Coco Attraction - Disney California Adventure

[Nick]

First-Ever Coco Ride Announced

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[Jake S]

oh hell yes. I had resigned myself to a lifetime of Encanto.

 

[Freak]

LOVE this!

Now for the million dollar question: Where the heck are they putting this?

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

WEEEE WOOONNN!!!@!q!@11ASESKFASI0FASOIFJSXFDIGOSE




ESTOY CANTANDO Y BAILANDO AND LA CALLE!!!!!!!!!! NUNCA ME HAS VISTO TAN FELIZ!!!!!! Y NO ES UN SIMULADOR, ES UN PASEO EN BARCO. QUE CHEVERE! とてもすごい！！！！！！. MI VIDA ES COMPLETA!

 

[Tobias]

This was easily the biggest surprise and what got the biggest reaction out of me from the presentation, I'm beyond thrilled we're getting a Coco ride.

And as others have said, I'm curious where the heck they're putting this, too!

 

[belloq87]

Has to be somewhere around Pixar Pier.

Right, Disney?

 

[saint.piss]

 

[bdubsCEO]

Still mad that they rethemed Paradise Pier and made it look like the Walmart toy aisle, but this is genuinely very exciting and will go a long way towards making Pixar Pier feel like a nice area. So glad they’re not replacing anything too.

 

[Evan]

I’ve always thought this is where a pier side boat ride / tunnel of love vibes, should go. The question is how do they fit a substantial enough building to ensure it’s a big attraction?

 

[Freak]

I’ve always thought this is where a pier side boat ride / tunnel of love vibes, should go. The question is how do they fit a substantial enough of a building to ensure it’s a big attraction?

I feel like this is going to be a High C/Lower D ticket kinda like Nav’i River Journey, but a little better. I think something like that can go there.

 

[Jake S]

I feel like this is going to be a High C/Lower D ticket kinda like Nav’i River Journey, but a little better. I think something like that can go there.

I think this is spot on. A C-Ticket with a great vibe and music seems very likely to me.

 

[belloq87]

I feel like this is going to be a High C/Lower D ticket kinda like Nav’i River Journey, but a little better. I think something like that can go there.

I think this is spot on. A C-Ticket with a great vibe and music seems very likely to me.

This would be good to flesh-out the park lineup.

Ideally, though, they'd be going with larger boats for higher capacity. Use the Pirates/Small World/Gran Fiesta boat size, and suddenly you've got a major people-eater, but the concept art implies something closer to River Journey in capacity.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

but the concept art implies something closer to River Journey in capacity.

It's effectively the same ride vehicle. Two rows of four, as seen in the concept art.

EDIT: Just some more details, from videos Nav'i River Journey, dispatches two boats at a time and has a capacity of 1,200 per hour, which isn't strictly the best. However, they can easily bump up that capacity with a dual load station, which is possible within the theorized space. It'll also possess two distinct advantages over River Journey:

1. Arriving at a park that will actually be capable of distributing demand.

2. Not being subject to unexpected closures brought on by a second, more tempestuous ride it shares a building with.

In short, I think they understand Coco's popularity and will build up capacity accordingly even if this ride has been designed to be more intimate than other attractions. In even shorter terms, DK (hopefully) this is not.

 

[Jake S]

This would be good to flesh-out the park lineup.

Ideally, though, they'd be going with larger boats for higher capacity. Use the Pirates/Small World/Gran Fiesta boat size, and suddenly you've got a major people-eater, but the concept art implies something closer to River Journey in capacity.

Yeah, I think recreating the Gran Fiesta attraction but with a Coco twist would be excellent. Heck, while I’m spending their money, just bring the whole pavilion along with it — especially Cava del Tequilla.

 

[Lc.]

Hell Yea, now I have a reason to visit California Adventure! (Never been to this park, only ever gone to Disneyland)

 

[MikePat]

I feel like this is going to be a High C/Lower D ticket kinda like Nav’i River Journey, but a little better. I think something like that can go there.

Yeah, I’m getting Nav’i River Journey vibes here. The boats in the concept art for the Coco attraction are very similar size of the boats on Nav’i River Journey - with 2 rows. These smaller boats are great for boat rides working with smaller locations, as they can pull off much tighter turns compared to larger boat attractions.

 

[Michael S]

Yeah, I’m getting Nav’i River Journey vibes here. The boats in the concept art for the Coco attraction are very similar size of the boats on Nav’i River Journey - with 2 rows. These smaller boats are great for boat rides working with smaller locations, as they can pull off much tighter turns compared to larger boat attractions.

I’m betting on that too.

The thing that interests me is how they said they took inspiration from Pirates, for the attraction. Now, I haven’t been on Nav’i, but it kind of seems to lack kinetics and suffers from some dead areas in what I’ve seen of it. If they pack this ride with set pieces and AA figures, this could be a really nice treat for the park

 

[TheUniC6]

I think another option on where to stick this COCO dark ride would be to demo Goofy's Sky School, Paradise Gardens grill, and the Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta and put it there.

 

[Nick]

To me, the concept art looked almost exactly like Gran Fiesta Tour. Almost like the ride was designed for Gran Fiesta Tour years ago and they pulled this out of the dustbin for DCA...