Originally Posted By TTA <<I was over LMA 10 minutes into my first showing. What a terrible, terrible show. I'd love for some sort of Marvel stunt show to take it's place. And yes, before every jumps on me I know it's not possible right now.>> Is the footprint of LMA big enough to support a decently sized attraction? Not that the money would allocated to put anything there in the near future; would anything be feasable there?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Is the footprint of LMA big enough to support a decently sized attraction? Not that the money would allocated to put anything there in the near future; would anything be feasable there?>> I would think so, yea. The stage/stunt area is fairly large, and the seat area is massive. I could see a fairly sizeable attraction fitting there.
Originally Posted By TTA <<I would think so, yea. The stage/stunt area is fairly large, and the seat area is massive. I could see a fairly sizeable attraction fitting there.>> Now just imagine what they could do if they took out that as well as the Backlot Tour. If hell ever freezes over....
Originally Posted By sjhym33 "Now just imagine what they could do if they took out that as well as the Backlot Tour." Carsland. Extend the Pixas Studios area into the backlot tour amd LMA areas and put in Carsland.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Re: The cast member / host interaction with the attraction -- that part has always baffled me too. It's cute and perhaps unexpected (the first time) but what does it have to do with a great moment at the movies? The cast member re-appears after we think he's been turned to dust by grabbing the jewel or whatever it is -- he shouts out 'anything can happen in the movies' But what happened to our cast member / host? Did he get sucked into some cinematic vortex? Is he 'walking into the movies' too? Does he get to talk to Clint Eastwood and John Wayne when he's there? And if so, as guests, haven't we already entered the magical world of the movies after we pass the main marquee? Are there multiple levels to this magical movie world? Whatever -- if it were a really strong concept, there'd be no way to poke holes in it. To me, the attraction has a couple of neat set pieces ('The Wizard of Oz' the Well of the Souls from 'Raiders' and the old 1930s street scene) but overall the 'Great Movie Ride' has more holes in it than an M. Night Shyamalan script.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^Seriously? No really...seriously? If you're asking those questions, I've got a couple for you: -How does the boat on the Jungle Cruise go from being on the Amazon one second to the Congo the next!? I mean they're on different continents! -How can you walk from a tropical jungle to a Caribbean coastal town to the wild west? Or from the land of Tomorrow to a medieval castle fair? -Why are there giant anthropomorphic bugs living in a giant tree?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Carsland. Extend the Pixas Studios area into the backlot tour amd LMA areas and put in Carsland.>> Ugh...I'd rather not.
Originally Posted By TTA <<Ugh...I'd rather not. >> Nor I. I was thinking something....more original? I would take Carsland over the status quo, however, I'd prefer many things over it. None of which will happen anytime soon, so I'll need to become complacent with what's there, which is, generally speaking what I should be doing with WDW as a whole.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 And then there are dummies like me who just sit back and enjoy the show.
Originally Posted By TTA <<And then there are dummies like me who just sit back and enjoy the show. >> I tried, I really did. I go into each and every new show/attraction with a completely open mind, but LMA just....didn't do it for me. I'm not one for cars/stunts etc, so perhaps it was doomed to fail from the outset for me.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I love it. Great net arguments over Disney and I don't even have to start them. Maybe D23 and The Disney Blog and The Mommies Suckling Eight Babies at Once While Planning Magical WDW Vacations for Extended Families of 34 Panel haven't conspired to destroy all intelligent discussion of Disney online ... yet. I really enjoyed GMR when it debutted. I still like the scale of it and what it attempts to do. But there is no doubt it is very tired now. And we all know how much TDO HATES any AA-intensive attractions. Please understand the hat was put up so that the Chinese Theater and the attraction within could be ripped out for a 2-3 minute thrill ride in the 2002-04 timeframe. Only 9/11 really stopped that dead in its tracks. So ... Disney has zero desire to make some changes to this attraction. And it certainly needs it because it does say '1989' to me when I ride and I don't mean that in a good way. But great discussion ...
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I've always wished we were closer to the scenes. I think it would have been interesting as an Omnimover type of ride. The big cars make you feel distant from the movie scenes instead of within them.<<<< I agree here, but it does make the scale of GMR seem much larger.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>To me, because the initial concept of the ride is weak, the rest of the pieces don't fall into place as they should. And the whole thing is muddy.<<< Sounds like the whole concept of DHS, to be honest...
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>hen stuck a big ass pin station hat in front of it as if to give it the finger<<< Hopefully, when that thing comes down (Later this year?!?!?) they notice the GMR behind it and this refurb comes true.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Carsland. Extend the Pixas Studios area into the backlot tour amd LMA areas and put in Carsland.<<< Nope, that's gonna stay in DCA so they can be unique among Disney Parks. Like WoC.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>>Please understand the hat was put up so that the Chinese Theater and the attraction within could be ripped out for a 2-3 minute thrill ride in the 2002-04 timeframe. Only 9/11 really stopped that dead in its tracks.<<< I've always been told that that was a heavily Blue Sky Rumor.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >>>To me, because the initial concept of the ride is weak, the rest of the pieces don't fall into place as they should. And the whole thing is muddy.<<< <<Sounds like the whole concept of DHS, to be honest...>> The park was rushed to completion to beat Universal, as you likely know. It had a cohesive theme when it opened, but that fell apart quickly as it needed massive expansion, Disney half-assed moving production to FLA and the park (perhaps because of the rush, I've never got a definitive answer) was opened with NO master plan for expansion ... that's why it feels like they made it up as they went along ... 'cause they did. Parts of it are wonderful (Sunset Blvd, in particular). Hollywood Blvd before the hat. The Brown Derby. But as a whole, the place is as much of a mess as DCA with less to see and do.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >>>Carsland. Extend the Pixas Studios area into the backlot tour amd LMA areas and put in Carsland.<<< <<Nope, that's gonna stay in DCA so they can be unique among Disney Parks. Like WoC.>> Not exactly. Those things will stay exclusive to DCA because they cost a (blank)load of money to create. And LMA is still being paid off (if you follow the way Disney accounts for new additions and capital reinvestment in the parks ... you know, like the decade long wand at EPCOT). I have no clue why LMA isn't a bigger hit. I don't really like stunt shows (but I've seen real stunts filmed on real sets of real productions and even most of those don't elicit wows from me) ... but WDW gets a large NASCAR/Redneck demo that one would have thought would have eaten the show up. For whatever reason, though, they haven't. Still, it isn't going anywhere.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I've always been told that that was a heavily Blue Sky Rumor.>> You can't believe everything you're told. I can't say it was a solid 'go' because that wasn't the case. But Disney's 'plans' were to rip GMR out and put a thrill ride in its place. Those plans, however non-specific, were considered likely. Have no idea truly how close they came since 9/11 halted so much. Disney actually had just done a giant transport study where monorail expansion was discussed in a non-fanboi format for instance. ... Once 9/11 hit you might as well have shredded that.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> The park was rushed to completion to beat Universal, as you likely know. It had a cohesive theme when it opened, but that fell apart quickly as it needed massive expansion, Disney half-assed moving production to FLA and the park (perhaps because of the rush, I've never got a definitive answer) was opened with NO master plan for expansion ... that's why it feels like they made it up as they went along ... 'cause they did. Parts of it are wonderful (Sunset Blvd, in particular). Hollywood Blvd before the hat. The Brown Derby. But as a whole, the place is as much of a mess as DCA with less to see and do.<<< Agreed in full. It was a EPCOT Pavilion, then a studio, then a park, then a combo, and it came out half baked. It's a shame that they didn't continue to expand it like they did in 1994, instead of just adding anything that comes to mind.
