I will agree that Na’vi is the best example of how screens, projections, set design and animatronics can work so well together…I like and enjoy Ratatouille, I like the mixture of the set design and screens. To me, MMRR is like going to a drive in movie and leaving your car in drive…it just doesn’t work for me, but that’s ok, I realize there’s something for everyone. At least we both agree Na’vi was done well, it just needs a few more less elaborate AAs.
That is, actually, a very analogous example of a film that keeps popping up in the parks despite the fact it doesn't seem like one of the more popular ones in their library. I guess perhaps the trick to survival in the Disneyverse is to get into the Princess franchise!
WDW's space mountain is long overdue for a track replacement so wouldn't be surprised if true.
As someone who didn't care for the IP and its many, many issues the first time around, I am very relieved to see the attraction (and TV show) helmed by the right people. One of the original trailers for PATF was more interesting and entertaining than the film itself. I feel like both the new entities are going to be as lively and dynamic and engaging as they're trying to make the original film seem like it was. I am going to LOSE IT if the focus of this ride isn't primarily on Tiana, though.
Space Mountain is pretty rough right now. Most coasters need a retrack every once in a while to smooth out the wear and tear. I'm not saying it should be rethemed but I can see it going down for refurbishment.
I would hope they keep the layout and Star Tunnel music
Yes, I really agree. Hopefully they are taking the opportunity of the ride and the new series to make the IP what they want the film to have been. I think particularly the ride is a good chance to help make PatF it's own little world apart from the film itself, which is ironically a little like how Splash created feelings toward the characters and songs from SotS among people who have never seen the film. It seems they are being smart by putting Tiana front and centre and not going the frog route this time!
Imagine how far 150mm would have went w a proper Figment Update or using some of those funds to refurb Splash to its former glory.... instead a total waste of money. Not to mention now if you really wanted to get Tiana in the parks it should have been done properly with a brand new ride/restaurant
They could just as easily put a screen before each scene in Splash Mountain with Whoopie telling us why we shouldn't be enjoying that part of the ride.
Those are all huge moneymakers that are integral parts of their brand and marketing. Even if they were "as bad," (and I am not someone who quantifies that stuff) they'd find some way to justify it. Because, like, you and I have both said, this is 100000% their fault. Them acting like SOTS isn't their IP and their fault is just BONKERS. The way they act like Splash wasn't in their parks for 30+ years, like they weren't the ones who made it is WILD.
Why is it that every other theme park in the US has tubular steel track coasters and they NEVER have to replace the tracks and yet people keep emphatically stating that the track needs to be replaced? I honestly want to know…
Disney’s general approach to problematic material is to quietly edit or (when that isn’t possible) bury it. Examples include the Jewish peddler in The Three Little Pigs (changed shortly after WW2 because of its anti-Semitism), Sunflower in Fantasia, and the original lyrics to “Arabian Nights”. I can’t recall a time when they’ve shone a spotlight on the issue or their addressing of it; the discourse surrounding the Splash Mountain retheme is about as close as they’ve come to being direct. That isn’t to excuse their evasive approach; I’m just not surprised by it in the same way you seem to be.
General wear and tear. It dosen't matter if it is a wooden coaster or a steel coaster over time the track will get rough. I guarantee those coasters at Six Flags are rougher now then the day they opened.
Great point about marketing and being integral to the brand, Fantasia and Peter Pan especially. Where would we be without Sorcerer Mickey, Tinkerbell, and pixie dust? The same thing can’t be said about SotS. You know what else is marketable? PatF.
I do realize that…the parks aren’t open 365 and the attendance is no where the same. I was just genuinely curious as to why everyone says the track needs to be replaced…makes sense I feel educated!