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

[Animaniac93-98]

I think if you asked everyone leaving MK for the day what their favorite ride was Buzz would be in the top 3 for most people. It's just fun, full stop. I'd like to see it get an update, and maybe a retheme. But I think it probably will always be an arcade ride.

I highly doubt that. Some combination of Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, and Space Mountain would almost certainly be ranked higher by the majority of guests (regardless of how I'd personally rank them). Possibly the Jungle Cruise too, although I'm not really a fan.

It's not all that popular -- I'm pretty sure it and Peter Pan's Flight have roughly the same hourly capacity (which is on the low side) but PPF gets double the wait time of Buzz.

The Unofficial Guide to WDW 2021 actually has a list of top 10 attractions based on different age groups.

Buzz Lightyear ranks #1 for grade school kids and makes the top 10 of each age group under 30 (pre-school, grade school, teens, young adult).

As for top 3, Buzz only makes that cut for the Grade Schoolers. For everyone else it's basically a combination of 1 or more of the following; Happily Ever After, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Big Thunder Mountain and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

 

[owlsandcoffee]

The Unofficial Guide to WDW 2021 actually has a list of top 10 attractions based on different age groups.

Buzz Lightyear ranks #1 for grade school kids and makes the top 10 of each age group under 30 (pre-school, grade school, teens, young adult).

As for top 3, Buzz only makes that cut for the Grade Schoolers. For everyone else it's basically a combination of 1 or more of the following; Happily Ever After, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Big Thunder Mountain and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

Ah, thank you! That's enlightening. I probably jumped the gun by saying Top 3, haha.

 

[jt04]

The Unofficial Guide to WDW 2021 actually has a list of top 10 attractions based on different age groups.

Buzz Lightyear ranks #1 for grade school kids and makes the top 10 of each age group under 30 (pre-school, grade school, teens, young adult).

As for top 3, Buzz only makes that cut for the Grade Schoolers. For everyone else it's basically a combination of 1 or more of the following; Happily Ever After, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Big Thunder Mountain and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

Tourists.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Biggest shock of the chart for me is that Splash does not make the top 10 cut for the Teen category, but Mad Tea Party, Jungle Cruise and PhilharMagic do.

Splash is on the chart for all other age groups excluding Pre-Schoolers (which makes sense given the height requirement).

 

[UNCgolf]

The Unofficial Guide to WDW 2021 actually has a list of top 10 attractions based on different age groups.

Buzz Lightyear ranks #1 for grade school kids and makes the top 10 of each age group under 30 (pre-school, grade school, teens, young adult).

As for top 3, Buzz only makes that cut for the Grade Schoolers. For everyone else it's basically a combination of 1 or more of the following; Happily Ever After, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Big Thunder Mountain and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

That lines up with my expectations, other than Splash Mountain not appearing. That surprises me.

EDIT: Didn't see your other post about Splash until now.

 

[RSoxNo1]

VR at first. Then 3D. And finally 2D.


Too small.

I think you would need to take out some shops to get to a space big enough for an attraction. Even then, I think that entire corridor of Tomorrowland could be taken down and rebuilt in a different configuration to get a few more attractions in there.

 

[RSoxNo1]

The obvious armchair solution is to rework Tomorrowland into an Arcadeland. It seemed to be going that way. You could do the Space-themed Pizza Planet (and arcade) anything WiR (though preferably something tied to Hero's Duty and the Cybug alien swarm concept and NOT Sugar Rush) and then of course TRON, another arcade game. Not sure if going Pixel adventure land vs World of Tomorrow land is a great idea but it seems the logical choice nowadays. Tomorrowland's always been a mixed bag anyway.

I don't think that's a ridiculous idea at all. Maybe "Arcade" is a bit too on the nose, but a Virtual land isn't unrealistic.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Indoor version of Jetpacks from Shanghai.

If I'm in a jetpack, I don't want to be indoors.

 

[DoleWhipDrea]

Buzz at WDW might actually be fun if those awful laser guns were replaced. I’m sure it was fun when it was brand new but no one wants to play a game if their controller refuses to work.

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

I don't think that's a ridiculous idea at all. Maybe "Arcade" is a bit too on the nose, but a Virtual land isn't unrealistic.

The Digital Realm, The Grid or to keep the same nomenclature, Digital land or like you said Virtual land. But I kind of like the idea of creating a subset or mini land within Tomorrowland using those IPs. If we can't do original stuff (because Disney) than retooling Tomorrowland to be more abstract with mini lands of X or Y seems the logical answer.

 

[pdude81]

Buzz at WDW might actually be fun if those awful laser guns were replaced. I’m sure it was fun when it was brand new but no one wants to play a game if their controller refuses to work.

So much more fun in DL where they are on a cable instead of attached to the car.

 

[The Aracuan Bird]

I think if you asked everyone leaving MK for the day what their favorite ride was Buzz would be in the top 3 for most people. It's just fun, full stop. I'd like to see it get an update, and maybe a retheme. But I think it probably will always be an arcade ride.

Maybe 15 years ago.

 

[The Aracuan Bird]

Biggest shock of the chart for me is that Splash does not make the top 10 cut for the Teen category, but Mad Tea Party, Jungle Cruise and PhilharMagic do.

Splash is on the chart for all other age groups excluding Pre-Schoolers (which makes sense given the height requirement).

That’s not surprising in the slightest. Teens use Twitter

 

[owlsandcoffee]

Maybe 15 years ago.

As I said, top 3 was a bit of a stretch. I stand by my general point.

 

[The Aracuan Bird]

As I said, top 3 was a bit of a stretch. I stand by my general point.

I think Mania has greatly overshadowed it in the eyes of the general guest.

 

[owlsandcoffee]

I think Mania has greatly overshadowed it in the eyes of the general guest.

Fair point. It got a whole area dedicated to it (Pixar Place) and top billing, replicated in other parks, regular upkeep etc. Meanwhile Buzz just sits with his woefully outdated rear-projected face.

 

[The Aracuan Bird]

Fair point. It got a whole area dedicated to it (Pixar Place) and top billing, replicated in other parks, regular upkeep etc. Meanwhile Buzz just sits with his woefully outdated rear-projected face.

Yep. It’s also one of the few instances where modern technology has greatly improved upon a type of attraction experience. Which makes sense considering video game shooters replaced the old arcade shooter before Buzz even rolled onto the scene.

It would be interesting to see a ride that combines the physical sets of Buzz and gameplay of Mania. Maybe achieved with projection mapping? That might be what the Spider-Man ride ends up as in California. Guess we’ll see.

 

[owlsandcoffee]

Yep. It’s also one of the few instances where modern technology has greatly improved upon a type of attraction experience. Which makes sense considering video game shooters replaced the old arcade shooter before Buzz even rolled onto the scene.

It would be interesting to see a ride that combines the physical sets of Buzz and gameplay of Mania. Maybe achieved with projection mapping? That might be what the Spider-Man ride ends up as in California. Guess we’ll see.

That would be fantastic. I'd expect that to be what they do, maybe in 5-10 years. Might need to pull some tricks to make it feel faster.

 

[champdisney]

It's just fun, full stop. I'd like to see it get an update, and maybe a retheme. But I think it probably will always be an arcade ride.

One has to wonder if Disney is already considering repackaging Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin to coincide with Pixar’s next years release of Lightyear.

 

[owlsandcoffee]

One has to wonder if Disney is already considering repackaging Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin to coincide with Pixar’s next years release of Lightyear.

I would assume some plans are in the works. Depends fully on the success of the movie. If it bombs those plans get put in the archives with Plectu's Intergalactic Revue.