The Official Toy Story Midway Mania (DCA) Thread

PeoplemoverMatt · 08-14-2007, 09:03 PM

^ I know but my point was those rides at least sound original, despite Splash Mountain not being totally original. If Splash Mountain used today's logic, it would have been titled "Song of the South: Bear Rabbit makes a Big Splash!" or some nonsense like that.

Today they don't care - the focus is on the movie and mooching as much as possible off of it. Forget the attraction...

-- PMM

Clrntfrk777 · 08-14-2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by monkey4057

Okay, here's an irony with that.
You are not totally happy with movie-based rides yet Splash is one.
*Please highlight below*
Let's not mention that not many know of SOTS

Please continue with TSM for I fear negative replies

What's SOTS?

monkey4057 · 08-14-2007, 09:46 PM

Song of the South

Pinocchio85 · 08-14-2007, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by PeoplemoverMatt

Good heavens, could this look anymore carny? And check out the logo...this is an attraction...right?

I don't like where this is going. Instead of riding Space Mountain or Splash Mountain or Matterhorn, now we're riding Toy Story, Finding Nemo & Monsters Inc. It's becoming Disney Studios Anaheim! Disneyland is NOT Universal Studios Hollywood with a different brand! STOP TREATING IT LIKE THAT!

-- PMM

Exactly. Look at all the problems Universal has had in recent years. They have to keep updating the park with newer films because of such a reliance on movies. The rides become dated and they have no original, timeless rides to fall back on. Disneyland has always had mostly original rides. In a few years Pixar will become dated and they will not have enough original stuff to fall back on.

That's what happens when you rely too much on movie fads. They make money in the short term, but relying only on them won't work in the long term.

I still can't believe we're getting another Toy Story shooting gallery ride. Talk about lack of originality!

Almandot · 08-15-2007, 12:22 AM

splash mountain was named to promote the movie splash. not joking. it's a movie based title for a ride. you can start hating it too now and lamenting about it.

PeoplemoverMatt · 08-15-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Almandot

splash mountain was named to promote the movie splash. not joking. it's a movie based title for a ride. you can start hating it too now and lamenting about it.

Sorry for having an opinion sir...

-- PMM

Mick Balboa · 08-15-2007, 10:28 AM

Splash?

you mean that movie about that "non-animated" mermaid?

Animatronic Budgie · 08-16-2007, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Almandot

splash mountain was named to promote the movie splash. not joking. it's a movie based title for a ride. you can start hating it too now and lamenting about it.

Post proof or retract, please.

Almandot · 08-16-2007, 06:53 PM

I don't have proof to post other than say I was at a lecture with Tony Baxter a few weeks ago and he told us about it firsthand. The working title was something like Zip-a-dee-doo-dah River Run and Michael Eisner, fresh from creating Touchstone, wanted to promote it by putting the title Splash into the name and to have a darryl hannah mermaid AA in the ride. They had to convince him that daryl hannah mermaid AA didn't fit with brer rabbit, brer fox, and brer bear, but they kept the name Splash Mountain.

Disneyknight467 · 08-17-2007, 09:32 PM

I'm still waiting for that life-sized, interactive Mr. Potato Head! That's what I'm talkin' about!

phd516 · 08-17-2007, 09:48 PM

Isn't a real Mr. Potato Head about a foot high?
So would the interactive, life sized Mr. Potato Head also be that tall?

Disney_Guy · 08-18-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by phd516

Isn't a real Mr. Potato Head about a foot high?

Not even. Lol

Now that just brought to my mind how creepy it will really be having a life-size talkin' Mr. Potato Head...

ah92us · 08-19-2007, 12:09 AM

^ Eek, little kids might get scared.

Disneyknight467 · 08-19-2007, 03:25 AM

Nah, unless Toy-Story or Talking toys freak them out. I kinda got freaked when I found out about the plans for Toy Story 3, where the buzz toys get recalled. It just sounded scary for some reason.

ryguy222 · 08-19-2007, 10:00 AM

WOW it took them three years to figure out theres something wrong with buzz toys? WOW there slow!

08-14-2007, 09:03 PM	#151 (permalink)
PeoplemoverMatt An Objective Perspective People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 4,745 Images: 18	^ I know but my point was those rides at least sound original, despite Splash Mountain not being totally original. If Splash Mountain used today's logic, it would have been titled "Song of the South: Bear Rabbit makes a Big Splash!" or some nonsense like that. Today they don't care - the focus is on the movie and mooching as much as possible off of it. Forget the attraction... -- PMM __________________ "I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all." -- Charles Augustus Lindberg "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children." -- Walter Elias Disney "So are we to continue in sin that grace might increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him...so we too might walk in the newness of life." -- Romans 6:1-4
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Almandot Grim Grinning Munks People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 148 Images: 8	splash mountain was named to promote the movie splash. not joking. it's a movie based title for a ride. you can start hating it too now and lamenting about it. __________________
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08-16-2007, 06:53 PM	#159 (permalink)
Almandot Grim Grinning Munks People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 148 Images: 8	I don't have proof to post other than say I was at a lecture with Tony Baxter a few weeks ago and he told us about it firsthand. The working title was something like Zip-a-dee-doo-dah River Run and Michael Eisner, fresh from creating Touchstone, wanted to promote it by putting the title Splash into the name and to have a darryl hannah mermaid AA in the ride. They had to convince him that daryl hannah mermaid AA didn't fit with brer rabbit, brer fox, and brer bear, but they kept the name Splash Mountain. __________________
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08-17-2007, 09:32 PM	#160 (permalink)
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08-19-2007, 03:25 AM	#164 (permalink)
Disneyknight467 Tomorrowlander People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Salinas Posts: 741	Nah, unless Toy-Story or Talking toys freak them out. I kinda got freaked when I found out about the plans for Toy Story 3, where the buzz toys get recalled. It just sounded scary for some reason. __________________ "To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past...and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future." -Walt Disney -Daft Punk Rockin' Tomorrowland, Make it Happen! -Next Disneyland Trip: Summer 20??; Last Disneyland Trip: August 7-9th 2008
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