Wonka is a lot more popular than you'd think.^since when is Wonka "so popular"? Its pretty irrelevant nowadays.
I love how the word "irrelevant" is thrown around like "the" around here.
Wonka is still a classic book and movie most at least know about.
Wonka is a lot more popular than you'd think.
I know how popular it is. And its my honest opinion that that cant pull the weight of a land. Besides popularity, creatively what material would you draw from? Would the whole thing be a chocolate factory? How much space would that take, how many attractions could be implemented using that theme without being redundant? This isnt Roller Coaster Tycoon where you pick rides and put em down, you have to weigh building costs, operating costs, etc with the return on the investment. Like this ToT glass elevator ride...is Wonka's fan base the types of people who would ride ToT?
I think that maybe on paper it sounds like a cool idea but really thinking about this in the flesh, it seems unrealistic.
You build the glass elevator thrill ride and a Pirates of the Carribbean style boat ride through the factory for the entire family. Win win!
I can see the boat ride but are thrill seekers gonna be lining up for a Willy Wonka ride in the first place? Furthemore just because ToT happens to share a vehicle with Willy Wonkas glass elevator does that make the two interchangeable? What would the story be for a glass elevator ride? Why would it be dropping? Whats the plotline?
Like I said, theres a lot more to it than just finding any cool ride system and making it sort of fit a theme by the slightest line of logic.
That's definitely true, but can any property make for a great entire land..?
Cars Land...huge merchandise sales
WWOHP...merch and high-grossing films
JP...so much you can do with a broad theme like dinosaurs
Wonka...only one real source to draw from, limited to a factory setting. The only benefit I would see from this are huge candy sales but if that's what Universal is going for I would be surprised.
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That's definitely true, but can any property make for a great entire land..?
Cars Land...huge merchandise sales
WWOHP...merch and high-grossing films
JP...so much you can do with a broad theme like dinosaurs
Wonka...only one real source to draw from, limited to a factory setting. The only benefit I would see from this are huge candy sales but if that's what Universal is going for I would be surprised.
Couldn't you extend it to be more than the factory? Place the factory where Poseidon is and then extend a village to some of the lost continent area now? Have Charlie's house etc. I think there's a lot of material they could use to develop a good land around the book
Yea this whole charlie/willy wonka and the chocolate factory just doesn't seem interesting to me in anyway. They would be better off just making a single store then a ride or greater and using the space for something much better and more interesting, as the only attraction to the ip is chocolate and that can be solved with the store.
I don't know... The whole Wonka idea just doesn't really grab my interest. All it makes me think of is lots of candy and a weird guy in a purple suit (and possibly some small orange people). I agree the park is already capitalizing on candy sales, especially in Hogsmead, which would be right next to it. Also, the whole 'candy-land' design it would probably have would be pretty similar to the way Seuss Landing looks with all the bizarre lines and colors of everything. Maybe the Lost Continent could find a way to make itself more complete by adding in a few small attractions where the games currently reside, and turn one of the show buildings into a dark ride (such as Poseidon's Fury as a boat ride)...
What if rather than being specific to Wonka, LC became more of a Roald Dahl themed island with numerous attractions from a variety of his books? This could work in a similar to fashion to Toon Lagoon and Suess Landing, where there is no specific IP that is the main focus rather a collection of works from the same author/period.
The only trouble is, aside from Wonka I'm struggling to come up with any legit attraction based on his other novels.