Twilight_Roxas
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Well it could easily be put in Walt Disney Studios park in Paris along with removing the two Universal Studios references.
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Will Universal Keep Using The Simpsons Now That Disney Owns The IP?
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BasiltheBatLord
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I think The Simpsons ride is tight and I don't care for the show at all.
George Lucas on a Bench
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The ride just looks and feels nothing like the show. Putting a giant Krusty head and playing clips from the show on TV screens isn't enough it seems. Not to mention the ride itself is completely different computer animation and sickening to look at in my experience.
NobodyElse
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Old Mouseketeer
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What does my ex-boyfriend have to do with this? (Wow--and it isn't even Throwback Thursday! Holy nineties, Batman!)
Model3 McQueen
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- In the Parks
- No
I'm excited to hear the golden age seasons will be on there - the only time that mattered for this now-sorry show.
The REAL question is.. will Stark Raving Dad & The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson be there.
From the looks of it, Disney needs the Simpsons to support Disney+. I'm sure Disney won't use the Simpsons to get Marvel theme park rights back anytime soon. In fact, Disney might get Universal to give up on Simpsons on its own. I can imagine in 10 years when the contract is up, Universal Studios Hollywood can expand Harry Potter into Diagon Alley where the Simpsons is at. Or possibly do it sooner in time for the 2028 Olympics. Universal will decide to uncouple their licensing deals with Disney on a case by case basis. Universal has no problem cutting IP from their theme parks at a moment's notice.
socalifornian
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Not sure if this is too far removed, but USJ opted to replace Back to the Future with Despicable Me instead of Simpson’s two years ago. I found an article from the same year saying that the show hasn’t done well in Japan either unsurprisingly. I have no idea if contracts were involved with that decision on top of it
Despicable Me is very popular in Asia so I'm not surprised.
TP2000
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I have to believe stuff like The Simpsons and their various Universal Studios rides were part of this legal agreement. Not sure they have a place in the Castle parks, but in DCA, DHS, or Paris Studios they could slot in somewhere. The Simpsons have always been a guilty pleasure of mine, since watching the old (and hilarious) Tracey Ullman Show on Fox back in the 80's.
I wouldn't mind a Simpsons presence in the parks, so long as they spend more money and do it better than Universal has done with them.
I wouldn't mind a Simpsons presence in the parks, so long as they spend more money and do it better than Universal has done with them.
Ismael Flores
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why are we talking about simpsons in the park when we still haven't got a ride themed to Willow or did Disney not get that when they bought Lucas entertainment?
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Twilight_Roxas
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The Simpsons are popular in Europe that Disneyland Paris resort could have a Springfield area along with The Simpsons Ride dub in French, and English.
Darkbeer1
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Actually no, Disney just inherited the contracts, which go back decades between pre-Comcast Universal, 20th Century FOX and Matt Groening. While Disney Legal has been looking at the issue for the last year or two, they couldn't act until now. It is one of many problems, like Marvel and DCA, that comes with a merger.
spectrodanny
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what would be even MORE depressing, is if they actually DID decide to charge $14 for churros
Darkbeer1
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How much are they now? $8? And how much post SW:GE???
yuck! gross!
Professortango1
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The Simpsons rarely did pop culture jokes. Instead the situations were the source of comedy alongside allusions to literature and film.
Robbiem
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I think this could be a good idea, the simpsons has a lot of visual humour and would lend itself well to a European ride maybe in one of the spare places round wds new lake?
Twilight_Roxas
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Although they would have to remove two Universal Studios references like the Back to the Future tribute, and the send money to Universal Studios sign.