Originally Posted By RogRabbit I was wondering if there could ever be a time in the near future that one or more of the current dark rides in FL could be replaced with another movie (i.e. Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, etc)? I'm a fan of all of the current rides, but three have been there since opening day, maybe it's time to give another classic Disney movie a chance to tell its story in dark ride form. Thoughts?
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones You would start by replacing Snow White and Pinocchio, I guess. I wonder if they could knock down the Skyway station and build something new over there. Peter Pan packs them in. Mr. Toad is too beloved. And Alice needs handrails, apparently.
Originally Posted By SFH I think it would have to be possible to build a new building, maybe by altering Toontown, that houses a basic dark ride... and that it would be possible to build in in a way that would make it easy to change the facade and install/remove sets.
Originally Posted By Hista98 They were actually going to build pooh on the site of te skyway but realised the ride didn't fit in ther space.
Originally Posted By RobinsonCrusoeEsq When WDW was being planned, the three dark rides were going to be Sleeping Beauty, Ichabod (As in Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Toad was in DL, WDW would have the counterpart.)and Robin Hood, based on the upcoming film. Tony Baxter once said that while they were doing the Robin Hood ride, they realized that whole movie was just brown and green, which made for a drab ride, so it was ditched. A Mary Poppins dark ride was considered as well. Elements of this have surfaced on The Great Movie ride. As costs mounted up for the construction of WDW, Roy Disney decided that the three dark rides would be clones of DL's, in an effort to save money. I would like to see a return to some of those old concepts if they decide to change out the FL rides in Florida.
Originally Posted By Hista98 superstar Limo was kind of built with the concept in mind of being able to easiley swap out rides and sets. Even the track was built in a way to easiley be changed allwoing for a new dark ride every few years.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 ^^ Hey that's one of the few times Disney actually executed its concept of updating a ride. lol. - Anatole
