Originally Posted By pitapan16 Looks as if they are digging deep underground, if so, does anyone know if the ride itself or part of the ride will take place down their? The footprint for such a "big scale" attraction seems very small for anything more than a c-d ticket ride. Hopefully it turns out to be a reasonably lengthy tour. I've always enjoyed rides that really feel like an adventure and last more than 3 minutes. Acouple pics of the dig found here... <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/Theme-Parks/DLR-11509/10221145_WjXGr/8" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/Th..._WjXGr/8</a>
Originally Posted By Daannzzz I looked at an arial view and the space looks similar to the Haunted Mansion building.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Sorry, but I actually found this more interesting: <a href="http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/Theme-Parks/DLR-11509/10221145_WjXGr/8/704688590_CFXbx/Medium" target="_blank">http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/Th...x/Medium</a> Isn't that structure supposed to a fountain? Does anyone know what the finished product will look like? Regarding Little Mermaid, from Google Earth the show building site looks to be about the same size as Buzz Lightyear and larger than Roger Rabbit or Toy Story MM. So, while it may not be as huge as Haunted Mansion or Indy, I think there's enough space there to tell the LM story in an elaborate way. Whether this will be an true E ticket depends on the effects and storytelling.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "I looked at an arial view and the space looks similar to the Haunted Mansion building." Hmmm... it looks smaller to me.
Originally Posted By Ohana this is quite a mystery especially how long its taking to build this "fountain" but i like the top of it now close to matching Golden Zephyr
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That structure looks more like a projection box (notice the dark rectangle) and elaborate lighting tower for WOC.
Originally Posted By ni_teach The Little Mermaid attraction area I think is much bigger than you would think. As Hans Reinhardt points out it about the size of the HM. As for them digging deep. Many of the controls for the attraction are going to be under what people think of as the floor area.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "As Hans Reinhardt points out it about the size of the HM." I didn't say that. In fact I said it looks smaller than the HM show building.
Originally Posted By Manfried From all I've seen, Little Mermaid is considered a higher end dark ride on an omnimover type of ride system. More like a high end C attraction.
Originally Posted By oc_dean The telling thing .. will be pinning the location's size to the three Disneyland omnimover attractions .. with these ride lengths: Adventure Thru Inner Space: 6 minutes Haunted Mansion: 6 minutes Buzz Lightyear: 5 minutes To bill this as DLR's next E Ticket .. I would not make the ride length any shorter than H.M./A.T.I.S.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Now .. if someone can super-impose the three building layouts (HM, ATIS, BUZZ) against each other .. to LM's building site .. perhaps we can get a bit of a clue. From memory (having ridden all three) ... Disney seems pretty consistent on the speed of all omminmover attractions they've done in history. I imagine LM not being any faster .. or any slower. I think it would be great if they could bill their newest attraction as "DLR's longest omnimover in history" .. and add another minute to - 7 minute ride duration.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt How long is Space Ship Earth? How long was World of Motion? Personally I don't think the length of the ride has as much to do with it as the 'wow' factor. I mean, surely Star Tours would have been considered an E ticket when it opened if nothing else because of how amazing it was. If this new TLMM attraction can hit the same note then who cares how big the building is or what the length of the omnimover track is.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 The ride time is not the ONLY thing that matters, but to me it does matter. I hope it will be longer than 4-minutes but don't expect it will be longer than 3 1/2 due to the size of the building from my perspective.
Originally Posted By Manfried Geez, why don't you folks get a life and quit second guessing until you see the actual attraction?
Originally Posted By oc_dean Immature lines I vehemently despise on internet discussion boards: Get a life Get over yourself ... just for starters.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Just for the record: Discussing Disneyana is a hobby. People generally have hobbies/interests that make up a good part of their lives. People without hobbies such as discussing the possible layout to LM ... are the ones who possibly don't have a life. No hobbies = possibly boring person
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 So people are already whining and crying about the ride length of a ride not opening until 2011? I hate the Internet sometimes...
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: The length of things doesn't usually bother me. Short, long, big or small--I enjoy them all.
