The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Season 7: Fantasmic Journeys [CONCLUDED!]

Tegan pilots a chicken

Tegan pilots a chicken

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MickeyWaffleCo. said:
Actually, wait. We'll still steal your Haunted Mansion, but instead of Astro Blasters, we'll give you a combo package: Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and Autopia! I'm sure you guys will love that power duo and never regret it when it comes time to find some more Tomorrowland expansion space later!
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Cap, we always find space. It’s called “the blessing of size” maybe you’ve heard of it?? Watch the EPCOT film and get educated, ya fooligan!!

Jk ily Cap!!
 
Tegan pilots a chicken

Tegan pilots a chicken

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Pi on my Cake said:
Jokes on you, we'll just sloooowwwllyy but surely cut off little bits and pieces of the ride without closing them until they're nothing but hollow shells of their former selves everytime we want to expand. Just like we did with out speedway!
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Yeah. We’re the world of incredible attraction facades. Just don’t go into anything. Appreciate it from up close but outside.
 
ThemeParkPriest

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MickeyWaffleCo. said:
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Wow! This is a fantastic submission!

Overall impressions: The detail level here is good, but inconsistent. It feels like a lot more time is dedicated to the background of the pavilion and ride than to the E-ticket itself. This isn’t a bad thing, as the E-ticket is at its core a simple narration ride, and doesn’t need much detail. However, maybe a sample of Nemo and Dory’s narration script would be appreciated, to see how well the education and entertainment aspects are integrated.

Okay, let’s get into some more specifics.

The pavilion design is awesome! I like the sea shell imagery: it communicates what the pavilion is all about to guests outside, which is incredibly important for first-time visitors to the park! I like how you included a mix of reference imagery and hand drawn art to showcase the outside of the pavilion, as well!

A water ride at Animal Kingdom… Thank you! Animal Kingdom is a park that screams “give me a water attraction!” But ironically it hasn’t had a great history with water attractions. The Seas of Life would be a fantastic fit for AK. I especially love how you highlight how this addition fixes the veterinary infrastructure of Walt Disney World, by putting the sea creatures in a park suited to their needs.

The “edutainment” feeling of this attraction feels very fitting for early Animal Kingdom, as well, so you’ve earned realism points there! However, although you justify it with the “replacement for the Living Seas,” it still feels like a lot of the attraction is heavily inspired by the Seas. I would’ve liked to see you go in a bit of a more original direction, but I understand that it’s difficult when you’re working with a live animal attraction.

I like how you mention a lot of your thought process behind these decisions. Why it’s named the way it is, why the boat ride system was chosen, the needed replacement for the Living Seas, etc. It’s nice to see a project that shows a more “behind-the-scenes” (literally) picture of the attraction, instead of the usual “from the guest’s point of view” recap.

I like the choice of the boat ride system, and I agree with your thought process: a water ride system makes you feel that much more immersed in the underwater world.

On this point, though: This E-ticket is very unique. Typically, E-tickets fall somewhere along a scale that goes from “Immersive” to “Thrilling.” Things like Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion are on the more immersive end of the scale; while attractions like Big Thunder Mountain, Matterhorn Bobsleds, and California Screamin’/the Incredicoaster lean more towards the thrilling side. Many attractions; like Splash Mountain, Rise of the Resistance, Space Mountain, and Star Tours; fall somewhere in the middle, combining thrill with immersive theming. Journey Through the Seas of Life doesn’t fit within this scale as well as most others. The edutainment aspect makes it more “wonderful” and “magical” than thrilling or immersive.

There are both pros and cons to this. On the one hand, it makes your attraction really stand out! It can’t be put in a box and it’s unique! On the other hand, some guests will come to an E-ticket like this with expectations of more thrill or a more defined (read "IP") theme. However, I think you managed this nicely by placing the pavilion in early Animal Kingdom, a park that (echoing the theme of early Future World) had a focus on edutainment. Journey Through the Seas of Life fits right in with the rest of 2003 Animal Kingdom, so I don’t think you need to worry about guests expecting a ton of thrill. I think the wonder of being “inside” an aquarium tank will handle that nicely.

The recycled aquarium water being used for the ride system is a fantastic detail! It even matches the conservation aspect of the ride nicely! Maybe it could be mentioned in the narration! I like the bioluminescent scene. It’s a nice touch that wraps things up nicely, with a peaceful ending touched with a bit of wonder, curiosity, and excitement.

The conclusion was great. It recapped all of the major points you made, from the reused aquarium water to the ride system itself and its incentive for the park.

Overall, this is a fantastic attraction and pavilion! I would’ve liked to hear a bit more about the details of the ride, but other than that I have few complaints!
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Thanks for the review!
MickeyWaffleCo. said:
However, maybe a sample of Nemo and Dory’s narration script would be appreciated,
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I think that’s a real fair critique. If I had not had a full final day booked, that’s probably what I would have worked on next.
 
TwilightZone

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T-zone reviews the two T names (sorry themeparkpriest but your name does not make a t sound 😢)

Part 1: Teagan

First of all love the intro, really gets you pumped up for this project. Yeah Chaosverse woooooooooo!

Destroying tomorrowland is a decision that made me a little sad (I'm a big big big tomorrowland fan), but I understand it. Poor tomorrowland needs some love! Making it Marvel IP themed is an interesting choice. I personally am half and half on IP lands. On one hand I worry about the longevity of IP theming, on the other hand I get very excited for them and Marvel is admittedly a fitting theme for the world of tomorrow.


Ironheart

As someone who doesn't know about Marvel the endless looping video of Iron Man doing heroic things is kinda funny to me. "Yeah look at all the cool hero stuff I did!"

But overall love all the detail. Making the main character of the ride an adaptation of a comic only (well as of now anyways) character is a brilliant move and perfect for hyping up a potential future movie starring Riri. Well done!

I worry that the ride system might make park goers motion sick. It's not "Mission: Space" bad, but I can picture it happening with a bunch of people lying in an already somewhat uncomfortable position for a theme park ride while also having to wear clunky vr goggles. It's a recipe for a potential throw up situation or 2.

The ride itself is nice, a typical story focused thrill that I love with a lot of nice details and a smooth plot. Just concerned about all the hypothetical barf situations. 😛

No gift shop? Where's all my more magic, more disney merch! I kid of course, but something did feel missing here. But maybe it's because I'm so used to our team's full on theme parks....and then the actual ride the prompt asks for haha.

T-Zone declares: Good! Just maybe change up the ride system a bit so there's no barf
 
MickeyWaffleCo.

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ThemeParkPriest said:
It’s probably not a popular answer but I’ll say Pirates. I know it’s a classic, but I think some other dark ride could be developed that is at least as interesting and immersive.
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Hmmm... Pirates at MK is.... not half as good as Disneyland's, so I can see your point. However, I don't really trust modern WDI with replacing it. 🤣
 

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