Originally Posted By oc_dean >>What's Disney Seas?<< Actually ... what is it? How many .... SERIOUSLY ... get to spend lots of money on a flight, and accommodation to Japan and enjoy the park?
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>Yes Ferrett - Horizons was huge! Great ride - but I'm not a big fan of bringing old rides back.<< I don't think you need to worry about that. Since when has the co. brought back a huge ride back from the dead? No doubt .... the mega sized Future World attractions that have left us, were impressive ... they were genius ... they had quality ... and they were long enough to really absorb our minds into those "mystical" worlds for 15 or so minutes. I'm glad I made it to WDW in '92, and '95. I got to see them all, before the company dismantled them.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Since when has the co. brought back a huge ride back from the dead?> Submarine Voyage.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Not exactly. the subs themselves are .. but the story has completely changed. And the attraction was never torn down, and rebuilt from the ground up. It would have to be for Horizons.
Originally Posted By oc_dean If Disney wanted to build - Frozen:Horizons ... ... it wouldn't Horizons as you knew it before, wouldn't it? It would be entirely different, as with Nemo.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I don't think you need to worry about that. Since when has the co. brought back a huge ride back from the dead?<< Flying Saucers?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I was thinking the same thing Ferret, Dean said "huge" so the Saucers don't really qualify.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I wouldn't want a carbon clone of Horizons (although that would be neat too.) I just want Disney to imagineer something of that length, quality, and vision.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ^^I agree. The ambitiousness of Horizons was a huge part of what made it so iconic (which could similarly be said for EPCOT Center in general). If they could take that spirit and apply it in a like-minded attraction for Tomorrowland, I think it could be really successful. I just don't see the current leaders having the desire to do anything of the sort
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^I agree When I visited EPCOT Center in 1986 I was absolutely blown away. Just the variations of ride systems in each Future World attraction was a 'wow' factor.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh They could design at show that is a combination of Carousel of Progress and Horizons. Instead of looking at the technology of different eras of yesterday, it could look at living in different environments - under the sea, in space, on another world - and the technology that would require.
Originally Posted By 2001DLFan >>I don't think you need to worry about that. Since when has the co. brought back a huge ride back from the dead?<< "Flying Saucers?" The Flying Saucers certainly weren't brought back from the dead. The poor attempt of a remake produced a huge ride, but if they wanted to resurrect the Flying Saucers, they should have developed an advanced version of the original system instead of the pedestrian hockey table version that they just closed.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Although it could be interpreted as just a basic air hockey table, it seems to me that they took the entire experience back to basics and reevaluated everything from the ground (literally) up. When attractions get duplicated they often have some variations to the ride systems: the trough system of DL's it's a small world was changed to a flooded show building for subsequent iterations (except HKDL); WDW's inline seating for Space Mountain became tandem seats for the other versions (with Paris having a completely different system); the inline seating of DL's Splash Mountain became tandem seats for other versions Minor differences like that don't really bother me. I consider Dumbo an DL's Astro Orbiter to be essentially the same ride, despite several differences. For me, the Flying Tires and Flying Saucers are similar enough that I consider them to be the same basic thing
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Disney basically promoted the Tires as a return of the Saucers.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance From Mouseplanet: "Based on permits filed with the city of Anaheim, the official name of the replacement for Luigi's Flying Tires in Cars Land is "Luigi's Festival of the Dance." Luigi's Flying Tires closed in February, and Disney has not given anymore information about the ride beyond the single piece of concept art released when they announced the closure of the original attraction. The permits include construction of a new "attraction slab," a vehicle maintenance building, revised barriers and gates, and a modified exit queue."
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt In order to keep my hopes in check this is what I'm expecting: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWptKrV_3KU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...tKrV_3KU</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That ride is basically a copy of Francis' Ladybug Boogie, which can be found at DCA in Flik's Fun Fair. It has a figure-8 layout like Mater's, but without the crack-the-whip vehicles and only uses 2 turntables instead of 4 I would be shocked if that was what's coming, since there are basically 2 other versions of it within a 60 second walk from that location
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'll also add that those vehicles are tiny and would be a poor choice for American guests. Anybody taller than about 5'-9" will have some trouble with the leg room, and it would be next to impossible for heavier guests to fit a child beside them (the seats aren't even intended for 2 adults to sit side by side). When I rode it, I basically had to sit on the diagonal to fit my knees in, and I'm really not tall enough that it should be an issue Hopefully whatever is coming uses different vehicles. The concept art seemed to show these exact cars, which worries me a little, even though the other Carsland attractions have fairly accommodating seats
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "That's almost exactly like the Mater ride, isn't it?" And Lady Bug Boogie, as Ferret said. "I would be shocked if that was what's coming, since there are basically 2 other versions of it within a 60 second walk from that location" I was kidding, sort of.
