Rumor Stitch's Great Escape Replacement— Don’t Hold Your Breath

[mikejs78]

It's not going to be very repeatable with a four hour queue... for the ride and the park.

Well, yeah. But Im really talking about from visit to visit. As someone who only gets to go to WDW occasionally, I only went to LMA on a few trips. It just wasn't a must-do every trip, whereas I think SGE will be.

 

[zombiebbq]

No, most all the empty spaces will not be filled in two-three years.
If that was true, Wonders of Life/Stitch would have been announced last year given how long it takes Disney to actually construct an attraction.
If these spaces where going to be filled in "two-three" years, there would be active construction and we'd know more specifics.

Exactly. Plus the fact that attractions are allowed to sit unused for years in parks with such incredible attendance. I'm not going to be applauding "expansion" just yet.

 

[roj2323]

And I have to believe that the Star Wars attractions will be better and more repeatable than LMA.

Darn near anything with air conditioning would be far more repeatable than LMA. Fortunately Disney is putting some effort into these new attractions and they will likely be extremely popular as a result.

 

[NateD1226]

WARNING: Very sad pictures...

 

[PizzaPlanet]

Disney parks are renowned for having “attractions” as opposed to “rides”

Which is why Marty Sklar hated the name "Great Movie Ride".

 

[Disney Maddux]

WARNING: Very sad pictures...

SKIPPY, NUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spoiler

Also dang, from the looks of that preshow room, SGE is pretty much 100% gutted. Guess that throws out my theory of it being our latest abandoned space.

 

[Thelazer]

Cue the "This guy is going to get fired / Banned / etc etc.. posts.."

 

[HonorableMention]

SKIPPY, NUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spoiler

Also dang, from the looks of that preshow room, SGE is pretty much 100% gutted. Guess that throws out my theory of it being our latest abandoned space.

I think that's the space underneath the pre-show room. That's where the animatronics would be when they weren't in the tubes.

 

[Disney Maddux]

I think that's the space underneath the pre-show room. That's where the animatronics would be when they weren't in the tubes.

You're right, just read some of the replies to that tweet.

So I guess SGE is abandoned.

 

[rocketraccoon]

Cue the "This guy is going to get fired / Banned / etc etc.. posts.."

They will, lol. They're absurdly wreckless. Some really good photos/videos though.

 

[NateD1226]

They will, lol. They're absurdly wreckless. Some really good photos/videos though.

They posted a video today of ImageWorks! Really cool!

 

[rocketraccoon]

They posted a video today of ImageWorks! Really cool!

It is! Really neat stuff, it's nice seeing those videos that aren't shakier than an earthquake. Enjoy it while it lasts I suppose :s

Edit: Actually wow, looking at the Imageworks video again you can pretty much nail down what he looks like really easily. Doesn't help it was filmed in the last couple days either.

 

[briangaw]

WARNING: Very sad pictures...

Sad that I am most intrigued by the wooden joists, although beefy wooden joists, in a commercial/ride building such as this in Florida. Wonder if it is original?

 

[TwilightZone]

WARNING: Very sad pictures...

I wonder if stitch and the evil alien worked on the same system as the two skippys? This is some really interesting stuff!
Also donut guy's official name was donut robber, the more you know.

 

[Thelazer]

It is! Really neat stuff, it's nice seeing those videos that aren't shakier than an earthquake. Enjoy it while it lasts I suppose :s

Edit: Actually wow, looking at the Imageworks video again you can pretty much nail down what he looks like really easily. Doesn't help it was filmed in the last couple days either.

Either the guy already quit and has held this footage till then.. or REALLY just doesn't give a
The likely hood of him being caught on a security camera, is pretty damn high at this point.
It's actually fascinating to watch it all play out.

 

[Thelazer]

Sad that I am most intrigued by the wooden joists, although beefy wooden joists, in a commercial/ride building such as this in Florida. Wonder if it is original?

Yes it is original.
I have been in that location, during the conversion from AE to SGE.

It's a fine line to "remodel" vs structurally change something, which results in having all manor of things brought up to code.

You'd be surprised.. a lot of wooden construction exists in the MK.
A LOT OF IT.

 

[rocketraccoon]

Either the guy already quit and has held this footage till then.. or REALLY just doesn't give a
The likely hood of him being caught on a security camera, is pretty damn high at this point.
It's actually fascinating to watch it all play out.

Unless the footage is a year old, it was filmed in the last 4 days. The fact that he actually went in (the modern) Imageworks and took video with other guests around after exploring upstairs is remarkable. You only have 3 days of security footage to go through to find him. I'm guessing he either doesn't care or honestly believes he won't get caught by just deleting EXIF data and hiding some reflections in his videos.

They're great videos and photos, all incredibly valuable stuff, but good god he isn't that bright. There's a half dozen ways they could find out who he is.

 

[Thelazer]

Unless the footage is a year old, it was filmed in the last 4 days. The fact that he actually went in (the modern) Imageworks and took video with other guests around after exploring upstairs is remarkable. You only have 3 days of security footage to go through to find him. I'm guessing he either doesn't care or honestly believes he won't get caught by just deleting EXIF data and hiding some reflections in his videos.

They're great videos and photos, all incredibly valuable stuff, but good god he isn't that bright. There's a half dozen ways they could find out who he is.

That's assuming the same person took the camera into the image works, as the same person who took it into the (Modern) image works. But wow.. were really going full Dick Tracy mode here. Your probably right, I'm assuming whoever it is just doesn't care. I'd love to place bets on which dept said person works for though. There are only, 3 possible ones that come to mind (outside of 3rd party contractors such as electrical / BVCC)

 

[NateD1226]

I spy with my little eye the person filming at the end of the video...

 

[tirian]

Well, that's what we've been talking about. Unused space. That points to "getting less and less." But, when we look at how the unused space is slated for a new attraction, and how there are other attractions being put in place that are expanding the parks' footprint adding to the total number of attractions, then the claim "We're getting less and less" isn't true.

Exactly. To put it in perspective, NFL was sold as an expansion, but it actually replaced some lost capacity the MK had in the ‘90s; and it didn’t even meet the previous numbers!

Almost everything currently under construction is truly new capacity, and anything that’s a replacement is more exciting than the previous occupants had become. I hate seeing the massive GOTG showbuilding, but UOE hadn’t met its potential in 20 years. The Backlot Tour was useless after production stopped at the Studios. The only exception is LMA, which was still popular when Disney decided to close it.