News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions

[Model3 McQueen]

Disney security guards could act as corrupt Gotham PD officers and rob guests. Cast members could dress as street thugs and rob guests. They could have a regular event where one lucky guest gets bumped into by Bane and has to engage in a fist fight with him right there and then.

Sounds wonderfully Disney to me.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

Come back to me when this actually becomes a reality and I'm still complaining about it a year later brogurt.

But you just took a jab at $hapek. That's a 1LE McQueen signature move right there, Abroham

 

[Rich T]

Here's a not-too-far-fetched scenario for SWGE totally consistent with the company's past decisions:
SWGE is so popular, Disney decides they need to increase capacity quickly.
... and cheaply.
They use the adjacent FL territory to quickly create Watto's Wonder World a deliberately-cheap, cruddy looking traveling carnival run by the original Watto's son. Everything looks like garbage (but it's deliberate, so that's okay, right?) and the carny rides include an X-WIng/Tie Fighter spinner and a small coaster called Womp Rats (actually a relocated Goofy's Sky School). Also included would be a dozen games of "skill" ,a porg/ewok shooting gallery, and Dex's Diner, which has become a galaxy-spanning fast-food chain.

 

[Professortango1]

http://themeparkuniversity.com/universal/islands-adventure-never-part-1-bat-wing/

I like the thought they put into it! Not a fan of the old cartoony styles, but of Nolan's masterpieces. Guess that wouldn't work for a family theme park huh hahaha.



I have a soft spot for Nolan and what he did to Batman. I would want that, not the older Batman films as I never grew up with them.

What about a Dark Knight stunt show? A Joker, Bane, or Scarecrow meet and greet?? On second thought.. maybe not a good idea



Dude come on. This sounds like something I would say.. and you give me a hard time when I post something like this??

While Nolan's Batman is a great crime thriller, the aesthetic doesn't make a compelling land as most of it was shot in New York and Chicago, modern cities. Burton's Batman has a much more unique and immersive design to the city. Magic Mountain had a cool Gotham area before it was repainted as a generic DC area. It was all just facades, but it showed how strong the design was for Burton's Gotham and how well it played in a theme park.

 

[PB Watermelon]

Isn't Gone with the Wind the highest grossing movie of all time when adjusted for inflation?

Yes, but Disney's argument back in the 80's was tickets sold, not money earned. They called it the "most popular film of all time" and then mangled it for theatrical venues by cutting off the top and bottom of the 1.37 frame to make it "fill the screen" of 80's theaters. I remember Siskel and Ebert devoting a bit of time to chastise the company for the alteration. In the years that followed, specifically because of Siskel and Ebert drawing attention to what was done to Snow White for the 50th anniversary release, Disney released Fantasia and Pinocchio and 101 Dalmatians in their original aspect ratios theatrically. People can say what they want about disagreeing with Ebert and Siskel's opinions (they were dead wrong trashing Spielberg's Empire of the Sun), but they loved and defended films, and they had an impact.

Anyway, Snow White (1937) did indeed once hold the title of highest grossing film of all time for a very short period -- Gone With the Wind in 1939 was lurking around the corner. And in 1987, Disney did try to promote it as the most popular film of all time due to tickets sold, not money earned.

 

[PB Watermelon]

While Nolan's Batman is a great crime thriller, the aesthetic doesn't make a compelling land as most of it was shot in New York and Chicago, modern cities. Burton's Batman has a much more unique and immersive design to the city. Magic Mountain had a cool Gotham area before it was repainted as a generic DC area. It was all just facades, but it showed how strong the design was for Burton's Gotham and how well it played in a theme park.

Yikes, I thought the Batman ride at Magic Mountain was just a hanging coaster painted black with some cheap junk lying around it in a half-assed attempt at theming. That was back in the mid-90's though, so maybe things changed.

 

[Professortango1]

Yikes, I thought the Batman ride at Magic Mountain was just a hanging coaster painted black with some cheap junk lying around it in a half-assed attempt at theming. That was back in the mid-90's though, so maybe things changed.

Batman the ride was at the back of the Gotham area. It had the "themed" entrance of Gotham City Park. The park wasn't badly themed, just not deep enough. The queue then takes you through a decently themed exterior portion with a shot up police car and other signs of mayhem. The actual land had the entry arch in Burton's style, a row of facades on the right side of the land, and some themed flat rides with water towers and industrial gloomy designs. There was also the Batman stunt show adjacent to the land. It wasn't anything jaw dropping, but it was more than Six Flags had ever done before and the facades and overall aesthetic did excite me as a kid, even if the ride experience wasn't as immersive as a Disney coaster.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

While Nolan's Batman is a great crime thriller, the aesthetic doesn't make a compelling land as most of it was shot in New York and Chicago, modern cities. Burton's Batman has a much more unique and immersive design to the city. Magic Mountain had a cool Gotham area before it was repainted as a generic DC area. It was all just facades, but it showed how strong the design was for Burton's Gotham and how well it played in a theme park.

Yikes, I thought the Batman ride at Magic Mountain was just a hanging coaster painted black with some cheap junk lying around it in a half-assed attempt at theming. That was back in the mid-90's though, so maybe things changed.

I was half joking about the whole thing lol but as cool as it would be I just don't see it working with families.

Also, anything Six Flags does is a joke in regards to theming lol. The new Wonder Woman coaster looks pretty cool though.

 

[Phroobar]

What about a Dark Knight stunt show? A Joker, Bane, or Scarecrow meet and greet?? On second thought.. maybe not a good idea

It would be just like Disney to copy Six Flags.

Magic Mountain just got rid of their Batman stunt show arena for the Justice League ride. The picture is from the SF Mexico version.

 

[Phroobar]

I was half joking about the whole thing lol but as cool as it would be I just don't see it working with families.

Also, anything Six Flags does is a joke in regards to theming lol. The new Wonder Woman coaster looks pretty cool though.

You haven't ridden the Justice League ride then. That thing make's Buzz Lightyear look pathetic.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

It would be just like Disney to copy Six Flags.

Magic Mountain just got rid of their Batman stunt show arena for the Justice League ride. The picture is from the SF Mexico version.

This is what I would expect from Disney

You haven't ridden the Justice League ride then. That thing make's Buzz Lightyear look pathetic.

I haven't done Buzz Lightyear in years, but I heard good things about that Justice League ride. I need to get out more and visit these places. The last non-Disney theme park I visited was either Knott's or Universal Hollywood, and that was in my early teens.

 

[D.Silentu]

I realize this is all hypothetical, but where did the idea that Disney has anything to do with Batman come from?

 

[Disney Irish]

I realize this is all hypothetical, but where did the idea that Disney has anything to do with Batman come from?

I was thinking the same thing.

Probably due to Gotham being on Fox, maybe someone thought it would be part of the Disney/Fox merger. But DC is under Warner which is being bought by AT&T if the current merger goes through.

Or maybe someone was being sarcastic and everyone else just ran with it.

Either way the only way Disney gets DC is if Time Warner sells it off to Disney if the AT&T merger doesn't happen. But its in the courts right now, and it doesn't look good for the DOJ. Anyways I wouldn't want both Marvel and DC under Disney.

 

[NobodyElse]

I realize this is all hypothetical, but where did the idea that Disney has anything to do with Batman come from?

You'll have to ask this guy:

Random thought but Disney owns a part of Batman now right?

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Wait. What?

 

[BrianLo]

Oooooook, at least try to keep the chatter tangentially related.

Here's a Fresh Baked video to complain about instead:

 

[Disney Irish]

Oooooook, at least try to keep the chatter tangentially related.

What fun would that be....

 

[BrianLo]

What fun would that be....

Noting small layout differences and coming to the obviously correct conclusion about impossible to overcome coastal size differences... that's years of entertainment right there.

We need the WDW fans to generate enough tears to put out the fires that their parade and gondolas are causing! Public service, really.

 

[nevol]

Extraterrestrial color swatches. Screenshot via FreshBaked star wars update @6:18

 

[PB Watermelon]

Also, anything Six Flags does is a joke in regards to theming lol. The new Wonder Woman coaster looks pretty cool though.

My brother-in-law worked at a low-grade theme park in San Antonio in high school, he refuses to go theme parks, he hates them. I married his sister, for our 2nd anniversary, took her to the Grand Canyon and Disneyland. She had never been to a Disney park. I was legit worried she wasn't going to like Disneyland because of the bad history her brother had, but tried to tell her Disneyland wasn't a mere theme park, like Six Flags or that crap pile her brother worked at. Planned it as well as I could. Show up an hour before rope drop. First attraction was Peter Pan's Flight because the line for that ride gets nuts. We go over London and then Neverland and I hear her audibly cry. We get off the ride and go straight to Dumbo, as that line also gets nuts...and we're in line and I turn to her and she has tears running down her face. I ask her what's wrong. She tells me, "It really is the happiest place on Earth." She was crying from joy.