Originally Posted By Kane22 Well I know the Disney theme parks are going nuts over Monsters Inc. of course at CA we have the Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! which is just an average dark ride. At WDW in the MK theres The Laugh Floor Comedy Club which opens in early 2007 & the last one I heard of is this Hide & Seek ride at Tokyo's MK which opens pretty far from now like in 2008. So right here we have three Monsters Inc. attractions which is what I like all different, so since I heard of this Hide & Seek ride. I would like someone to explain whats the whole ride about & has it start construction?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I am not sure too many of us have a clue about what this ride will be like. Suspicions are about a similar Hunny Hunt technology, with added interactive features, but who knows... Lee, care to enlight us here?? BTW, the old "Meet the World" building is now totally demolished, but vertical construction on the new building for Hide and Seek has not started yet as of last Saturday.
Originally Posted By Kane22 Found some news at Screamscape.com Screamscape has received confirmation that a new Monsters, Inc. ride is on the way to Tomorrowland for 2009. The press release states that guests will “be able to participate in a game of hide-and-seek at the Monsters, Inc. building with the little girl Boo, Mike, Sulley, and other characters featured in the movie.†The ride will cost an estimated $88 million (10 billion Yen).
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Yes, that press release was posted back in january 2006 I believe, and I had posted pictures of the Hide and seek location which now sits empty at TDL's Tomorrowland. But those photos have been taken down already.
Originally Posted By Mr X Well, the price tag alone would indicate that it will be impressive (Hunny Hunt was around $100 mil...but that included a lot of R&D costs I believe). Looking forward to it. It's sure to be better than anything in crappy DCA.
Originally Posted By oc_dean .... and this has what to do with Tomorrowland? Oh that's right! There are no more clear distinctions with the lands from here on out! Just put toon-related attractions anywhere the designers feel like! It's the new Disney/OLC! One big homegenized happy kingdom park!
Originally Posted By Kane22 OC_Dean I don't about you but we discussed this before & Montropolis in the movie Monsters Inc. is the future. But only with Monsters in it!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>It's the new Disney/OLC!<< It's the new WDC pushing OLC to do what they think it's best for TDR, and OLC respectfully going along with it. Besides... which park started the trend to Pixarize Tomorrowland??? WDW. Then you have the added curse that in Japan, the characters are too popular for their own good, reason why OLC has every reason to believe this course of action is good. Can't blame Pixar for this either, as the beginning of the end started when Eisner pushed a non-Disney movie ride into Tomorrowland. The force is with them and there is nothing we can do about it but sit back and watch the tragedy unfold.
Originally Posted By Kane22 Mr. X this is not about disrespecting others. This is a site were we talk about future Disney projects & so forth. And to answer your question doesn't it seem futuristic in the Monsters Inc. building? There you have tons of doors to go through to recieve energy by either making children scream or laugh. And to top it off the ride the building Tommarowland is going to build is the Monsters Inc. building which is completely full of futuristic stuff like you saw in the movie.
Originally Posted By oc_dean All Tangaroa has to do about our discussion about Peoplemover over in the DL section is just point out this thread to be more proof! Pixarize everything ... Don't matter where it goes ... doesn't matter if Disney parks stray away from Surrealistic and Romantized realities .. and on to full blown out 2D characters at every turn ... those warm fuzzy toons brought to life to bring out the giggle in every family - AFTER ALL ... that is the Disney way! And watch as a very sophisticated type of theme park (MKs) disintegrate into a very pale shadow of the multi-level experience it use to be!
Originally Posted By oc_dean I wanted to beleive WDI had other ideas that they could have pitched to OLC for the "Meet the World" land piece. If they go through with this .. they might as well annex this portion of Tomorrowland off into an eighth land ... with it's "grand entrance" just off to the right of World Baazar/Main St. USA This really saddens me. I await unique adventures that only Disney could create ... and everything is either a toon or a thrill ride........ Tangaroa is coming ........ - "I told you so Futurist!"
Originally Posted By Kane22 I agree with you OC_Dean but guess whos running WDI now & its Pixar's very own John Lasseter. So what John is doing is basically filling all the empty holes with huge Pixar hits.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN ^^^May as well since Disney studios itself have been releasing garbage movies that are as forgettable as last night's dreams. Do you honestly see Disney making a movie based attraction inspired by their last non-Pixar animated film?? Whatever that was?? But I am with Dean... the tide has turned and it's sad.
