Castle Cake Apologist
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To my knowledge, Disney can use Marvel however they please in regards to theme parks in California.
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Rumor Wonders of Life getting an attraction soon?
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To my knowledge, Disney can use Marvel however they please in regards to theme parks in California.
tribbleorlfl
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They can, they just can't use the Marvel name or logo.
Kman101
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I don't see why it's impossible it crossed their minds to try and use it but they knew they couldn't. I believe lots of 'proposals' pop up and I think Jim and others run with hearing those little things .... I don't think he just sat there and said let me make up them considering WOL for Black Panther. I have no doubts that was probably some discussion at some point. But it's all moot because for all we know it can't happen.
Castle Cake Apologist
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Even in California? I wasn't aware that there were any stipulations in the contract for theme parks west of the Mississippi. USH doesn't have a Marvel section, so I don't understand why there would be.
tribbleorlfl
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This is the best post about this topic and deserves to be brought up again. If Disney had any confidence they could use BP at WDW, there would have been a M&G to accompany the film release. The fact there wasn't means there's no validity to the speculation of BP in WoL. None.
tribbleorlfl
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It's been a while since I've looked at the contract, but i'm pretty sure there was a provision where MCA)Uni/Comcast gets exclusive use of the Marvel name in a theme park setting in the US. The east if the Mississippi provision refers to the use if the characters.
Kman101
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Exactly.
I have zero doubts they had at least some discussion on Black Panther and using it if they can find a way around the contract. But they can't and didn't. I don't doubt they discussed using Wonders of Life for it (edit: after it took in a boatload of $$). But it was probably something that never got past the initial conversation. JMO. I have no idea but I'm sure they have all kinds of discussions that go nowhere and Jim seems to pick up some of them and run with them.
Again, no m&g and movie preview pretty much tells me nothing can happen. Guardians and Dr. Strange are clearly what they can use. Too bad they can't use Ant-Man because I'd like Buzz replaced ... lol
You are right.
danlb_2000
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"iii.East or West of The Mississippi - permitted uses shall be limited to the use of specific Marvel characters and Marvel may not permit a licensee to use the name “Marvel” as part of the attraction name or marketing"
Castle Cake Apologist
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I guess you truly do learn something new every day.
Coaster Lover
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- In the Parks
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Well, with Amazon working on a 500 million USD TV show that is already slated for (at least) two seasons, now/soon would be ta great time to start working on a LOTR themed land...
So, the key question... would Disney be considered a "licensee," especially since they own the brand? Looks like a loophole as big as throw-away campsites...
That said, they could put what they want in there and label the pavilion "Mechanized Artifacts Revealing Very Eccentric Licensing."
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Coaster Lover
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- In the Parks
- No
It would make A LOT of sense for WOL to be used as a temporary replacement for Mouse Gear and character meet and greets while they do whatever work they were going to do on the spine... I mean, you have to figure those need to be moved somewhere while the work is in progress...
They have Innoventions north west as available alternate space.
trainplane3
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Will we see any action on the spine project at all this year? I'm not complaining, at least it sounds like they're really weighing their options.
mikejs78
Premium Member
Except Disney isn't / wouldn't be a licensee, they are Marvel. So unless there is more to the contract, Disney can use the Marvel name at DLR....
It doesn’t look like it at the mo.
trainplane3
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It'd be nice to see all FW work wrapped up in time for the 40th. I just hope whatever they have planned is well thought out and won't be a cramfest of IPs and brings back the ability to walk back into WoL year-round.
I do wish they would let me bulldoze the tombstones out front now though.
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smile
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No. They can't. Else, they would have. See post above.
And if Disney tried to use tricksy verbiage tricks to get around it, they'd be slapped down in arbitration. There is no Air-Budding in real world contracts.