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Why Hollywood Studios is being rebuilt
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NoChesterHester
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Yes! Streetmosphere Star Wars Style!!!
The Jungle skipper
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Oh great, this again.
I'm still gonna call it MGM
P.S. I realize this wasn't confirmed.
Goofyernmost
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You're only allowed to do that if you still call MK, Disneyworld.Oh great, this again.
I'm still gonna call it MGM
P.S. I realize this wasn't confirmed.
Wikkler
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Cars takes place in Arizona, not California!
BryceM
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But doesn't Route 66 enter California?
El Grupo
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If a name change for DHS is in the works, I'm curious if Disney has considered just adopting the "Disney Hollywoodland" for the Florida park? A facade of hills could be constructed atop buildings behind the Chinese Theater (e.g., the back section of TSMM) that included a scale copy of the original HOLLYWOODLAND sign.
As with the original, each letter would be outlined with bulb lights.
Just a thought.
As with the original, each letter would be outlined with bulb lights.
Just a thought.
Taylor
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Yes. But does it really matter? Cars was the only thing that could've brought DCA to the next level it needed to go there.
NoChesterHester
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Goofyernmost
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Not very original though...and probably a registered trademark. Don't know...just guessing here.
NoChesterHester
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Didn't Hollywoodland go bankrupt?
So.... this whole business about King Kong returning to Universal Studios Florida in a mega attraction in 2015.....
Stick a fork in DHS. It's done. They're better off closing the park entirely and fast tracking major improvements than operating 2/3 of a weak park against a Universal Studios that will be this strong.
I do look forward to racking up some walk-on rides on RnRC during the "transition" though.
Stick a fork in DHS. It's done. They're better off closing the park entirely and fast tracking major improvements than operating 2/3 of a weak park against a Universal Studios that will be this strong.
I do look forward to racking up some walk-on rides on RnRC during the "transition" though.
Oh, by the way, Universal just announced that a three story parking garage for employees is to be constructed in time for Diagon Alley in 2014.
Wasn't there some speculation that Disney was thinking about maybe putting a parking garage at Hollywood Studios? Heh.
Wasn't there some speculation that Disney was thinking about maybe putting a parking garage at Hollywood Studios? Heh.
lazyboy97o
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That's just nonsense. There is nothing inherently special about Cars that made it THE thing aside from the influence of Lassiter.
Hollywoodland still exists. In fact, the land at Disney's California Adventure is Hollywood Land because the Hollywoodland name is still owned.
Wikkler
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Where in California will you find those stunning rock formations?
FigmentJedi
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And additionally, besides Radiator Springs being a distillation of Route 66 in one place and it being representative of the California Car culture, keep in mind that Route 66 ends at the Santa Monica Pier, which is exactly like Paradise Pier being at the end of the Route 66 that serves as Radiator Springs's Main Street in Carsland.
Calvin Coolidge
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I don't know, I've never seen mountains shaped like Cadillacs. Where in California will you find a mountain shaped like a grizzly bear?
AEfx
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That's what I had always hoped they would do with the Muppets (and what was originally planned) - at least the rumored Broadway Muppet show is hopefully on the horizon.
You guys are kind of hitting on exactly why I wish the Cantina wasn't the focus. Truth be told, as much of a Star Wars fan as I am (if you sent me to a desert island and said I could take 3 movies with me, they would be SW, ESB, and ROTJ, without hesitation), I find the Cantina scenes highly over-rated. Let's face it, parts of Star Wars itself in the first half are pretty dull as dishwater. Interesting, place-building, and historic - but dull. The only two real bits of action - Obi-wan using his saber, and Han and Greedo's little you-know-what contest - take place there, and yes, at the time it was neat to have that many creatures, etc. - but...the place itself, kinda boring.
What they should do (and they never would, namely because of the base subject matter which has been a thorn in it's side forever) is Jabba's Palace Court. That would be a perfect meeting of all the $$$ Disney likes - during the day it could be counter-service, at night an expensive, to rival Cindy's Castle, dinner show with several seatings. Audio-animatronic Jabba, Salacious, etc. - and humans playing the costumed characters. There could be a Jabba Meet and Greet room (open all day, in addition to Jabba at the dinner show) to sell those lovely PhotoPass photos.
And then...the merchandise. Jabba merchandise is extremely popular in general in Star Wars fandom (probably as a broad category more than any other type or even single character when you include all Jabba and his denizens and the ancillary products). Oh, and how a about a permanent place for those money maker "make yourself a little metal carbonite block" things they get, what $100 for? My God, they could offer a package with the meal that included it - what parent (or spouse) is going to deny their little (or big) Star Wars fan a chance to go home from Jabba's Palace encased in carbonite? Even at those crazy prices.
Not only that, but the theming would be so much more interesting. Jabba's Palace is just much more visually interesting than the Cantina. Even larger variety of characters, and tons of elements to work with and directions a show could go (from carbonite to bounty hunters to even Darth Vader - who appeared there once in a comic).
But...the Cantina is a "safe choice". No worries about "Slave Girls" (even though Hasbro has released "Slave" Leia products pretty consistently this century, it's always "Jabba's Prisoner"), or "will people be grossed out to eat by Jabba" LOL. I can so see the meeting if someone ever brought it up.
It's the same reason I am glad Universal got Potter. Disney would have never ever pushed the darker/scare aspects of Harry Potter and would have made some lame Soarin 2.0 (like they are likely going to end up doing with Avatar) focused on broom-flying. I feel secure with the Star Wars films being with Disney (it's the best news I have heard about Star Wars in as long as I can remember), I can't help but think Universal would handle the theme park stuff better as much as I adore ST2.0, the cut-backs were obvious and Disney just didn't go for the platinum standard, and it's doubtful they will now when they don't have to impress anyone but the accountants.
HenryMystic
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Yeah, IMO, USF will be the best park in Orlando by a wide margin. It's almost scary (but I'm loving every minute of it.)
Kman101
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King Kong back to Universal in 2015? Um. YES PLEASE!
Stick a fork in DHS is right. Which hurts to say (cosnidering I have ToT in my avatar) but it's WDW's own fault for it's refusal to invest in this park over the last what, decade? If not more. Aside from a clone that has an insane wait time most of the time because there's nothing else to do. Which proves they um ... need more to do.
Stick a fork in DHS is right. Which hurts to say (cosnidering I have ToT in my avatar) but it's WDW's own fault for it's refusal to invest in this park over the last what, decade? If not more. Aside from a clone that has an insane wait time most of the time because there's nothing else to do. Which proves they um ... need more to do.