Tokyo Disneyland Resort Expansion

Markiewong

Markiewong

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The critique is interesting to read, because it was never the intention to have all four rides being an E-ticket. This is the closest we've ever got to a new generation Fantasyland, even more than Shanghai's I would say. TDS could've used the money to built two ROTR scope rides, but I argue that the money is better spent this way.

Standards for dark rides have changed a lot in the last decades and not necessarily for the better. There is nothing wrong with multiple animatronic that aren't A1000's. Luckily OLC understood that.
 
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OzAn

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Not going to lie, getting goosebumps from every scene of the tangled ride shown in the media previews. It's everything you want a Disney dark ride to be. Magical

If only a full blown I've got a Dream scene got adapted too. Would have been perfect for the ride
 
UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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Tangled actually looks like a better attraction than both Peter Pan and Frozen -- everything I've seen for it looks wonderful. It's definitely the one I'd be most excited to ride (and I've never even seen the movie).

To be fair to Frozen, although I've been down on it, I think that movie just doesn't translate well to a ride. They've done a pretty good job of capturing the film; it's just not very interesting from an attraction perspective because so many scenes are relatively barren and only have one or two characters. That's another reason they should have done something other than a book report so they could have more freedom for scene setting (or used a different IP entirely, but that was never going to happen with Frozen's popularity).

Peter Pan just doesn't look interesting at all.
 
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SplashJacket

SplashJacket

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Markiewong said:
The critique is interesting to read, because it was never the intention to have all four rides being an E-ticket. This is the closest we've ever got to a new generation Fantasyland, even more than Shanghai's I would say. TDS could've used the money to built two ROTR scope rides, but I argue that the money is better spent this way.

Standards for dark rides have changed a lot in the last decades and not necessarily for the better. There is nothing wrong with multiple animatronic that aren't A1000's. Luckily OLC understood that.
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I’m not really sure where this is coming from? Perhaps you’re commenting on criticism from outside the forum?

Frozen and Pan were absolutely built to be E-ticket attractions.

Tangled and Tink attractions were not. I don’t see anyone complaining about Tink, and the consensus on here seems to be that Tangled is punching above its weight regardless of whatever their goal was.

That said, unlike some other non-E-ticket attractions, Tangled seems like it could be greatly elevated into the next tier of attractions with a simple scene upgrade, whereas most C/D tickets usually would need several additional things.

I don’t really think that’s complaining that everything isn’t an E, it seems to be a very impressive ride for what it is.
 
ThemeParkTraveller

ThemeParkTraveller

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That Frozen scene with Anna thawing from the act of true love has the potential to be very impressive.

So there are no AAs in Peter Pan after all, which was my biggest concern. What will make or break this ride for me is how immersive the 3D and motion are.

EDIT: The following non-spoiler review of it does make me more hopeful though.

It was the latest and most advanced attraction, with an overwhelming sense of immersion that elicited applause after the attraction, reminiscent of Tokyo Disney Resort's popular attractions ``Soarin'' and ``Beauty and the Beast: A Magical Tale.''.
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WaltWiz1901

WaltWiz1901

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Everyone seems to want Lantern Festival cloned elsewhere already (and I can definitely understand why), I want the next Fantasyland expansion/refurbishment/new build, wherever it may be, to double down on this level of detail and overall scope (doesn't have to be all the same IPs either). Just this land, the stronger parts of the TDL FL next door, and then some combined would easily constitute the ultimate Fantasyland as far as I'm concerned
 

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