Pandora: The World of Avatar Announcement, Construction, & Preview Discussion
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What about Executive Produced movies? Men in Black and Fievel Goes West were Spielberg too if you count that.This is interesting:
James Cameron has 3 attractions in Orlando - Both Avatar Rides and Terminator at USF
Spielberg has 3 attractions in Orlando - Jurassic Park, ET, and Indiana Jones.
So it's not Universal v Disney, it's Spielberg v Cameron
(I miss JAWS.)
When you're at Disney scale, there may be some truth in that. There's only so many people who are going to go to Disney World. Plus, there's very, very few Potter-like IPs that people will vacation for exclusively.
So, some of Disney's issues come down to marketing, sales, and new revenue streams. Of course, they've now taken that to a whole other extreme.
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I think the combination of Pandora, Rivers of Light, continued focus on nighttime experiences at the park, and Tiffins will have people spending more time in DAK. So here's hoping those table and counter service meals do enough for the bottom line. I don't want a [HASHTAG]#ThanksPandora[/HASHTAG].
An' I do believe that trend is something that's hurt AK for quite a bit, since something I've heard many, many times and agreed with is the park needs more attractions. However they thought the addition of Everest would be a big, saving grace and when it didn't get the RoI they wanted, they proceeded to skip over potential attraction after potential attraction.
Which brings us to now, a land with a mighty big pricetag and a nighttime show with a pricetag that shouldn't be a big as it is now. I unfortunately feel they're just not going to get the RoI they want, continuing a cycle that should've ended a long time ago.
This is interesting:
James Cameron has 3 attractions in Orlando - Both Avatar Rides and Terminator at USF
Spielberg has 3 attractions in Orlando - Jurassic Park, ET, and Indiana Jones.
So it's not Universal v Disney, it's Spielberg v Cameron
And Men in Black and Transformers....seem to be underestimating Spielberg's reach.
Especially with the cost that they're putting into these lands. $1.0B is a ton of tickets and food/merchandise sales.
If you're measuring in chicken nuggets and keychains, yes. But not in fine dining and designers clothing/housewares (epcot's bread and butter).
What's your point, that features two IPs?
This is interesting:
James Cameron has 3 attractions in Orlando - Both Avatar Rides and Terminator at USF
Spielberg has 3 attractions in Orlando - Jurassic Park, ET, and Indiana Jones.
So it's not Universal v Disney, it's Spielberg v Cameron
Let's be honest, that's the real theme park war going on
oh are we still talking about this?
the point was mysterious island has some very similar characteristics to Pandora
1.questionable IP (although mysterious island has a far more questionable IP)
2.Incredible themeing
3.E ticket using 2 decades old tech from a ride from EPCOT but expanding on that tech
1st im not arguing im discussing
2nd that many believe Mysterious Island is the best land in the world and that it has has several similarities to Pandora
3rd IP is not as important as execution
When I was going to DAK for RoL last night, something that stuck out to me big time was the gigantic Flight of Passage show building.
It's really a shame that it's so noticeable from the parking lot like that because the land is so well hidden from within the confines of the actual park.
It's really a shame that it's so noticeable from the parking lot like that because the land is so well hidden from within the confines of the actual park.
They are. But there's no way any berm can hide that building from the drive in. It's too damn big.
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