Why DisneyQuest failed

[KBLovedDisney]

When I went to DQ with my brother back in its heyday, all of the equipment and such was working and at the time up-to-date. However, just a few years back when I went again, you could tell that DQ had seen much better days. A lot of the game consoles were actually broken, the place had a musty scent and there was very little foot traffic. I kind of compare this to the downfall of Innoventions. it wasn't looked after very well.

 

[spock8113]

Pleasure Island
Videopolis East
Mannequins Dance Palace
Richard Petty Racing Experience

DisneyQuest
Everyone wants to go to these places until the novelty wears off.

Video games and arcades had gradual loss (30 yrs+) of popularity regardless of the technological advances of the hardware and software. I think when the arcade game novelty wore off, people realized there's more offered up in the real-world parks.

Signed,
Waldorf, of Statler and Waldorf.

 

[lazyboy97o]

The Nba Experience at Universal was sort of fun. They had a really good chicken alfredo pizza. They had a shop where you could buy jerseys. They had a few pop a shot racks. They used to hold draft parties and when live games werent going they'd show nice highlight reals of classic nba moments. I was a BIG Dennis Rodman fan back when it was open and they had like a 2 level high black and white picture of Rodman diving out of bounds to save a ball. He was almost completely horizontal to the floor. I also liked that they had bronzed plastic basketballs outside with plastic hand molds of real NBA players. i used to put my little hands in them and see how much bigger people like Shaq and Olujawons were than mine. The things i valued at the old NBA restaurant I HIGGGHLLLYYY doubt Disney will try to replicate. So im really not excited about it at all. Im probably their biggest demographic too. A 32 year old that likes the NBA.

The way the concept drawings look... it looks like a slightly larger NBC restaurant at city walk. I like that restaurant, but its a good RESTAURANT. This NBA experience is replacing something way bigger than a simple place to eat. They better have some sort of VR experience where you or a group can play against lebron or MJ or something. Maybe homage the arcade vibe of disney quest and put up a section with pop a shot... nba jam arcades.. etc.

NBA Experience is not a relocated NBA City. The focus will be on a variety of interactive experiences.

 

[NelleBelle]

I really miss DQ (it was a great place for DH and the boys to hang out while I shopped--they had no interest and would rather have hung out at DQ). Along the same thing, I miss Pleasure Island--still have no idea why that failed. Too bad they couldn't have turned DQ into a bunch of those escape rooms--they could have different themed ones to fill up that big cube that was DQ. Can't see my boys and DH spending much, if any, time at an NBA thing.

 

[No Name]

WonderWorks is just about impossible to not notice, and just about impossible to not have your curiosity piqued (with the exception of the one in Syracuse). I'm not surprised it's done well. DisneyQuest didn't look nearly as interesting. When you charge a fee to enter, the outside is important.

Even with them taking up store space for a VR Attraction that could have fit perfectly in DQ would have worked better there....I'm sure another few years this fad will come and die as much as the interactive adventures held out..All this attraction to me is nothing but Ride The Comix....

Well this is just a temporary thing.