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dosent seem to be a "come halfway around the world for it" attraction, but its giving fantasyland dark ride vibes (also comparable in length, apparently) , albiet with some modern elements and animatronics. im here for it.
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Tokyo Disneyland Resort Expansion
- Thread starter The_Mesh_Hatter
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where?
TheCoasterNerd
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- In the Parks
- No
Did you see the one on Google Drive (screen recording of Weibo), or a different one?
SweetDuffy101
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I guess im out for now. sweetduffy will be taking a break.
ThemeParkTraveller
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Reviews have confirmed it's five minutes long including the outdoor section, so I don't think it's that short like the classic Fantasyland dark rides. But the lantern festival scene does look quite different than I imagined based on the concept art, which suggested large screens like Shanghai Pirates. I guess this also works for a smaller-scale ride to complement Frozen and Peter Pan.
SplashJacket
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It’s not the whole ride, but…
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SplashJacket
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Thoughts on the POV above:
Wow, so that’s a crazy ride. The first few scenes are bar too barren in my taste, the backwards drop could’ve been better executed, but starting from Elsa freezing the town to Anna getting her heart frozen is unreal.
The town scene is also a little too barren initially, but wow regardless.
I really don’t like the first portion of the ride, the boat going through the rooms just doesn’t look right and the rooms themselves are too barren. Even the transition between the kids and grown Anna is sloppy. I wish they chose other scenes to recreate or explore new moments, but the second half of the ride looks unreal.
The town scene is also a little too barren initially, but wow regardless.
I really don’t like the first portion of the ride, the boat going through the rooms just doesn’t look right and the rooms themselves are too barren. Even the transition between the kids and grown Anna is sloppy. I wish they chose other scenes to recreate or explore new moments, but the second half of the ride looks unreal.
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SplashJacket
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I really think they should’ve made lite versions of this ride rather than pluses versions of FEA.
They could’ve cut the kid scene and even the coronation and shortened the top of the mountain and still had a fantastic ride without spending too much more.
HKDL and Paris’s version is sufficient, but this seems more POTC scale, which both of those parks could use.
They could’ve cut the kid scene and even the coronation and shortened the top of the mountain and still had a fantastic ride without spending too much more.
HKDL and Paris’s version is sufficient, but this seems more POTC scale, which both of those parks could use.
ThemeParkTraveller
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My observations.
I don't think that particular video does a good job showing all the detail in the rooms. As an example, the interior castle scene appears to be elaborately themed on both sides despite the boats directing focus on the AAs. Barren to me would be something like the "Something There" scene in Beauty and the Beast which has nothing of interest happening past the first 10 seconds. I don't think there's a single scene in Frozen Journey where I felt bored watching. Even the kids scene has a scale to it that seemed impressive even in video.
aleh021
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Agreed. This is definitely going to be the superior Frozen ride from all the parks around the world either way.
SplashJacket
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I don’t really think that was ever in doubt.
The question of whether it lives up to Shanghai pirates fully depends on the finale, the video I linked cuts out before the finale. If it has full scale ships in the ice (similar to POTC Shanghai), then yeah, I think it clears that bar easily. If it’s just Elsa hugging frozen Anna and a cool effect unfreezing her, still very cool and up for debate.
ThemeParkTraveller
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I think it will be the latter. Looking at the floorplan, there isn't a space large enough for full-scale ships. The few destroyed ships we see right before the video cuts off are likely it (the ones with the projections on the sails).
WaltWiz1901
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Fairly certain those backwards/forwards switchbacks are being handled by turntables not dissimilar to the switches in Frozen Ever After. It isn't the full ride, though, so maybe there'll be a "traveling sideways" moment towards the end?
britain
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Kneejerk reaction: The large open “interior” castle spaces with a river running through it are bizarre.
“Do You Want to Build a Snowman” happening in a palace hall, with rotating wall, and… a river?
In my opinion, a boat is not an omnimover. It can’t disappear from the story you’re watching - especially when sometimes it IS in the story (river banks you glide by, bridges you go under, all testify that the river you are in is real).
“Do You Want to Build a Snowman” happening in a palace hall, with rotating wall, and… a river?
In my opinion, a boat is not an omnimover. It can’t disappear from the story you’re watching - especially when sometimes it IS in the story (river banks you glide by, bridges you go under, all testify that the river you are in is real).
SplashJacket
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I agree. It’s jarring. If they wanted to replicate “do you want to build a snowman” they should’ve done it in an exterior space.
thequeuelinelectures
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Where are you finding Peter Pan leaks? Haven't seen any yet
TheCoasterNerd
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- In the Parks
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1 young Anna
1 young elsa
5 Anna6 Elsa
1 Hans
1 Duke of Weselton
2 Sven
1 young Sven-looking character (haven't seen frozen 2 so maybe from that)
1 young girl that looks like but probably isnt Anna, in the same scene as her
3 Kristoff
2 Olaf
1 guard (?)
1 butler
All A1000s, very impressive and fluid
1 young elsa
5 Anna6 Elsa
1 Hans
1 Duke of Weselton
2 Sven
1 young Sven-looking character (haven't seen frozen 2 so maybe from that)
1 young girl that looks like but probably isnt Anna, in the same scene as her
3 Kristoff
2 Olaf
1 guard (?)
1 butler
All A1000s, very impressive and fluid