Star Tours 2.0: DL Spring 2011, DHS ???

Testtrack321

Testtrack321

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NewfieFan said:
Totally off topic here... but I actually agree with you! :lookaroun



But I'm sure the franchaise has pulled in lots since!
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Cars makes BANK off of merchandising and other things. Why else was it the first film to get a sequel after the Pixar & Disney merger?

I love The Incredibles, but I hope Disney leaves them alone at times, I'd rather they not tarnish the brand any.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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whylightbulb said:
Although I wasn't directly involved in the front end planning of this project, from what I've been told, TDO did put up a fight and can be partially blamed for delays so far. I can't say for sure if it was as bad as Lutz reported.
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That makes sense why there was the delay from 2010 to 2011. Obviously something was up with delaying Star Tours 2.0, and the rumor that Orlando was trying to scale it back and get it cheaper was prominent in that timetable delay. At least know Al Lutz has confirmed the Spring, 2011 debut for Disneyland.

But what that means for Disneyland is that two big things open the same year now; Little Mermaid E Ticket and Star Tours 2.0 both in Spring, 2011.

Al Lutz had an amazing timetable of coming attractions/events for Anaheim at the end of his update today. I don't know where Disneyland is going to park all of those cars the next few years! :eek:
 
TP2000

TP2000

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JamieD said:
I'm all for new attractions...and for keeping the integrity of the parks/lands. Let me preface by saying I have not seen the film...how exactly does Cars/Carsland fit with the history/culture/glitz of California? If I'm way off base, educate me.
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Route 66 as it goes across the desert southwest to California is fairly cut and dry.

It's actually a lot more rational and sensible than a mermaid from a Danish fairytale performing in elaborate musical production numbers on a Victorian-era California boardwalk.

But then you can go crazy if you try and rationalize the stuff in Disney theme parks. WDW's Magic Kingdom offers up some of the worst examples currently. Why is there a fantasy-based log ride with talking and singing animals from the American rural South right next door to a reality-based silver mining operation that would be 1,500 miles away in the southwest? And don't even try and make sense of all of the characters and plotlines, both real and imagined, from many different centuries that currently inhabit Tomorrowland. :lol:
 
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autigger

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RSoxNo1 said:
I think the argument about the quality of Cars is the scope of it's appeal. It appeals largely to young boys, but doesn't branch out as much into the parents or girls. Some of the other Pixar offerings appeal to a wider demographic.
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I agree and this is why Cars is such a nice (and needed) balance to the Princess overload at Disney parks.
 
SirGoofy

SirGoofy

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autigger said:
I agree and this is why Cars is such a nice (and needed) balance to the Princess overload at Disney parks.
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I could see the Incredibles as the exact same thing. Superheroes are HUGE right now, and Disney is doing nothing to market/sell their team of masks.

Ugh...I'm starting to sound like a marketing guy.
 
EPCOT Explorer

EPCOT Explorer

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SirGoofy said:
I could see the Incredibles as the exact same thing. Superheroes are HUGE right now, and Disney is doing nothing to market/sell their team of masks.

Ugh...I'm starting to sound like a marketing guy.
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Not a bad thing...:lookaroun:lol: My marketing class was one of my faves in HS.:lol:
 
ttalovebug

ttalovebug

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WDWFigment said:
I'll agree that, off hand, Incredibles is a very underutilized property.

However, I don't think that any movie should have its own land (not even Star Wars...that other big Lucas Property should be present in that land, if it ever happens). Especially at DHS, where it would be sort of a contradiction. You have Pixar Place (the Pixar Land), but for some reason you also have a Cars Land? Why wouldn't a Cars attraction just fit into the original Pixar land? I don't mean in the regards of physically fitting the attraction there, I mean fitting from the perspective of having cohesive lands within the park. I don't think it makes sense to have a "land" that is actually a subset of another "land" within the park, as its own independent land. I still really like the idea of there being several "lands" at DHS that fit the different properties (Muppets Land, Lucas Land, etc.), although we haven't heard about that for a while, so who knows if that's still the longterm plan for DHS.
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I totallly agree. There is a Pixar Place, so "Carsland" would seem strange. Even if it is well done, it's just such a weird idea to have a land based off one movie, like Toy Story in HKDL.
 
nemofinder22

nemofinder22

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While Al certainly has a great track record, I mean he even mentioned that Magical would be taking over for the summer with Dumbo and confetti. I do think that its some very accurate info but its always better to fully hear it from Disney.
 

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