The Spirited Seventh Heaven ...

[stevehousse]

Any rumblings about these things in Epcot as well as Frozen? Another thread was talking bout rumors of Energy Adventure getting a redo finally and Imagination finally coming down for its redo that has been talked about???

 

[Cardinals314]

Do we know if the Frozen ride is going to include the projection screens similar to Gran Fiesta Tour? Based off of George Scribner's resume it could be a possibility

 

[FigmentJedi]

 

[sweetpee_1993]

I don't care about any of that! But really, thanks for caring & sharing, dear @WDW1974. So tell me, Any news for DCL??? What's the word from the inside on what, if anything, is to be done about DL's AP capacity issues???

And I'm very interested to hear your thoughts on the wonderful Wonder, crossing the jungle locks, & the Grand out west! We rescheduled the Canal to '15 as our oldest's graduation voyage. Finally made it out west just in time to get sandblasted. I think I'm officially old because I don't seem to like people much. May or may not be hitting up the Grand in September. That's if we stick with that set of airline tickets. The more I think of dealing with the herds the more I rethink it. <--Hence my interest in DL's capacity issues.

 

[RSoxNo1]

I wonder if they announce Frozen in Norway and in PhilharMagic during the Diagon Alley press event?

 

[GoofGoof]

Welcome back! You've been missed! I'm happy to hear your vacation was great, what did you think of the Panama Canal cruise?

Here's what you missed:

Trolls, a bunch of name calling, some good discussions about Epcot and it's future, thoughts and opinions on maelstrom, a choice disney employee poking in and snapping at everyone then took his toys and went home, aaaand, yeah no, that's about it.

Welcome back!

Don't forget about our discussion around Cheesesteaks and Wawa. You left out the best part. Was the employee you are talking about the duck guy from the Frozen thread?

 

[the.dreamfinder]

So Alan Horn got his contract re-upped till 2018. I guess you could say he will be Disney's token old person.
Http://deadline.com/2014/05/alan-horn-extends-contract-with-the-walt-disney-co-until-2018/

 

[Cody5242]

@WDW1974 I thought it was a strong possibility that the Ratatouille ride was coming to Epcot? And will there be an update of Phillharmagic

 

[alissafalco]

Welcome back! You've been missed. I hope you had a great time.

 

[BrianLo]

But a real Phase II has already been pushed to the forefront, so much so that it won't likely ever be referred to as such...

Thanks, so I assume this is all part of the 800 million they upped to budget? Will we actually see anything extra when the park opens beyond your list you posted, or just in the following few years?

Any hints to what might be in "Phase II"?

Also any comments on an HKDL second gate?

 

[GoofGoof]

PARTS of MM+ are Paris bound. So is a huge bailout that will leave TWDC as the controlling party as Euro Disney SCA goes forward.

Are these 2 linked? We agree to a huge bailout if we can push some of the costs of our "experiment" to you.

 

[Bairstow]

What exactly would be the virtue in a Frozen overlay of Maelstrom?
The ride, and especially the queue are limited in length and capacity.
As of today, the attraction is still one of the most popular rides at EPCOT, with queues rarely dipping below 30 minutes for most of the day.

Do they want to take the ride offline for a year, then have it reopen with 2-3 hour queues for a decade or so, just because?

 

[Mike S]

What exactly would be the virtue in a Frozen overlay of Maelstrom?
The ride, and especially the queue are limited in length and capacity.
As of today, the attraction is still one of the most popular rides at EPCOT, with queues rarely dipping below 30 minutes for most of the day.

Do they want to take the ride offline for a year, then have it reopen with 2-3 hour queues for a decade or so, just because?

It's simply the quick, cheap and easy thing to do. TDO is too blinded to see the consequences of this horrible idea.

 

[GoofGoof]

What exactly would be the virtue in a Frozen overlay of Maelstrom?
The ride, and especially the queue are limited in length and capacity.
As of today, the attraction is still one of the most popular rides at EPCOT, with queues rarely dipping below 30 minutes for most of the day.

Do they want to take the ride offline for a year, then have it reopen with 2-3 hour queues for a decade or so, just because?

It's cheap and will look good on billboards and tv adds to attract families with young kids to EPCOT.

 

[Mike S]

It's cheap and will look good on billboards and tv adds to attract families with young kids to EPCOT.

You know what else could attract families with kids? An amazing new version of Imagination. But who am I kidding, that makes too much sense and fits the theme of Epcot too well

 

[ThemeParkJunkee]

Yay! Mr. Spirit is back!

I am very disappointed that a quick, cheap Frozen overlay is being planned for Maelstrom to be overseen by the same "visionary" who brought us the cartoon overlay in Mexico. Argghhhh!

 

[CDavid]

Now, I don't think WDI wanted him leaking this to an audience of largely Disney geeks in the middle of the Pacific. But someone asked him about criticism over changing a classic EPCOT attraction by adding toons and he got a bit of that famous WDI 'we are smarter and better than our audience' 'tude and it sorta slipped out. I am not sure he had any intention of saying what he did, but he did.

Any chance that someone asking the question was a certain well known Spirit?

Thanks for the confirmation, even if not at all what we wanted to hear.

As I'd mentioned in another thread, I am wondering if maybe the less they do (and spend) on the Maelstrom overlay, the better off we might be. At least much of the attraction will survive, in the very slim hope it might be 'fixed' later, because this is an incredibly poor fit for World Showcase, Frozen deserves a better ride than a cheap overlay, and finally Norway deserves a better attraction than 'toons and trolls'.

Anything to the rumors of Ratatouille in France?

 

[SJN1279]

Any chance that someone asking the question was a certain well known Spirit?

Thanks for the confirmation, even if not at all what we wanted to hear.

I for one am really excited for Frozen to come to Epcot.

 

[flynnibus]

never thought malestrom was loved at all... but survives as one of the few 'rides' in World Showcase.

Not that I think that means Frozen should move in... I wouldn't mind an addition to Norway for it.. but to have it take over the anchor of the pavilion seems a crime to the idea of World Showcase.

 

[ChrisFL]

Have no idea what it is or whether the OLC will bite ... but WDI has pitched a third gate for TDR and it is only a matter of time before something happens on this front.

from micechat, they posted that OLC would be spending $5 Billion soon, and pointed to this report:

http://www.olc.co.jp/en/news/olcgroup/20140428_04e.pdf


Interesting....