Brer Panther
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If there was anything planned for the empty building that was once Stitch's Great Escape, chances are it was cancelled to fund the Splash Mountain retheme.
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Rumor Stitch's Great Escape Replacement— Don’t Hold Your Breath
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TheGuyThatMakesSwords
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YAEB (yet another empty building)....
Check out the "MT LOT" billboard on main street
. All of this fits, with the "New" WDW...
Dirty. No Staff. Everything broken, every other day...
Check out the "MT LOT" billboard on main street
. All of this fits, with the "New" WDW...Dirty. No Staff. Everything broken, every other day...
TwilightZone
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After the failure of Millenium Falcon, I'm hoping disney doesn't try yet another "interactive" button push attraction. Everything about WIR sounds terrible. Honestly I would tear the whole interior or building down and start fresh. Could be a nice spot for a dark ride.
HauntedMansionFLA
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a Darth Vader encounter would be interesting by using the same layout as Alien encounter,
TwilightZone
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On one hand, yuck, I really dislike adding star wars when it already has its own dedicated land.
But on the other hand, I wouldn't really mind this either since it is kinda cool.
Disney Maddux
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Only problem is you have Cosmic Ray's and the two shops sharing the building, so teardown isn't really an option.
And as said before, the setup does have a lot of potential, and as seen with AE, can make for a great experience.
Also, I know this will never happen, but I still have a very foolish hope that perhaps some time, when the crowd level gets so bad to the point that they need something open to help absorb them, they reopen SGE for a limited time. There's still the second theater that could theoretically run the show if they needed it to.
SteveAZee
Premium Member
Given how much they tore down in Future World, it may be an option. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing...
bcoachable
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It seems so weird, to me, to say in one hand - we are too crowded, but on the other, they could fit more people in by opening empty spaces such as this one, and adding a streetmosphere event here or there…. Lack of money isn’t really the issue. So that leads me to the thought that they actually prefer it to feel crowded in their parks. This then adds value to the Genie plus purchase, possibly? Idk… makes me frustrated - the way the parks are currently being toyed with…
MagicHappens1971
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This is what a lot of those on here complaining don’t understand, replacing SGE will make such an abysmal increase on attendance of the worlds most visited theme park, that they don’t see why they should spend money on it. I don’t agree, but that’s the outlook.
Disstevefan1
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They can’t spend money on creating a new attraction there. They need to throw away money on content like She Hulk, a funny, silky forgettable 9 episode series that cost $225 Million to make.
That space isn’t moving the attendance needle one iota. Creating something new in the space costs money, and then they’d have to spend on continuing ops and maintenance. It would absorb people but there’s no value in that when they can keep the parks feeling crowded and thus more people want to spend on Genie-.
Captain Neo
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yet back in the 70s and 80s leaving the building empty would have been deemed unacceptable. Disney needs to stop following what the rest of corporate America does and forge its own path like they used to
lazyboy97o
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They’ve been trying to increase crowding since long before Genie.
It goes beyond just attractions. The Magic Kingdom has abandoned retail space. The park has less dining capacity today than it did 30 years ago. Both retail and dining directly generate revenue, but people tolerate the inconvenience and so there is no incentive to expand since they’re still getting the revenue.
Biggest revenue generating expansion to MK in my lifetime has been the parking lot.
bcoachable
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I would think that the ability to cram a few more of us in, would bring more $$ - but I’m sure they have the data dialed up so THEY understand the perfect number of people to optimize profits… I just know, for me, when I played RCT- I needed more peeps to pay for “things”
DoleWhipDrea
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WIR is past its relevancy and the sequel didn't get the box office numbers Disney wanted. They need a new concept that isn't based on a flavor of the week.
Call me crazy, but I'd love to see an updated use of Circlevision technology, where the floor and the ceiling change, too. You could actually get a sense of what it would look like to stand on various planets. It would be like a combination of Circlevision and Flight to the Moon/Mars, paying tribute to the former attractions, but updating it with more advanced technology. No height, health or body requirements to experience. Something everyone can enjoy.
Call me crazy, but I'd love to see an updated use of Circlevision technology, where the floor and the ceiling change, too. You could actually get a sense of what it would look like to stand on various planets. It would be like a combination of Circlevision and Flight to the Moon/Mars, paying tribute to the former attractions, but updating it with more advanced technology. No height, health or body requirements to experience. Something everyone can enjoy.
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Brer Panther
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Plus, apparently the Wreck-It Ralph attraction they had planned for the space would've been pretty lame.
Maybe they will do a live action WIR and revive the whole idea!
montyz81
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Like GotG in Future World, it doesn’t fit. If Disney keeps putting rides in themed areas that don’t fit then why call it a theme park?