Originally Posted By Hista98 I agree though while I do like the backlot tour it doesn't make sense in a park that no longer has a movie studio anymore. That space is huge and could easily be used for future expansion. Why did the working studio part of the park fail anyway? anyone know??
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I didn't say it wouldn't work in the studios. I said it wouldn't work as well. I just know Star Tours doesn't feel right in the Studios. And I have made the educated guess that the terrificness that is IJA would feel just as off in DHS. << That's the beauty of a park dedicated to a tribute to movies. If it's a movie it fits in. It just doesn't get any easier than that. Look at SWW. They pack them in after all these years. That's what the Studios should be concentrating on. I'll leave it up to the imagineers to handle the themeing, and storyline.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper << I'll leave it up to the imagineers to handle the themeing, and storyline.>> Which is what scares me.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Why did the working studio part of the park fail anyway? anyone know?? << A ton of reasons really. For one you can't just slap an endeavor together like this concept just so you can open before your competition. While the tax base is fantastic, and cost of living, and production cost are way down compared to the West coast, the weather is not. You do not have the talent that is deeply seated in California either. The industry moved out of New York to California for a reason. Florida could never pull the quality people in that it needs to run a active studio. You are competing against a powerhouse that has been established for almost a century. In reality you can't have shoots taking place with tourist trampimg around plus all the noise that is associated with a theme park. There are people here at LP that can give you a more comprehensive answer. I just touched on a few problems.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Not another MAGICal thread! << I'm seeing if we can get this one to last longer than the last dispute over the perfect location for IJA.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Which is what scares me. << Think Joe Rohde, and the team he had for his many accomplishments.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Good 'splanation, Pierce. You hit on most big points. I'd just add that Disney (and UNI too) basically got cold feet about moving productions to FLA. They also didn't get the breaks they thought would bring the costs way down. And while talent is eager to move to NYC or LA, getting them to live in O-Town, which was very much a backwater in the late 80s/early 90s was another matter. Still, it could have worked. An industry could have grown. But neither Disney nor UNI were truly committed and the results followed. They wanted theme parks about the entertainment industry rather than studios where the product was created. Shame. And, I believe, a missed opportunity for FLA.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> Not another MAGICal thread! << <<I'm seeing if we can get this one to last longer than the last dispute over the perfect location for IJA.>> I'm waiting for you to bring back one of my old threads from the dead.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I'm waiting for you to bring back one of my old threads from the dead. << Does Disney just throw open it's vaults of classic, and release them all the time. I plan on setting high standards in what should be released from The Spirits vault of Golden Classic Memories on The Laughing Place.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Shame. And, I believe, a missed opportunity for FLA. << I do also. Do you happen to have any inside info on why Burt, and Lonnies endeavor in Florida really failed?
Originally Posted By Hista98 plus all the noise that is associated with a theme park. But Universal Hollywood handles this problem well!!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Still, it could have worked. An industry could have grown. But neither Disney nor UNI were truly committed and the results followed.<<< I agree. They let the "studio" aspect of the park die in the same way that they killed EPCOT Center, and killed PI. There was an easier way to do it...and just as it happens, the easy way usually sucks.
