I hope to god they don't. Can't imagine they would do that with the animals, but can't be too certain about the human characters. Something akin to the animatronics in the Tokyo Beauty and the Beast attraction would be much more ideal, especially now that we know they're capable of doing it.
Come on, we’ve been through this before, and very recently. Artwork from much later in the process for GotG showed a spectacular preshow with Groot and Rocket AAs and a life size Milano. That was for the most expensive ride Disney ever built based on the most successful franchise in pop culture history - and it was cut. In that case, Disney defenders explained at length that anyone who trusted concept art was a fool.
This is a strange read of that concept art. Rocket, Groot, and the robotic swing arm looked like physical setpieces, but the Milano definitely did not.
It looks to me like a physical ship in front of a projected starfield. Presumably the other cast members would have appeared as projection effects in the cockpit.
I just think that's really difficult to assume from the artwork, and I'm not entirely sure how it would've made much sense? Like, you wouldn't be standing in a cargo bay while the hatch leading into the vacuum of space was open right in front of you. It would definitely make more sense for you to be seeing the ship on a viewscreen.
You’d be looking at a docked ship. I don’t think scientific realism is a big concern here - the most famous room on RotR is a docking bay with a giant opening into space.
This factors into things somewhat for me, although much less than the confirmed details of the retheme that have been released thus far. To be super honest myself, I don't really see a problem with it. Splash is being replaced -- whether one agrees with it or not -- due to "perceived" (lol) motivations other than simply creating a better attraction. Even if you agree with those motivations, it seems pretty understandable how you could be suspect of the resulting output.
I agree it was rather disappointing that we didn't get the rumored Groot and Rocket animatronic, but I think the life size Milano is a bit of stretch. It would've been nice, but having seen that concept art there's nothing to imply it would have been a physical prop instead of a screen (like what we have now). Even with that in mind, Guardians is a roller coaster and nobody was expecting a multitude of animatronics aside from those that were rumored for the preshow. A better comparison would be if Cosmic Rewind reutilized the pre-existing Universe of Energy vehicles / layout, and they kept the dino diorama without any of the actual dinos. In its current form, the lack of animatronics in Cosmic Rewind is disappointing but I wouldn't say it was all that surprising given the nature of the ride.
I'll leave it to your read, I suppose, but I think it's a bit much to fault them for the Milano when it's very easy to see how the intention may have been different from how you happened to interpret it. Rocket, Groot, sure; I think the concept art is clear there, with them standing on what look like physical platforms in the space. The ship itself, eh, I don't think what was shown could be considered deceptive in that case (other than the obvious difference in narrative from what we got in the final product).
Who are you referring to?
At the risk of undermining the veracity of your other statements . . . the Brooklyn Bridge is toll free.
Egg on my face…just naturally assumed that EVERY bridge in NYC had a toll…I guess I should change it to the Verrazano…lol THAT, I know you need a home equity loan to cross (especially in a truck) lol
I’m not going to let you bait me.
At the expense of reimagining one to the other instead of just building the other. Same way it was a mistake to kill GMR for Railway when you have Launch Bay begging to be used for a ride. The parks are lacking capacity and we keep getting replacements instead of additions.
Man, Ms. Marvel was just excellent. The villains were a bit rushed, but the character work and directing were spectacular. And Iman Vellani was an amazing find, tremendously charming - Marvels casting is incredible.
As a former Staten Islander the Verrazano Bridge toll is so high that I used to refer to it as an admission fee.
Is it “baiting” you to ask you to clarify what you meant in a vague post?
