@@SaraHouck461 I mean, it began with the higher ups wanting to attract older kids (especially teens) to the park. Originally it was supposed to be based on the Alien franchise but many older Imagineers felt the franchise was too scary and violent for Disney and constantly fought against it, to the point where they had to get George Lucas involved. Lucas agreed that the Alien franchise was too intense and instead pushed the idea for a more original idea for the attraction, which he helped create.
@@brendanmilburn9067 Now that you mention it, I figure the experience that led to such an idea also might’ve inspired the Lester’s Possum Park scene in A Goofy Movie.
I wish you would do a whole video on Stitch. I worked in the Stitch complex a couple summers ago and it was a total shit show. Half the seats were down for maintenance and were never fixed, the effects barely worked, the Stitch overlay was so lazy and the leftover AE stuff in the queue, preshow rooms, and show room were excuses as “AE easter eggs,” and one of my trainers who had been there since Alien Encounter told us that the parts used to build AE and Stitch were no longer manufactured, so maintenance’s upkeep was basically spit and duct tape keeping the whole thing together. The Stitch animatronic was super cute though (when he worked lol).
That’s super cool. Despite its problems, that was one of my favorite rides to go to and I was little. I’ve always enjoyed seeing the animatronic and it sucks that it was scraped And never reused
@@FormalFilmsProductions A lot of people really loved it to my surprise!!! Even before I was a CM I wasn’t a fan (not a fan of the sensation of being “touched” lol). It really sucks that they did nothing with the animatronics, ESPECIALLY Skippy, Jelly, and Sarge, who were from the AE days. My guess is they weren’t kept up with so they were too brittle/broken to save. Such a shame!!!
@@hotmesslex18 A part of me believe that the ride could’ve worked if they came up with new ideas and put care into it. But hopefully whatever they replace the ride with will be better
Tony's upcoming videos: - 2017 Year in Review - Pirates State of the Parks - Top 8 Attractions that closed in 2017 - Black Panther One Movie Later A couple of those are assumptions... But dang that's a lot of work.
I'm not doing an OML on Black Panther. I liked it a lot, but I'm not doing OMLs on EVERY MCU movie, just the ones that already have direct theme park tie-ins.
I remember he also originally planned to review all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies last year in honor of the attraction's 50th anniversary, but that didn't happen. Unless you count the One Movie Later on Dead Men Tell No Tales. Since it's no longer the 50th anniversary, I wonder if he's even still planning to review them anymore in the near future?
Meanwhile in Britain: 1. Gruffalo river ride adventure opened at Chessington world of adventures 2. Derren Brown's ghost train: rise of the demon opened at Thorpe park 3. An expansion to CBeebies land at Alton towers opened 4. Secret weapon 8 (their new wooden roller coaster) at Alton towers was confirmed to be named wicker man 5. Thorpe park confirmed to re-theme their indoor roller coaster to a walking dead ride See, our attractions are more *belch* than American ones
"birds are neat!" Lol! Tony, you never ceases to make me laugh! But seriously folks, I'm actually really excited for this new show! As a bird lover, I really enjoyed flights of Wonder and Up is one of my favorite Pixar films, and I can see how it can tie in, given Russell being a wilderness explorer and his bond with Kevin. In fact, I wonder if Kevin will appear in the show as an animatronic or something?
0:48 Fun Fact: ”Disflix” was a working title of Disney+ Streaming service... Until Netflix got sued and they settle out of court and they change the name to... you know. Too Many They.
I have vivid memories of my first trip to Disney World in 96, and I know I saw that 'Circle of Life' film, but for the life of me I can't remember a thing about it. It's the 'Step By Step' of Disney World attractions.
Probably the funniest thing I found to come out of Circle of Life (other than this 8:12 choice of image to speak against it, kudos) is when Joseph Gilland was talking about it on Facebook. Joseph was a Disney 2D effects animator who supervised all the effects in Lilo and Stitch and was a director in Vancouver for a few years. Then years later on his Facebook he pulled up a TH-cam link that was a fandom crossover edit of Circle of Life and reaction clips from other cartoons and Joseph confused it for something Disney actually done with it.
I remember going on Alien Encounter in 1995 on a high school marching band competition trip to Orlando. It was an awesome ride. Sadly the gift shop sharp lasted longer than the ride.
Who needs that Shrek 4-D ride anyway? DreamWorks just needs to re-release the DVD onto 3D Blu-Ray. The audience can just put it in a 3D Blu-Ray player, watch it on a 3D TV, and enjoy the ride at home.
though I've never seen Alien Encounter I'm not sure I would have liked it much either, sense it still had those over the shoulder "restraints" for the 3D sound, which I find really uncomfortable and even worse when Stitch is jumping on you (which I believe was also used in the original show to simulate a wing hitting you. Cause being hit in the shoulder is fun.) I also hated the coninuity errors (like Stitch referring to himself as such even though he isn't supposed to have met Lilo yet). I mean I know the average guest probably doesn't care about those things, but it bothered me. Really L&S deserved, and still does deserve a better attraction.
See, at least with Alien Encounter, you knew it was SUPPOSED to be horrifying and uncomfortable. Stitch was supposed to be a funny attraction, so the discomfort was completely out of place.
Stitch is one of my favorite characters, for a while when I was younger I was almost as bad as Charlie with Figment. And yet, I actually found the audio track they added to the monorail to advertise Great Escape to be more enjoyable.
The one time I experienced Stitch, the chemicals they used for his "onion breath" stuck to my shirt for the rest of the day and, much like cigarette smoke, only got less pleasant over time. Still and all, it's probably the most serendipitous and well-executed cosmetic reskinning of an existing ride, and it indeed had the most impressive animatronic they'd installed in forever. And really, Alien Encounter was always more of a Universal kind of attraction; full-on horror is a bad look for Disney. Or at least castle parks. If and when they decide to leverage their purchase of the _Alien_ franchise to restore it to its former gory, I hope they have the sense to relocate it to Hollywood Studios.
I went on Alien Encounter when I was a little kid, and it scared the shit out of me. When I got older and grew attached to horror movies and attractions, I wanted to go back on Alien Encounter to face my fear, only to see it replaced with the Stitch attraction. I wish the Stitch attraction would close permanently, I always thought he was annoying. Instead, replace that attraction with either a Wreck It Ralph attraction like you suggested, or a Star Wars attraction of some kind.
Saying Islands of Adventure was a better animal kingdom than animal kingdom, I can’t tell if that was irony or if you really don’t know about how “Lost Continent” came to be
I kinda view it on the same level as Stitch. I never QUITE agreed with the rest of the fandom that it was The Worst Thing Ever, but...yeah, it was pretty bad. It's a shame, too, because when I first heard about it I loved the idea and was really looking forward to seeing it (but then, I'm a huge Gilbert Gottfried fan). But in execution, yeah, it just sucked. It needed a better writer.
There are rumors of a Moana retheme, and while I'm fine with it (it makes much more sense that Under New Management did) I'm dreading what the other theme park fans might think if it ever becomes a reality.
I was really hoping it was going to be a Megamind ride. Megamind is an underrated movie that needs more love. Also...that Christopher Walken looking Trump animatronic. *shudders*
Yay!!! A new Jerk With A Camera!! Absolutely MADE my morning! Thanks!....although, being the last day of the month, you pretty much HAD to put up Something or else you’d screw up your Channel Awesome deal...(Really surprised there was no One Movie Later on Black Panther!)
Yeah... I've seen Lindsay Ellis' Video Essay on "Bright Bad" so I think I'll avoid this film. BTW, I don't know about you, but I think 2018 will be a bad year for reboots of popular TV Shows just like how 2017 was for theme parks. How do I know this? ReBoot: The Guardian Code. 'Nuff said!
Too bad for Shrek, it was one of my favorites at that park. I do like Kung Fu Panda more, so I'm content with it being replaced. Is there a reason why all the 3D shows in the parks are being retired and being stripped of their theming? It happened to Muppet Vision, Captain EO, and It's Tough to be a Bug. Is it because their wait times are always so short it just makes sense to reduce the more expensive elements?
Perhaps, but the old Muppet Vision 3D Theater feels like a waste of space now. They still had animatronics, and special effects that leaped out of the screen! I don't think a 3D show by nature HAS to be less immersive than a simulator, however I do agree that IS the case for some of these shows. Shrek doesn't make too much effort to make the theater itself as immersive as the queue. And the only special effects was the Tinkerbell getting shot into the back of the attraction and a few chair jerks. However, I think Philharmagic and It's Tough to be a Bug were wonderfully themed and were very immersive. I'll admit it could be harder to make it as immersive as a simulator, but not quite impossible.
First of all, Great job on the video Tony! I agree that the one's we have currently are getting more outdated by the minute, we've had 3D for a long time and we recently added moving chairs, bubbles, splashes of water, smoke, and other special effects to regular movie theaters outside a theme park. However, instead of giving up on the concept all together I think that only leaves room for innovation and improvement. The one thing they had over Dbox is animatronics, which is nice but not much. Perhaps take a note from Universal's Terminator show and add even more live actors to the theater. (Not like Frozen though, oh gosh.) Stage shows are timeless~! Adding a 3D screen to play around with could be fun. It's just an idea, the glasses could potentially obscure what the actors are doing so maybe ya'll can come up with ways we can upgrade or come up with new 3D attractions with added elements! It'd be a shame to close a door on such a rich concept.
Yeah, it's a neat idea but they'd have to find a way to clean all those VR goggles. I doubt it could go through the same treatment as the 3D glasses do because of all the techy stuff.
I know it's probably impossible but there's a small part of me hoping that if Stitch is really closed they replace it with their first vision of Alien Encounter with a fucking Xenomorph considering the whole deal with Fox. I know it won't happen given it's right across from a Monsters Inc. show but it'd be pretty cool if they did.
Walt Disney Studios in Paris is re-theming the Rockin’ Rollercoaster into a Ironman ride, same with the stunt show (marvel theme) and their Tower of Tower is remaining as is at least if today’s newly release concept art is to believed.
To be fair, the Paris Climate Accords would've only accomplished 1% of what they set out to do in the first 30 years, then the remaining 99% was supposed to somehow happen in the following 70 years. But even by the UN's own math, the Accords as we could predict them would only have delayed the onset of global warming by a few months come 2116, which isn't much considering the untold amount of resources and funds that would be used to fuel the Accords (a lot of which would've come from U.S. funding, I believe, hence the "they're a terrible deal" line). Not happy about the national parks, though. Not unless they somehow plan to restore the land to the parks once the oil's been drilled dry, and keep the oil from spilling. Theodore's ghost is gonna haunt those drills.
6:13 I think I'm starting to understand why they won't build new crap it's probably cheaper to retheme 14: really? they closed that 15:44 I'm surprised that she's showing up on Once
In some causes a re theme can also seem like an obvious and even great idea (like the rumored Coco ride in the Mexico pavilion.) And sometimes there isn't room to build something from scratch, unfortunately.
yeah but Tony explained in the Epcot review that there is a shitload of space there on purpose because they thought they would have space for new stuff
yes but let's not forget they're spending billions of dollars on Star Wars land, so for the time being they probably are going to stick to rethemes or using existing space for the other attractions that open around the same time, lest we end up with another Shanghai incident. Also some attractions just lose interest from the mainstream. They aren't gonna keep a ride open for the five people that like it (*cough* Maelstrom *cough* )when they have a more profitable use for it that could reach a much larger audience. Theme Parks need to evolve and change in order to stay in business, whether people like it or not.
and now they just announced a live action Lilo and Stitch....maybe I should keep watch on anything that closes down could be code for "Live Action remake coming" but Ariel's Undersea adventure is open and there is supposed to be a live action remake of Little mermaid coming sometime in who knows when
2:35 Stitch’s Great Escape at Magic Kingdom (apparently) 6:28 Circle of Life at EPCOT 9:04 Shrek 4-D at Universal Studios Hollywood 11:11 Dragon Challenge at Universal’s Islands of Adventure 12:43 Star Jets at Tokyo Disneyland 13:31 Grand Circuit Raceway at Tokyo Disneyland 14:49 Flights of Wonder at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Re: Flock of Geese - Wait, "according to Anaheim police?" People reported this? Did cast members report it after 17 people complained, or those 17 guests call the cops on the geese? WTF California?!? I got pooped on by a bird waiting in line to ride the Fantasyland Skyway at WDW. Other than displaying my disgust the second it happened, I didn't complain to anyone because even as a child I knew. What's Disney going to do to fix this? Give me a Mickey Sticker? No. I kept my mouth shut on the subject and they STILL closed down the ride forever. Took them over a decade before they finally reopened it so that humans could now poop there. "We can help that birds poop there, but good news. Now you can too"
How dare you criticise my dragons! Universal should have relocated them within the property, or put up a sound wall with the enterence moved to the Jurassic Park area, where it was when Potter was under construction. They could have added to the theme and made the soundwall look like a dragon den. I have been told that Universal didn't like that it let you see backstage Potter, and my response to that is "Ever heard of this thing called a tunnel? You have one on Hulk." I'm saying this as a coaster nerd that rode them for the first time ever a few days after the closing announcement was made. I absolutely LOVED both of those coasters, and I aggree with incrediblecoasters.com that getting rid of them was the worst decision in theme park history (however I actually WILL boycott Universal/Comcast over it by not seeing any of their movies through sources that give them money (as in theatres and stores selling the blu-rey, and should I want to see one I'll either Redbox rental or use pirate sites) and I already have all the coaster credits from Orlando so I have no need to return if I don't want to), as there were a million solutions to the issue of it being too close to Potter that Universal easily could have been able to afford that did not involve sending them to the scrapyard. Also, am I the only one that thinks omething isn't right about the official story as to why they stopped dueling in 2011, which took away popularity and eventually resulted in removal? Just think about it. After 11 years of operating with no notable problems, JK Rowling comes in to oversee what they are doing for Potter. She says she wants Dueling Dragons to be gone. Universal says they are too popular to remove, but aggrees to a retheme. Just ONE YEAR LATER, the accident that caused the decline in popularity and eventual removal happens. Something isn't right about that. I'm not saying JK Rowling planted the coin on the train, or told someone to do so, because what I know about her leads me to believe she would never do something like that. However, that doesn't mean that like every fandom, there was a Potterhead who had malicious intent, and didn't like having to look at Dueling Dragons every time they went to Universal. Oh, and by the way I'm pretty sure tests were done to see if it was possible to throw objects from one train to the other. They concluded that it wasn't, and it certainly wasn't possible for an object from one train to land in someone's eye on the other train.
Disney's "announcement" (not sure if it actually was announced yet) of making their own streaming service. Marvel, Star Wars, the 20th Century FOX acquisitions, and all movies and shows Disney will be on their own streaming service, rumored to be cheaper than hulu or netflix Not sure what that means for the hulu/netflix specific marvel shows like the defenders or jessica jones, but I'm personally excited. I'm just hoping old Disney shows/cartoons and ABC shows will be on there as well
I know about that. But how is that a fiasco exactly? CBS has one, and they have a smaller library compared to Disney. Let alone a Disney with 20th Century Fox. So, how come Disney is getting flack for it, unless there was a catch in the clause?
Disflix was not an official Disney thing - Disney is trying to get their own streaming service off the ground, but as far as we know it won't be called Disflix. No, Disflix was a fan-created attempt at a Channel Awesome-esque aggregate site specifically for videos about Disney World...with a pay wall. Needless to say, there was a backlash.
Even if the Disney Streaming service isn't a fiasco I still have numerous issues that EVERY studio is having a streaming service for their own INDIVIDUAL properties. Unless Disney actually gives people a legal way to stream non digitally buyable shows like Pooh Corner, Raw Toonage, or hell even any pilots that never got picked up, I see no reason to encourage them to divide the market anymore if its just their bare minimum. Netflix in 20XX will probably be nothing but Asylum movies and obscure films that are immensly average if it gets bad enough...
One time while we were riding "The Carousel of Progress" the 1920's father's arm structure snapped. But the hydraulics in it were fine so he kept gesturing with his arm with it's second elbow and it's the most horrifying thing I've ever seen in a Disney park. I'm not sure whether the Pirates auctioneer losing his head would be more or less nightmare inducing. On one hand it's his head and he's still talking because robot. On the other you're zipping though the scenes fairly quickly and not starting at the headless robot for five minutes.
All over the world, theme parks are closing down. Only US style State Fairs and here in Australia, Metroolitan Shows with ZERO competition are guranteed survival. I live in Adelaide, SA, and our annual Adelaide Show has been in the Top 5 most financally vialable theme parks on the entire planet on 6 occasions since 2002. It was #2 in 2002 and #3 in 2003.
I'm seriously considering investing in time travel research because I hate having to wait for new videos from this man. Anyone know which kickstarter I should back?
If Universal needs some new rides, I think they should just take a page from Universal Japan and port over some of their Cool Japan rides. There’s got to be a market in the States for rides based on Sailor Moon, Dragonball Z, and Attack on Titan, among others. Also, redo Figment with Jim Zub, who did the licensed Figment comic. It may be more “Steampunk crap,” but it’s very pretty Steampunk crap.
At least the Guardians of the Galaxy ride looks cool, it’s even randomly generated. Also, there’s always Orlando to ride the Tower of Terror again, and people have said that _that’s_ the superior version.
Cocoon of nostalgia. What a wonderful phrase.
SuperJNG18 Cocoon of nostalgia. Ain't no passing craze!
lance turley it’s our Epcot-free philosophy
“....Why, when he was a young theme park nerd....”
When I was a young theme park NEEEEERRRRRRRDDDDD!!!!
Very nice.
"Maybe 2017 won't be so bad after all- it's funny, because I was wrong!"
Replace 2017 with 2020, and you get how I'm feeling right now. Ugh.
I was hoping someone would comment that!
This video is a really *belch* experience.
I think no one seemed to be fully aware on how Alien Encounter was greenlit because information might've been very scarce at that point.
@@SaraHouck461
I mean, it began with the higher ups wanting to attract older kids (especially teens) to the park. Originally it was supposed to be based on the Alien franchise but many older Imagineers felt the franchise was too scary and violent for Disney and constantly fought against it, to the point where they had to get George Lucas involved. Lucas agreed that the Alien franchise was too intense and instead pushed the idea for a more original idea for the attraction, which he helped create.
@@brendanmilburn9067 Now that you mention it, I figure the experience that led to such an idea also might’ve inspired the Lester’s Possum Park scene in A Goofy Movie.
M- MORTY… *belch* WE GOTTA GO TO DISNEYWORLD MORTY!!!
Wait. wait. wait...weed was only NOW BANNED?! I could have been bringing in weed this whole time?!?! COME ON!!
Emily Clark I don’t go often at all but I’m sad that’s off the table now
XD
I wish you would do a whole video on Stitch. I worked in the Stitch complex a couple summers ago and it was a total shit show. Half the seats were down for maintenance and were never fixed, the effects barely worked, the Stitch overlay was so lazy and the leftover AE stuff in the queue, preshow rooms, and show room were excuses as “AE easter eggs,” and one of my trainers who had been there since Alien Encounter told us that the parts used to build AE and Stitch were no longer manufactured, so maintenance’s upkeep was basically spit and duct tape keeping the whole thing together. The Stitch animatronic was super cute though (when he worked lol).
That’s super cool. Despite its problems, that was one of my favorite rides to go to and I was little. I’ve always enjoyed seeing the animatronic and it sucks that it was scraped And never reused
@@FormalFilmsProductions A lot of people really loved it to my surprise!!! Even before I was a CM I wasn’t a fan (not a fan of the sensation of being “touched” lol). It really sucks that they did nothing with the animatronics, ESPECIALLY Skippy, Jelly, and Sarge, who were from the AE days. My guess is they weren’t kept up with so they were too brittle/broken to save. Such a shame!!!
@@hotmesslex18 A part of me believe that the ride could’ve worked if they came up with new ideas and put care into it. But hopefully whatever they replace the ride with will be better
The "goose poop" segment could have used a "Goof Troop" theme song parody.
Clean that goose poop, ba diddly bop bop ba doo wow! (Yeah.)
Tony's upcoming videos:
- 2017 Year in Review
- Pirates State of the Parks
- Top 8 Attractions that closed in 2017
- Black Panther One Movie Later
A couple of those are assumptions... But dang that's a lot of work.
I'm not doing an OML on Black Panther. I liked it a lot, but I'm not doing OMLs on EVERY MCU movie, just the ones that already have direct theme park tie-ins.
Tony Goldmark That's too bad... Oh well. I enjoyed it too. Still looking forward to your next State of the Parks episodes.
I remember he also originally planned to review all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies last year in honor of the attraction's 50th anniversary, but that didn't happen. Unless you count the One Movie Later on Dead Men Tell No Tales. Since it's no longer the 50th anniversary, I wonder if he's even still planning to review them anymore in the near future?
Eventually, yes. No idea when at this point.
9:59 Holy shit, that image means we're getting a SHARK TALE 3D SIMULATION BAYBEEEEEE
TomGyroid Ok with me as long as Scorsese directs this time.
Oh, I can't WAIT for Bee Movie But Every Time It's At Universal It's 4-D. And they'd BETTER fucking call it that.
Tony Goldmark “Ya Like Jazz?: 4D”
the 4D part is Jerry Seinfeld poking you with a stick
Meanwhile in Britain:
1. Gruffalo river ride adventure opened at Chessington world of adventures
2. Derren Brown's ghost train: rise of the demon opened at Thorpe park
3. An expansion to CBeebies land at Alton towers opened
4. Secret weapon 8 (their new wooden roller coaster) at Alton towers was confirmed to be named wicker man
5. Thorpe park confirmed to re-theme their indoor roller coaster to a walking dead ride
See, our attractions are more *belch* than American ones
Kate Bottley Didn't you also lose The Doctor Who Experience in 2017?
Popcultureguy3000 I had no idea about that. *cue the more you know clip
Popcultureguy3000 I’m still upset about that
And of course icon opened that same year at BPB!😎
"birds are neat!" Lol! Tony, you never ceases to make me laugh! But seriously folks, I'm actually really excited for this new show! As a bird lover, I really enjoyed flights of Wonder and Up is one of my favorite Pixar films, and I can see how it can tie in, given Russell being a wilderness explorer and his bond with Kevin. In fact, I wonder if Kevin will appear in the show as an animatronic or something?
too bad one of the animatronics that lost their heads wasn't the Trump one
iHeartRyanStiles The real one already lost his. It would’ve been redundant.
iHeartRyanStiles why would you want more things to break
@@moooshroomdragonking1335 That would be a case of nothing of value being lost.
Cocoon of nostalgia ain't no passing craze
Considering everything else that's horribly wrong with the world right now, I think I can live with ''belch'' being an adjective.
I could listen to Tony saying "excessive goose poop" all day.
Love the use of Todd’s “The Night the Carousel Burnt Down” for this list! I’m always happy to hear his music in your videos!
0:48 Fun Fact: ”Disflix” was a working title of Disney+ Streaming service... Until Netflix got sued and they settle out of court and they change the name to... you know.
Too Many They.
I have vivid memories of my first trip to Disney World in 96, and I know I saw that 'Circle of Life' film, but for the life of me I can't remember a thing about it. It's the 'Step By Step' of Disney World attractions.
What's Step By Step?
As someone obsessed with WDW ... WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE!?
*grads bagpipes*
This is dedicated to all the great attractions that passed away.
th-cam.com/video/9_8nY_LQL3w/w-d-xo.html
(Was actually trying to just get Scotty playing the bagpipes, but this seemed appropriate, too)
You made a "Bright" reference. I approve.
tashaem1
Same here. I like the film.
Cant wait for the new ride to replace Pirates of the Caribbean,
Its called "The Shape of Water"
I thought this was gonna be a Top 16, because Jerk likes to go 1 step beyond
Probably the funniest thing I found to come out of Circle of Life (other than this 8:12 choice of image to speak against it, kudos) is when Joseph Gilland was talking about it on Facebook. Joseph was a Disney 2D effects animator who supervised all the effects in Lilo and Stitch and was a director in Vancouver for a few years. Then years later on his Facebook he pulled up a TH-cam link that was a fandom crossover edit of Circle of Life and reaction clips from other cartoons and Joseph confused it for something Disney actually done with it.
Was it one of those Stupid Pooh's Adventures videos!
I remember going on Alien Encounter in 1995 on a high school marching band competition trip to Orlando. It was an awesome ride. Sadly the gift shop sharp lasted longer than the ride.
Dude you are so damn funny! Pretty stoked that your output of videos has not only returned but also increased in consistency.
Stitch was very *burp* and with all the grand rides Disney has circle of life was just A MOVIE. Good vid, thanks Tony
Was the alligator attack at a Disney World Resort?
wstine79 yes but that was in 2016
Yeah, at the Grand Floridian. 2016.
10:27 Well it's less creepy Donkey.
Part 2 coming in December 2020
Herman's Head
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Big Head Mode in Video Games
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Marie Antoinette head 1755-1793.
MTV's The Head
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8:59 thats me on the right XD
I anticipate The Great Movie Ride being fairly high on this list
At least the closing of Alien Encounter meant no more Jeffery Jones footage.
He was much scarier than the actual alien.
FireBlast Studios That's why he was possessed as one in Howard the Duck
“Just move it to Rafiki’s Planet Watch!”
OOPS!
10:48 “why didn’t they close it in Florida?!” Funny you should say that!
Stitch isn't Disney's most (*burp*) experience. No. Disney's most (*burp*) experience has to be Michael Eisner.....or Bob Chapek...
my money's on Eisner being the case.
Who needs that Shrek 4-D ride anyway? DreamWorks just needs to re-release the DVD onto 3D Blu-Ray. The audience can just put it in a 3D Blu-Ray player, watch it on a 3D TV, and enjoy the ride at home.
Nostalgia Works Because there wouldn't be any rocking chairs
Get your own rocking chair and problem solved.
16:48 What happened to Old Man Jerk after all these later years?
He wandered through the post-apocalypse for a while and eventually got eaten by gerbils.
though I've never seen Alien Encounter I'm not sure I would have liked it much either, sense it still had those over the shoulder "restraints" for the 3D sound, which I find really uncomfortable and even worse when Stitch is jumping on you (which I believe was also used in the original show to simulate a wing hitting you. Cause being hit in the shoulder is fun.) I also hated the coninuity errors (like Stitch referring to himself as such even though he isn't supposed to have met Lilo yet). I mean I know the average guest probably doesn't care about those things, but it bothered me. Really L&S deserved, and still does deserve a better attraction.
See, at least with Alien Encounter, you knew it was SUPPOSED to be horrifying and uncomfortable. Stitch was supposed to be a funny attraction, so the discomfort was completely out of place.
I also would've been one of those kids who hated it, considering the time it was open. I used to be terrified of theme park rides in general as a kid.
On the plus side, I'll be glad to finally experience attractions based on Over the Hedge, Chicken Run and The Prince of Egypt!
Stitch is one of my favorite characters, for a while when I was younger I was almost as bad as Charlie with Figment.
And yet, I actually found the audio track they added to the monorail to advertise Great Escape to be more enjoyable.
the monorail or the TTA? Or the WDW railroad?
FireBlast Studios monorail as it arrived at Magic Kingdom station
Here’s a recording I made of it.
th-cam.com/video/u7ckgER9qmA/w-d-xo.html
The one time I experienced Stitch, the chemicals they used for his "onion breath" stuck to my shirt for the rest of the day and, much like cigarette smoke, only got less pleasant over time. Still and all, it's probably the most serendipitous and well-executed cosmetic reskinning of an existing ride, and it indeed had the most impressive animatronic they'd installed in forever. And really, Alien Encounter was always more of a Universal kind of attraction; full-on horror is a bad look for Disney. Or at least castle parks. If and when they decide to leverage their purchase of the _Alien_ franchise to restore it to its former gory, I hope they have the sense to relocate it to Hollywood Studios.
I went on Alien Encounter when I was a little kid, and it scared the shit out of me. When I got older and grew attached to horror movies and attractions, I wanted to go back on Alien Encounter to face my fear, only to see it replaced with the Stitch attraction. I wish the Stitch attraction would close permanently, I always thought he was annoying. Instead, replace that attraction with either a Wreck It Ralph attraction like you suggested, or a Star Wars attraction of some kind.
Saying Islands of Adventure was a better animal kingdom than animal kingdom, I can’t tell if that was irony or if you really don’t know about how “Lost Continent” came to be
“I miss my colon” should go on my tombstone
I need your wise opinions again: What did you think of Tiki Room: Under New Management?
I kinda view it on the same level as Stitch. I never QUITE agreed with the rest of the fandom that it was The Worst Thing Ever, but...yeah, it was pretty bad. It's a shame, too, because when I first heard about it I loved the idea and was really looking forward to seeing it (but then, I'm a huge Gilbert Gottfried fan). But in execution, yeah, it just sucked. It needed a better writer.
There are rumors of a Moana retheme, and while I'm fine with it (it makes much more sense that Under New Management did) I'm dreading what the other theme park fans might think if it ever becomes a reality.
Especially because apart from the chicken, there really weren't too many birds in Moana.
Especially because aside from the chicken, there really weren't too many birds in Moana.
Especially because aside from the chicken, there really weren't too many birds in Moana.
I remember being there on the day the toilet papered the castle. I was like WTF is going here? Great vid tony!
I've missed you. How did I miss these?
You're funnier than anyone on Comedy Central. Never forget that.
Me, everytime a new number pops up: Wishes? Wishes? Wishes?
(Wishes was just my favorite thing at the parks ever.)
Aw man...I completely overlooked it because I don't really consider fireworks shows attractions. Sorry bout that. Consider it an Honorary Mention.
A lot of people don't, so I'm not surprised. XD I just do for whatever reason.
Dude, I'd pay for a HTTYD motion ride. That'd be so kick ass.
I was really hoping it was going to be a Megamind ride. Megamind is an underrated movie that needs more love. Also...that Christopher Walken looking Trump animatronic. *shudders*
Yay!!! A new Jerk With A Camera!! Absolutely MADE my morning! Thanks!....although, being the last day of the month, you pretty much HAD to put up Something or else you’d screw up your Channel Awesome deal...(Really surprised there was no One Movie Later on Black Panther!)
Well now, Shrek 4D is gonna be closed on BOTH coasts!
7:18
Yeah people like that guy in that photo will be the death of us😐
This guy scares me but I love it, you got a new subscriber
2017 was a bad year, wasn't it? Not just for good men, but for theme parks as well.
Also, the "Circle of Life" segment was funny as hell. "Oh NO, *TRAFFIC!!!!"*
And was that a _Bright_ reference at 9:19?
Yes. Yes it was.
Yeah... I've seen Lindsay Ellis' Video Essay on "Bright Bad" so I think I'll avoid this film. BTW, I don't know about you, but I think 2018 will be a bad year for reboots of popular TV Shows just like how 2017 was for theme parks. How do I know this?
ReBoot: The Guardian Code. 'Nuff said!
Too bad for Shrek, it was one of my favorites at that park. I do like Kung Fu Panda more, so I'm content with it being replaced. Is there a reason why all the 3D shows in the parks are being retired and being stripped of their theming? It happened to Muppet Vision, Captain EO, and It's Tough to be a Bug. Is it because their wait times are always so short it just makes sense to reduce the more expensive elements?
And now that so many blockbusters are in theaters in 3D, the novelty has worn off.
Perhaps, but the old Muppet Vision 3D Theater feels like a waste of space now. They still had animatronics, and special effects that leaped out of the screen! I don't think a 3D show by nature HAS to be less immersive than a simulator, however I do agree that IS the case for some of these shows. Shrek doesn't make too much effort to make the theater itself as immersive as the queue. And the only special effects was the Tinkerbell getting shot into the back of the attraction and a few chair jerks. However, I think Philharmagic and It's Tough to be a Bug were wonderfully themed and were very immersive. I'll admit it could be harder to make it as immersive as a simulator, but not quite impossible.
First of all, Great job on the video Tony!
I agree that the one's we have currently are getting more outdated by the minute, we've had 3D for a long time and we recently added moving chairs, bubbles, splashes of water, smoke, and other special effects to regular movie theaters outside a theme park. However, instead of giving up on the concept all together I think that only leaves room for innovation and improvement. The one thing they had over Dbox is animatronics, which is nice but not much. Perhaps take a note from Universal's Terminator show and add even more live actors to the theater. (Not like Frozen though, oh gosh.) Stage shows are timeless~! Adding a 3D screen to play around with could be fun. It's just an idea, the glasses could potentially obscure what the actors are doing so maybe ya'll can come up with ways we can upgrade or come up with new 3D attractions with added elements! It'd be a shame to close a door on such a rich concept.
Yeah, it's a neat idea but they'd have to find a way to clean all those VR goggles. I doubt it could go through the same treatment as the 3D glasses do because of all the techy stuff.
Wait... Disneyplace had a bird show? When? Where?! _How did I miss that?!_
I know it's probably impossible but there's a small part of me hoping that if Stitch is really closed they replace it with their first vision of Alien Encounter with a fucking Xenomorph considering the whole deal with Fox. I know it won't happen given it's right across from a Monsters Inc. show but it'd be pretty cool if they did.
ezim93 Fingers crossed...
ezim93 That Fox deal could go belly up soon.
Shrek 4D is officially no more!
Nah, we’d still click on Top 14...Hell we’ve done a couple of your Top 11’s!
OH TONY. IT TOOK ME 3 TWEETS BUT FINALLY YOU UPLOADED THIS!!!
Jakethedog3275
Yeah. You did this.
Walt Disney Studios in Paris is re-theming the Rockin’ Rollercoaster into a Ironman ride, same with the stunt show (marvel theme) and their Tower of Tower is remaining as is at least if today’s newly release concept art is to believed.
What experience has been the most (*burp*) for you, Jerk. Besides Stitch...
Lunch
To be fair, the Paris Climate Accords would've only accomplished 1% of what they set out to do in the first 30 years, then the remaining 99% was supposed to somehow happen in the following 70 years. But even by the UN's own math, the Accords as we could predict them would only have delayed the onset of global warming by a few months come 2116, which isn't much considering the untold amount of resources and funds that would be used to fuel the Accords (a lot of which would've come from U.S. funding, I believe, hence the "they're a terrible deal" line).
Not happy about the national parks, though. Not unless they somehow plan to restore the land to the parks once the oil's been drilled dry, and keep the oil from spilling. Theodore's ghost is gonna haunt those drills.
Totally Missed Opportunity:
they didn't make the theater look like a Chinese Castle
6:13 I think I'm starting to understand why they won't build new crap it's probably cheaper to retheme
14: really? they closed that
15:44 I'm surprised that she's showing up on Once
In some causes a re theme can also seem like an obvious and even great idea (like the rumored Coco ride in the Mexico pavilion.) And sometimes there isn't room to build something from scratch, unfortunately.
yeah but Tony explained in the Epcot review that there is a shitload of space there on purpose because they thought they would have space for new stuff
yes but let's not forget they're spending billions of dollars on Star Wars land, so for the time being they probably are going to stick to rethemes or using existing space for the other attractions that open around the same time, lest we end up with another Shanghai incident. Also some attractions just lose interest from the mainstream. They aren't gonna keep a ride open for the five people that like it (*cough* Maelstrom *cough* )when they have a more profitable use for it that could reach a much larger audience. Theme Parks need to evolve and change in order to stay in business, whether people like it or not.
and now they just announced a live action Lilo and Stitch....maybe I should keep watch on anything that closes down could be code for "Live Action remake coming" but Ariel's Undersea adventure is open and there is supposed to be a live action remake of Little mermaid coming sometime in who knows when
Tony, be careful what you say about Figment. Do you want what happened in the Shrek 4D review to happen again?
Hey tony, sorry to hear about your missing future colon. 11:00 is insanely funny.
almost a year later and Stitch's great escape is STILL listed as TEMPORARILY CLOSED on their website
iHeart Gaming and Whose Line it’s officially gone
well then I guess whoever works on the Disney Parks website is pretty lazy
2:35 Stitch’s Great Escape at Magic Kingdom (apparently)
6:28 Circle of Life at EPCOT
9:04 Shrek 4-D at Universal Studios Hollywood
11:11 Dragon Challenge at Universal’s Islands of Adventure
12:43 Star Jets at Tokyo Disneyland
13:31 Grand Circuit Raceway at Tokyo Disneyland
14:49 Flights of Wonder at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Hey Tony Can You Do a Review of Kongfrontation at Universal Florida?
You can stop screaming now
Re: Flock of Geese - Wait, "according to Anaheim police?" People reported this? Did cast members report it after 17 people complained, or those 17 guests call the cops on the geese? WTF California?!? I got pooped on by a bird waiting in line to ride the Fantasyland Skyway at WDW. Other than displaying my disgust the second it happened, I didn't complain to anyone because even as a child I knew. What's Disney going to do to fix this? Give me a Mickey Sticker? No. I kept my mouth shut on the subject and they STILL closed down the ride forever. Took them over a decade before they finally reopened it so that humans could now poop there. "We can help that birds poop there, but good news. Now you can too"
How dare you criticise my dragons! Universal should have relocated them within the property, or put up a sound wall with the enterence moved to the Jurassic Park area, where it was when Potter was under construction. They could have added to the theme and made the soundwall look like a dragon den. I have been told that Universal didn't like that it let you see backstage Potter, and my response to that is "Ever heard of this thing called a tunnel? You have one on Hulk." I'm saying this as a coaster nerd that rode them for the first time ever a few days after the closing announcement was made. I absolutely LOVED both of those coasters, and I aggree with incrediblecoasters.com that getting rid of them was the worst decision in theme park history (however I actually WILL boycott Universal/Comcast over it by not seeing any of their movies through sources that give them money (as in theatres and stores selling the blu-rey, and should I want to see one I'll either Redbox rental or use pirate sites) and I already have all the coaster credits from Orlando so I have no need to return if I don't want to), as there were a million solutions to the issue of it being too close to Potter that Universal easily could have been able to afford that did not involve sending them to the scrapyard.
Also, am I the only one that thinks omething isn't right about the official story as to why they stopped dueling in 2011, which took away popularity and eventually resulted in removal? Just think about it. After 11 years of operating with no notable problems, JK Rowling comes in to oversee what they are doing for Potter. She says she wants Dueling Dragons to be gone. Universal says they are too popular to remove, but aggrees to a retheme. Just ONE YEAR LATER, the accident that caused the decline in popularity and eventual removal happens. Something isn't right about that.
I'm not saying JK Rowling planted the coin on the train, or told someone to do so, because what I know about her leads me to believe she would never do something like that. However, that doesn't mean that like every fandom, there was a Potterhead who had malicious intent, and didn't like having to look at Dueling Dragons every time they went to Universal. Oh, and by the way I'm pretty sure tests were done to see if it was possible to throw objects from one train to the other. They concluded that it wasn't, and it certainly wasn't possible for an object from one train to land in someone's eye on the other train.
They have all this empty space at EPCOT. You know, EPCOT? Let’s do more stuff in EPCOT. So people will want to visit! 2018: the great EPCOT expansion
Sorry if I missed a bit of news in 2017, it was just a whirlwind of pessimism and madness.
But... What's Disflix?
Disney's "announcement" (not sure if it actually was announced yet) of making their own streaming service. Marvel, Star Wars, the 20th Century FOX acquisitions, and all movies and shows Disney will be on their own streaming service, rumored to be cheaper than hulu or netflix
Not sure what that means for the hulu/netflix specific marvel shows like the defenders or jessica jones, but I'm personally excited. I'm just hoping old Disney shows/cartoons and ABC shows will be on there as well
I know about that. But how is that a fiasco exactly?
CBS has one, and they have a smaller library compared to Disney. Let alone a Disney with 20th Century Fox. So, how come Disney is getting flack for it, unless there was a catch in the clause?
Disflix was not an official Disney thing - Disney is trying to get their own streaming service off the ground, but as far as we know it won't be called Disflix.
No, Disflix was a fan-created attempt at a Channel Awesome-esque aggregate site specifically for videos about Disney World...with a pay wall.
Needless to say, there was a backlash.
Oh yeah. I forgot about that. That was definitely some s***show to watch explode and completely forget about like a week later. Thanks.
Even if the Disney Streaming service isn't a fiasco I still have numerous issues that EVERY studio is having a streaming service for their own INDIVIDUAL properties. Unless Disney actually gives people a legal way to stream non digitally buyable shows like Pooh Corner, Raw Toonage, or hell even any pilots that never got picked up, I see no reason to encourage them to divide the market anymore if its just their bare minimum.
Netflix in 20XX will probably be nothing but Asylum movies and obscure films that are immensly average if it gets bad enough...
One time while we were riding "The Carousel of Progress" the 1920's father's arm structure snapped. But the hydraulics in it were fine so he kept gesturing with his arm with it's second elbow and it's the most horrifying thing I've ever seen in a Disney park. I'm not sure whether the Pirates auctioneer losing his head would be more or less nightmare inducing. On one hand it's his head and he's still talking because robot. On the other you're zipping though the scenes fairly quickly and not starting at the headless robot for five minutes.
All over the world, theme parks are closing down. Only US style State Fairs and here in Australia, Metroolitan Shows with ZERO competition are guranteed survival. I live in Adelaide, SA, and our annual Adelaide Show has been in the Top 5 most financally vialable theme parks on the entire planet on 6 occasions since 2002. It was #2 in 2002 and #3 in 2003.
Excellent end with TMBG. In Los Angeles on Friday!
I was actually pretty impressed by duelling dragons, I'd never seen two coasters intertwined like that. I'm lucky I got to ride it!
"Disney's most (burp) experience."
I'm just gonna laugh at the stupidity at that line.
Love your videos and your sense of humor. Keep up the excellent work! Also your choices of song choices you make for every video.
I'm seriously considering investing in time travel research because I hate having to wait for new videos from this man. Anyone know which kickstarter I should back?
Please cover the Disney Mafias!
Honestly, it's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard in my life. I fear learning more about it would only make me stupider.
Judging by the article, it sounds more like a Disneyfied version of “The Warriors”...
Deebo Molina
What are the disney mafias? I never heard of them.
Tony Goldmark LoL but they’re so funny!!
Deebo Molina
But what are they?
I'm worried that a new attraction in the wizarding world will make the congestion so much worse than it already been
Where's part 2? At this rate the Year in Review episode will be in June and season 4 will start in 2019.
I’ve voluntarily went on stitches great escape twice and the animatronics are quite nice, but I can not say I will miss it.
When’s the next some jerk with a camera coming? Ps: can you do another year retrospective in honor of Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s 20th anniversary?
Omg i remember being in the park the first day they covered the castle in toilet paper and I was like wtf!
Uh oh, another "what the hell was that"! And Theodore fucking Rex?!?
It just felt right.
God that was a good dose of Tony Goldmark welp now I gotta wait two years for the next one see you all then
can you please make an episode about pandora- the world of avatar for season 4 of some jerk with a camera?
I'm also a huge Disney nerd too
If Universal needs some new rides, I think they should just take a page from Universal Japan and port over some of their Cool Japan rides. There’s got to be a market in the States for rides based on Sailor Moon, Dragonball Z, and Attack on Titan, among others.
Also, redo Figment with Jim Zub, who did the licensed Figment comic. It may be more “Steampunk crap,” but it’s very pretty Steampunk crap.
He is so good with this stuff that is why he is my go to guy for theme park related stuff and also Disney.
At least the Guardians of the Galaxy ride looks cool, it’s even randomly generated. Also, there’s always Orlando to ride the Tower of Terror again, and people have said that _that’s_ the superior version.
Hey, some people love bird watching and find them entertaining.