Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>The use of NEXTGEN tech involves bringing some things from the past back without actually bringing them back.<<< So... quality and originality? I'm ALL for that, as you know...
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I haven't heard that yet. It wouldn't be surprising with WDI.>> I could be wrong, but I coulda swore that's what a friend of mine quoted to me...
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Harry Potter cost a lot more than 94 million.>> The whole land, yea. Not the attraction.
Originally Posted By Bolna >>I realize I'm not getting an answer to this!<< <<<<So what exactly is Next Gen?>> Pure Disney MAGIC! ;-) >> Christi, you knew it already... I was so stupid to ask. I am getting more and more the impression, that Next Gen is so Next that only the next people working at Disney will finally know what it is all about... <<Disney will NOT (as far as I know, anything's possible) be putting out DVDs of the park's past. Hell, they can barely be bothered putting them out now. What they aim to do is take control of their properties, copyrights and images from those profitting from them.>> Ok, I get that and I think it is a smart move, a company which has most of its assets in intellectual property needs to make sure to protect that. That's why things like TRIPS and ACTA are such a big deal. But what does it have to do with Next Gen?? Well, perhaps if Next Gen is pure Disney magic, the link I am missing will magically appear... <<The use of NEXTGEN tech involves bringing some things from the past back without actually bringing them back.>> Ok, that sounds even more strange... reminds me of Harry Potter (the books, not the ride). But that might again be the magic link which I can't see because I am too unmagical...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Not trying to be obtuse here, just that I don't know a whole lot more so much would be speculation. Spirited Speculation, but speculation nonetheless. I would imagine a scenario where you could literally stand at the entrance to TomorrowToonland and use your mobile device to select a map of the area in say 1971 ... or 1977 ... or 1990 ... or 1998 etc ... and immediately see what the area looked like virtually and then experience parts of say Flight to the Moon, If You Had Wings or Timekeeper. That would make sense from all I've been told and extrapolating a bit ... and that likely would make it more important for Disney to shut down the folks selling DVDs of the old attractions, which they really should do anyway on IP/copywright principle.
Originally Posted By Bolna <<I would imagine a scenario where you could literally stand at the entrance to TomorrowToonland and use your mobile device to select a map of the area in say 1971 ... or 1977 ... or 1990 ... or 1998 etc ... and immediately see what the area looked like virtually and then experience parts of say Flight to the Moon, If You Had Wings or Timekeeper.>> Thanks. I am just not really convinced about this project, there are a number of issues I have with this. First, if it is based on mobiles (perhaps by mobile device you mean a device which you get from Disney like the Kimunicator?) this will already exclude most international visitors, no way I would pay for the data roaming fees that would cause! Then, if I am in a Disney park, I really want to experience the park I am at, go on rides, watch shows, soak up the atmosphere - in general: do things that I can't do at home. Watching films about old attractions is something that I can do at home, and I would have a bigger screen and therefore are more enjoyable viewing experience as well.
Originally Posted By danyoung Spirit, as I said earlier, if this is what this project is going to be I have a big problem with it. It puts the current attractions into competition with every other attraction that's ever been in that location. For an attraction like Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, which Disney knows has its detractors, I can't see how it would be beneficial at all for them to allow me to look at the real building while watching Timekeeper on my iphone. That would make me dislike the current show even more, and it just doesn't make sense that Disney would implement things this way.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Spirit, as I said earlier, if this is what this project is going to be I have a big problem with it. It puts the current attractions into competition with every other attraction that's ever been in that location. For an attraction like Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, which Disney knows has its detractors, I can't see how it would be beneficial at all for them to allow me to look at the real building while watching Timekeeper on my iphone. That would make me dislike the current show even more, and it just doesn't make sense that Disney would implement things this way.<<< Exactly... this isn't the kind of nostalgia I think that they want to tap into while in the parks. Maybe at home, but there..?
Originally Posted By MousDad Does Disney really want that many people standing at the entrance of Tomorrowland, gazing into their handlhelds, and sobbing uncontrollably?
Originally Posted By danyoung As you said, EE, it's while I'm at home, 1500 miles away, that I most want to indulge in Disney park nostalgia, not while I'm actually AT the parks!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I have no clue how they'd implement it ... but I do know something very similar was proposed to WDI about a decade ago. I'd also guess that you'd pay a certain 'extra' and rent a device from Disney ... maybe a MAGICal iPad56 ...I've heard they are going to do a similar type tour at the site of '64 World's Fair. To answer Bolna, I'm sure it would be available in multiple languages.
Originally Posted By Bolna <<To answer Bolna, I'm sure it would be available in multiple languages.>> I wasn't thinking about languages, but it would be nice to have it in different languages. My issue was if you have to use your own mobile phone, in order to get the content on your phone you would have to go online with the phone. Not something I want to do in a foreign country because I would have to pay huge amounts of money for every MB... DLP now has a mobile app which lets you access wait times when you are in the parks, but even in France it would have been pretty expensive to use that with my phone. But since you think that the device will be rented from Disney, I don't need to worry.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>.I've heard they are going to do a similar type tour at the site of '64 World's Fair<<< Now THAT, I am interested in. Greatly. Neverminding the fact that I might be up in that neck of the woods, soon. Might....
Originally Posted By MPierce >> As you said, EE, it's while I'm at home, 1500 miles away, that I most want to indulge in Disney park nostalgia, not while I'm actually AT the parks! << Same here. It makes absolutely no sense to have past WDW compete with present WDW. It's like you're saying what we offer today isn't good enough, so maybe you would like to see how it use to be. That's just never going to happen because it would be totally idiotic on so many levels. If you want people to judge the past put it on DVD, charge $49.99 for it, and let people reminisce at home after they've spent their money at the parks.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^I have the feeling (again, I don't know much more than what is in this thread) that there's considerably more to it than just standing in front of MILF and watching Timekeeper or Magic Carpet Round the World on an iPad ... thinking much more interactive. So much can be done with tech these days (not always a good thing!!)
