Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>>The ride better be better than Potter. because if it's not...<<< Won't be.... *quietly walks away*
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer ^ That it will. But... I dunno. Potter is just on another level. I'd like to see Disney get there, even if it is with....cars. *shudder*
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Oh, yea I agree. The only reason I don't think it'll pass Potter is because there is so much out-door portions of the ride that from what I gather will be show-scene-less.
Originally Posted By leemac It isn't particularly fair to compare the budget between Potter's dark ride and RSR - RSR is an expansive attraction covering 6 acres with massive rockwork bluffs whilst Potter is inside a show building.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>It isn't particularly fair to compare the budget between Potter's dark ride and RSR - RSR is an expansive attraction covering 6 acres with massive rockwork bluffs whilst Potter is inside a show building.<<< Potter has Hogwarts, though. And the rock work. But yes, the fact that RSR goes inside and outside is pretty fantastic. As is the facade. But actual ride experience? I don't know if it'll have the same WOW effect that flying has. Or that range of motion, for that matter.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> RSR is the most expensive attraction ever designed and built by the Walt Disney Company. It is 9 figures away from the current title-holder. << WOW! I hope it's that good!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Oh, yea I agree. The only reason I don't think it'll pass Potter is because there is so much out-door portions of the ride that from what I gather will be show-scene-less. << I'm putting my money on Disney. They have a lot of good people, and this sure is a lot of money!
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ TDS' Tower of Terror is the most expensive attraction ever built by Disney. If you are looking for the most expensive ever built in the US it is Expedition: Everest. Everest cost less than half what is being spent on RSR. Less than half.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<They have a lot of good people, and this sure is a lot of money!>> Spending a lot of money doesn't always guarantee a good product. Just look at "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" ;-) And HPatFJ cost less than EE, and it completely blows it out of the water.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Everest cost less than half what is being spent on RSR. Less than half. << So if RSR has double the budget of Everest, does that mean it gets two AAs that will work for seven months and then break down completely?
Originally Posted By Britain Why do I feel that most of the budget on TDS' ToT was spent on necessary reinforcements for a tall structure on reclaimed land? (And on priceless antiques?)
Originally Posted By MPierce >> ^^ TDS' Tower of Terror is the most expensive attraction ever built by Disney. If you are looking for the most expensive ever built in the US it is Expedition: Everest. Everest cost less than half what is being spent on RSR. Less than half. << It sounds like we are getting close to the 400 mil mark here.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Spending a lot of money doesn't always guarantee a good product. << Disney still knows how to do it right. With the kind of money that LeeMac is hinting at here, there is no room for a flop coming out of it. I would bet everything that I own that it will be a hit. To many people have to much at stake for it not to be fantastic.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Disney still knows how to do it right. With the kind of money that LeeMac is hinting at here, there is no room for a flop coming out of it. I would bet everything that I own that it will be a hit. To many people have to much at stake for it not to be fantastic. << I would've thought the same thing about Everest, and you see how that turned out. My confidence in WDI is near zip at the moment. (Of course, I'm also basing that comment on their recent work in Florida)
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Oh, I'm sure it will be a hit. But, spending that kind of money means it better boost DCA ridiculously high in the attendance and guest spending areas while also attracting a lot more guests from out of town to come to Disneyland. Somehow I don't see it happening.
