BoddaH1994 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/09/frozen-attraction-coming-to-epcot/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm so excited. Another reason I'm going to Disneyland! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Why? Disneyland doesn't even HAVE Frozen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Let it go....let it go.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voicetek Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I read this earlier. I'm not impressed. I'd be up for a Maelstrom refurb, but not a removal. I think they need to leave the Maestrom alone and quit with all this over-hyped Frozen stuff. Yes I'm a Disney fan, and yes I enjoyed Frozen, but enough is enough already! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordSkippy Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm hopefully optimistic. The Gran Fiesta Tour at the Mexico pavilion shows that a World Showcase attraction featuring Disney characters can be done well. However, if I'm understanding the linked blog post correctly, this will be less of a "Disney characters experience culture of relevant pavilion" and more "pavilion just so happens to be setting of Disney movie; here's a ride that should really go in Fantasyland."Also, I seriously wonder whether or not the whole Frozen phenomenon still has enough momentum to still be considerably large by the time this attraction opens. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Maybe the best way to get to Disneyland is by driving Cars. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I read this earlier. I'm not impressed. I'd be up for a Maelstrom refurb, but not a removal. I think they need to leave the Maestrom alone and quit with all this over-hyped Frozen stuff. Yes I'm a Disney fan, and yes I enjoyed Frozen, but enough is enough already! I'm guessing that it will still be the water ride only themed to Frozen. I can see the part where you drop down the hill backwards as where Elsa confronts Anna and tells her to leave the ice castle... and woosh, you go down the hill backwards, then the final splashdown is into the village with all the happy little people, dancing to a happy song and living happily ever after....lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 By the way, any guesses that this will be a repurposed Maelstrom are speculation. It's Walt Disney World, so it's a good hypothesis. But the official word is that a ride based on Disney's Frozen "replaces Maelstrom." For all we know, the showbuilding could be demolished and replaced with an entirely new ride. At this point, fans who held steadfast to their dreams of old Epcot are now entirely crushed. The "hardcore" Disney parks fans are already hating this idea and being very vocal about it. Me? I'm neither excited nor upset. Not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum91 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 This sounds great! It's an awesome way to refresh an outdated, dull area with an exciting, marketable attraction. And while the foaming fanboys are obviously in a tizzy over it, I'm positive the majority of the spending, general public will adore it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming_Chicken Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Sounds Fantastic ! Cannot Wait ! I'm sure lots of theming will go into this ! Now, If my family and I could meet Esmeralda, Quasimodo in France all would be well... PS* - I STILL would like to see a ride based off of The Nightmare Before Christmas! I know one was close to being built. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdawg1998 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 It's Disney World, people. A theme park based off a movie/TV production company. What is the big deal with possibly their biggest movie in awhile getting its own ride? It also fits perfectly, in the Norway section of World Showcase. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Finally a reason for me to visit Epcot, my daughter will absolutly love this! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroKinesis Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 As long as IllumiNations: Reflections Of Earth keeps running, I have no cares about what they do to that park. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 As long as IllumiNations: Reflections Of Earth keeps running, I have no cares about what they do to that park.Yeah, totally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 The last few times I've been to WDW, I've spent the day at Disney's Hollywood and towards closing, I've walked the path through to the Boardwalk Resort and on to the EPCOT entrance just to see IllumNations....then it was off to my hotel. Spectacular show and well worth seeing over and over. (and also Fantasmic on a hot night, it is a blessing in disguise.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Why? Disneyland doesn't even HAVE Frozen! Yes it does a Meet and great with an audio animaTronic of Olaf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Let it go....let it go.... Don't you mean, "Let him go! (Don't encourage him, it only gets worse!)"? Terp, who may as well go see the ruins of Colossus as long as he's there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voicetek Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I'm obviously against this "retheme" and for various reasons. Here's something I posted on an animation website that explains my reasoning: "Another thing that bothers me about this "quick retheme" is that Frozen really hasn't had to prove itself. It's been around how long? 10 months? So what. How long did The Little Mermaid and Beauty and The Beast have to wait before they got immortalized in a Disney park? 20-25 years? We just got the Voyage of the Little Mermaid attraction last year in the New Fantasy Land as The Little Mermaid was turning 24 years old. 24 years it took. And why did they add The Little Mermaid attraction? Because that movie has stood the test of time and has cemented itself as a TRUE Disney classic in the hearts and minds of the general public. It deserved to be given it's own attraction. Disney is milking the Frozen Cash Cow to death. Heck, there's no milk left to be given! I enjoyed Frozen when I saw it last year, but God help me, I'm approaching burn out faster than I can handle. The removal and retheme of Maelstrom to Frozen is a quick and greedy cash grab by Disney and it's just one more way they're squeezing that last drop of milk from that Frozen Cash Cow. How about let's let Frozen sit in the hearts and minds of people for a little while, see if it sticks, and let it EARN it's right to be considered a Disney Classic before it's immortalized as a permanent attraction at the Disney Parks. If Disney princesses were real, I'd feel super sorry for Belle, Ariel, and others who had to wait decades before they got their own attraction in the park and to the others who still haven't earned their rights yet. It's just so obvious and just so sad. Very disappointed." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I'm obviously against this "retheme" and for various reasons. Here's something I posted on an animation website that explains my reasoning: "Another thing that bothers me about this "quick retheme" is that Frozen really hasn't had to prove itself. It's been around how long? 10 months? So what. How long did The Little Mermaid and Beauty and The Beast have to wait before they got immortalized in a Disney park? 20-25 years? We just got the Voyage of the Little Mermaid attraction last year in the New Fantasy Land as The Little Mermaid was turning 24 years old. 24 years it took. And why did they add The Little Mermaid attraction? Because that movie has stood the test of time and has cemented itself as a TRUE Disney classic in the hearts and minds of the general public. It deserved to be given it's own attraction. Disney is milking the Frozen Cash Cow to death. Heck, there's no milk left to be given! I enjoyed Frozen when I saw it last year, but God help me, I'm approaching burn out faster than I can handle. The removal and retheme of Maelstrom to Frozen is a quick and greedy cash grab by Disney and it's just one more way they're squeezing that last drop of milk from that Frozen Cash Cow. How about let's let Frozen sit in the hearts and minds of people for a little while, see if it sticks, and let it EARN it's right to be considered a Disney Classic before it's immortalized as a permanent attraction at the Disney Parks. If Disney princesses were real, I'd feel super sorry for Belle, Ariel, and others who had to wait decades before they got their own attraction in the park and to the others who still haven't earned their rights yet. It's just so obvious and just so sad. Very disappointed." This × a thousand. I cannot agree with this more. It's a cash grab. Nothing more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Harry Potter envy... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Lets see how they do it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Sounds Fantastic ! Cannot Wait ! I'm sure lots of theming will go into this ! Now, If my family and I could meet Esmeralda, Quasimodo in France all would be well... PS* - I STILL would like to see a ride based off of The Nightmare Before Christmas! I know one was close to being built. If you want to see The Nightmare Before Christmas ride goto Disneyland during Halloween time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHODEY2007 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 So Norwegians have the ability to bring snowmen to life? They kind of glossed over that power in the movie so maybe they will show how that works on the ride? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 There goes cultural integrity. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroKinesis Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 So Norwegians have the ability to bring snowmen to life? They kind of glossed over that power in the movie so maybe they will show how that works on the ride? I thought Doctor Who explained it quite well in that Christmas special they had in 2012. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Here's a question I have, though... If World Showcase's France pavilion was getting a copy of Disneyland Paris' Ratatouille ride, would people be this upset? It kind of occurs to me that they wouldn't be... Which is weird. Both Frozen and Ratatouille are incredibly received critically. Frozen earned many times what Ratatouille did. Is that the problem? Is it that Frozen is too mainstream? Is the problem that its princesses? Is it that Ratatouille would be a technologically advanced E-ticket ride in a French pavilion whereas this is assumed to be a quick fix to a C-ticket that will result in the entire pavilion going icy? While some here are saying Frozen is getting a ride too soon, I feel it's too late. That Disney is allegedly preparing Frozen-themed events for NEXT SUMMER seems a little out-of-touch to me. I get that it was an unexpected hit, but we're now approaching a full year post its release... I guess there's a sweet spot where a film gets a well-done attraction to coincide with its release, and another sweet spot 10 years later when you can call it a "classic." But now.... I don't know. It reads as hokey and forced. Especially if it's a simple re-theme of a short C-ticket boat ride. Alright, characters don't belong in World Showcase. Sure. But remember how when Epcot opened, it didn't have characters and folks revolted? They didn't want to take their kids to a science center... they wanted fantasy and to meet their favorite characters! Now, most EVERY World Showcase country has a meet-and-greet at LEAST. Aladdin and Jasmine in Morocco; Belle in France; Mulan in China... The Three Caballeros took over an entire ride in the Mexico pavilion. Is it that Frozen is the straw that broke the camel's back? Or is the Ratatouille vs. Frozen argument valid, where maybe there's more at play? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 This is kind of the way Disney does it now....pump out a movie...call it a classic, then post-advertise it with a ride to extend the money grab while it's still fresh in the kiddies minds. There are so many movies and character stuff now that it's kind of frightening. Ask a kid about Mickey Mouse and they know that character....Roger Rabbit, maybe they will recognize the character....Bernard and Miss Bianca...probably not. At the time the Rescuers was a very popular movie, but even Disney (at the time) didn't see it as "endearing". Now if a character can be slapped on a lunch box or stuffed into a toy animal it gets its own attraction or themed area (no matter how bad the attraction turns out to be.....Stitch's Escape anyone?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Parks are businesses. Never forget that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTD-120-420 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I have the pleasure of seeing first hand how big Frozen is. Literally every girl in the park is wearing a Frozen princess dress. Not just the little girls. Full grown women are even coming in here with Frozen dresses on and they all ask "WHERE IS THE FROZEN RIDE???!!!" I know it has only been a year since the movie came out, but it is not hard to tell that it will be a classic, It already is. Why not cash in on it? Not only does it make the park money, it satisfies the consumers because all of them are asking for more Frozen. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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