asianway
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I would - if I could time the market. Earnings are soon, cant wait.
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Why Hollywood Studios is being rebuilt
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Soarin' Over Pgh
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Gawwwwwd tell us alreadysuspense is killing me!
Oh, I would like to let our friend @Jimmy Thick speak his peace before jumping back into all this. Unfortunately I can't hang out on these boards all the time.
But I do look forward to the intense debating that will be coming in the not too distant future.
willtravel
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I don't know what was running on these boards a year ago when I took no part in these fun discussions. I can only stand by what I have posted now and what will come to pass.
Alright, this thread is back, might as well post something to provoke conversation.
Anyone want to take a crack at defending the upcoming closure of Beauty and the Beast at DHS and the Imag pavilion at Epcot in the name of "we don't need all this capacity because of MyMagic+ efficiency improvements?"
Please, someone, come forward and defend this. Because right now all I see is a Walt Disney Company that is in full retreat and running scared.
Anyone want to take a crack at defending the upcoming closure of Beauty and the Beast at DHS and the Imag pavilion at Epcot in the name of "we don't need all this capacity because of MyMagic+ efficiency improvements?"
Please, someone, come forward and defend this. Because right now all I see is a Walt Disney Company that is in full retreat and running scared.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Wouldn't you need more capacity if the system made riding rides more efficient?
Now if they said "we don't need all this capacity because everyone will be in lines longer playing with interactive queue elements because of MyMagic+" that would make more sense.
RSoxNo1
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Uh... shareholders will be happy?
No, you see, the idea is that people are happy if the visit 9 (or 10 or whatever the magic number is) attractions within a day. Thanks to MM+ people will be distributed more evenly among the exisiting attractions (that's the efficiency increase), so there is no need to have more attractions available.
Somehow, the people who came up with this train of thought totally forgot that people want to experience attractions that they enjoy and there comes personal taste and expectation in play. There will always be attractions where people come out and think that this was a waste of their time (like me after the Country Bears) or think ok, that was nice but really not that great (like me after Little Mermaid). If you fill up a day of 9 attractions with only these type of experiences, I am pretty sure these people will not think they got good value for their ticket. So you need to provide lots of different attractions for different tastes. But once you start viewing your guests as inventory, you have forgotten what is to be a good host, I guess.
Captain Neo
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My understanding was that Imagination was going to get redone and Beauty & Beast was to be replaced with a new show either based on Rapunzel or Princess & The Frog. Is that not the case?
Do you not know that there is no place for rationality on these boards
doctornick
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It's possible that the attractions will be intentionally down longer than needed in order to save money on the cost of running. Especially when it comes to BatB and the Theater of the Stars, which could probably be replaced in a very short time if there was a will, but might be down for months instead.
lazyboy97o
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It's amazing that Disney hasn't yet realized that when they choose the 8 attraction that the average survey respondent experiences that nobody is happy. They built one park with a massive, multi hour experience where this worked. They then proceeded to build four more, with none of them meeting anything close to expectations and all needing massive investment for expansion. The two that have been expanded are now doing much better numbers.
doctornick
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That's the question/concern -- will something go in their place? We all can see the Wonders of Life Pavilion when we ae at Epcot. There's also the point of how long they would be down. The theater for BatB could be reset for a new show in weeks if they wanted to, but if it is down for months, the rationale would be to save money by not running a show. No reason that a PatF or Tangled show couldn't be practicing ahead of time, ready to go in soon after BatB ends.
rd805
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100% correct on that!
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
If either new show were in production...
The American Idol theatre space is slotted for quick turn around when it goes down early next year. For the time being there are no replacement projects scheduled for the other two venues.
When Imag reopens it will not be in its current form. But it's gonna take a while.
aladdin2007
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Maybe it will be worth the wait, this time.
