News Tron coaster coming to the Magic Kingdom

[MisterPenguin]

It’s not really about popularity, but Disney loves to use their international partners as a source of development dollars. It’s why Tokyo and Hong Kong now push for / demand exclusivity.

Those guys need to count the number of rides they have that were cloned from the US parks and the development moolah that saved them.

 

[IMDREW]

The percentage of WDW guests who will ever visit an international theme park rounds to 0%. For all intents and purposes, a ride imported to Orlando from Shanghai is "unique" as far as anyone is concerned.

0%? Really?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

0%? Really?

I said "rounds to..." I was obviously not meaning to be precise.

 

[KrazyKat]

I don't mind cloned rides coming to US parks as long as it's awesome stuff like TRON. Would love clones of Shanghai Pirates, Mystic Manor, Journey to the Center of the Earth at WDW!

 

[ChewbaccaYourMum]

I don't mind cloned rides coming to US parks as long as it's awesome stuff like TRON. Would love clones of Shanghai Pirates, Mystic Manor, Journey to the Center of the Earth at WDW!

Add Indiana Jones from Disneyland in there and then I agree 100%

Edit: I realize you were talking about international parks rides coming to WDW, but still....

 

[JohnD]

I was at WDW this past weekend. What is that pile of dirt on the other side of SpM? (Between SpM and the CM Tomorrowland entrance).

 

[Indy_UK]

I'm kinda glad Disney can't use Marvel in WDW so for me when I go to Paris which is nearer to me, Marvel land is going to be there and something special.

I know it would have costed a ton more but I just wish the Galaxy Edge additions were different.

 

[JohnD]

Legit question, with Tron coming to MK from Shanghai, and Ratatouille coming to EPCOT from DLP, is there anything to the thought that perhaps Disney is looking at the forign parks as a sort of testing ground to gauge popularity of new attractions without having to be the sole bearer of R&D costs, etc?

If the just-announced Zootopia for Shanghai Disney gets added to AK, ugh.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I was at WDW this past weekend. What is that pile of dirt on the other side of SpM? (Between SpM and the CM Tomorrowland entrance).

Expanding the retention pond in that space.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

It's significantly less expensive to port an existing ride than create a new one.

Which makes them evil and proves that Iger stinks, don't you know.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Those guys need to count the number of rides they have that were cloned from the US parks and the development moolah that saved them.

That would only really apply to Tokyo Disneyland during its early years. The initial build-out of Hong Kong Disneyland had the SAR responsible for the infrastructure and Disney responsible for the park and hotels. Hong Kong Disneyland was announced as a larger, much more unique park than what opened.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Not necessarily lazy, but certainly more efficient and cost-conscious.

It's significantly less expensive to port an existing ride than create a new one.

Significant is probably over stating the savings. Lots of work has to be done to make a design acceptable and Disney rarely truly copies like-for-like, even when it is essentially the same.

 

[Mike S]

Add Indiana Jones from Disneyland in there and then I agree 100%

Edit: I realize you were talking about international parks rides coming to WDW, but still....

Still international if you count Tokyo.

 

[KrazyKat]

I’d take the Tokyo version of Indy with some new tech and scenes added!

 

[ChewbaccaYourMum]

I’d take the Tokyo version of Indy with some new tech and scenes added!

I'd honestly take either.. just give me any version of the Indy ride in my hometown parks. Or something new that's not just a slightly themed bare roller coaster like that one that everyone hates lol.

 

[TOCPE82]

I don't mind cloned rides coming to US parks as long as it's awesome stuff like TRON. Would love clones of Shanghai Pirates, Mystic Manor, Journey to the Center of the Earth at WDW!

I would love a clone of Mystic Manor. An attraction based on original IP, who'd have thunk it?

 

[jt04]

I have always thought the concet for Atlantis at Sea World could make for a great Indy ride. If they triple the budget.

 

[csm]

I don't mind cloned rides coming to US parks as long as it's awesome stuff like TRON. Would love clones of Shanghai Pirates, Mystic Manor, Journey to the Center of the Earth at WDW!

TRON really isn't in the same conversation as Pirates, Journey to the Center of the Earth or even Mystic Manor. You're talking entirely different leagues of attractions.

TRON is fine -- but it's hardly on the level of the others in your list. I'd rather have TRON than nothing at Magic Kingdom, but I'd rather have a whole lot of things before I settle for TRON.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I would love a clone of Mystic Manor. An attraction based on original IP, who'd have thunk it?

If you clone it, then isn't it no longer original?

Anyhoo, you'll have to settle with Ratatouille, RotR, and MMRR for your LPS goodness.

 

[Timothy_Q]

If you clone it, then isn't it no longer original?

There are quite a few Big Thunder and Space Mountain clones, but they're still original IP