Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The queue with the giant redwoods -- that was very, very cool. The super cheesy pre-show video, with Steven Spielberg explaining the backstory. Ugh. Getting people's names at the beginning of the attraction was very clunky and time-consuming. The pay off at the end to have 'E.T.' say your name -- not so much. It used to take forever to load, and during the first few months of operation, people waited a long time. I went through the cycle several times with the old 'E.T' character sending for 'E.T' and telling him 'our planet is dying' The suspended vehicles was a cool idea -- riding on a bicycle -- also cool. It's almost as if the ride was beyond what could be accomplished at the time. The animatronic humans were terrible, and yes, the visit to E.T.s planet was like a cast-off of a Sid and Marty Kroft TV Show. The whole thing was just sort of -- eh, a bit cringe inducing. Sorry those who loved it.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The queue with the giant redwoods -- that was very, very cool. The super cheesy pre-show video, with Steven Spielberg explaining the backstory. Ugh. Getting people's names at the beginning of the attraction was very clunky and time-consuming. The pay off at the end to have 'E.T.' say your name -- not so much. It used to take forever to load, and during the first few months of operation, people waited a long time. I went through the cycle several times with the old 'E.T' character sending for 'E.T' and telling him 'our planet is dying' The suspended vehicles was a cool idea -- riding on a bicycle -- also cool. It's almost as if the ride was beyond what could be accomplished at the time. The animatronic humans were terrible, and yes, the visit to E.T.s planet was like a cast-off of a Sid and Marty Kroft TV Show. The whole thing was just sort of -- eh, a bit cringe inducing. Sorry those who loved it.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>True, but how is that any different than any other media company today? As much as it bugs some of us, Disney probably couldn't survive if it didn't operate this way.<<< Exactly. Disney should be dynamic and different.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Yup." Interesting. You learn something new every day. "The animatronic humans were terrible, and yes, the visit to E.T.s planet was like a cast-off of a Sid and Marty Kroft TV Show." Remember the gang of singing baby ETs at the end? *snicker* I think the ET Adventure, at least the version that was out here in California, is a good lesson in why sometimes just having 3-dimensional sets and AAs isnt't always the best way to tell a story in a theme park attraction.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt >>>True, but how is that any different than any other media company today? As much as it bugs some of us, Disney probably couldn't survive if it didn't operate this way.<<< Exactly. Disney should be dynamic and different." Easy to say, but not easy to accomplish in today's business environment.
Originally Posted By magic0214 Saw in an interview after the announcement that I saw with Cameron, he mentioned he wanted some sort of "flying attraction." He mentioned how a big portion of the film consists of flying, also mentioning Soarin' as one of his favorite attractions....DISCUSS!
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^If the ride is a beefed up Soarin, I will be sorely disappointed.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "He mentioned how a big portion of the film consists of flying" I'm not surprised. Maybe they can retheme one of DCA's spinners and send it out to Florida.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "I can't stand the Halloween overlay for DL's Haunted Mansion. There, I said it." Hans, how dare you! "Remember the gang of singing baby ETs at the end? *snicker*" *double snicker* When I watched Lion King this weekend, I was reminded how much I hate singing kids. That song "I just can't wait to be king" is horrifically, terribly, awful. The music from that film ruins the film for me. And is it any better when Simba sings after he's grown up? Start video at 3:30 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sniqPYusgI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...iqPYusgI</a> Nope.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Count me in the crowd that also doesn't like HMH. It's just too busy. There's too much noise to try and listen to any of it, and there's just crap (for lack of a better word) scattered all over the sets. There are a scenes that translate well (Madame Leota and the Graveyard), but most of it is just a cluttered mess. Plus, it makes the regular attraction out of commission for more than 1/3 of the year. That's a long time for a significant downgrade during that time. As for Simba, Matthew Broderick singing is much better than the JTT-sound-alike, but neither of those songs are my favorites. Then again, I'm a Negative Nancy, so what do I know?
Originally Posted By leobloom >> He mentioned how a big portion of the film consists of flying, also mentioning Soarin' as one of his favorite attractions....DISCUSS! << Ok, so we now know he has poor taste in theme park attractions. Not a good sign. Alarmists, hit the alarms. I'm sorta kidding.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> If the ride is a beefed up Soarin, I will be sorely disappointed. << Me, too. If we get "Soarin' over Pandora," I'll laugh myself silly.
Originally Posted By barboy2 In case any of you don't know the rules, a super headlining attraction(bonafide E ticket) will anchor this new land and likely 2 lessors or 'fillers' will round out the funor. So what will the signature attraction of Pandora be? I foresee riding one of those dragon/pterdodactyl like creatures......but who knows? It will be 3-d based too----just a hunch. Any other working theories out there????
Originally Posted By MousDad ^^ My guess is that, like they did with butterbeer, they will copy the Potter ride.
Originally Posted By leemac <<The animatronic humans were terrible, and yes, the visit to E.T.s planet was like a cast-off of a Sid and Marty Kroft TV Show. The whole thing was just sort of -- eh, a bit cringe inducing. Sorry those who loved it.>> That make me chuckle - E.T. Adventure was/is horrific - a perfect example of an attraction that cost a fortune but failed creatively.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<The music from that film ruins the film for me. >> And this is where we agree to disagree.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Then again, I'm a Negative Nancy, so what do I know?>> I didn't know that you'd had the op FA! Congratulations on your gender reassignment.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "<-- saw the first 5 minutes of the first Harry Potter movie. I became bored and never saw another Harry Potter movie. As a result, The WWOHP does nothing for me." Actually, it did something rather big for you - HP helped spur the WDC into announcing their plans for Avatardland! If you do eventually enjoy that, you can thank JK Rowling. Oh and I am the first person to come up with the term Avatardland. I own it.
