Theme Park News of 2016 - STATE OF THE PARKS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2017
- Some Jerk With A Camera bullet-points the biggest theme park-related news stories of 2016 which he somehow forgot to cover until 2017!
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You know, one thing I really liked about the city of Zootopia, was that it was pretty much set up like one HUGE Disney park with different eco-environment, monorails, trams, conveyor belt sidewalks, sky cars. I would love to live in a city with that kid public transport that's useful, pretty and fun.
I could even see that being the venue where you have to settle for fish or tofu for your protein at meals.
Zootopia land.
*Internal screaming* That'd be pretty cool I guess.
I can think of a few reasons why James Cameron's Avatar has mostly been forgotten. The thing is, they never bothered to continue making material for it for years after its release. There was no equivalent to the Star Wars Expanded Universe to keep the movie's recognition going. Most of our modern blockbusters seem to go in one ear and out the other culturally unless they're part of a big franchise or film universe. It's difficult to create the staying power of a Star Wars or Star Trek these days from scratch. Pop culture and entertainment are much more saturated and fast moving so that their impact are much diminished. It's no surprise then, that some of the biggest current franchises revolve around characters that are decades old.
I'd also argue that since the appeal of Avatar was purely visual, it couldn't sustain interest through merchandising, video release, etc.
It's still very bizarre that the HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME could be this easily forgotten.
well considering the movie that previously held the record is listed in the Geneva Convention under "torture"...
Please show me proof of that.
you want proof that "Titanic" was "torture"...?
3:13 To be fair Disney Paris is often ignored, and really needed an ETicket like that.
Playing the Devil's Advocate here, I'm looking forward to the final result of Pandora: The World of Avatar. The story for the original movie was between "meh" and "okay", but as an art and writing nut, I downright admire the efforts put into worldbuilding and that there's potential for different stories in that same world (via "Toruk" from Cirque du Soleil). I did a final project in Art class that drew from that potential and built a smaller story around going to Pandora for a college scholarship on social studies (on Na'vi culture) and being a student in some group of scientists and soldiers. But I digress.
I love hearing you ramble on about the parks and their updates, Tony. Being a theme park nerd is such a niche thing but I'm glad you've stuck with it.
By the way, my friends and I took a roadtrip and stopped off in Orlando in August to visit Universal. We didn't even know the new Kong ride was even a thing until we got there and it was wicked cool.
Super Nintendo World alone is enough for me to get a pass for Universal Studios
KelvinBelmont It won't be done for years.
KelvinBelmont It'll be ready before the 2020 Olympics.
FOR JAPAN
Possibly Florida, but at least Japan. Hollywood will definitely take the longest.
I completely agree with you Tony, I hate it when they make ride/attractions seasonal or SBNO
Use it or lose it! I just can't stand rides just sitting there doing nothing.
The origins of all the buildings in the Nintendo World art are very simple, Mr. Jerk: Mario, Mario, Mario, Mario, and Mario.
A Wreck-It Ralph ride would be awesome, but what I'd love to see at the Disney parks more than anything is a Zootopia-themed area. I know it probably won't happen and would be a super ambitious and expensive addition, but that movie practically BEGS for the theme park treatment. Certainly more so than Cars.
Great as always, Jerk! 13:37 gets me everytime, the Matterhorn yodeling combined with the visual of chaotically spinning FastPasses is simply amusing to me. Then again, it's not that hard to amuse me sometimes, but still, great job! ^.^
TG: "Rumor is Nintendo will replace Woody Woodpecker's Kid Zone"
Me: YAY!
TG: "Better ride ET while you still can."
Me: Oh, right. Less yay.
I don't think the First Order ride is going to purely be a motion simulator. I think it may be something closer to Dinosar/Indiana Jones or Spider-Man/Transformers.
As for ET, I doubt Universal is going to want to piss of Spielberg too much so maybe that'll be part of some buffer area along with the weird spongebob gift shop before Nintendo World.
Well, Spider-Man/Transformers is basically "Indy/Dinosaur combined with motion simulators" so we'll see.
We'll see what happens, but honestly...Spielberg hasn't had a hit film (that wasn't a sequel of a decades-old franchise) for a while now. And now that Universal has Harry Potter, Nintendo, The Simpsons and Illumination to play with, I don't think they think they need Spielberg anymore.
It’s fun to come back and see how many things *WEREN’T* built
Turning Avatar land into Zootopia is a much better idea until someone visionary enough to help Disney accept supernatural creatures in a feature length movie with about supernatural creatures that might be commenting on this video as I am (me). As for them park related news, Disney released a VR simulator app that will carry the legacy of rides long gone. I'm mixed about this since the fanboys will whine that this is fanservice while non Disney Park locals like me will be like HOLY SMOKES I'M ON CAPTAIN EO! Also, you might want to check out the game Epic Mickey since the first level encourages you to run a rampage on It's A Small World.
Joseph Armstrong what is this app called and why can't I find it on the App Store? Is it not for iPhones?
Post a link to a legit article talking about this app or I don't believe you.
Give me a few. I think it's called Disney Park Archives and it's still in development.
Pandora sounds awesome. The animatronics look astounding, the River Journey through the plants sounds beautiful, Flight of Passage will be a more intense Soarin (bonus points for another thrill ride) and the floating mountains really immerse you. While the movie isn't popular anymore, there will still be more movies. Look at Splash Mountain, people love that ride despite 99% of people never seeing Song of the South
An entire land is still kind of pushing it.
0:18 good thing there weren't any baseball teams that were worth wasting a year's worth of miracles on in the 2020 World series
you know a jungle book land could be pretty fun. Louies castle Baloo's cave, the wolf den there are massive possabilities
you forgot "the muppets present: great moments in history"
even though its only a 5 minute show but its really fun. Makes Liberty Square better.
I agree that the beefed up security is a really good idea. Although I disagree with getting rid of blasters. I mean, they are just blasters.
I suppose this could be more of a temporary sentiment thing, and they might come back in a few years while traditional toy guns could go the way of the dodo. Speaking of, I wonder if they'll do anything about Frontierland Shooting Gallery with the realistic (though in fixed positions) guns?
Oh yeah, I didn't even think of that! I mean, I don't think they'll remove those because they are in fixed locations, but who knows (although to be honest I wouldn't really miss it).
from what I've heard the ET Adventure stage is owned by Spielberg himself and he says that if the last ET leaves he'll pull out all his licensed ride from all the parks, which includes Jurassic Park Jaws and so on.
Then how come he didn't say anything about Jaws's closure in Florida?
Because he didn't own that part of the park. I think after the closure of ET in Hollywood and Japan, he bought the Florida building as a precaution
I heard that he specifically was so incensed when they closed E.T. in Hollywood, he vowed to never work with them again if they closed the one in Florida. But, I don't think he can legally REMOVE Jurassic Park from their parks at this point.
Who knows, I'd probably be more happy if they moved Nintendo to The Lost Continent, Suess Landing or Toon Lagoon cause from my perspective they haven't sold to well in recent years.
Hey Tony! Glad another one of your videos in my subscription box!
When Mission BREAKOUT opens will Family Matters have a long conversation about something when they are in front of the line, delaying everyone, again?
Where else are people supposed to talk
The new Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission BREAKOUT The new Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission BREAKOUT The new Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission BREAKOUT The new Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission BREAKOUT The new Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission BREAKOUT
Neil Patrick Harris actually had his honeymoon in Disneyland(or World) so he is actually a huge fan. Why he sounds like if he doesn't promote the park in a positive light he'll be shot, exploded, and launched into a meat grinder is quite a mystery. Also, WHAT Mario Park Land?? Can we step on turtles?
You don't need to pay theme park admission to step on turtles! Just go to the beach.
Went to Disneyland last January instead of the usual annual visit to WDW. I could not believe how long the lines were! And this was during off peak! But I think was shocked me more was the fact that the lines MOVED! Maybe it was due to the amount of annual pass holders being used to things, but OMG! People seemed to realize that bag or no bag, they were going to be checked, so they had everything out and unzipped, ready to go almost as if they had spent all that time watching others being checked, and decided that they could save their own time preparing before they got to them. CA security actually spent more time going through my things each day than FL security ever did, yet the lines still moved faster. How?
It's official everyone! James Cameron is ready to start filming Avatar 2 after finishing the script for Avatar FIVE!!!
“The thing is, my focus isn’t on Avatar 2. My focus is on Avatar 2, 3, 4, and 5 equally."
Yep. That's a legit quote that Cameron said.
If I were to guess the First Order Star Wars ride could be similar to the Pirate ride in Shanghai. Judging from the test video it has that kinda feel to it even though it's not gonna be on a boat plus I heard that they're gonna use audio animatronic Storm Troopers for it. Again it's a guess. I could be 100% wrong.
They did banned Louis from the new Magic Kingdom show for 2 weeks because of that alligator incident.
I wanna say something about the King Kong ride but I don't wanna spoil it for you.
I honestly do have a soft spot for Stitch's Great Escape but I understand the hate. Plus it's NOWHERE NEAR AS GREAT AS ALIEN ENCOUNTER!
Epcot's overall update is for the best! I mainly love Epcot just for their World Showcase. The "future" side is alright but it does show it's age and I feel there are some things that either needs to go or change. It'll be great to see Epcot do something new and different with Figment than...whatever the hell the new ride is right now.
12:15 - 12:32 That part was great XD
If the Fantasmic rumor is true then I'm all for it! It's the nice change of pace for a show that's been playing for 25 years. I wish the show in Florida could get an massive upgrade.
I'm with you on Jimmy Fallon. I don't know how that's gonna turn out.
Avatar land...It's best to say that it's gonna look pretty...yay?
I was able to visit Universal Studios in Florida when I was a teen. I was so excited when my husband surprised me and my son with a week long Thanksgiving trip there. I told my son all about the ET ride and when we got on, he was laughing the whole time about the groundbreaking animatronics. It was so amazing in my memories 🤣😭🤣
Hey! The Cubs winning wasn't the only miracle of 2016! We still got the Deadpool movie! And... Nah, thats pretty much it...
6 years later and you’re comments on Avatar still age well.
That sketch at the end was hilarious
OHH you should combine expertise and do a crossover review with James Rolfe, the angry video game nerd when Nintendo land opens.
5:00 I think stopping selling toy guns is a mistake on Disney's part, but to be fair the Pulse shooter was going to target Downtown Disney first before he realized the club was closer...
Well it was nice walking through New Orleans Square peacefully while it lasted. But I'm happy I'll being hearing that dope ass intro again to Fantasmic.
The best part of the Jimmy Fallon ride was actually the queue. It was a little show museum about all the different hosts. Also there are live performers there. Also there isn't a line, but they give you a card that tells you to move to the next level of the queue.
OHHHH MAAAAAN!!! HOW COOL WOULD A ZOOTOPIA LAND HAVE BEEN????
DAMMIT DISNEY! YOU DONE GOOFED!
My "Full House Goes To Disney World" video: th-cam.com/video/8Edq3u-GCUE/w-d-xo.html
2016 seems quaint compared to 2020.
I more don't like the Pirates replacing Peter Pan because I started to despise the movie series. Wait, Avatar? The movie with the great effects at the time that basically left the public consciousness the following year?
They are filming 3 new Avatar films back to back. There is going to be a lot more Avatar in the next few years. The 2nd films is set to release in 2018. I assume the next two will be released in 2019 and 2020.
Epcot-hooray we’re finally getting a massive overhaul thank God!😂🎉
Corvid apocalypse-😈 are you sure about that?
Epcot- 😐 Can’t a guy catch a break!😒
The stings at the end couldn't help but make me think "Tony Goldmark is *not* a grinning scarecrow sent here to torture and manipulate you."
YES! FINALLY someone recognizes my obscure TMBG references!
Tony Goldmark Flood may be my favorite album, but I can't *begin* to tell you how many times Then has made its way into my sound-holes!
16:41 aged like fine blue wine
I always forgot Pandora is happening unless I'm actively reminded of it.
Tim O'Connor Sounds an awful lot like the movie, then, huh?
The only other theme park news from down here in Florida that I am aware of besides the Jimmy Fallon ride is that there is going to be a Fast and Furious ride that is replacing the Beetlejuice show and the Disaster ride and a few other attractions around it that closed down around the same time Twister did.
Also Universal bought Wet and Wild, the big local water park in Orlando. It closed its doors last year in December and the new huge volcanic themed water park is already under construction and set to open later this year, there are already tons of commercials for it, being called "The third gate" for Universal.
Awesome video, though i was kinda expecting you to talk about Disneyland Paris converting their Space Mountain Mission 2 ride into a permanent Hyper Space Mountain :P
still very informative and hilarious :)
Didn't it have a Georges Méliès "A Trip to the Moon" homage at one point? If so, I'd be REALLY sorry to see that go.
It had it quite some time back (like around 12 years ago) but they replaced it for some reason :/
ya i really enjoyed it when i went recently so if it were to go id be kinda upset as well...
I've heard rumors that the First Order ride will involve people getting out of the ride vehicle, walking around, and then get into another ride vehicle. Also it'll contain multiple stories in one show building. I have no idea how they're gonna time all of that or prevent tourists from touching the animatronics but it sounds incredibly cool regardless. Also looking at an early map of Disneyland with the Star Wars land expansion, it looks like Critter Country won't be a dead end anymore, which is one thing that always annoyed me.
Since my favorite show at the park, the Mad T Party, was also shut down I will bitterly blame Shanghai Disneyland till the day I die. And I CONTRIBUTED to Shanghai Disneyland (through an tiny bit of contracted work).
And a Chinese theme park is to blame for a mediocre, sore-thumb dance party thing based on a not-very-good reboot of a better animated movie closing in an American park, because...?
Update for those getting here late: The concept map was apparently leaked for Super Nintendo World in Florida, and while it did replace the kids area E.T. was still shown as part of the layout.
The closing of Wet n Wild and the new Volcano Bay for Universal. Not sure if the expansion of other Muppet stuff at WDW was covered. The yo-yo of news for the opening of Rivers of light at DAK.
hikaru08 yeah the new muppets show in liberty sqaure
And typhoon lagooon getting a new slide
Love watching your ride reviews man, keep up the awesome work. Also, every time I get a chance to go down to Disneyland, the Pirates of the Carribean ride is closed for the day.
Have you gone on the ride at all? Cause if so, I feel so sorry for you.
It's been 10 years since I last set foot on that ride.
Does that mean you went on it before the movie updates??
Yep
Wow. You are lucky.
16:42 He's also saying he's going to make a "Battle Angel Alita" movie after the sequel, so take that with a grain of salt.
While I liked Avatar, I'll admit I liked more for the soundtrack and visuals than the story it was trying to tell. As for that 60 year Anniversary Special, I would love to see you, Spazzmaster and Doggans riff it like you did the opening day telecast.
I don't think a Guardians ride would ever hit Epcot. Universal owns the rights to Marvel rides in Florida and they ain't gonna compromise.
Here's the thing(that Tony brought up in an earlier video).
Universal only got the rights to Marvel's most popular characters circa 1990s.
Guardians of the Galaxy wasn't really popular until the MCU film.
Meaning, Universal never got the GotG rights in the first place.
It's true - GOTG was NOT included in the Universal deal. As long as they don't put the Marvel logo anywhere near the ride, Disney World can do whatever they want with it.
I agree; making a district dedicated to Avatar?! That's not even a Disney movie, it was distributed by 20th Century Fox, wtf?! They should have made a district dedicated to Zootopia, that would have fit with Animal Kingdom a million times more than Avatar. But who knows, I'm predicting Pandora to be a colossal let down and Disney World will decide to convert it to a Zootopia themed land.
Considering Pandora and Zootopia look almost nothing like each other in their respective movies, that's probably not gonna happen.
Just wishful thinking; I do hope that Disney World does add a Zootopia attraction to one of their park,, it'd be a wasted opportunity if they didn't.
To be fair, the thing Avatar is known for is visuals. And theming is all about visuals. I'm exited for it.
18:22 and this is the point where I turn down the volume on my headphones
I loved when you lagged at avatar!!! Hahaha so funny
I went last week and was surprised that the security checkpoint was now outside the Mickey and Friends parking lot. I was actually expecting to be checked again before entering the park.
Honestly, when I did go to Universal Florida, Race Through New York was probably one of my favorite rides, only behind the Potter ones. The flying theater effects are ridiculously effective, and because of the way it's built the queue times are incredibly short. The kong animatronic was also, indeed, very cool, though the 3D through the rest of the ride was also good enough that I had to take my glasses off at that part to appreciate that it wasn't an effect.
They can replace Poseidon's Fury whenever they feel like it though, please, that was absolutely not worth the wait and cramming that many people into those tiny rooms is nauseating. Keep the beautiful exterior and gut the insides for something deserving of all that majesty that doesn't just feel like a really long and slow preshow.
Mr. Goldmark, you can do a crossover with Doug Walker reviewing the "Avatar" movie while visiting the "Avatar" park.
Hello Some Jerk With a Camera!
I am an Orlando Resident and a Season Passholder for Universal Studios Florida... So here's what I know, or at least what I've heard.
We don't have any details on the attractions of Super Nintendo World, but, I'm predicting a heavy focus on Mario, Pokemon, Legend of Zelda and POSSIBLY Splatoon since that seems to have taken off.
As for WHERE it's going to be, I've heard everything from the other side of I-4, to replacing Woody Woodpecker's Kid Zone as you heard too. BUT... I have heard from multiple sources (none of which were Execs) that E. T. Adventure isn't going anywhere. Steven Spielberg apparently has a soft spot for the ride, so even though it's now the only original attraction left in the park, it's staying.
I do know from going to Halloween Horror Nights there is a vacant lot where mild construction has been happening since at least 2011. It's a bunch of office trailers right now and the like. The location is currently not in the direct guest area except for when the queue is present for Halloween Horror Nights, but where the new Fast and Furious attraction was formally out of guest area as well. As far as sense as to where Super Nintendo World will be, this vacant lot is the most logical. But who knows.
And as for Avatar World... I'll quote a re-occurring bit from the Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure show...
"I'M KING OF THE WORLD! And by world, I mean Avatar World! Opening in 2097! ...IF ANYONE STILL GIVES A SHIT!"
And the crowd goes wild.
Famous Draven I heard a rumor that Spielberg was pissed when he found out the were closing the Hollywood E.T., and that if they close Orlando's, he'll force Universal to remove properties that he's worked on from the parks. And from what I know, Universal doesn't want to lose Jurassic Park.
Hope you do one of these for 2017.
I remember pointing out the Frozen/Maelstrom thing on Tony's Twitter a while back...hooray for me.
Honestly Jerk, I kinda wish Disney would bring back the Wonders of Life pavilion with a mixture of new state of the art concepts and some of the old attractions as well. And a fun fact, when the Kong ride opened, it kept breaking down, some of the jeeps were going less than a inch an hour. No spoilers.
So I've done race through new york was a little nuts. I did it during dress rehearsals and got stuck on it for about an hour. The ride itself was fun. If you don't watch his show you aren't going to get many of the references but they do use a callback line system and have live entertainment in the queue, I would check it out once if you have time but otherwise don't. Although I am feuding with universal though, so I don't plan on ever seeing it now that it's open.
One small thing I was happy to see was the WDWRR getting #2 "Lilly Belle" back and once again into passenger service after several years of her alternating between being fixed and being held hostage at the Strasburg Rail Road in Pennsylvania.
Wait, I'm relatively close to the Railroad and never heard about that. Dang it, apparently me and my family missed out! :P
well you might be in luck as the "Walter E. Disney" is supposedly there now. let's pray this doesn't take SIX YEARS....
15:13 what Tony ,did the Joker spray you with laughing gas?
Meh, call me when Universal builds Umberto Lenzi's The Man From Deep River attraction to compete with Pandora: The World Of Avatar, then we'll have a white saviour ride worth talking about.
I've heard people say that Spielberg has been against Universal removing the ET ride, plus we don't actually know where SNW is going into Florida (other rumors said it might replace Marvel Superhero Island at IOA).
Some park news from the NorCal regions where I am, California's Great America got a new Mass Effect 4D ride in 2016, and it is amazing! It's basically the original Star Tours mixed with T23D, with a live actor instead of an animatronic piloting the ship. And speaking of, in that same year CGA announced a new expansion that would include new rides (including a long rumored hyper coaster), and an entertainment district in a similar style to Downtown Disney/Citywalk/Knott's Marketplace. From what I heard, this expansion is supposed to be happening over the next 20 years, and is sort of starting with converting the stand-up coaster Vortex into a floorless coaster this year.
Also, technically, the first trackless ride in the US is supposed to be a shooter ride called Challenge of Mondor at the Enchanted Forest park in Oregon, which opened prior to Rollickin Roadsters.
That Main Street Electrical Parade commercial may have made me jizz my pants.
I'm pretty sure I'm the only Disney parks geek that's actually excited for pandora. Mostly because I really like Disney architecture when it tries to be big and other worldly. Also unfortunately all we get in King Kong is his head attached to the studio tram tour but with an AMAZING queue.
Universal Hollywood had a Laika exhibit on two separate occasions. It's not a huge thing, I know, but still pretty awesome for Laika fans such as myself. :)
to be fair the world/visuals of avatar is what people like about the movie so the land makes sense, that and they will make sequels the film still made more money than any movie ever made as sad as that may be
I can't believe I just realized this, but if Stitch's Great Escape is replaced by Wreck it Ralph, what'll you suppose will happen to Disneyland's Star Tours once Galaxy's Edge opens? Yeah, it's just too easy.
If you haven't seen "The Walking Dead" you don't know what you're missing. If you have a Hulu account, it's on AMC and the show comes back both in Febuary and October on AMC.
Well with Disneyland Paris - their Space Mountain is going to become Hyperspace Mountain, and gain a Star Wars theme. There's also going to be a Star Wars firework/projection show in the studios park... though projected onto Tower of Terror
I've recently become more acquainted with the history of beastly kingdom, and I must say is a damn shame they never got around building it. Do you think Pandora will fill those never occupied shoes Tony?
Well...it'll fill the space, certainly, and a damn sight better than Camp Minnie-Mickey ever did. Like I said, I'm sure it'll be fun, immersive, interactive and almost obscenely pretty, as all great theme park lands should be...but thematically, and symbolically? The point of Animal Kingdom's earliest concepts was always to present living animals, extinct animals, and mythological animals. Beastly Kingdomme would've given us iconic creatures out of legend and myth, like dragons and unicorns and such, not just whatever wacky critters popped out of James Cameron's head. As-is, the Africa/Asia sections are the Adventureland equivalent, The Dino Institute is the Tomorrowland equivalent, and without Beastly Kingdomme, the park had no Fantasyland equivalent. And now that that quota's being filled...it's only being filled by one movie. And a Fantasyland with only one movie would be kinda boring.
You missed the fact that Universal Studios Hollywood added a pedestrian bridge so that people can finally avoid that death trap of an intersection.
Oh yeah! That did happen. I almost never take the LA subway to Universal anymore, so I guess I didn't notice.
Why not, once you get used to the smell, the cramped spaces, the bums, and the guy trying to sell you socks it;s not that bad.
11:15 Woah----We're listening...
Keep in mind, that is NOTHING MORE than conjecture/wishful thinking on my part.
Crumb cakes. For a minute there we were thinking---Some Jerk With A Camera, you're our only hope.
Have you ever thought about reviewing Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management?
Thought about it. No plans at the moment, but maybe someday.
You forgot about all of Disney failed up charges that failed, like WDW can Anna rentals, the late theme park to yourself tickets, the bus transportation up charge to not have to go though security again, you did mention the up charge max pass though
I am a bit bummed, tho. I genuinely did love Maelstrom. I have vivid memories of floating past the scale model of the oil rig, and the bit with the troll. Ah well.
The First Order Battle Escape attraction is not going to be a motion simulator. They confirmed that it's going to be an interactive trackless dark ride with over 100 full sized Stormtrooper animatronics and other creatures.
Awesome! I'm very happy to be wrong about that.
I think you forgot about the Jan Brady of theme park analogies: Hong Kong Disneyland. Their expansion looks pretty cool.
What about the Secret Life of Pets dark ride rumor or Waterworld's refurb and whatever is gonna replace where Cartooniversal was?
I forgot about the Secret Life of Pets ride rumors! That's almost definitely gonna happen now that that movie was such a big damn hit.
The scary thing? People have brought guns to Disney in years past. They've thankfully not shot anyone, but someone did shoot a hole in the glass of the Haunted Mansion, and I read a story that some guy showed a cast member their gun and asked if the ride would set it off.
So the metal detectors were definitely an inevitability.
+disneydork100 I thought that was just a BB gun
Theme Park Enthusiast yeah but still!
So many questions after D23
A. What do you think of Great Movie Ride closing ?
B. Good idea to have inside out replace journey into imagination ?
C. Thoughts on Tron Coaster in Magic Kingdom ?
D. Thoughts on Guardians and Ratatouille coming to Epcot ?
E. Thoughts on Paradise Pier becoming Pixar Pier ?
F. Will Marvel land come to DCA ?
sorry for the abundance of questions, my head is just spinning from the news
A. Conflicted. I'll miss it dearly, and I wish they were at LEAST waiting til Toy Story Land opens before shuttering arguably THE ride of DHS...but damn it, there is literally NOTHING I don't love about what they revealed about Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railroad.
B. VERY good idea. Not as good as it replacing Cranium Command, but sometimes ya gotta let things go.
C. Awesome. To hell with the Tomorrowland Speedway.
D. Both awesome. The purists' ideal of a character-free EPCOT never worked. I wants mah Ratatouille ride. And I'm glad the Guardians ride apparently WON'T be a Mission Breakout clone, that'd be too redundant with Tower Of Terror.
E. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt, but it just sounds dumb to me. Didn't they JUST retheme that whole area to Mickey & Friends a few years ago?
F. Yes. But it can't and won't be CALLED Marvel Land due to the Universal contract.
Tony Goldmark I agree with you on everything. and I definitely agree with you on Epcot. i saw on a disney podcast that one guy was upset as he stated Epcot was just becoming an extension of the magic kingdom and im like not really cus it is still tailoring to the ideas and even if it was. why would that be a bad thing
I know people want Epcot to be this supreme utopia of their dreams but im with you
when you go to a theme park. you go there to have fun and not to learn shit
Well, there's the two Legoland parks. They've had a bit going for them, like the 4D Lego Movie show, or the hands-free Ninjago dark ride. And, of course, there's Sea World beginning the process of moving on from the whole Blackfish debacle.
That's right! I forgot to mention the Lego Movie 4D, and I actually got to SEE it at the LEGO Discovery Center in Chicagoland this year!
My family ditched me and went to Disney World for the week! I wonder how much of this they saw
James Cameron is currently filming 3 Avatar films back to back. Going to be seeing a lot more Avatar in the future.
I wish Universal Studios Florida had a Universal monsters ride, now that would be cool.
They've been trying to build one forever (usually in the form of a Haunted Mansion-esque ride through Castle Dracula), but it keeps getting shot down either for budget reasons or because it's "too scary for kids" or something.
I completely forgotten about the Avatar overhaul. But yeah, at this point, is that movie even relevant anymore? I haven't seen or heard anyone mention anything about it after its release many years back. I , for one, will gladly save up and go to Nintendo World when it does open. I have been waiting all my life to be there.
I know comics aren't really your forte, but is there any chance you'll discuss the ones that Marvel released recently, based on the Disney rides? Still can't believe one of them was an Enchanted Tiki Room one.
No plans at the moment, but maybe someday.
So Tony excited for the happily ever after firework show?, I saw that i't going to have all new 2D animation projections.
I'm not much of a fireworks guy really.
I would totally go to Disney just for a Wreck it Ralph ride.
I'm really glad they are replacing an aspect of Fantasmic, I wish they updated it more often
If only said update could happen in Florida and replace the Pocahontas sequence.
In the Nintendo Land, the pink castle is Princess Peach's Castle, the fortress in the back left is Bowser's Castle. And the grassy mountain in the middle....is a grassy mountain in the middle...I don't know...
Maximusvidowski Megafan69dude Lol no it's definitely Mario. The blocky pattern is inspired from the Wii U game Super Mario 3D World, but it doesn't seem like a direct copy of anything. Zelda is much more realistic.
Didn't the kid just fall into the lake and drowned instead of being eaten by alligators since his body was found intact?
Im actually excited for Pandora. Any new land expansion is welcomed for me. Hell, it makes Animal Kingdom finallly completes its vision, The World of Today (Animals we see today), The World of the Past (Dinosaurs) and the World of Fantasy (Avatar)
Yeah, but ideally I'd rather have dragons.
Yes thats true. However i don't mind if they put a Zootopia area to replace Dino Rama, if anything that needs to go.
Universal Japan is opening a Godzilla ride based on Toho's recent film "Shin Godzilla".
Yeah, but it'll only be there for a few months so I didn't think it was worth mentioning.
You missed Universal's water park: Volcano Bay...opens in June 2017
Also they already replaced the fast pass system in florida with Maxpasses. There is no way of getting a fast pass to a good ride without getting up early and reserving anymore
Even during non-peak seasons?
Really? This website says that the old Fastpass system will continue alongside Maxpass. disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2017/01/additional-disney-fastpass-locations-and-new-disney-maxpass-coming-to-disneyland-resort/
I still own that Universal Gamecube game. It's awful, but the BTTF part is nearly enjoyable.