The Underminer
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That is a shocking assessment.
If you don’t care about theming, I could see how you could think that.
Otherwise, just a bad take.
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If you don’t care about theming, I could see how you could think that.
Otherwise, just a bad take.
SplashJacket
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This is a claim is what I have a problem with. You make an unsubstantiated claim and then complain execs are really dumb for how obvious these problems are (which aren’t obvious to me because I have no idea what you’re talking about).
SplashJacket
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It’s not a third of HM.
The Underminer
Active Member
It’s baffling takes like these that demonstrate how little knowledge someone actually has of theme parks.
DarkMetroid567
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I do care about theming! But I disagree that my take is bad, my takes are quite good actually.
AidenRodriguez731
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I apologize if I'm wrong but my understanding is that the current estimates for HM hourly capacity are from 2880-3200
1,000 would be approximately 1/3 of either of those 2 numbers
The Underminer
Active Member
Yeah, no. Nothing you said was of substance or remotely fairly applicable.
DarkMetroid567
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Yoshi should be higher than 1k but yeah it still isn’t a great capacity
The Underminer
Active Member
Yoshi is also the park’s only bad ride IMO.
Every other ride serves a decent purpose.
AidenRodriguez731
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I think everyone is entitled to their opinion. I mean Epic is definitely not my favorite park in Florida after going.
my rating is still
1. AK
2. Epcot.
3. MK
4. IOA
5. Epic
6. HS
7. Busch Gardens
8. Seaworld
9. UO
AidenRodriguez731
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Watching people riding Constellation Carousel is so funny because it's so awkward looking, no one knows what to do or how to look like they're having fun.
That is a decent purpose so you are right
TalkingHead
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The best park in Orlando is the one with a two-star crowdsourced rating. Yeah that tracks.
The Underminer
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Laughable.
Epic has been extremely well received.
Company couldn’t be happier both by the product and the reactions. Even management at Disney internally love it.
It’s going to mean the Villains Land will be killer to compete, so this is nothing but a boon for fans.
Epic is our DisneySea. There just isn’t a park with theming on this level in Orlando, at this scale.
Opening day, this easily beats EPCOT Center, Tokyo DisneySea, and Shanghai Disneyland from a ride perspective as well.
Those were the previous most impressive openings.
And I’m very thankful they’re capping Epic’s crowds as they’re making adjustments still. It’s making for a wonderful guest experience, barring a rainy day, but it’s the summer, what can you do.
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The Underminer
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I can’t sing enough praise for the detail of this park.
Europa Park (in Germany) and DisneySea are the only other two that remotely can compete.
Europa Park (in Germany) and DisneySea are the only other two that remotely can compete.
AidenRodriguez731
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It's well received on social media, by most influencers who had media events and reduced crowding.
I'm sure the company could be a little happier than their current reviews, they are the lowest in Florida somehow. Even lower than Seaworld which is impressive considering a certain documentary.
I'm saying it again. This park was built to be an influencer park. It's flashy, great for short stays on headliner attractions. Anything that's not a major headline has MAJOR flaws. Yoshi flat out sucks, Dragon Rally Racer is over before it starts, Fyre Drill is fine but definitely not an everyone ride. Curse of the Werewolf could win a reward for the ugliest looking ride in the last 10 years, genuinely, it is such an eyesore and covers up the view for the windmill, who designed it over all those paths so it would have to have the ugliest netting over it the entire time plus we don't even want to talk about the party city end scene. That is actually ridiculous, I've seen better setups at Spirit Halloween than whatever crap they shuffled together last minute there. They were genuinely better off going to Spirit Halloween and maybe buying a few of their end of season $20 cardboard standees than whatever they are peddling. DK is really rough for a new coaster and not in the good "wooden coaster" feeling way. The headliners for the most part are great but definitely not "Disney Sea" levels. I mean, pointing you directly at unthemed curtains/floors, a coaster showing backstage within 5 seconds on the ground level? (Immersive viking land but they point you to look straight at the road instead of building a cheap facade or fence?) plus the obvious white wall that they only half covered with fake moss.
It is laughable to call this Tokyo Sea Level. Hell, I'd barely even call it Hollywood Studios level other than it being overall a more grand park.
A 3rd Harry Potter land? Where you aren't even in their world but instantly magically go back in time and teleport? Who was asking for that? Why does the only ride in this land, not take place in this land? It's like they can't build a park anymore without throwing around their magic money maker Harry Potter.
DonniePeverley
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Yeah reviews for the park are pretty bad online. Maybe they could have reduced numbers to keep good word of mouth .... (shrugs)
build_it
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The average reviews of 205 reviews. Any other theme park on that same site has more than 10k if not over 25k reviews.
So… it’s the first year of a new park.
Disneyhead'71
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We will see how this shakes out in the end. They have been at max capacity since previews. MKs numbers have collapsed this Summer.
Not really Disney's fault. International travel is a huge market for the Summer travel season from Canada, South America, and the UK..
International travel has absolutely nosedived, effecting both Disney and Universal.
And yet MK is a ghost town. As horrible, and a visual abomination that is so bad it apparently will make your eyes bleed from the sightlines, and with terrible rides, Epic is still reaching max capacity every day.
And yea, a max capacity day at any park is a miserable experience at any Orlando park. So point all you want at terrible wait times at Epic while Haunted Mansion is at 35 mins.
Not really Disney's fault. International travel is a huge market for the Summer travel season from Canada, South America, and the UK..
International travel has absolutely nosedived, effecting both Disney and Universal.
And yet MK is a ghost town. As horrible, and a visual abomination that is so bad it apparently will make your eyes bleed from the sightlines, and with terrible rides, Epic is still reaching max capacity every day.
And yea, a max capacity day at any park is a miserable experience at any Orlando park. So point all you want at terrible wait times at Epic while Haunted Mansion is at 35 mins.
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Agent H
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That seems like a long wait for a ride with that kind of capacity.
Animaniac93-98
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Suess Trolley was supposed to open with the park in 1999 under a different name, and as a different kind of ride, but technical issues prevented it and the Trolley was the compromise they finally decided on.
Skipper Island Tours was an opening day ride that was scrapped early on too.