Originally Posted By sjhym33 Well the rumor is that the vehicle will be Ron's car. So maybe a 4 seater on a track kind of like Spiderman. I am sure Universal understands the need for the attraction to have the capacity to handle the crowds.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I complained on the forums years ago about them only running two trams when they parked 4 lots, everyone said I was expecting too much. Look, it's gotten worse! Ah, the result of complacency.. Aren't you little forum dwellers proud of what you've accomplished by towing the line and spreading the pixie dust?
Originally Posted By dshyates "Well the rumor is that the vehicle will be Ron's car. So maybe a 4 seater on a track kind of like Spiderman. I am sure Universal understands the need for the attraction to have the capacity to handle the crowds." The Car thing was just internet rumor. The newest informed rumo is its going to be a row of either 4 or 6 seats. And the story is going to be something about an enchanted bench. Which sort of makes sense since the load area is rumored to be the great hall. Also the ride is going to utilize 50 ride vehicles. That is going to blow Disney 4 arms with 2 seats each out of the water. Its pretty obvious to me that once again Disney is simply copying what others are doing, usually on a smaller scale, just to say they were first. They already pushed through the Kim Possible thing because they knew Universal was getting a MagiQuest based attraction. Now they open a dinky Kukarobotics attraction 6 months prior to Universal's. I just wish Disney would actually come up with some new concepts and be the industry leader they once were instead of the industriy's biggest copycat. It started with Pleasure Island (Church Street Station) continued when Disney countered UniFL with MGM, then built their own copy of Busch Gardens Africa. Now they are apeing different components of Harry Potter. Does anyone remember when Disney was a visionary company?
Originally Posted By sjhym33 I do. Disney was once...well...Disney. It's not anymore. A smattering of good attractions over the past couple of decades. TOT, Soarin, Kilimanjaro Safari, Splash, Everest. Some real bone headed decisions. A race track? When the company became more about the percentage of increased profits each year and the bookeepers are making entertainment decisions then it is really hard to be visionary. Even the nomenclature inside the company says alot. You used to work for Attractions. Now you work for the Park Operations Line of Business. I used to be a die hard Disney fan. Now I see Disney, Universal and Sea World as relative equals. Say what you want about Universal but some of their experiences are as good if not better than Disney. And Sea World opened a great coaster early and under budget this year.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I do. Disney was once...well...Disney. It's not anymore. A smattering of good attractions over the past couple of decades. TOT, Soarin, Kilimanjaro Safari, Splash, Everest. Some real bone headed decisions. A race track? When the company became more about the percentage of increased profits each year and the bookeepers are making entertainment decisions then it is really hard to be visionary. Even the nomenclature inside the company says alot. You used to work for Attractions. Now you work for the Park Operations Line of Business. I used to be a die hard Disney fan. Now I see Disney, Universal and Sea World as relative equals. Say what you want about Universal but some of their experiences are as good if not better than Disney. And Sea World opened a great coaster early and under budget this year. >> I'm still a Disney fan. I likely always will be. But I don't like or respect management and the way it treads on the Disney Legacy for PR. As I told a few friends at lunch today, you want to live the Disney Legacy go visit the Disney Family Museum. You want to be used as a tool, go to D23 and desert sites like this in favor of the Disney Blog. I also can't help but feel that WDW is always getting the short end of the P&R stick. I visited DLP and DL within 72 hours of each other last month ... I felt plenty of magic at both. Strongly. Yet despite having some time off this week I've decided against a trip up to Food and Wine. Can't help but feel that WDW is simply looking for 'new victims' ... and not folks who remember the way things used to be. If they don't want folks like Dick Cook and Bruce Gordon and Tim Delaney, I can't help but think they aren't fond of people like myself ... you know, people with expectations that Disney conditioned us to have.
