Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Oooo... Pirates was under construction. What's that cover over the Tomorrowland entrance way between the two buildings? I've never seen that before.
Originally Posted By crapshoot One of the canoes looks like a submarine shadowing the Mark Twain from behind.
Originally Posted By CDF1 Recent and upcoming rides based upon Toy Story, Little Mermaid and Cars hits, along with tie-ins to Star Wars and Indiana Jones hit movie franchises - I'd say Disney has had a pretty good track record of using synergy of movie successes to drive new attractions. Yes - there are cases like Mattterhorn or Expedition Everest or Tower of Terror or POTC or Haunted mansion that did not have tie-ins to hit movies or even movies at all when created. But remember discussions of the sub ride in DL coming back as some kind of Atlantis ride if that movie franchise had been successful? Finding Nemo a much better hook than the poorly received Journey to Atlantis, right?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Wrong. Personally, i have always preferred the 100% original attractions that Disney have created. And when it comes to synergy, I always preferred Mr Toad's wild Ride (not a popular franchise) to the other FL dark rides.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo My big issue is that Disney has totally juvenilised and feminised their offerings. there used to be cool offerings by Disney, but unless there is either a thrill or IP associated, then Disney no longer seem interested.
Originally Posted By CDF1 While there may be some opportunities or willingness to build new attractions like an Expedition Everest without any ties to a television or movie franchise, one can't help but think that given a movie or television hit that that type of attraction would be one Disney (or Universal for that matter) would rather build compared to taking a chance on an unknown theme. Guessing at this point that Universal has some kind of add-on attractions to the Potter franchise that they will do at some point and as we have already seen they are building Transformers and Dispicable Me attractions. I'm sure Disney is looking for that next big hit or perhaps looking at a way to use a prior hit in a new way (Beauty and the Beast at WDW Fantasyland?) Crush coaster at WDS Paris? Such tie-ins have been such a big part of the success of Disney and Universal that it seems hard to believe they would take too many chances outside that winning formula as their parks are the dominant brands in the industry.
