Theme park rides based on movies...
#26
Re: Theme park rides based on movies...
New rides are just how they update and keep the place modern. Don't think of it as spending $500 million on an Avatar ride. Think of it as spending $500 million to update the park and keep it fresh. I doubt too many people are going to make a specific trip to Disney JUST so they can ride Avatar but if Disney never updated their rides people would just stop coming.
Kinda like a sports bar upgrading their tvs from old shitty tubes to lcds or plasmas. Most people won't go to a specific bar JUST because it has plasma tvs but if the bar never upgraded the tvs and just kept fixing the tubes eventually people would stop coming because other places DID upgrade and they would just go there instead.
Kinda like a sports bar upgrading their tvs from old shitty tubes to lcds or plasmas. Most people won't go to a specific bar JUST because it has plasma tvs but if the bar never upgraded the tvs and just kept fixing the tubes eventually people would stop coming because other places DID upgrade and they would just go there instead.
Disney does get away with less updating than any major park I've seen. I suppose they can get away with having a steady stream of visitors regardless. Every years they'll have a major new thing. Which sounds like a lot until you figure how many separate parks they have (4 in Orlando, not counting the water parks). I was just there in December, and there are lots of things that are still there from the 80s (and earlier). Compare that to Universal Studios Orlando. Now that Jaws is gone, hardly anything from their 1990 opening remains (I think ET and maybe some shows/exhibits). Then again, they don't have the name brand of Disney (at least as far as parks are concerned) so they probably figure they have to try harder.
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Re: Theme park rides based on movies...
This is actually a good thing. The only good rides at Disneyland are the ones that predate 1980. All their new rides suck and/or are dated. Strange that new rides feel dated already but old rides like the Jungle Cruise and Storybook Land are still awesome.
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#28
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Re: Theme park rides based on movies...
Also, while not so much a ride but a theme park attraction, the Halloween Horror Nights events at the Universal Studios parks often have attractions based on popular horror franchises. One of the houses last year at Orlando was based on The Thing and I know they've had Friday the 13th, Saw, and others in the past.
#29
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Re: Theme park rides based on movies...
Backdraft, Jurassic Park and Back To The Future are all awesome at Universal. I remember liking the E.T ride as well, but that was back when I was a kid.
Also as mentioned the Top Gun ride at both Paramount's Great America (CA) & Kings Island (OH), before the name change, were fun.
Not based on a movie, but King's Island for a while also had Outer Limits: Flight Of Fear. Outside of completely destroying your neck, it was an awesome ride.
I've only been on it once, but I liked the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.
Also as mentioned the Top Gun ride at both Paramount's Great America (CA) & Kings Island (OH), before the name change, were fun.
Not based on a movie, but King's Island for a while also had Outer Limits: Flight Of Fear. Outside of completely destroying your neck, it was an awesome ride.
I've only been on it once, but I liked the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.
#30
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That's a good explanation. You can't measure the profits from these rides directly (like you can with a movie, based on box office and home video sales) since people pay attendance for the whole park. Though in Harry Potter's case there was a noticeable jump in attendance (something like 30% ... which can attributed to the new area). Turnover/updating is something that goes on every theme park. Disney/Universal just do things at such a huge scale that the costs jump out at you.
Disney does get away with less updating than any major park I've seen. I suppose they can get away with having a steady stream of visitors regardless. Every years they'll have a major new thing. Which sounds like a lot until you figure how many separate parks they have (4 in Orlando, not counting the water parks). I was just there in December, and there are lots of things that are still there from the 80s (and earlier). Compare that to Universal Studios Orlando. Now that Jaws is gone, hardly anything from their 1990 opening remains (I think ET and maybe some shows/exhibits). Then again, they don't have the name brand of Disney (at least as far as parks are concerned) so they probably figure they have to try harder.
Disney does get away with less updating than any major park I've seen. I suppose they can get away with having a steady stream of visitors regardless. Every years they'll have a major new thing. Which sounds like a lot until you figure how many separate parks they have (4 in Orlando, not counting the water parks). I was just there in December, and there are lots of things that are still there from the 80s (and earlier). Compare that to Universal Studios Orlando. Now that Jaws is gone, hardly anything from their 1990 opening remains (I think ET and maybe some shows/exhibits). Then again, they don't have the name brand of Disney (at least as far as parks are concerned) so they probably figure they have to try harder.
#32
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Re: Theme park rides based on movies...
California Screamin' and Tower of Terror are a fucking blast, so you shut your whore mouth!