An America Horror Story Tower of Terror would be pretty cool at Universal Studios. They can get away with stuff Disney can't.
I bet Donald Trump, the disappearance of MA370, the high cost of living in San Francisco, and the death of the shopping mall all probably have the same thing in common: SDL cost overruns.
No, those things have to do with the Gray aliens and their harvesting of our souls from the secret base on the dark side of the moon. Shanghai overruns are Iger's attempts to win Constance's favor.
The Tower of Terror in DCA could do with a thorough retheming. Anyone who's seen the Tower of Terror in Japan knows that the Twilight Zone theme is particularly then once it's pointed out in real life. TOT in Orlando will not be rethemed to Marvel: it can't be (at the moment). Japan won't change. But DCA and Paris might, and should.
I'm all for re-theme-ing if it makes sense. Putting GOTG into TOT is like re-theme-ing 'Pirates of the Caribbean' with 'Zootopia.' I just don't get it.
How long before there is a Chris Pratt backlash? Not the best actor. I guess he's hunky or something. To me he looks like he smells like beer farts. If they insist on this overlay/retheme, I will light myself on fire as my form of non-violent protest.
But could you see Small World rethemed to Zootopia? They could, but I don't think they will. But a lot of kids might think the ride would be better. The TOT, on the other hand, has really (if you think about it) minimal themeing. That's what my garbled post above meant to say. It's obvious when you can compare it to the pervasive themeing of the TOT in DisneySea. It really makes the US TOT's look pathetic by comparison. The questions is not what they're going to remove that has a Twilight Zone theme--there's not a lot there--but what they're going to ADD for a Galaxy of the Guardians theme. They have a good chance to make the ride more interesting, and the drop more motivated.
You are confusing theming with story. ToT, even at DCA, is among the most intensely themed Attractions at DLR. (The same is not true of the land / space where it is located.) The grounds, the lobby, the CM costuming, the library, etc., are all intensely (and impeccably) themed. Even the exit shop and available merchandise are themed beyond what almost any other Attraction offers. In terms of placemaking, it is easily comparable to Haunted Mansion and Pirates. The costumes are even themed with such detail that CM nametags are worn on the right (the hotel logo is on the left)--the only current exception I know of to the wearing nametags in the upper left quadrant (which is required of non-costumed CMs as well). (But compare it Screamin', particularly its queue, for something largely devoid of theming.) The story being told--tourists, lightning, elevator falls, you are invited to ride the freight elevator in the closed hotel--isn't particularly compelling or memorable, and the Twilight Zone angle adds essentially nothing--the same story could be told without change without the Twilight Zone aspect at all. But that in no way means it lacks theming.
That's fascinating, and something I never noticed. I'd always heard that it was proper etiquette to wear your nametag on the right, since that is where you eye is naturally drawn when shaking hands with somebody. I wonder why the bellhop costumes weren't designed to wear the nametag on the left like all the other costumes throughout the resort. I assume it's the same in WDW?
My guess is the designers didn't take nametags into account and the right side was the only side left, er, available when the costumes had been produced. Studying pictures online, it appears the tag can be worn on the left when the CM is wearing the available coat, as the hotel logo is not present. However, because of the design of the lapels, it appears that this applies primarily to Attraction Hosts, and Attraction Hostesses continue to place it on the right even on the coat. (Note: I can't see significant differences between the costumes from DLR and WDW--but I may just be underinformed.) See, for example (a WDW photo, I believe): Photo by ortholablady
I was very confused by that photo at first, because I can't imagine it ever gets cold enough in WDW to justify wearing an overcoat like that. I regularly visit during one of the coldest times of year (early January) and am usually fine with pants and a long sleeved shirt or light jacket, and I can't imagine wearing anything that warm Then I realized that it was only "Florida cold", where locals stand around a shiver while tourists soak in the warmth. Those guests in the background seem to be doing just fine in their t-shirts and shorts
When I worked Monorail at Disneyland in the amazing maroon costumes, we tried really hard to convince ourselves that it was cold enough to wear the coat because it was so freaking amazing. Maroon almost vinyl double breasted faux fur collared silver buttoned amazingness. The coat was so fantastically posh, everyone tried to wear it as frequently as they could. (The odd shoulder-padded waist jacket designed for in-between temps, however, was more or less reviled.)
Monorail Blue: you are correct re themeing. It is well-themed and immersive, but the Twilight Zone story upon which the theme is built is weak, and the effects don't support the story. So I agree with you. It was just a BF. Seem to be having more of those in late middle age.
ToT in orlando could be changed to GotG (if Disney was dumb enough to do that). Disney use of Marvel is only limited by the characters that Universal has rights to.
So, Phruby, did your "contractor friend" also tell you when the River and the railroad are coming back? And please quit twisting my words around.
That isn't what he works on. We never talked about that. However, according to Disney and Miceage, the train and island will be back sometime next year.
