Why Have Pixar Been Gettin’ The Short End of the Stick?

[Miru]

Tough to be a Bug is the best 3D attraction they have created. RSR is the best ride at DCA and Cars Land is the best themed land Disney has on the West Coast. Midway Mania is a hugely popular fun attraction, Astro Blasters was a highly enjoyed ride when it debuted. Nemo suffers from a bad idea (screens), but they did throw a TON of money at it.

I don't feel like Pixar has been short changed. If anything, its been the focus for most of their park additions in the past 20 years or so. The DLR hasn't had a new Disney animation inspired attraction since Pooh in 2003. Before that and the Tarzan overlay to the treehouse, the next earliest Disney animation inspired ride was Splash Mountain in 89.

Even if we look worldwide, we see a Frozen ride at Epcot and a Beauty and the Beast ride in Tokyo being the outliers.

And I don't really think Aladdin fits Epcot. I don't think Frozen fits it either, as both take place in fictional places and are not really indicative of their culture/folklore.

You forgot Little Mermaid, and if we count SM, Runaway Railway would count too. (SM’s based on a hybrid). GSS doesn’t count as it’s as half-baked as Incredicoaster.

It’s really been two things. The rise of Toy Story Lands that have often served as a cheaper addition before the main project. And then Pixar Pier, which is horrendous. But the Ratatouille ride isn’t cheap.

Lately they’ve definitely wanted to captilize on Marvel and Star Wars, which is fair, since both had big moments in the late 2010s. I think Bob Chapek was absolutely justified in being appalled that DLR had no Marvel rides in the works when he took over.

Ratatouille is about 90% screens, which feels more Universal than Disney.

 

[Professortango1]

You forgot Little Mermaid, and if we count SM, Runaway Railway would count too. (SM’s based on a hybrid). GSS doesn’t count as it’s as half-baked as Incredicoaster.

Ratatouille is about 90% screens, which feels more Universal than Disney.

Yeah, totally forgot Mermaid. And Seven Dwarves Mine Coaster. I stand corrected.

 

[Miru]

Yeah, totally forgot Mermaid. And Seven Dwarves Mine Coaster. I stand corrected.

SDMT is at Magic Kingdom. It was ported to Shanghai. It’s not in DLP.

 

[Professortango1]

SDMT is at Magic Kingdom. It was ported to Shanghai. It’s not in DLP.

I'm aware. I didn't realize we were talking specific parks.

 

[Fox&Hound]

I don't understand why they never pulled the trigger on Monster's Inc in DHS. Didn't DCA just get rid of their Monster's Inc ride to make way for Avengers campus or did I hear that wrong? If so, bring that baby over to WDW. DHS could use a family-friendly omnimover in DHS, a park that does not have a ton for the under five crowd (besides Disney Jr). Bring over laugh floor too which makes no sense in Tomorrowland, add a restaurant and you have a nice mini-land.

 

[PiratesMansion]

I don't understand why they never pulled the trigger on Monster's Inc in DHS. Didn't DCA just get rid of their Monster's Inc ride to make way for Avengers campus or did I hear that wrong? If so, bring that baby over to WDW. DHS could use a family-friendly omnimover in DHS, a park that does not have a ton for the under five crowd (besides Disney Jr). Bring over laugh floor too which makes no sense in Tomorrowland, add a restaurant and you have a nice mini-land.

The DCA Monsters ride is still there and is even on the FP system now for...reasons. Avengers Campus took the place of A Bugs Land.

I have no doubt they've probably looked into a Monsters mini land at some point, but the environments, IMO, aren't sufficiently compelling, and I think Monsters' moment in the sun as a franchise has ended. A few years ago, they were allegedly talking about redoing Hollywood Land into a Monsters University themed area. I can't imagine them thinking about it now.

The only obvious Monsters theme park attraction-a door coaster-has apparently been discussed, but I imagine there's no way to do that and provide a high capacity ride system. I don't think the DCA Monsters ride is good enough to be worth cloning, and think that it works just fine for its purpose of making lemonade out of SSL's lemons and nothing more (I wouldn't clone Tokyo's ride either, personally). But then, I'm not a Disney executive.

 

[Miru]

I'm aware. I didn't realize we were talking specific parks.

When you brought up “Pooh at DLP”, and specified there hasn’t been anything at the Disneyland resort from their animated features, I assumed that indeed we were talking about Disneyland resort specifically.

 

[No Name]

Ratatouille is about 90% screens, which feels more Universal than Disney.

Sure, and some people like that. But regardless, in terms of actual cost, the ride isn’t cheap by any means.