ToTBellHop
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Ground was literally broken, you fool.
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News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom
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Bocabear
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Space Mountain is a landmark and actually architecturally important. The construction alone for the time that it was built was kind of epic. I would certainly hope they would not change it or shutter it when there is no real need to do so. It would certainly be nice to see it get a full and complete restoration and plussing though.
UNCgolf
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Stop stealing my jokes!
Umm, actually, it's: copy, convert to imperial units, and paste.
erasure fan1
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I agree. I'm looking forward to it for sure. It is 100% exactly what I would expect from modern Disney. Play it safe with a ride that people seem to like. That seems fun, has a cool ride vehicle but really doesn't push any new boundaries. Is it my most anticipated ride to try? No, but I'm guessing my daughter, son and I are going to have a great time trying it.
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Not sure why you quoted me. My post had less to do with the ride being a clone and more the fact that this is the first major ground up ride at the most visited park in the world in nearly a decade. Clone or not. They are slacking.
And with that logic, it makes it even worse, because if going to many parts of Asia is even as close to that as the Shanghai comparison, we should be getting way better than something like Tron in The Magic Kingdom after 8 years of nothing new. We should be getting something on par with what Disney Sea has done, or even EPCOT of the 80s in terms of scale and scope by now. Not another coaster in the dark.
A fun ride can still be not as good as what SHOULD be being built.
Umm, actually, it's: copy, convert to imperial units, and paste.
But not from Metric, it was actually designed in Imperialist*
Incomudro
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Plus it's beautiful, and lends a sense of movement to Tomorrowland.
No. They think Jimmy Hoffa could be buried there so they are going to excavate it.
erasure fan1
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Centauri Space Station
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Way more exciting than a MMRR replica available in the same continent
CampbellzSoup
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Do you think we’ll have a photo pass opportunity like this?? Would be glorious
mysto
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This is the way I see it. They know what it will cost and how it will be received, even how much downtime to expect. Yes technically a cut and pasted clone of a short pretty ride, but still worthwhile for the fans. Don't underestimate the aesthetic, the positive addition to the atmosphere so many here talk about so often.
Yes we want something new and different! Lots of new rides that are all innovative. But there are going to be big expensive boondoggles along the way, rides that break down a lot. Guardians seems to have very few issues, Rise not so much, both are new-ish concepts. There's nothing wrong with just building a ride sometimes.
ToTBellHop
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How did cramped DL get SWGE and MMRR without replacing anything other than a goat while “blessing of size” WDW was unable to build anything new at DHS without replacing an existing attraction? What use is the blessing of size if you don’t use it? WDW is a poor man’s Ron Jeremy.
Laurels and reputation of the giants it stood on.
Also Mario Kart with Nintendoland was coming in to Universal Studios Hollywood and it was the best they could think to fit something new ground up in on a short time frame.
It is just sad that WDW has become what it is recently.
Also Mario Kart with Nintendoland was coming in to Universal Studios Hollywood and it was the best they could think to fit something new ground up in on a short time frame.
It is just sad that WDW has become what it is recently.
Surfin' Tuna
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How accurate yet something I don't need to imagine. Now I can't get this imagery out of my head.
Well, you're still replacing the goat!
DHS replaced a barely used flex theater, fake streets, and underutilized half-studio. It then killed two attractions to then give:
- 4 new rides (one of which is regarded as a super-E)
- 2 new lands
- 50% extra capacity for TSM
The Hollywood Blvd flex space is sorta new. That increased the parks footprint, and it now has a permanent attraction.
While not in use for the general park guest, the Starcruiser increases the park footprint.
Also, Ratatouille and TRON made use of BoH or unused land to increase the parks' footprint without replacing any ride or attraction.
And Cosmic Rewind also increased the park's footprint with the BBB to turn a sleepy ride into a really good coaster with impressive length.
No to mention extra EPCOT footprint created to increase Soarin''s capacity by 50%.
If they eventually greenlight Mary Poppins, then that will be a new ride that doesn't replace an existing attraction.
The Blue Sky shown at D23 targets a lot of unused land.
dmw
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At least in the case of Dollywood, I was not able to find any such fan web sites. The only active discussion platforms I found are on fan-created groups on FaceBook.