The Muppets Present… Great Moments in American History'

[Brian Swan]

BTW our views don't mesh, the Toons are the only things that should be kept in Fantasyland - for instance Monsters don't belong in Tomorrowland, same with Buzz or even Woody in Frontierland. Splash mountain characters are based on books which have are tales from the frontier. Which I have no problem with the idea of a Splash mountain near to or in Frontierland - Disneyland idea was better in a critter country.

Muppets can be put in any situation really and they just about fit, we have seen them as 1700 pirates and 1800 Charles Dickens characters so it is less of a mental stretch.

Point of reference...The Uncle Remus stories were collected from plantations in the deep South - mostly from Georgia. Kind of a "stretch" to call it from "the frontier" (although it does come from America's history). I agree that the non-specific "Critter Country" in DL is a better "fit" - if a successful mash-up of 1880s African-American folktales and late 1920s British children's stories could really exist anywhere...

 

[Brian Swan]

So it states it going onto the Second Story windows of the Heritage House building.....

Doesn't seem to be quite a big area..Unless plans to open it like a balcony as the Puppeteers can just do a small show or something...

I notice that the shutters on the brick portion are markedly different on the 2nd floor than on the 3rd floor. Have they always been this way, or is this a change?

 

[Thanks phoenicians]

Is this actually being considered? I really thought this was just a dead blue sky concept...

 

[TheGhostWithTheMost]

It's not being considered... it's happening. The puppets are already on site. It will be The Muppet characters you already know, not new characters. You don't have to believe me. But get ready for it.

 

[ToTBellHop]

It's not being considered... it's happening. The puppets are already on site. It will be The Muppet characters you already know, not new characters. You don't have to believe me. But get ready for it.

I can verify this.

 

[Bolt]

I can verify this.

Same - I saw the roller coaster track backstage.

 

[Wikkler]

It's not being considered... it's happening. The puppets are already on site. It will be The Muppet characters you already know, not new characters. You don't have to believe me. But get ready for it.

I can verify this.

I'm one of those people who prefer for Disney's America to remain a what-if, even though it would be a local Disney park for me. The idea would probably end up being more Disneyfied than Epcot is currently. The park would have included a Muppet show about Ellis Island... that is a terrible idea. No wonder they protested. It seems a good (or bad) idea really doesn't die at Disney...

This has been quiet for some time but glad to see it moving forward...

That makes one of us.

 

[KikoKea]

I notice that the shutters on the brick portion are markedly different on the 2nd floor than on the 3rd floor. Have they always been this way, or is this a change?

Looks like speakers, to me.

So, will the windows open and the Muppet characters chat with the people below- sort of like Crush at The Seas?

 

[radiohost]

I'm a huge Muppett fan, but just cannot get excited for this.

Liberty Square was a portion of the park that was not overly "Disneyfied" in that it was a quiet escape that you enjoyed walking through without having to see characters we know today...

I don't know, have to wait until I see what it looks like I guess...

 

[majortom1981]

I'm a huge Muppett fan, but just cannot get excited for this.

Liberty Square was a portion of the park that was not overly "Disneyfied" in that it was a quiet escape that you enjoyed walking through without having to see characters we know today...

I don't know, have to wait until I see what it looks like I guess...

I think it could be good if they point out all the cool stuff. The history behind the things like the tree and why the walkway is that color.

 

[CanadianGordon]

I'm cautiously excited by this news. If I get Sam the Eagle telling me about History... I just might die if I walk by it in the park! Love it!

 

[Brian Swan]

I think it could be good if they point out all the cool stuff. The history behind the things like the tree and why the walkway is that color.

I can just hear Fozzy talking about the poop-chute going down the middle of the street...

 

[prfctlyximprct]

I'm excited for this! When do you think it'll be ready??

 

[Brer Panther]

What's next? Zootopia in Tommorowland?










I jinxed it, didn't I?

 

[danv3]

So they're going to be talking to guests from upstairs windows?

 

[BrerJon]

If they're so keen on teaching kids history, how about they start with teaching the kids in Imagineering a bit of Walt Disney World park history, then perhaps toonifications like this might stop spreading like the plague?

 

[unkadug]

First Marvel in Epcot and now Muppets in MK, I think I'm gonna be sick

Aww, c'mon....what's so bad about this. It's not like it's taking the place of anything at all.

You could just choose to ignore it completely instead of getting violently ill and/or overly dramatic.

 

[mgpan]

I like it. It's somethng new, can be interactive and brings a new experience to a part of the park i sometimes just hurry past on my way to HM or Big Thunder. And it's not a new dessert or dance party, extra hard ticket event or new cupcake or goblet of the month. It also, gasp, costs money instead of makes it.

 

[danv3]

I like it. It's somethng new, can be interactive and brings a new experience to a part of the park i sometimes just hurry past on my way to HM or Big Thunder. And it's not a new dessert or dance party, extra hard ticket event or new cupcake or goblet of the month. It also, gasp, costs money instead of makes it.

Whatever this ends up being, they will find some way to monetize it.

 

[Dizney Crew]

I'm little lost as to what the concept is going to be, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy, etc.... talking out of windows to people as they walk by? Are they going to have pre-recorded sayings, or is it going to be real time and have cast members doing voiceovers to interact with guests, kind of like Turtle Talk.