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Will an Atlantis ride be built?
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ballewclan
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Whoa Lee, is that pic at DCA? What ever happened to the idea? And why did they put the tent up??
Moustronaut
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Well TDS doesn't have an Atlantis ride but many of thematic elements of Mysterious Island. Looking at the machinery and fixtures of this "land" at DisneySea, you can certainly see they came from the same art department.JimboJones123 said:
KumbaRider
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sniggle74 said:Oh, Lee! Always taunting us with what coulda/shoulda been :lol:
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Thanks for the reminder of what was lost. Any new momentum of other projects we should be aware of PLEEEEEEEEASE!
Agreed.
JimboJones123
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they could build a rotating ride with the flying sharks attached to a pole in the middle and spin in circles and even go up and down -- that ride would be GREAT!
ballewclan
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JimboJones123 said:
This may sound stupid but if they made like a atlantis one where it could also go underwater, like when you say go down it would go down, down, down and go underwater as it spins, like it would be glass encased.
Well i think its cool. :lookaroun
JimboJones123
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ballewclan said:
that actually would be kinda sweet -- giant fish tank -- top load
A "Ghost" Host
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Its doubtful. I haven't heard of any plans whatsoever about a ride, but ya never know
1disneydood
Active Member
I have doubts about the safety involving a ride that goes completely underwater all day every day. :lookaroun
Jut imagine a long E-stop while the pods are underwater. That would be scarier than AE ever was. People would freak.
Jut imagine a long E-stop while the pods are underwater. That would be scarier than AE ever was. People would freak.
MickeyTigg
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Ummmm....
Hey...you Atlantis-heads....were you the people that loaded the vote on Inside the Magic for the ride people would like to see turned into a ride or attraction?
Atlantis finished 2nd for some bizarre reason.
:lookaroun
Hey...you Atlantis-heads....were you the people that loaded the vote on Inside the Magic for the ride people would like to see turned into a ride or attraction?
Atlantis finished 2nd for some bizarre reason.
:lookaroun
thimblekisses
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Did anyone bring up the fact that Sea World has a big ride themed around the story of Atlantis? Sure it's no Disney movie or anything, but that might seem a little. . . copy cat? I don't know.
I disagree that a ride at Disney MUST be somehow related to a movie that is considered a "success". Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad are not based on specific films. Splash Mountain is based on Song of the South, a film that Disney continues to refuse to re-release in North America. Haunted Mansion, the ride, came out long before the film, which was a flop, ever did. In fact, Tower of Terror also had a movie flop associated with it.
But what rides have the successful films become? Well, there's Stitch's Great Escape, a ride everyone agrees is awful. There's the Peter Pan ride (yawn) and the Winnie the Pooh ride (another yawn) for the kiddies.
Let's face it, a movie's success doesn't guarantee a great ride and sometimes an unknown Disney film can be the basis of a great ride. Rides and movies are such different experiences, in any event, that I wonder why they bother to link the two.
But what rides have the successful films become? Well, there's Stitch's Great Escape, a ride everyone agrees is awful. There's the Peter Pan ride (yawn) and the Winnie the Pooh ride (another yawn) for the kiddies.
Let's face it, a movie's success doesn't guarantee a great ride and sometimes an unknown Disney film can be the basis of a great ride. Rides and movies are such different experiences, in any event, that I wonder why they bother to link the two.
thimblekisses said:
Disney could up the ante on that one considerably. They could clear out the old River Country water park site and build a water park related to Atlantis. It wouldn't have to be based on the characters, just the fabulous architecture from the film and those great Sentinels that circled the city...
MickeyTigg
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NTI2002 said:
Maybe that's why this rumor seems to not go away.
MartyMouse
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If you think back to when Disneyland (and Walt Disney World) first opened the only land to have rides based on films was Fantasyland (yes I remember the Swiss Family Tree House, but that came after DL opened), until recent years the other lands had been untouched (for the most part) and they were all the better for it … Aladdin is so out of place where they built it, but that’s another topic.
In defense of Splash Mountain, Song of the South is huge overseas and zip-a-dee-doo-dah is a true Disney Classic song.
But to Atlantis yes they should build a ride (however I would recommend Disney/MGM) not because the movie was a big hit but because the look and feel of the film would fit perfectly with a great water based thrill ride. Disney could build the ride keep it going for a few years and then re-release the movie and perhaps it would perform better at the box office and then on home video (or whatever format the future will have in-store for us).
In defense of Splash Mountain, Song of the South is huge overseas and zip-a-dee-doo-dah is a true Disney Classic song.
But to Atlantis yes they should build a ride (however I would recommend Disney/MGM) not because the movie was a big hit but because the look and feel of the film would fit perfectly with a great water based thrill ride. Disney could build the ride keep it going for a few years and then re-release the movie and perhaps it would perform better at the box office and then on home video (or whatever format the future will have in-store for us).
MartyMouse
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Fantasia was a bigger bomb in its day. Should we forget about it???NTI2002 said:
MickeyTigg
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MartyMouse said:
Fantasia was ahead of it's time....it became a decent success in the 60's. Atlantis was just a bad movie.