View Full Version : Should DCAs new Little Mermaid Attraction come to the Magic Kingdom
Do you think it would be a good idea to bring this attraction to the Magic Kingdom as well as the new DCA?
kmb728
10-20-2007, 05:12 PM
well it would be fair so everyone could ride it wether where you go
but DCA needs a unique attraction like this
tomserwin
10-20-2007, 05:13 PM
No, aboslutely not.
echoscot
10-20-2007, 06:06 PM
It might be a good idea it might not. Consider the stage show already at the Studios....they may decide against it.
PeoplemoverMatt
10-20-2007, 09:22 PM
The attraction's years away from ground breaking and we're talking about cloning it?
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Alex_Toto_Disneyland
10-20-2007, 10:07 PM
Don't think it, please Disney be original, NO MORE CLONING! some things should belong to just one park...
Big Disney Fan
10-20-2007, 11:29 PM
I'm probably in the minority on this one, but I'm all for it. It could go in WDW's MK as part of a DRASTICALLY revised Fantasyland. And by "drastically revised", I mean "remodeled the likes of which is equal or better than the Fantasyland overhaul that DL's FYL got."
So anyway, I'm all for it. In fact, I think it should be added to ALL resorts worldwide. Here are the remaining resorts that I think it should be found at:
JAPAN: Tokyo DisneySea (Mermaid Lagoon)
FRANCE: Disneyland Paris (Fantasyland)
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Disneyland (Fantasyland)
What about that?
Gigi-B
10-21-2007, 05:26 AM
Sure, why not. If it makes people happy, then I say go for it...
echoscot
10-21-2007, 08:58 AM
I'm probably in the minority on this one, but I'm all for it. It could go in WDW's MK as part of a DRASTICALLY revised Fantasyland. And by "drastically revised", I mean "remodeled the likes of which is equal or better than the Fantasyland overhaul that DL's FYL got."
So anyway, I'm all for it. In fact, I think it should be added to ALL resorts worldwide. Here are the remaining resorts that I think it should be found at:
JAPAN: Tokyo DisneySea (Mermaid Lagoon)
FRANCE: Disneyland Paris (Fantasyland)
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Disneyland (Fantasyland)
What about that?
I think it might be a good idea, but I also abhor the idea of making each park a clone of the others then there is no real reason to visit the other parks.
I think it might be a good idea, but I also abhor the idea of making each park a clone of the others then there is no real reason to visit the other parks.
The attraction does not have to be an exact clone of the DCA one. Haunted Mansion is not an exact clone of the one in Disneyland. POTC is not a clone of the Disneyland one, Unfortunately.;)
ryguy222
10-21-2007, 10:06 AM
^true but its the idea that counts. HM at WDW and DLR are pretty much the same thing. The layout is about the same, and who cares if the stretching room actually does stretch instead of just going down. It gives the same effect. DCA is trying to attract more guests to itself. So if someone on the east coast really likes Little Mermaid, and has to ride it, they'll maybe go to DLR, instead of WDW. WDW has enough things to attract people their, cloning the ride wouldn't be a good idea. Plus, WDW is already getting a midway madness type which is also a clone.
echoscot
10-21-2007, 12:31 PM
Somthing to consider, there are lots of attractions that are the same and a lot that are different. They replicated a lot of WDW attractions for DCA like "It's Tough to be a Bug". I am suspicious that this Mermaid attraction is already a replica of the one in Tokyo.
Big Disney Fan
10-21-2007, 01:39 PM
Somthing to consider, there are lots of attractions that are the same and a lot that are different. They replicated a lot of WDW attractions for DCA like "It's Tough to be a Bug". I am suspicious that this Mermaid attraction is already a replica of the one in Tokyo.
There IS no Mermaid dark ride in Tokyo, but as I said before, if they ever did duplicate this attraction at other parks worldwide, then in the case of Japan, it should be placed in Mermaid Lagoon at TDS. It's only common sense to put this kind of ride in that area of the resort, don't you think?
echoscot
10-21-2007, 01:47 PM
No need to yell and I didn't say it was a dark ride, I was referencing the show.....
Big Disney Fan
10-21-2007, 01:56 PM
No need to yell and I didn't say it was a dark ride, I was referencing the show.....
I wasn't yelling, I was just trying to emphasize certain words. Just because certain words are in uppercase doesn't always mean that the one who wrote it like that was shouting; they were just trying to put an emphasis on certain words, that's all.
As for the show, I didn't even know they had a show, just one big area themed to the movie.
ryguy222
10-21-2007, 03:45 PM
^If they were going to place the ride there then of course it'd be common sense. But TDS could focus on other lands instead of just Mermaid lagoon.
Big Disney Fan
10-21-2007, 03:47 PM
^If they were going to place the ride there then of course it'd be common sense. But TDS could focus on other lands instead of just Mermaid lagoon.
Well, they could focus on multiple lands at a time. And in fairness, ML is one of the lands not to receive any additional attractions yet. Recently, LRD received Raging Spirits and AW got a new version of the TOT.
ryguy222
10-21-2007, 06:42 PM
^How big is ML compared to other lands?
PeoplemoverMatt
10-21-2007, 11:09 PM
Mermaid Lagoon is actually a little bit smaller than the other lands in TDS, but that's because the majority of it is indoors. There's only 2 rides outdoors in Mermaid Lagood, but an area larger than Flik's Fun Fair, plus a theatre, can be found going indoors.
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Mick Balboa
10-22-2007, 11:58 AM
Nope.
Magic Kingdom gets everything... More resorts... more rides... more parks.
And if Disneyland has something that the MK doesn't than they get that to.
What I'd give to live in florida again........
But Disneyland still has it's perks.....
I wonder if there's a town smack dab in between both parks... so that they are the same distance to both parks?(If that makes sense)
Big Disney Fan
10-22-2007, 04:25 PM
Mermaid Lagoon is actually a little bit smaller than the other lands in TDS, but that's because the majority of it is indoors. There's only 2 rides outdoors in Mermaid Lagood, but an area larger than Flik's Fun Fair, plus a theatre, can be found going indoors.
-- PMM :cool:
Maybe they can put the dark ride in the outdoors section, then.
Disney Imagineer
10-23-2007, 09:19 PM
I'd love to see a Little Mermaid dark ride added to Tokyo DisneySea. If Tokyo DisneySea did want to add a Little Mermaid dark ride wouldn't they be able to get it first considering how much Disneyland has on their plate at the moment?
PeoplemoverMatt
10-23-2007, 09:45 PM
First of all, Disney doesn't control what's built at the Tokyo parks, OLC does. With Mermaid Lagoon already existing in the space that it's in, adding a re-tell dark ride wouldn't make much sense.
-- PMM :cool:
Big Disney Fan
10-23-2007, 09:47 PM
I'd love to see a Little Mermaid dark ride added to Tokyo DisneySea. If Tokyo DisneySea did want to add a Little Mermaid dark ride wouldn't they be able to get it first considering how much Disneyland has on their plate at the moment?
Tough luck, Tokyo! You've stolen California's thunder for too long now!
LoehnWolf
10-26-2007, 11:32 PM
Me, I just wish they would come up with more original attractions NOT based on Movies. Disney knew well enough to grow above and beyond his own creations and the Imagineers now need to find ways to create new world without refereces to their own Movies. I doubt Epcot was originally described as a world fulla Mickey Minnie and their friends. The Yeti and EE were a great NEW mostly fresh idea or a total re-invention of the Matterhorn depending on who you ask. They are no longer pioneers in going in new directions. New Tech maybe yes but Mission: Space and Test Track should have laid the ground work for more original non Disney attractions. I hope that trend continues at least in some good way
echoscot
10-27-2007, 02:58 PM
Actually when we opened EPCOT (I was the tail of the Chinese Dragon in the new World Showcase March Parade) the traditional Disney Characters were "banned" from that park. The management at the time felt that they were inappropriate to the EPCOT atmosphere, so they devised the people of the world or the Pageant Program to counter the Character program at MK. It involved these oversized dolls that represented people of different cultures around the world. Guest demand eventually caused a shift in that decision and Disney Characters were soon themed to "fit in" with the EPCOT ideology.
LoehnWolf
10-27-2007, 07:45 PM
I dunno ..some attractions just lend themselves to characters others should be independent and totally all an atraction of its own. If the idea is good enough it will stand up and become part of culture, or over time it will show its age and need to be refreshed or reimagined. I firmly believe that not every attraction should have a movie related "mascot"
PeoplemoverMatt
10-28-2007, 02:25 AM
Having a movie-based theme, especially to go so far as to simply re-telling the movie, comes across as lazy to me.
One of the things I appreciate the Tokyo parks for so much was that you couldn't find a movie re-tell outside of Fantasyland or Toontown, where they were meant to go. There isn't one single movie re-tell attraction in Tokyo DisneySea AT ALL, despite having lands loosely based on Aladdin and Little Mermaid. The closest resemblences of a re-tell would be the Mermaid live show & 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea attraction, but even those have a little uniqueness to them. The result of that, combined with everything else that makes the Tokyo parks great, and the result is a vast chasm in quality between the Tokyo parks and the USA parks.
The sad fact regarding that chasm is that the Tokyo parks' admission still remains about 10-30% cheaper than the USA parks' admissions.
-- PMM :cool:
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