Disneyland Resort

[Miss Betty Juice]

My God Disney stahp. They're shoving Duffy down our gullets! He's so insanely popular in Japan but not here. Except with foamers.

 

[Jon Fu]

Duffy is freaking adorable. Felt bad he didn't have a long line.

 

[William]

Duffy barely ever has a long line, nobody knows who he is.

 

[Jon Fu]

Disney needs to invest in a worldwide marketing campaign, pronto. Billboards, television advertisements, air banners - the works.

 

[Chris]

Who the hell is Duffy?

 

[transfo]

Is that a hidden Mickey I see in the background?

 

[William]

Is that a hidden Mickey I see in the background?

That's what I call an "Obvious Mickey."

 

[Allen The Actor]

Duffy isn't popular here because he's being shoved down our throats when he's unwanted and is...well, a nobody. Yes, he's cute, but he was created to sell merchandise and cash in on the Build a Bear craze (from 2006...lol). He has zero tie ins to any media or anything that would make him likeable or recognizable. If Disney would've even made at least a holiday short featuring Duffy, he'd be more popular. But he's a nobody. Stop it, Disney. Thanks...

 

[Miss Betty Juice]

Who the hell is Duffy?

Mickey's teddy bear. Minnie bought him for Mickey when he was going on a trip or something like that. There's a story book about it.

 

[Alexshow.]

Saw GOTG today and I was thinking about the films and then I realized something... this might be what Disney has to be doing for marvel in DL. Think about it, it fits the tomorrow aspect a bit on the Sci-fi aspect of Knowwhere, Xandar, and others, especially with the Galaxy cruise ad they had which was very StarTours inspired in a way.  Point being maybe heres a idea.. It would possibly close Innoventions, the ride would also take over the PizzaPort, the ride would be a TransFormers type ride experience in a car like Evac and you go through the galaxy with the cast of the film as you help fight against maybe Ronan or even another Marvel villan (Loki  perhaps) and it would be a 3D ride. Just a idea of what they could do with something like that but it seems it could just happen but we'll see next year as they have to have something to compeat with Potter in 2016 and Marvel could be that IP to fight the boy wizard.

 

[Miss Betty Juice]

Innoventions has been closed since before I left the company I was pretty sure...

 

[Alexshow.]

let me look that up...

*Searches for 2 minutes*

Found some additions to Innoventions last year and this year and i'll list them which they're marvel... photo ops.

Iron Man Tech

Thor - Treasures of Asgard

and Captain America - The Living Legend and Symbol of Courage...

I actauly heard about Iron man over winter and thor aswell and Saw the news on Captain Americas photo op and only Thor & Cap are the only ones with

a Actor playing the hero and Iron Man is a Kinect type thing. There still is Amiso and The House of tomorrow but there is also a XBOX section.

 

[William]

Innoventions has been closed since before I left the company I was pretty sure...

Innoventions is still open to guests. While mostly the same over the past few years, the addition of Marvel character meet-and-greets (Thor, Iron Man, Captain America), a redone XBOX area, and the implementation of Kinect throughout certain sections of the building for interactivity are new.

 

[Miss Betty Juice]

let me look that up...

*Searches for 2 minutes*

Found some additions to Innoventions last year and this year and i'll list them which they're marvel... photo ops.

Iron Man Tech

Thor - Treasures of Asgard

and Captain America - The Living Legend and Symbol of Courage...

I actauly heard about Iron man over winter and thor aswell and Saw the news on Captain Americas photo op and only Thor & Cap are the only ones with

a Actor playing the hero and Iron Man is a Kinect type thing. There still is Amiso and The House of tomorrow but there is also a XBOX section.

Ok, so THAT'S what they did with it. When I left the company in 2009 it had been shut down and we were told it was going to be gutted and used for a new attraction. Apparently they removed many things (like Tom Morrow which makes me sad, loved that guy), and added the Marvel stuff to it. But it's not quite Innoventions anymore. More like "here's some futuristic crap and also AVENGERS!!11!" .

Oh, and another thing:

Don't use that condescending smart-aleck tone and role play style *...* text action crap with me. There is NO reason to be that snarky to someone. As a member of the staff, I will say that is not the attitude or atmosphere we want on these boards. As a normal user of these boards, I don't like the way you came across and it upset me. You can correct someone without being a smartass. And I was genuinely unsure (hence the "I was pretty sure..." in my original comment) since I haven't been to Disneyland SINCE 2009 and Innoventions was closed for what we thought was for good at the time of my departure.

Tl;dr: If you have a comment to make or a correction to make in the future, be respectful. I'm tired of having to put out small fires because people can't have a civil discussion.

 

[William]

I brought my friend into the building the other day and she was thoroughly confused. There's Marvel here, video games there, a "dream" house over yonder, and extremely dated "futuristic" experiences over there. Just, no. What happened to the Marvel attraction rumors??

 

[Allen The Actor]

Oh, and another thing:

Don't use that condescending smart-aleck tone and role play style *...* text action crap with me. There is NO reason to be that snarky to someone. As a member of the staff, I will say that is not the attitude or atmosphere we want on these boards. As a normal user of these boards, I don't like the way you came across and it upset me. You can correct someone without being a smartass. And I was genuinely unsure (hence the "I was pretty sure..." in my original comment) since I haven't been to Disneyland SINCE 2009 and Innoventions was closed for what we thought was for good at the time of my departure.

Tl;dr: If you have a comment to make or a correction to make in the future, be respectful. I'm tired of having to put out small fires because people can't have a civil discussion.

http://youtu.be/gBNxGZP49ls

 

[smoaT]

let me look that up...


*Searches for 2 minutes*


Found some additions to Innoventions last year and this year and i'll list them which they're marvel... photo ops.


Iron Man Tech


Thor - Treasures of Asgard


and Captain America - The Living Legend and Symbol of Courage...


I actauly heard about Iron man over winter and thor aswell and Saw the news on Captain Americas photo op and only Thor & Cap are the only ones with


a Actor playing the hero and Iron Man is a Kinect type thing. There still is Amiso and The House of tomorrow but there is also a XBOX section.

Yeah it was never axed. It was a subject discussed about the current state of affairs in the park. Universal getting E-ticket rides and Disneyland getting meet and greets. I don't think it will stay much longer because they really want to do the tomorrowland expansion and it seems some spending has been approved since the stop-all-projects-in-Anaheim because of the fabolous and wildly succesful money-bleeding MyMagic in Orlando. They are still figuring out what to do with that thing and with the people mover. There are a lot of rumors but nothing official yet obviously. I was in Disneyland recently and I wanted to see how mediocre was the meet and great but I decided that I had better stuff to do

 

[Allen The Actor]

I recommend everyone go on Alice in Wonderland if they haven't already. The new additions are absolutely amazing and make the ride feel so fresh and new and updated. Can't wait for all the Fantasyland dark rides to get updates!

 

[Jon Fu]

Everyone - stay on topic. If anyone has a concern, please message a staff member privately. The issue has been dealt with and warrants no further discussion.

 

[Allen The Actor]

My list of top things that need the most proprietary in being updated or changed in no particular order:

Eventually gut Autopia or make it smaller, or extensively update it to be electric and add beautiful exotic alien planet scenery for us to ride through.

Replace Innoventions with a brand new E-ticket.

Update the entire esthetic of Tomorrowland and make it more cohesive while not relying strictly on Star Wars while also adding rides.

Update or replace Buzz Lightyear. It feels so cheap lol.

Update all Fantasyland dark rides like they did with Alice in Wonderland. New effects and figures, etc.

Create a Frozen ride. Love it or hate it, its warranted.

Beauty and the Beast attraction. Now.

Update Winnie the Pooh like the Fantasyland dark rides.

Add some tasteful new effects to the Haunted Mansion (and make it scarier) and add the Hat Box Ghost finally.

Fix the new Matterhorn bobsleds and make them comfortable dammit. And add more effects and new Harold animatronic.

Clean up Toon Town and repaint it and make it more interactive again.

Make Hollywoodland feel more cohesive in theme and add and redo the facades to be more '40s-50s themed. Remove the Hyperion's sky facade and create a proper theatre facade and lobby for the theater. Replace the Backlot with a new Subland that's Hollywood themed.

Finish redoing Paradise Pier's queues, rides and place making to feel Victorian.

Replace the old Maliboomer spot and Goofy's Sky School with two new E-tickets/dark rides.

New ending for The Little Mermaid.

Replace the Redwood Creek play area with a new Gold Rush/wood exploration themed E-ticket.

In Hollywoodland add a new mega attraction similar to the Great Movie Ride but a lot more modern. Put it in the plot of land behind Tower of Terror.

Add random programming to Tower of Terror.