You think Disney management gives a rat's about lack of capacity? They care about revenue, cost-benefit ratio, profits, etc. They know, and so do you, that an expansion of the same ride isn't going to draw a single extra guest, that they wouldn't have had otherwise.
Maybe not to you, but for a $11 billion/year corporation. Yes, $85 million is pocket change.
Let me rephrase it.
I included The American Adventure in Epcot, Mermaid, Indy, BatB, and Disney Junior in DHS, and Lion King, Nemo, and Flights of Wonder in DAK. Keep in mind this is for the average guest. It's very easy to extend both parks to full-day status by taking breathers or walking slower. Also, I skipped meals.
I think we can agree to disagree. If you can give me a single 0 to hero e-ticket esque attraction (excluding Transformers) built by either Universal or Disney for $90 million or less built from 2010 to present (or since 2000 US$ inflation adjusted), I will gladly eat my words.
I'd agree. But while cost sharing can lower potential costs, a duplicate is not necessarily cheaper. Consider the different costs of developing at USH vs UOR, according to the LA Times, it cost Universal 2.5x as much to build Hogsmeade in Hollywood vs Florida, simply due to land factors and cost differences for materials, labor, etc. in California vs. Florida. As they tell you in real estate: location, location, location.
Yes, reusing the same ride system as Test Track for the third time was so much more amazing than the never done before system of Forbidden Journey which also perfectly blended a complicated system of rotating projection domes with amazing physical sets and animatronics. Don't get me wrong, I loved RSR when I went to DLR but the first time I rode Forbidden Journey it blew my mind what Universal accomplished.
The best acronym by far goes to Alien Swirling Saucers opening in Toy Story Land
Oh dear they reused a ride system, heaven forbid! At least they weren't idiotic enough to reuse it twice in the same resort. Living in California, my first experience with the Test Track ride system was RSR, and I was even more blown away by that ride as whole than Forbidden Journey. What animatronics? What "rotating" projection domes? The only development from that attraction is the ride system, which Universal fanboys will laud as the "mother to end all ride systems" (someone has commented that). It's a KUKA arm mounted to a track, original? Yes. Innovative? No. So please, spare me!Yes, reusing the same ride system as Test Track for the third time was so much more amazing than the never done before system of Forbidden Journey which also perfectly blended a complicated system of rotating projection domes with amazing physical sets and animatronics. Don't get me wrong, I loved RSR when I went to DLR but the first time I rode Forbidden Journey it blew my mind what Universal accomplished.
The best acronym by far goes to Alien Swirling Saucers opening in Toy Story Land
Really? You're arguing that FJ doesn't have animatronics and a rotating projection dome system? You're arguing that a first of its kind completely unique ride system isn't innovative? Yeah... no.
These animatronics.
These animatronics.
And the "rotating projection domes," they're not stationary. They follow your vehicle as you move between physical show scenes.
My only point is that FJ raised the bar a lot more than RSR even though they're both great rides.
Thanks for the backup @danlb_2000
How many axis of motion do those animatronics have combined? 8? They're more decorated motors than they are Audio-Animatronics, and hardly innovative in any form of the word.
That's kind of the point. It's supposed to feel completely seamless. Also if you don't care for FJ's projection screens I have some bad news about the Falcon ride for you............
