Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't remember that rumor, but that doesn't mean it wasn't floated around. There have long been various plans for a Snow Queen attraction (dating back at least as far as planning for the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland), so I'm sure it's one of those concepts they love returning to in WDI For what it's worth, there really isn't a ton of space back by the Fantasyland Theater. Even if they annexed some of the Big Thunder Ranch/Festival Arena space, I'm not sure they'd be able to build anything any bigger than Maelstrom; that's a deceptively large attraction in a huge park, as opposed to a moderately large attraction being planned for a tiny park
Originally Posted By SuperDry There also were plans for a Snow Queen live stage musical at TDS, to go in the theater where Big Band Beat is now. IIRC, Alan Menken even developed the score for it, but it got shelved. I know there's someone around these parts that knows more about this than I do.
Originally Posted By leemac Yup - Menken and Slater wrote the full score for that one in its entirety. It was literally good to go when OLC got cold feet on the avant-garde design and walked away after sinking millions of dollars into pre-production. They hid behind the success of revue-type shows at that particular theater but in the end it was the design they felt wasn't right for their audience. It wasn't Menken's best score. Love Can't Be Denied was the big "I Want" song and it reminded me of The Rose every time I heard it.
