Originally Posted By Donny At D23 I had a chance to take a virtual tour of the Western River Expedition and I believe it would have been a great Attraction <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_River_Expedition" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...pedition</a>
Originally Posted By Manfried Unfortunately, they would have to rethink all the scenes as they were designed from the early sixties mindset. You know, cowboys and indians.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ And it could still be timeless. Just look at Pirates and HM. WRE would have been epic. A true WDW original and gem that would have cemented something huge for us.
Originally Posted By Scutr Donny, I want to thank you for that link. Although it only led to 'Chapter 1', I did a search on the site and read all 10 installments. Fascinating, if also a bit sad. Sometimes the real world just BITES.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 If you are referencing the JHM series of articles then, I agree, they were pretty cool. One of the things I loved about WRE that I wish DIsney would do more of was the interplay between different attractions. IIRC the train would have passed through the show building and would have been visible from the boats while BTMRR would have been perched on top of the whole "mesa". I LOVE the utilization of "space" to have different attractions moving around/through each other to create more than the sum of their individual parts. Picture TL with the monorail gliding over the subs with the people mover and skyway gliding past too. It just gives creates this kinetic FEELING(sorry, no other word for it)that adds SO MUCH.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<I LOVE the utilization of "space" to have different attractions moving around/through each other to create more than the sum of their individual parts. Picture TL with the monorail gliding over the subs with the people mover and skyway gliding past too. It just gives creates this kinetic FEELING(sorry, no other word for it)that adds SO MUCH.>> Which is why Indiana Jones and the Lost Expedition would have been the greatest thing ever.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> I LOVE the utilization of "space" to have different attractions moving around/through each other to create more than the sum of their individual parts. Picture TL with the monorail gliding over the subs with the people mover and skyway gliding past too. It just gives creates this kinetic FEELING(sorry, no other word for it)that adds SO MUCH. << One of the reasons I've always liked the design of the Peoplemover -- although it worked better before the windows were blacked out in Buzz Lightyear.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer EPCOT has that, too, with the monorail. They could really amp up the kinetic feeling if Test Track wasn't so visually displeasing in place of WoM's wonderful facade.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "Which is why Indiana Jones and the Lost Expedition would have been the greatest thing ever." If you are referring to the show building having the train and JC boats moving through it, I agree. I thought of that after I posted.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Lest we forget: <a href="http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/indy_concept_art_web.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb..._web.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Lee hisownself We need to institute a penalty for anyone who invokes the hallowed name of "Lost Expedition." That way leads to sadness and despair...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I think I am going to give Spirited tours of the MK where I stop in front of BTMRR and tell everyone the fabled story of the lost WRE attraction ...I'm also thinking of putting out DVDs where I tell what the attraction would have been in PAINstaking detail (naturally using as many renderings and concept art pieces as I can 'find' on the web). Has Disney put out a series of pins to commemorate attractions that have never been built yet? Watch as Steven and his team 'borrow' that idea ...
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ they've done "Then and Now", where they show things like Horizons on one side of a spinner and M:S on the other... Terrible.
Originally Posted By leobloom I can imagine a small nondescript office somewhere in Burbank where some guy with greasy hair comes up with new ideas for Disney's trading pins. What a no-pressure job! You can literally produce anything and as long as it's a limited edition and sanctioned by Disney, it'll sell to the dusters.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^On a totally unrelated note ... but I saw my first discounted vinylmations at my local Disney outlet. They were selling them for $5.99 (I think it was Park Series 3) a few days ago and tonight they were all gone. I am looking forward to the next 99 cent pin sale so I can stock up for when I am back in China.
Originally Posted By CDF1 It would have been interesting to see the WRE should Disney have built it - but as others have pointed out, there may have been problems with "political correctness" even back then. The climate in Florida most certainly would have provided a challenge as any large showbuilding would have been prone to a variety of maintenance problems (which was one of the many problems of the original 20,000 Leagues submarine ride) In the end, it appears that the requirement for a quick fix to the lack of a POTC ride led the intial shelving of the WRE and then the wonderful rendering of BTMRR by Tony Baxter made that attraction too good to pass up as a standalone development (not to mention one that would have been far less expensive an addition then WRE).
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>The climate in Florida most certainly would have provided a challenge as any large showbuilding would have been prone to a variety of maintenance problems (which was one of the many problems of the original 20,000 Leagues submarine ride)<<< How's this? HM, IASW, WOM, JII, Soarin, all those do fine. Also, the building would have been used as the facade. The HUGE Thunder Mesa facade and all... <a href="http://progresscityusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/thunder-mesa.jpg" target="_blank">http://progresscityusa.com/wp-...mesa.jpg</a>
