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[Magenta Panther]

My opinion is 100% irrelevant. The company won't release it because of racial insensitivity issues, yet they made a ride based on the characters and some of the storyline and no one knows/cares.

I understand your point of view. But the fact that the ride is so popular "and no one cares" might indicate that Disney has over-reacted to any racial insensitivity issues. And I wish to heck they'd get over it. There will always be people carping about stuff like that to get attention and try to prove their self-styled moral superiority, and of course to diss Walt. And nuts to them. A Song of the South release on DVD would sell like hotcakes. As I'm sure you know. Just saying.

Anyway, a Guardians of the Galaxy attraction in DHS would fit fine in that park, since DHS has become a mishmash of Disney-generated and Disney-purchased properties anyway. Putting Guardians in Magic Kingdom is akin to putting Frozen in Epcot, IMO...

 

[Magenta Panther]

I think it's simply speaking to the point that not everything in a Disney park has to be sunshine and butterflies to be acceptable. Just because Guardians has some language and adult content, doesn't mean it cannot be included in a Disney theme park.

Avatar is PG-13 with violence and language, The Twilight Zone is not the most kid friendly show, and The Great Movie Ride contains adult films, including the R-rated Alien.

It's happened before and it's happening now (with Avatar), so I don't see a reason to exclude GotG because of a few adult one-liners and violence.

I think GotG would fit fine in DHS. Just perhaps not in the Magic Kingdom. DHS has become an ill-themed catch-all of Disney stuff and non-studio-generated purchases anyway. So Diz might as well toss Guardians in there with all the rest of the stuff.

 

[lazyboy97o]

My opinion is 100% irrelevant. The company won't release it because of racial insensitivity issues, yet they made a ride based on the characters and some of the storyline and no one knows/cares.

I missed this earlier, but Splash Mountain was approved following the successful theatrical rerelease of Song of the South in 1986 and there were other releases in the 1970s and 1980s. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, the very first of the Disney Sing-Along Song compilation tapes, was also released in 1986. I doubt everybody forgot the film in only three years.

 

[Mike S]

I think GotG would fit fine in DHS. Just perhaps not in the Magic Kingdom. DHS has become an ill-themed catch-all of Disney stuff and non-studio-generated purchases anyway. So Diz might as well toss Guardians in there with all the rest of the stuff.

Streets of America could be turned into a kind of superhero land with Gaurdians on the border next to Star Wars, Incredibles on the Pixar side and Big Hero 6 in between (which I'm sure is in the same free to use boat as Guardians since we are getting a M&G with Hiro and Baymax). That would be the best way to put it in DHS. The Marvel name just can't be anywhere.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

I am thinking (maybe hopefully) that come October 1, there will be some official announcements from the Disney Company regarding theme park additions- and I don't mean just for the Asian parks!

 

[MichWolv]

I am thinking (maybe hopefully) that come October 1, there will be some official announcements from the Disney Company regarding theme park additions- and I don't mean just for the Asian parks!

While October 1 is roughly the start of the fiscal year (actual start is Sunday closest to October 1), there is no logical reason for that to lead announcements at or around that time. Start of spending or work...arguably, but announcements - no.

 

[phillip sugarman]

I would doubt that because it doesn't look like the Disney company wants to make announcements until after they start construction on something.

 

[bhg469]

I would doubt that because it doesn't look like the Disney company wants to make announcements until after they start construction on something.

Or they don't actually know the final scope of their projects yet.

 

[phillip sugarman]

Or they don't actually know the final scope of their projects yet.

Most likely, but with all of the competition going on with all of the theme parks they could be saving the announcement closer to completion.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

So instead, via the official blog, we get new opportunities to spend money on merchandise and food.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Funny that.

Despite official guidance saying excellent fireworks viewing locations are available in Tomorrowland.

But what do we know?

If the rest of them are like me, the reason that Main Street is a popular viewing place is because as soon as the Fireworks are done we are exiting the park. So, the location is closer to the escape.

 

[stevehousse]

I wouldn't expect any new park announcements until D23 this year...the only thing I could possibly see them mentioning earlier is the Frozen overlay for Epcot's Maelstrom and that's only if they start construction soon after it closes...

 

[PhotoDave219]

Here's something ridiculously unrelated… But interesting in the themepark world.

Colossus at six Flags Magic Mountain is on fire.

That's right, I saw photos online of a wooden roller coaster on fire. Apparently they have announced they're going to get rid of the ride?

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...-six-flags-magic-mountain-20140908-story.html

 

[bhg469]

Here's something ridiculously unrelated… But interesting in the themepark world.

Colossus at six Flags Magic Mountain is on fire.

That's right, I saw photos online of a wooden roller coaster on fire. Apparently they have announced they're going to get rid of the ride?

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...-six-flags-magic-mountain-20140908-story.html

How the heck did a fire start there? Has to be arson...

 

[Travel Junkie]

Here's something ridiculously unrelated… But interesting in the themepark world.

Colossus at six Flags Magic Mountain is on fire.

That's right, I saw photos online of a wooden roller coaster on fire. Apparently they have announced they're going to get rid of the ride?

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...-six-flags-magic-mountain-20140908-story.html

Small problem.

 

[Travel Junkie]

Here's something ridiculously unrelated… But interesting in the themepark world.

Colossus at six Flags Magic Mountain is on fire.

That's right, I saw photos online of a wooden roller coaster on fire. Apparently they have announced they're going to get rid of the ride?

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...-six-flags-magic-mountain-20140908-story.html

They are actually converting it into a hybrid coaster, so the fire was likely caused by the construction. Supposed to debut next year the new ride is going to be called Twisted Colossus. It is a pretty famous coaster as it was seen in several films and TV shows including National Lampoon’s Vacation. Magic Mountain stands in for Wally’s World.

 

[Clamman73]

Video of collapse

 

[MichWolv]

Here's something ridiculously unrelated… But interesting in the themepark world.

Colossus at six Flags Magic Mountain is on fire.

That's right, I saw photos online of a wooden roller coaster on fire. Apparently they have announced they're going to get rid of the ride?

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...-six-flags-magic-mountain-20140908-story.html

The ride is closed and is/was being retracked into a new-ish coaster for next year. Maybe not now.

 

[Nemo14]

Here's something ridiculously unrelated… But interesting in the themepark world.

Colossus at six Flags Magic Mountain is on fire.

That's right, I saw photos online of a wooden roller coaster on fire. Apparently they have announced they're going to get rid of the ride?

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...-six-flags-magic-mountain-20140908-story.html

Yikes!!!

 

[spacemt354]

I think GotG would fit fine in DHS. Just perhaps not in the Magic Kingdom. DHS has become an ill-themed catch-all of Disney stuff and non-studio-generated purchases anyway. So Diz might as well toss Guardians in there with all the rest of the stuff.

If Pirates of the Caribbean is in the Magic Kingdom I think GotG would be okay for Tomorrowland.

DHS is already a thematic mess. Adding more mess to it doesn't solve the problem, but if TDO was going to put it anywhere, DHS would be the safest bet.