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[UNCgolf]

It will have a lower height requirement than Primeval Whirl, regardless.

Definitely, but Primeval Whirl wasn't a Disney animated film attraction either.

I'm not certainly not opposed to them building a ride like this in general (absent my general complaints about projection domes) -- it's just that using this ride system for Moana (or any Disney princess, although she's a bit different than ones like Snow White or Cinderella) is a bit misguided.

It feels like it would be a much better fit for a different IP (or something completely original, which obviously isn't on the table).

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Yay! More sims!

Rollercoaster track is cheap…and stage shows are a nice change of pace…

Just saying.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Yeah, DAK is really in need of a long no thrill/highly immersive family ride. The ride collection of DAK is good but all the headliners have some degree of higher thrills (even the safari can be pretty bumpy and uncomfortable for some). We’ve discussed it before but something like Mystic Manor would be a good addition.

…higher thrills?

Don’t get out much, huh?

 

[Magicart87]

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This should be the second half of Na'vi River Journey

 

[_caleb]

Rollercoaster track is cheap

In every sense of the word.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

In every sense of the word.

So like $500,000,000 for a trackless lame-o-sim is more magical?

I personally think it’s more time to go back to square one

 

[_caleb]

So like $500,000,000 for a trackless lame-o-sim is more magical?

I personally think it’s more time to go back to square one

Depends. Are you comparing a roller coaster with exposed track to a trackless dark ride? Because I was thinking of Radiator Springs Racers, Test Track, etc.

 

[Elijah Abrams]

Yeah, DAK is really in need of a long no thrill/highly immersive family ride. The ride collection of DAK is good but all the headliners have some degree of higher thrills (even the safari can be pretty bumpy and uncomfortable for some). We’ve discussed it before but something like Mystic Manor would be a good addition.

I have already said this, but there should be an Encanto dark ride for DAK that would be about finding Antonio's animals in the casita for a South America land at the park.

 

[Smiley/OCD]

I agree. The drawings show the boat surrounded by water and refer to it as a flume. That doesn't suggest a stationary vehicle to me.

So basically it’s the time rover from Dinosaur in a flume chute…

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Depends. Are you comparing a roller coaster with exposed track to a trackless dark ride? Because I was thinking of Radiator Springs Racers, Test Track, etc.

I was thinking slightly more themed…not a Batman clone

I still see a line for rockinroller coaster…and that was cheap

 

[UNCgolf]

…higher thrills?

Don’t get out much, huh?

I assume he meant higher thrills for Disney -- there's not much reason for Disney to build truly high thrill rides because it doesn't really fit their consumer base.

 

[mattpeto]

Wow people here throwing stones at their monitors over a permit. Who would have thought?

 

[_caleb]

I was thinking slightly more themed…not a Batman clone

I still see a line for rockinroller coaster…and that was cheap

I’m not sure how much more expensive a hidden-track outdoor coaster costs compared to a coaster in a dark box, but I‘d love to see more of the outdoor ones as long as we don’t see a bunch of steel.

 

[_caleb]

Wow people here throwing stones at their monitors over a permit. Who would have thought?

I thought we were discussing it. On a discussion board.

 

[mattpeto]

I thought we were discussing it. On a discussion board.

I guess the overly negative reaction to a permit and concept art has my defense game up.

Maybe we should give it a chance to see what it is, I don’t know?

 

[_caleb]

I guess the overly negative reaction to a permit and concept art has my defense game up.

Maybe we should give it a chance to see what it is, I don’t know?

Oh, I agree. Maybe I’m so used to it, I didn’t notice the last few pages here being particularly negative!

 

[No Name]

Oh, I agree. Maybe I’m so used to it, I didn’t notice the last few pages here being particularly negative!

There’s also quite a bit of guessing that this has something to do with the possible Moana ride. It might, but Disney files patents all the time for things that they never even use, for example there was a cool swinging system that was evidently not used for their Spider-Man ride.

Or this weird thing where the four riders push/pull in their direction to move the vehicle.

Don’t tell Chapek that he’s got people getting paid to draw up these ideas, he’ll send his “cost structure taskforce” to handle them in no time.

 

[_caleb]

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Or this weird thing where the four riders push/pull in their direction to move the vehicle.

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Don’t tell Chapek that he’s got people getting paid to draw up these ideas, he’ll send his “cost structure taskforce” to handle them in no time.

I feel like I need to draw up a bunch of crazy ride ideas, get them patented, and then just wait for Disney to accidentally rip me off so I can sue.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I thought we were discussing it. On a discussion board.

…praetorians would like to have a word with you

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I assume he meant higher thrills for Disney -- there's not much reason for Disney to build truly high thrill rides because it doesn't really fit their consumer base.

Disney has a need for “balance”…but within their own brand/market…

Now only if the Libyans would sell me more plutonium so I could get back to 2005 and let Bob Iger know?