JungleSkip
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Epcot's Soarin doesn't have single rider does it? I know that it did opening day and then it was torn out. Has it since been put back?
No, but I believe DCA's does.
Epcot's Soarin doesn't have single rider does it? I know that it did opening day and then it was torn out. Has it since been put back?
That was basically the plan before Avatar.
No, but I believe DCA's does.
JTTCOTE not as good as Test Track or Everest? Riiiight..
From the website Deadline -
Iger added, in response to a question, that design work is “just beginning” for the Avatar attraction planned for Animal Kingdom in Orlando — and “in all likelihood” it won’t open until 2015. He says the company is “working on some concepts” to introduce attractions involving Marvel characters. They’re also “kicking around ideas” to enhance the presence of Pirates Of The Caribbean and Cars at the parks. “It would be tough to do walk-around characters” for Cars, he said.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/disney-planning-a-muppets-sequel-sees-avatar-park-attraction-in-2015/
Only from a technical perspective on the ride system alone, is Test Track better. But some people don't seem to care about that, even though it's considered a thrill ride. If a bunch of shiny rocks is enough for you, go have a friggin shiny rock party on Journey for all I care. It's a really cool-looking ride with about 10 seconds of excitement.
^ Yeah, what I take from his comments is that he wants to kind of save face and let it fade away at the same time. Cake and eat it too.
(3/14/12) In a perfect bit of timing, Disney CEO Bob Iger reaffirmed at the Disney shareholder meeting that their plans to build an Avatar themed land at Animal Kingdom are still on track to see it open by 2015. So looks like the rumors about possible Avatar setbacks were simply bad rumors.
Yea. Plus, the guy obviously pulled the "2015" opening date out of his butt. There's absolutely no way they could get that thing built in 3 years. It's taken them forever to build a fairly simple Fantasyland expansion.
I find Screamscape's faith in Iger's speech quite amusing.
Time of course will tell who is right and who is wrong, and maybe with Iger being called out in a shareholders meeting, he will now become personally involved and kick some behinds into gear to get this project completed. But really who knows at this point. Now we are in a wait and see position.
We've made significant investments in Parks and Resorts in the last 5 years and many are coming online. Toy Story Playland just opened a great guest reaction in Paris, and we're excited about its opening in Hong Kong next week. Next year, the highly anticipated Cars Land at Disney's California Adventure and Little Mermaid at Disney World's expanded Fantasyland will be completed. Following the success of the Disney Dream earlier this year, we will launch the Disney Fantasy in Spring 2012 and our Imagineers and James Cameron are already at work on the design of our first Avatar-themed land at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom
Turning to Parks and Resorts. I'm very pleased with recent attendance and pricing trends. Disneyland Resort has seen strong results lately due in part to the strategic investment we made at Disney's California Adventure. We've already opened some attractions as part of the expansion plan, but the largest and most exciting part of this expansion has yet to open, and that's Cars Land. This brand-new 12-acre land with 3 attractions set in Radiator Springs will open in June.
Hong Kong Disneyland had a very good quarter as well, with its recently unveiled Toy Story Land, the first of 3 new themed areas to open as part of its expansion.
Setting sail next month is the Disney Fantasy, the sister ship to the popular Disney Dream, expanding our fleet to 4 and allowing Disney Cruise Line to significantly increase the number of destinations around the world. And as I also mentioned earlier, we're really pleased that construction at Shanghai Disney Resort is well underway at the 963-acre site. And just looking at the model of this vast new resort has us all very excited about its prospects.