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TV's In Queue Lines Needed
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SleepingMonk
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Jdlay
Member
Right, NO Tvs. I go to WDW to escape the world and work.
elcanatureboy
Member
It really depends on the attraction.....Say you wished to add new screens to the line at Rockin' Roller Coaster that filtered clips of Aerosmith and the history of Rock and Roll, this would be interesting....but say that you added a TV screen with Beiber or "Futbol" highlights on it in line for Soarin'....I know that the line is long for this attraction, but it really takes from the experience....:wave:
Pioneer Hall
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That is why they are taking some of the longer more tedious lines and trying to make them a bit more entertaining. Soarin, Space Mountain, Pooh, Mansion, and soon more have elements to entertain you while you wait in line.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Yeah, and the purists are still all up in arms about themed diversions. :shrug:
Can you imagine the outcry if they put TV's in the queues? :lol:
This would entertain younger crowds who would not necessarily be so patient in longer lines. It doesn't have to be completely random, but rather could fit the theme of the attraction. For example, Beiber would definitely be inappropriate for, say, a Fantasyland attraction, or something like Soarin'. But if he were singing a western song or something similar, then he'd fit in Frontierland for either Splash or Big Thunder. As long as it *fits* the theme of the area.
What if Disney played movies of the ride you are about to board? Imagine having Peter Plan playing while you are waiting in line for PPF. Or one of the POTC films playing in-line for Pirates, the Haunted Mansion movie playing as you wait to ride HM, Toy Story playing for TSMM, and so on. This would not only set the stage of the attraction, but also fit each area appropriately. (While keeping guests entertained without using tacky interactive games).
I wouldn't mind going the Universal route and putting TVs in line with storylines for the ride, but I agree with everyone else, if it's anything else, no TVs.
BigTxEars
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Count me as a Six Flags fan. From Astroworld, Six Flags over Texas to Fiesta I grew up in the parks here in Texas. Have season passes to Fiesta this year. They provide a great value for the $ IMO. :sohappy:
That being said I would prefer no TVs at WDW. I could stand it if they played old Disney classics but would prefer to just have them not do it all together.
That being said I would prefer no TVs at WDW. I could stand it if they played old Disney classics but would prefer to just have them not do it all together.
David S.
Member
I grew up with them too, even though I'm from New Orleans, because for years we didn't have a park. (And then we got a new one in 2000, and Katrina destroyed it).
But yes, I love those Texas SFs. They always provided a nice, inexpensive, weekend escape that wasn't that long of a drive by my standards.
RIP Astroworld
(I was there for the last few weekends)I still really enjoy SFOT and Fiesta, whenever I'm in the great Lone Star State
GenerationX
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The boys and I hit Six Flags Great America right before school started (the Raging Bull coaster rules!), and I agree that the TVs made the lines more tolerable. However, the big difference between Six Flags lines and Disney queues is that Six Flags puts little to no effort into theming their lines. TV screens work (and work well) at Six Flags because the lines used to be hellishly boring without them.
Disney aims much, much higher with their immersive queues; the PotC queue in WDW is practically more entertaining than the attraction itself. I agree that Disney should add entertainment to their queues - in whatever form - as long it does not detract from the story. TVs may work in some cases, as they did for the now defunct Who Wants to be a Millionaire attraction.
Disney aims much, much higher with their immersive queues; the PotC queue in WDW is practically more entertaining than the attraction itself. I agree that Disney should add entertainment to their queues - in whatever form - as long it does not detract from the story. TVs may work in some cases, as they did for the now defunct Who Wants to be a Millionaire attraction.
slappy magoo
Well-Known Member
If any attraction got TVs, it'd only be a matter of time before ALL attractions got TVs. And then it'd be inevitable that more and more of the content would be commercials - it'd start with Disney product, their TV shows their movies, music videos from artists on their roster. Soon, they'd be offered way too much money from Coke and Clearsil and Wal Mart and God knows what else to not have their commercials airing on the tvs, too. And soon thereafter, you'd be lucky to get 1 minute of actual entertainment for every 15 minutes of ad space. Eff that.
But looking at this from a paying guest's point of view: Would this generate enough revenue for the parks that we could *possibly* see price breaks in other areas? Having a full year go by without a ticket price hike would be well worth the commercials in my book.
Well, if it works for Six Flags......:brick:
Prototype82
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I don't know if this amused me or made me die a little inside.
hpyhnt 1000
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Wow. Just...wow. :dazzle:
Prototype82
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Half the stuff this guy says makes me say that.
Zummi Gummi
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Thrill
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The problem with this is that TVs are inherently unrelated to the west. Now, Peter Pan, maybe I could see, but I think there's a better solution.
The problems here are similar to the one I mentioned above. A TV in the POTC queue doesn't fit thematically, and it would be awkward to watch a movie (especially that movie...) in the HM line. Plus TSMM and POTC both have pretty nice queues, with a lot of things to look at. Haunted Mansion barely ever has a line anyway.
To me, TVs are the cheap and easy way out of making entertaining queues. Screens used in the Tower of Terror sense, where it's a part of the story, yeah, those are fine. But putting them for the sole purpose of entertainment because they are too cheap/lazy to do something that makes better sense is not a good idea. I despise the new Haunted Mansion queue, but I have to give them at least a bit of credit for trying.
You get what you pay for. I don't want to watch commercials in the queue for the Haunted Mansion or Pirates of the Caribbean or Spaceship Earth. Regardless of whether or not it leads to a price cut, the sharp decrease in quality isn't worth it.
ChrisFL
Premium Member
The only way this would work is if they disguised the fact that it IS a TV...the era of Peter Pan and POTC was BEFORE Television existed, you're supposed to be transported to that time and place...having televisions there ruins that effect entirely.