Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, I'M going to miss Snow White's Scary Adventures!! I don't think they should take it away! It was the best version of that attraction they've ever had!! Unless the new Mine coaster does a decent job of recreating the story of Snow White, I'm not too excited about it.
Originally Posted By ttalovebug I don't see it as an expansion "at the expense" of losing an attraction. SWSA is old and decaying, and it would take a massively thorough refurb to make it look even close to a 21st century ride. And I doubt they'd be willing to do that. Don't get me wrong, I love it, and pretty much ride it every time I'm at MK (mostly because it has no line). But getting a brand new and improved version of the story with a better ride system sounds great to me. The first Disney princess deserves a full-fledged attraction. Anyway, another upside is that the orignal (better) SWSA is still at DLR. This creates more of uniqueness to our Fantasyland. The classic dark rides are in Cali where they belong, and we get something more than dusty old clones. Our Fantasyland is finally getting it's own identity.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Don't get me wrong, I love it, and pretty much ride it every time I'm at MK (mostly because it has no line).<< Virtually the only reason I ever ride this.
Originally Posted By leobloom One other thing: If MK's Snow White had been updated over the years and plussed as the one at DL has been, I might be a little sorry to see it go. The recent effects that were added to the DL's version look very cool in videos. *But* that's not what MK has. They have a horribly outdated dark ride with practically no *wow* factor. After you see the queen turn around at the beginning of the ride, you've basically seen the best part. So I can't imagine the new ride being as bad as the current one. In which case, I see this as a clear upgrade. Maybe the mine car ride will be our equivalent of DL's Matterhorn. Not the same scale, but a little thrilling coaster in Fantasyland. I can live with that (and honestly find it more appealing than the 4 minute retelling of the Little Mermaid dark ride).
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 This ... ahem ... cough ... 'news' is up on the Disney Blog. I can only imagine the fanboi gushing comments to come.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Thing is, Thomas Smith talks about almost doubling Fantasyland's size, but what is the reality? Every attraction is replacing an existing (or former) attraction. Every meet-greet-and-grope is replacing an existing one. For a park in desperate need of added (nor simply transferred capacity) where is it coming from? OK, they are doubling Dumbo, so I guess they win on that technicality. The new food locales? Great. But what was the capacity of the Adventureland Veranada? What about the other shuttered locations? Sure, there will be 'new' stuff. And it will look better than now. But where's the added capacity.
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself >>This ... ahem ... cough ... 'news' is up on the Disney Blog. I can only imagine the fanboi gushing comments to come.<< I should run over there and make a scathing "What about Adventurers Club?!?!" comment....
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself >>Sure, there will be 'new' stuff. And it will look better than now. But where's the added capacity. << Well, there is still a net gain of one ride, so there's some capacity. Plus some sort of water-play area. (Ugh.)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Haven't seen comments yet there ... My comment would only be: yeah, this knocks Harry Potter out of the park. Or ... I am sure all the Disney fans in Japan would gladly give up Hunny Hunt or Ride and Go Seek for this.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Well, there is still a net gain of one ride, so there's some capacity.>> The coaster will have a higher capacity than SWSA, too. Won't it?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Well, there is still a net gain of one ride, so there's some capacity. Plus some sort of water-play area. (Ugh.)>> A net gain of one spinner with way kewl interactive queue. I won't give Disney a pass and say Mermaid is anything but the LONG awaited replacement for 20K.
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself >>The coaster will have a higher capacity than SWSA, too. Won't it?<< I guess it depends on the number of trains. Sixteen guests per train... >>I won't give Disney a pass and say Mermaid is anything but the LONG awaited replacement for 20K.<< Good point. I guess it's just more capacity than what is there now, not ever.
Originally Posted By hopemax > I can only imagine the fanboi gushing comments to come. < I thought about you guys, because the first comment posted on the pin board I read was, "I'm excited for the Princess Hall!"
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub What about the fireworks? I really expected a new themed fireworks announcement for the MK.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Maybe the mine car ride will be our equivalent of DL's Matterhorn." You already have that. It's called Space Mountain. The new mine ride sounds interesting, but something tells me that it's going to be one of those little coasters that lasts less than 90 seconds.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> Eh, Toad's a different beast. It was quirky and different. I mean you ended up in Hell. And even then, it's only a small population of the fan community that misses it<<< And SWSA used to (and still had the potential to!) to scare the hell out of you! LOL
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>"Maybe the mine car ride will be our equivalent of DL's Matterhorn."<<< Nooo... That's actually thrilling and fast. This is a slow version of Barnstormer. LOL.
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct I will gush I am just happy and excited to see some money being spent at MK and to finally get a new big-scale project. The charm of this place looks like I might get a taste of some very needed charm in Fantasyland. The wooded area and water will add so much mood and story. Yeah !!! Grabs tissues to wipe my drool Between this project and the DCA project, I feel "discussion board" giddy once again. I am interested and excited. Will the beast's library live in Fantasyland now and finally leave that god awful office space area in the sad animation building? please say yes. Fanboi greedy statement: Is it wrong to wish to keep the excitement and momentum going by having Disney Studios replace that animation building (love the Mushu show) and have some comparable project? And no I don't always want more more more ... I am happy with this FL project (ok ... I want more) ) *grabbing more tissues to wipe drool after seeing all the concept art* *squeal*
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct And p.s. .... When did "Discussion Kingdom is a different type of Disney message board" show up!?!?
