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

[GravityFalls]

Sadly, I would not hold your breath. Their track record with sci-fi has been pretty poor. Consider Treasure Planet, Meet the Robinsons, Lightyear, Strange World, Chicken Little (aliens), etc. Wall-e and Lili and Stich are the definite outliers.

It's all about execution and relatable story telling. Wall-e is about falling in love, Lilo and Stitch is about owning a dog. Elio seems to be about imposter-syndrome, a universal experience... for people in their 20s and 30s.

I'm not sure young kids will gravitate towards the film when the crux of the story is something many of us don't think about until adulthood.

With that said, Pixar was given an additional year to make the story work. There's a lot ridding on the film. The various alien characters have great merchandising potential. The aesthetic is a great fit for Tomorrowland. It could be a hit, I'm hoping it is, we'll have to wait and see.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Budget cuts aren’t the issue when you’re talking hundreds of millions of dollars. Only WDI can blow through money like they do.

 

[WondersOfLife]

I think a lot of people are so fixed on the current design of the space with the seats in the positions they are in and the animatronic in the middle sort of thing...

They don't have to do this old concept again. The creatives could level out the rounded theater and do just about anything with it. Interactive high def screens on the whole outer circle of the theater with some sort of shoot 'em up thing would be fine. Also, unpopular opinion, they could bring back the misplaced Stitch dance party and put it in the air conditioning and have the little tots and tiny kids dancing and having a good time. Dance parties are always a good attraction for the little kids, and it's Disney World. They need a new kiddie ride in Tomorrowland.

Or even better... They could make a Enchanted Tales with Belle kind of experience with Stitch, Buzz Lightyear, or Big Hero 6. Completely gut and re-theme the first holding room into a themed experience (magic mirror room), then re-theme the next holding room into the "practicing for their roles" storytelling experience (wardrobe room), and then the final room where Stitch (whether in costume or Animatronic) comes out and does the storytelling show with the kids. I think this is a wonderful experience over in Fantasyland and you could not have too many of these for the kiddos. Core memory material right there.

It doesn't even have to be Stitch. It can be Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Minnie dressed up as aliens/astronauts, ect. creating a space-themed story.

 

[Sectorkeeper71]

It's very bad, but still nothing compared to the old Wonders of Life pavilion being closed since 2007.

Been closed longer than it was open at this point

Edit: referring to wonders of life here, not stitch to make it clearer

 

[Bocabear]

Dance party for toddlers, another Meet and Greet or a Turtle Talk type experience would be a terrible waste of the building...though I guess, so is sitting vacant...Stitch is not really a good match for Tomorrowland... nor are Monsters...SURELY they could come up with something... This is the leader of creative entertainment and they cannot come up with any ideas that would fit Tomorrowland? What about going to the old discarded ideas like a space ship crash landed in Tomorrowland and play off the "Plectu's Galactic Revue" what was supposed to be part of a remodel from decades ago...There have been so many discarded ideas over the last 40 years, I am sure ANY of them would be better than a Monster comedy club and a shuttered empty building right at the entrance to Tomorrowland....and while they are at it, modernize the Speedway with super futuristic looking cars and added scenic elements... Make it all imaginative and futuristic again....

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

Dance party for toddlers, another Meet and Greet or a Turtle Talk type experience would be a terrible waste of the building...though I guess, so is sitting vacant...Stitch is not really a good match for Tomorrowland... nor are Monsters...SURELY they could come up with something... This is the leader of creative entertainment and they cannot come up with any ideas that would fit Tomorrowland? What about going to the old discarded ideas like a space ship crash landed in Tomorrowland and play off the "Plectu's Galactic Revue" what was supposed to be part of a remodel from decades ago...There have been so many discarded ideas over the last 40 years, I am sure ANY of them would be better than a Monster comedy club and a shuttered empty building right at the entrance to Tomorrowland....and while they are at it, modernize the Speedway with super futuristic looking cars and added scenic elements... Make it all imaginative and futuristic again....

Bring Plectu’s to the SGE space at MK and the Carousel Theater at Disneyland, everyone wins

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

S.I.R. being a DJ... he just plays techno and trip-hop from the '90s.

The DJ would be AUTO the Autopilot of the luxury cruiser, the Axiom from Pixar's WALL-E. Only, he just has music set to Shuffle/Auto-Play.

 

[fgmnt]

Dance party for toddlers, another Meet and Greet or a Turtle Talk type experience would be a terrible waste of the building...though I guess, so is sitting vacant...Stitch is not really a good match for Tomorrowland... nor are Monsters...SURELY they could come up with something... This is the leader of creative entertainment and they cannot come up with any ideas that would fit Tomorrowland? What about going to the old discarded ideas like a space ship crash landed in Tomorrowland and play off the "Plectu's Galactic Revue" what was supposed to be part of a remodel from decades ago...There have been so many discarded ideas over the last 40 years, I am sure ANY of them would be better than a Monster comedy club and a shuttered empty building right at the entrance to Tomorrowland....and while they are at it, modernize the Speedway with super futuristic looking cars and added scenic elements... Make it all imaginative and futuristic again....

I'd be amenable to moving an interactive theater show to the SGE plot if it meant there was a complete reimagining of what can go in the Timekeeper/Buzz Lightyear/Galaxy Palace Theater Plot. Not holding my breath regardless.

 

[Disney Maddux]

Sorry for semi-necro, but with all the word going around that this upcoming D23 will finally be where we start getting actual announcements, could Stitch finally be getting put out of its misery?

 

[doctornick]

Whatever happened to Magic Feather (who started this thread)?

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Whatever happened to Magic Feather (who started this thread)?

I haven’t seen a post from that person in a long time. And they were usually on the money

 

[KDM31091]

It's kind of crazy that such prime Tomorrowland real estate has now been unused for what, 8 years? But, Disneyland's Peoplemover/Rocket Rods have been abandoned for almost three times as long. Either way, it's ridiculous.

 

[James Alucobond]

It's kind of crazy that such prime Tomorrowland real estate has now been unused for what, 8 years? But, Disneyland's Peoplemover/Rocket Rods have been abandoned for almost three times as long. Either way, it's ridiculous.

Tomorrowland is in an almost continuous sorry state. Stitch needs a replacement, Space Ranger Spin is embarrassingly tired, the PeopleMover's show windows could easily be redressed yet remain untouched, Cosmic Ray's and Star Traders are hideous, raygun gothic bits and bobs still unevenly dot the area, the stage sits ugly and unused, the Carousel is long overdue for an update, the Speedway continues to pump out gas fumes, Space Mountain needs a retracking, and the TRON gravity building looms large in need of some dressing.

I wish it were getting one tenth of the attention that seems to be focused beyond Thunder Mountain.

 

[aladdin2007]

Tomorrowland is in an almost continuous sorry state. Stitch needs a replacement, Space Ranger Spin is embarrassingly tired, the PeopleMover's show windows could easily be redressed yet remain untouched, Cosmic Ray's and Star Traders are hideous, raygun gothic bits and bobs still unevenly dot the area, the stage sits ugly and unused, the Carousel is long overdue for an update, the Speedway continues to pump out gas fumes, Space Mountain needs a retracking, and the TRON gravity building looms large in need of some dressing.

I wish it were getting one tenth of the attention that seems to be focused beyond Thunder Mountain.

agree with all the above, to add to that the people mover is totally in the dark inside space mountain now, what happened to being able to view down into the queue and what happened to the glowing star effects overhead.......and the haphazard paint schemes throughout the land making it look like a ghetto. Its all bad. Just proves how bad management is too.

 

[Bocabear]

Tomorrowland was my favorite land as a kid....It is heartbreaking to see it in it's current state... YES! Time to do something with Buzz, boot the Monsters to DHS, Replace Stitch, Completely revitalize and replace the scenes on the Peoplemover...adding some scenic elements within the Space Mountain building instead of just inky blackness (when the panels were glowing on the rockets, at least there was something to see) Come up with some fun futuristic themed attractions!!and please sweet baby Jesus in the manger, re-fit the Speedway with super futuristic looking cars and add some great show scenes to the attraction...It can be done...they have done it elsewhere... Bring the Tomorrow back to Tomorrowland!!!

 

[fgmnt]

Tomorrowland was my favorite land as a kid....It is heartbreaking to see it in it's current state... YES! Time to do something with Buzz, boot the Monsters to DHS, Replace Stitch, Completely revitalize and replace the scenes on the Peoplemover...adding some scenic elements within the Space Mountain building instead of just inky blackness (when the panels were glowing on the rockets, at least there was something to see) Come up with some fun futuristic themed attractions!!and please sweet baby Jesus in the manger, re-fit the Speedway with super futuristic looking cars and add some great show scenes to the attraction...It can be done...they have done it elsewhere... Bring the Tomorrow back to Tomorrowland!!!

Does any of this maximize the share price?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Does any of this maximize the share price?

Yes.

 

[Bocabear]

Yes.

I agree...it can... It can make WDW better than it has been for decades... It can also make EPIC look trite...but they have to exceed in theme and design...not barely hit below the mark as it seems they have been doing of late.
Disney's success was always about going above and beyond expectations...delivering experiences and design never before seen... and they can do this again if they care to....

 

[Drdcm]

I’ve said it before and will say it again. They need to double down on retro futurism. They’ll never be able to keep up with what the current iteration of the “future” is.

Rockets/robots/weird technology is the way to go for sure.

 

[celluloid]

I’ve said it before and will say it again. They need to double down on retro futurism. They’ll never be able to keep up with what the current iteration of the “future” is.

Rockets/robots/weird technology is the way to go for sure.

I think that is what made Tomorrowland in 1994 my favorite place to be. I could live in Frontierland and Tomorrowland of the 90s. Even CoP was overlayed with touches to call it the "Metro Retro historical society."

It was at times thrilling, typically inspiring that had eternal themes that everyone can get.