Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his a** everytime he jumped.<<< LMAO!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> The only real problem I see with it is it makes a lot of people throw-up!<<< Myself included. Green only, in the future.
Originally Posted By mousermerf <<<Really? You've seen the numbers? Because I have.>>> Not for 2008, no, but I know after it opened and the accidents happened it sunk like a stone and even after it split to Orange and Green (you think Disney did that for no reason?) it didn't fully recover. To the point where they often only run 1 orange or 1 green instead of running all 4 simulators. It can't "make its numbers" if a bay is shut down, which still happens.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Merfie is right on this one. By Disney's own internal projections vs. the actual numbers (not to mention popularity) MS is an expensive flop. Not of epic proportions, but still not at all what was hoped for (see typical lines for Soarin and Test Track).
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer If it was a "flop", wouldn't it have been closed or changed up? That's what they usually do..
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ I am referring to the fact that if it doesn't have good numbers, or Sponsorship, they kill it.
Originally Posted By mousermerf A typical 10 year Future World contract would have the ride shutting down in 2013.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ....that's interesting, I had forgotten it had been that long. I wonder, in 2013, will HP renew? Or will someone else step in and make some changes. ...I'd love to see some expansion, to be honest. And they have a space Base already constructed to the left of the pavilion... ;-)