My only thought is whether the GP will push back even more than Kong since it's "another screen ride".
I'll be honest, I still have yet to see the "GP pushback" on Kong. Anecdotally people I talk to, no theme park people, loved it, and I've never gotten off the ride where people seemed to have hated it.
I'm sure it'll get some pushback, as they've just been getting that in general. But once the next round of additions come through, I don't think it'll be an issue. It's a growing pain ride.
I was actually just thinking this makes Fallon look so much better by comparison.
For Fallon a crazy 3D ride is kind of okay. For a fast action movie I think most people expect something a little more exciting so to me this was already trailing behind Fallon for that reason. Now after seeing the video I was a little surprised how bad all the CG stuff looked. Fallon had some great looking NY scenes I was expecting that same level of quality on this if not more since this would be a more serious attraction. This honestly looks like a joke.
This is not worth losing Disaster.
You've got a lot of different points here, so I'll take one at a time.
1) No, this wasn't worth losing Disaster...but Disaster was going either way. The ride was falling apart, and it was gonna close. They replaced it with something disappointing, no doubt, but it was going one way or another. Fallon is legit bad. This is goofy and not great, but the Fallon ride is insulting.
2) I think the CGI will look fin in motion. Kong's CGI looks a bit dodgey in videos as well.
3) Yea, this ride should be better. But at the end of the day, it'll be fine once MoM and Nintendo and SLoP open around it.