Disneyland's 70th Anniversary Edition

>Last Thread: >>2799405

>What is this thread? Why are there two companies?
Disney parks were initially founded as a way to celebrate the culture and history of America and provide middle class families with a fun-filled immersive experience. While theme parks are the main focus of these threads (and the title of the general) there is also discussion on other roller coasters & rides, as well as the parks themselves and trip planning too. That's where /rcg/ comes in.
>Can I talk about Disney/Universal parks in this thread?
Absolutely! Disney and Universal are currently competing for the Orlando theme park market and beyond! Universal is opening new resorts all around the US and new continents!

Park Crowd Tracker:
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>https://www.screamscape.com/
>https://www.coaster101.com/

Disney Park News:
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>https://www.wdwmagic.com/
>https://www.allears.net
>https://www.mousesteps.com

Universal Park News:
>https://www.insideuniversal.net

First for Animal Kingdom is a full day park

Threadly list of major Disney/Universal Theme Park dates/announcements

Florida:
>Zootopia show opening in Tree of Life Theatre late 2025
>Monsters Inc. area 2027?
>No date announced for Dinosaur!/Boneyard closing (early 2026 expected)
>Front Tire Land replaces Tom Sawyer Island circa 2028
>Big Thunder Mountain (Florida) refurb finishes in 2026
>Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin closes for refurb in Aug 2025, re-opens 2026
>Test Track at EPCOT reopens July 22
>Both Disney water parks open ALL SUMMER
>Disney resort guests have FREE water park admission on their check-in day in 2025.
>Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket (in Florida) closes 5ever August 28, 2025
>Volcano Bay major refurb starts Oct 26, 2025

California:
>Fast and Furious roller coaster opens in Hollywood sometime in 2026
>Walt Disney animatronic show open noe. Lincoln returning later.
>Mike & Sully closing 2026, becoming Avatar ride

Both:
>Millenium Falcon: Smuggler's Run gets the flight rethemed to Mandalorian May 22, 2026

Europe:
>Disney Village & Disney Adventure World (Paris) overhauls with Frozen and Mary Poppins expansion at Paris to be completed 2026
>Lion King Splash Mountain water ride at Paris Studio park, late 2027 at the earliest
>Universal UK soon

Asia:
>Multi-launch Spider-man coaster at Shanghai DL, no date yet
>Spider-Man Drop Tower at Hong Kong DL, Doc Ock at some point
>Wreck-It-Ralph omnirover shooter replaces the already closed Buzz Lightyear in Tokyo by April 2026
>Tokyo Disneyland Space Mountain currently closed until 2027 for complete ground-up rebuild
>Tokyo maybe razing Adventureland 2026 or later?

Unironically if the disney adult dating thing happens i will try to get a girl to go to a park with me while i pay for everything, basically renting a girlfriend and i would be upfront about it

>>2803685
Have there been any rumblings on what might fill in the area where Spider-Man was in USJ? That spot is painfully barren now.

>>2803694
Pokemon is the ongoing rumour

>>2803697
I could see city hall being repurposed into a Pokemon gym or something

>>2803598
*half

>>2803688
There are an extremely small number of girls I would want to go to a park with and it’s unlikely any of them would both live near me and would be on this app.

>muh greatest roller coaster in the world
>friday afternoon with mild weather
>walk on
Damn you fuckers weren’t kidding about this park

>>2803733
I mean to be fair the waits on the SF app are infamously inaccurate. When I went to Magic Mountain they weren't even the same as the waits posted on the screens inside the park

I wonder if Falcon’s attractions is called because they are the ones who were responsible for a huge chunk of SNW indoor sections and they figured they should make more of those sections for SNW so the families can pile up there as Berk is closed.

WDW News Today Tom's video on the Walt animatronic was very weirdly religious. I understand admiring the man but Tom made it seem like a weird thing.

>>2803766
>>2803733
Walk-on was correct. I saw it go off with empty rows multiple times. lmao at the couple in front of me who paid for a flash pass. Anyway ride was 5/5 bretty gud. First drop is no joke.

I don’t remember superman being this shit. Also I keep getting reminded of Jenny Nicholson’s comment that six flags looks like a broken down gas station with rides out back.

>>2803781
Jesus is punishing Disney World for idolatry.

I am only a lurker in this general forgive me but I am out of the loop since EU opening, how is it going? What are the wait times and ride uptime like? T. for the spoonfeed

>>2803802
>wait times were low during previews and opening day because capacity was artificially limited
>they've been slowly increasing capacity since opening and now wait times have fucking exploded

>Six Flags America is going up for sale as a whole, with the county wanting it to still be a theme park and bought by an operator
>Disney buys it and finally makes Disney's America

>>2803802
Wait times are now very high with the exception of Monsters, though from the API they typically get less than 20k visitors a day (the median is just under 16k), less than every other Orlando park. So capacity is certainly still a big issue with the park. Hopefully they can get a fireworks show running sooner rather than later - they've already done two and new entertainment can be added much quicker than new rides can.

>>2803810
That looks dreadful

>>2803810
bonkers that you can get express pass for mario kart but not donkey kong or ministry of magic

>>2803815
>>2803833
It's just a thing you're gonna have to wait out. It's brand new, the hype was through the roof, america hasnt seen a big park like this in a quarter century.

There's really no trick to it beyond people just going and getting it out of their system. Even if they added a full zelda area tomorrow you'd only seen a minor reduction in the overall wait times

It's gonna be packed until it normalizes and then packed again once APs can add it to their passes.

>>2803840
Are any of the rides even that great? I’m interested in Harry Potter. Monsters sounds fun. I’d be willing to wait about 30 minutes for Yoshi.

>>2803855
Monsters is kino, best dark ride in the world. Ministry has a kino queue but the ride itself is good rather than great. Stardust is a kino dueling coaster, hiccup is like a babby hagrids but still good, mine cart has a neat gimmick but is kinda rough. Werewolf is low budget fillter. Mario Kart depends on the person I personally thought the ar helmet gimmick kinda sucks, but other people like it. Cool physical sets though.

>>2803855
>I’d be willing to wait about 30 minutes for Yoshi.
It's honestly not even worth that. From what you can see from the balcony, only one small indoor portion with Kamek isn't visible. It's just a total waste of time unless you have a 5 year old.

>>2803868
Gives the land kinetic movement and that's always a good thing

>>2803840
I'm not convinced the park has enough for queue lines to get normal. It needs a couple more major rides to balance out the queues.

>>2803840
>>2803902
I feel like nintendo is hamstrung by being a copypaste of the japan one. Yoshi should've been modified to have classic omnimover levels of capacity, dk has especially low capacity for some reason and they really should have put some money into fixing that.
Also ministry only having one ride and a show, but the land is themed to a franchise that bombed so nobody has any idea what should be done with it.

>>2803910
> Yoshi should've been modified to have classic omnimover levels of capacity,
It should if it was faster and it didn’t have interactive elements that chases the trains to be minimized.
> dk has especially low capacity for some reason and they really should have put some money into fixing that.
Space fantasy was designed with eight person deployments and Mack’s electric train technology that cannot be implemented to Minecart Madness’ trains. Minecart madness deploys four people at a time.
The only way to fix minecart madness is scrapping the whole thing together.

>>2803916
>Space fantasy was designed

>>2803992
He can't help himself.

what's stopping (You) from being a theme park youtuber, anon?

>>2803992
Can you point out another wild-mouse like ride in Universal.

>>2804048
Does he still hang out in these threads?

>>2804059
I'm sure he does, there's no need to namefag though

>>2804048
>what's stopping (You) from being a theme park youtuber, anon?

I already want to kill myself. Adding another reason to do so is redundant

>>2804065
kek.
You're too funny to die.

>>2804048
I don't want to reveal my power level to my normie friends/family. I'm a pretty successful business person with a wife and kids and I don't want them to know I have a childish hobby. I simply keep my insane autism to myself like a normal person.

>>2804099
My friends are all aware that I'm a psychotic theme park afficionado and it just results in them asking me to take them so idc

>>2803733
Yep we're not exaggerating.
Even today is probably the busiest wait time day I have seen all year and it is nothing compared to Hershey, and wait times are exaggerated by Flash and a key number of rides closed (and all the removals) The non-water park has been fully dead outside around 3 days so far this year.
This is the end result of close to 2 decades of just complete cost cutting, jewish business practices, very poor operations, and lack of vision or investment.. A long line of failures from multiple leadership, Cedar being the latest and the recent unannounced removals just was the breaking point building up. And people called me retarded when I said locals were going to stop going when the main thing they saw from this park this year was the video of Ka getting blown up because only thoosies care or whatever, and clearly I was proven right there.
I don't even think 2026s coaster will largely fix the last 20 years, you need 10 years for a complete redo of a large part of the park with major investments and complete overhaul of operations to at least par up to Hershey. And seeing how this year is going I doubt that ever happens.

>>2804106
>and clearly I was proven right there.
Anyone could have predicted that lol

>>2804059
I was wondering this too, I just started watching this guy and his general demeanor makes me think he would be a chan user. If you read this you seem pretty cool keep it up, it's nice to hear your perspective especially since the well is so dry and standard news updates and retrospectives now

I've never been to Six Flags Magic Mountain, yet there's a lot of people saying that Goliath is overrated. It definitely has the stats in terms of height and speed, plus that helix at the end seems intense. Since I feel that I'd like it, is Goliath as overrated as many others would say so?

>>2804127
Yeah and quite a few people have, but the amount I was told GP wont care/take meds/etc to just be proven right anyway

>>2804134
It's not good, but not awful. The drop is shallow compared to other hypers, and almost stopping in the middle block brake kills the fun--although I understand why they changed the program to do that. It really lacks a lot of the features other hypers of its day had and is viewed as obsolete by some enthusiasts. But people love it because there's a dearth of hypers on the west coast and they just haven't been on one designed by a better company.

>>2804134
Why is the SFOG Goliath so short compared to this one?

Went to tivoli gardens recently, trip report incoming

>Park was relatively easy to get to, right in the center of town
>Walk in a little before lunch (11am)
>Start my day off light, looking at the decorations and watching families make their way around the park
>Hit up the chairswing, possibly the most beautifully-set example that I've ever seen, right in the center of the park overlooking the main promenade and fountain
>Walk around some of the carnival game areas, play a few even though some were fucking rigged as shit, enjoy myself
>Hit up the milky way express which is cute but underwhelming
>Have a fucking BLAST on Rutschebanen because the brakemen felt like being absolute madmen that day, I went on at least 6 times
>Unfortunately Tik-Tak and the super tall chairswing were closed for various reasons
>Have a great time on Aquila which is a fantastic flat ride that more parks need
>Eat an overpriced but filling lunch at the restaurant overlooking the pond with the pirate ship (pic related)
>Take a ride on the magic carpet, which was actually pretty okay
>Fatamorgana was closed which also sucked
>Enjoyed generic drop tower as the line was short
>Walked on to the little Hans Christensen Andersen dark ride, was pretty damn cute
>Daemonen was supposed to open at 3, so a huge fucking line formed that I barely squeezed onto. Cute ride, but rather underwhelming due to space constraints
>Ended the day with a few more rowdy runs of Rutschebanen and a final chairswing

The park is not terribly exciting, but by god it was beautiful and really used the space well. The fact that it's in the middle of Copenhagen makes it a really easy sell to travelling families looking for something to do on vacation. The clear highlight was Rutschebanen, but I was mostly enamored with the attention to detail and relative beauty of the park. I'd love to go back when I have the chance, and I highly encourage every anon to go if they find themselves in Denmark. Charming/10.

Would you say that four high-capacity coasters would be enough for a big theme park?

>>2804206
Four coasters is barely enough to cater to broad target groups and won't be enough to feel worthwhile without some fantastic lineup of flat rides. You'd have maybe one family coaster, a woodie, and two interesting steel coasters, which is pretty much the bare minimum. This is also not considering you'd have one or two down for maintenance at any given time. Most of the good parks that I've been to have 5-7 bona-fide coasters worth riding.

>Going to Tokyo Disney resort this fall
>tfw Journey to the Center of the Earth is closed during my trip
I'm so butthurt right now. Journey was my most anticipated ride. Indiana Jones is closed as well, but I suppose that's less big of a deal considering it exists elsewhere. Ah well.

>>2804201
Based trip report anon. I've always been interested in Tivoli, it's fascinating how they could build such a charming theme park with such limited space in the middle of a large city. Plus I feel like the European theme parks are pretty underrepresented here.
I hope more anons post their trips whenever they make them, it's always fun to read.

>>2804174
The only thing they have in common is using a generic trademarked SFI name

>>2804206
Kind of a loaded question that varies based on park being evaluated.
Magic Kingdom has 4 high-capacity coasters (5 overall) and Disneyland has 4 overall coasters (3 high-capacity). This is enough for them with the most crowds on earth, because the dark and secondary rides are spotlight attractions on their own and not just the side attractions to coasters
A local smaller amusement park might skirt by with four but it would have to be a small attendance count per year
A local larger amusement park could not survive on just four coasters because the lines would be absolute bonkers and even then there is capacity issues (and let alone if one is on maintenance or shut down for the day)

Who do you go to theme parks with?
Are there seriously niggas who go alone?

>>2804295
>Are there seriously niggas who go alone?

You better believe it nigga.

>>2804295
Never been with anyone else but family but I've gone alone before and have a solo WDW trip in a week. First time I went solo was to see Wishes! a couple days before the last showing.
It's definitely not as fun going alone. The "do anything you want at any time" aspect is overrated for me because even on big family trips we don't really miss anything I'd want to do. If you're alone you have the awkward "look at that manchild riding small world by himself" problem. Just overall I find myself missing someone to bounce off of especially in queues which are boring af and I don't wanna sit on my phone.
Solo trips are not super fun but neither are big groups. 1-2 friends/family is the peak experience.

>>2804295
I don’t enjoy the company of others except my family.
>>2804298
>If you're alone you have the awkward "look at that manchild riding small world by himself" problem.
Sounds more like a you problem. I rode it back to back because my brother didn’t want to do it and had no issues.

>>2804243
>Journey and Indy closed at the same time.
That's fucking brutal. Wonder how that's going to impact lines.

>>2804255
>trademarking a biblical name

The Spinda Ka is real!

>SF:A running only one train on superman ride of steel
I know they’re kill but I still mad

>>2804348
Joker is not only running one train but the middle four rows are closed

>>2804346
Yes

Autists, do you count double coasters as two credits or one?

>>2804378
racing: 1 credit if the layouts are exactly the same.
dueling: 2 credits if the layouts have an appreciable difference

>>2804380
Yoy's probably a good example of dueling coasters that are worth 2 creds. Just a bit of a shame that the coaster failed a bit on its concept of a white knuckle coaster dueling a family coaster (the "family" has longer, more forceful airtime and loads consider it the more intense side).

Single Rail family coasters seem a bit cursed at the moment.

>>2804384

>>2804342
That's what I'm afraid of too, I was hoping crowds in most of DisneySea would be a little better since most of them are probably gunning for Fantasy Springs, but now I'm not sure. At least I'm spending two days there, so I'm sure I'll be able to hit everything else. Was thinking of only doing one day at the castle park considering a lot of it is the same old rides. I mostly wanna focus on the unique stuff like Beauty and the Beast and Pooh's Hunny Hunt. Though it'll also be funny to have my very first experience with Splash Mountain be entirely in Japanese.

A live look at a beautiful sunny weekend day at Great Adventure.
New Flash ride has been shut down the entire weekend

>>2804442
Jersey devil was down when I was there Friday too. But at least there is something redeemable about that park. Can’t say the same for Six Flags: America. Nothing of value will be lost.
>superman
Good but really just a below average hyper.
>roar
Mid.
>wild one
Garbage.
>joker’s jinx
Mid.
>skywinder
Garbage.
>harley quinn
Good but a clone.
>wonder woman
Good but a clone.
>firebird
Looked so mid I didn’t even ride it.
>batwing
Idk it was down.

They’re making the right choice.

Monthly reminder that the greatest dark ride of all time existed for merely 12 years.

>>2804424
One day at the castle park is totally doable. Really helps that both Hunny Hunt and Monsters are available on the free FastPass. I walked into the park, grabbed Hunny Hunt passes on the app as I walked to Monsters, then got to ride that with almost no wait since everyone else was rushing Beauty and the Beast.

What was the deal with all of the Luigi’s mansion rumors. I cannot find anything on the official Universal park about them doing anything with that IP, at least yet.

>>2804503
People just want another screen ride. Let them dream.

>>2804384
>>2804385
Speaking of single rail coasters, is the one that just opened at Lost Island in Iowa a custom design or a clone?

>>2804559
It's the same layout as Stunt Pilot, itself a slightly modified version of the prototypes' layout.

>>2804503
It's pretty much the only one with zero evidence.

We've seen leaks for both a temple of time and hybrid boat ride (based off of Breath of the wild) for Zelda and a Pokemon zone (with kids playground elements). Zero for a Luigi's Mansion ride.

>>2804503
I hope it doesn't happen, personally. SNW already has a screen based shooting gallery and that's fine enough. I understand why Nintendo and Universal would want to make all of the SNW rides "video gamey" but the Pokémon ride will likely also be a shooting gallery and do we really want to have three?

>*has more hourly capacity than your thoosie shitter*

Jokes aside, what SHOULD go here?

>>2804603
The Cars ride

>>2804603
Nothing, those rides are perfect for kids who universally love any chance they get to "drive" something

>>2804620
Yeah, it should just be majorly plussed and made electric but this is nuDis

>>2804626
>and made electric
No thank you

>>2804629
Electric cars are gay but it's in Tomorrowland retard. What is futuristic about loud lawn mower engines? I'm a car/motorcycle and internal combustion is the best thing ever, but it doesn't fit with the area.

>>2804634
>What is futuristic about loud lawn mower engines?
Nothing, which is to say it wasn't futuristic the day it opened. No one cares about that, retard

>>2804626
>>2804634
The EV-ication of the speedway is kind of a cope. nobody truly wants that. if disney did that it wouldnt win any of the haters over. The whole track would need a complete thematic overhaul to start. But replacing it with a better ride with similar capacity is the best

>>2804634
>>2804637
Freeways WERE the future when Disneyland was built

>>2804638
yeah and disneyland's is better even though world's is decades newer

>>2804635
I and lots of other people care about theming.

>>2804603
They briefly considered a Meet the Robinsons flying car replacement until the movie flopped.

I'm new at this and am just picking up on some patterns, but is B&M just known for smooth, boring, sometimes gimmicky seat coasters? Seems like all of the rides of theirs I've been on are silky smooth and have little that stands out about them, except maybe some meme feature that ultimately adds nothing, like floorless coasters, or even detracts from the ride, like standing coasters. I definitely loved Batman and Superman growing up, but now the only thing I still really look forward to from them is their hypers. I don't feel like they ever make anything truly shocking. Like if you showed me the main ideas of Velocicoaster and Hagrid's I never would have expected B&M to be behind them.

>>2804642
Disney's willingness to put out concept art just to drive shareholder excitement then not building the ride is obnoxious.

>>2804600
Maybe it'll be a shooting gallery where you shoot physical targets, not screens.

>>2804647
Fans of automobiles suffer this all the time with concept cars. Like the higher ups get some sick gratification from cockteasing their fanbase and never delivering.

>>2804645
B&M's success is largely because they deliver consistent results. And they do that by seldomly pushing the envelope. That means a lot of coasters that look and feel the same. They're undeniable crowd pleasers, though. If you owned a park and wanted something truly radical, B&M wouldn't be the company you'd approach.

>>2804635
>>2804638
>technology can't be allowed to advance in Tomorrowland because it just can't ok
Dumb fucks like you are the reason why Disney sucks now

>>2804638
Yeah but tomorrowland speedway is not a freeway. It’s just fuckin cars which were like 60 years old when it was built. It never made sense.

>>2804652
Electric cars aren't the future, they're the present. No one's excited about that.

>>2804653
>When it opened, it represented the future of what would become America's multilane limited-access highways, which were still being developed.
Why can't zoomers do even cursory research on wikipedia?

>>2804648
I dont care. Shit's overdone at universal and all of them fall short of what prime MIB was like.

>>2804664
Cunningham’s Law you fucking newfag

>>2804650
I guess so. I guess the fact that I can’t enjoy something like Batman the Ride much anymore means I’m a true enthusiast. I guess it mildly annoys me that they put up a facade of innovation in their car and seat designs when the track is more or less the same thing they’ve been doing for 35 years - a steel twister around 100 feet tall going about 55 miles per hour. But I see they serve their purpose.

>>2804638
And they were the present when Magic Kingdom was built, let alone today. There's a reason Tokyo and Hong Kong have already taken theirs out.
>>2804642
It's insane there hasn't been any flying car attraction built yet, the concept of them is futuristic while not being something that becomes reality in a few decades.

>>2804670
Idk what that is and I'm not going to look it up

>>2804675
>And they were the present when Magic Kingdom was built, let alone today
Nope. Take it up with the Wikipedia editor if you think it's wrong

>>2804673
>I guess it mildly annoys me that they put up a facade of innovation in their car and seat designs when the track is more or less the same thing they’ve been doing for 35 years
That's their thing... small, continual changes to existing products and only once in a while do they introduce something more radical. But if you look at their first design (a stand up), it was miles ahead of every other manufacturer's attempt at one. And once Schwarzkopf closed, they were the first manufacturer that really took a serious approach to making their rides enjoyable by figuring out the formula for smooth transitions and curves.

It is impressive that most steel coasters are so smooth now. They can run 80-90mph+ on relatively small wheels with virtually no suspension and it doesn't feel like you're riding a jackhammer. B&M laid that foundation and everyone else in the game had to follow it.

>>2804580
I honestly get more confused when I look into it since the only new Nintendo additions at Epic are Rosalina, Zelda, Link, and Ganon pictures and Zelda merchandise.
For all we know, it might be another Bowser Jr’s challenge and they greatly exaggerated the attraction, thinking it was going to be something massive, when Dark Universe already fulfills the spooky land thing.

>>2804295
My girlfriend

To anyone going to Cedar Point, I would recommend scheduling the private tour. It's $600 a head but you'll get another thoosie taking you around the park. Also you get to skip past the people that fake disabilities.

I ceded my turn to people with actual visible impairments

>>2804665
Honestly, the only thing they haven’t done at Universal is making a motion sim screen shooter.

>>2804463
Would Beauty and the Beast be better to do near the end of the day then, or maybe around lunch or parade time? I was assuming it's a rope drop ride, but that's probably what everyone thinks

>>2804503
It's purely insider scoops/rumors being spread by people like Alicia Stella. Granted she's been correct on pretty much the entirety of Epic Universe years before construction even started so she does have a way more solid track record than most. Still, I won't buy it until I see some form of concept art

>>2804735
What things was she wrong about?

>>2804736
It's not that she's wrong necessarily, but sometimes Universal changes their plans internally after the leak so, for example, she was pushing that Lost Continent was being turned into Zelda when Poseidon got closed, but all indication now is that Zelda is going to Epic Universe to coincide with the 2027 film. So she probably isnt wrong, but internally a change was made. So maybe Luigi's Mansion was being developed, and still may be, but it doesn't look like that's gonna be the EU expansion.

>>2804048
>>2804059
I don't come here as often as I used to...

It's been an interesting journey with the channel. I get recognized in the parks almost daily, and lots of DM's from people trying to meet up. sometimes park employees give me free stuff, or re-rides on coasters. Also been invited to after hours events and team member preview stuff.

It's fun, but I get kinda annoyed by all the attention sometimes. I did meet my gf through the channel though, and also bring in an extra $1k every month from YT, so its definitely worth it.

I've been in Orlando for about 10.5 months now, with 315 park visits already. Sometimes I feel burnt out, and take breaks, but I keep finding ways of keeping it interesting.

>>2804749
o7 brother
time to get on the media lists

>>2804677
I definitely thank them for figuring out how to make really smooth coasters and showing that to everyone else. They walked so Intamin could fly I guess.

Stand ups are a fucking meme though and hopefully there is no controversy there. There’s a reason no one made one for decades after the Georgia Scorcher. All the proof I need the past was a hellhole was the line for the Scorcher being 2 hours long in 2003. I was 9 at the time and I figured that had to be the best ride ever for people who to wait in the Atlanta sun for that. Was shocked when I actually rode it a few years later.

>>2804749
>I get recognized in the parks almost daily, and lots of DM's from people trying to meet up. sometimes park employees give me free stuff, or re-rides on coasters.
12k subscribers gets you THAT??

Also is your stuff any good? Don’t believe I’ve seen it.

>>2804740
My guess about the Luigi’s mansion expansion is that they scaled it down due to three factors.
One, Universal is constantly being praised and visited for their coasters than for the other rides they’ve developed. So the space Luigi’s mansion could’ve used was shrunk down to give room to potentially another coaster. We’ve seen Hollywood and Florida shifted their direction to getting a massive and unique coaster before getting anything else, and at the expanse of other park areas (the tours, the citywalk, old attractions). With Epic Universe being the biggest park, they would desire making another big ride for it to keep its momentum.
Two, Luigi’s Mansion was a ride type and direction Universal was no longer in favor of because of its complications and issues in Minion Blast. Which was a rough simplified model of Luigi’s mansion. It being an overcomplicated screen ride could cause it be scrapped entirely like what happened with the potter VR attraction.
Three, would be the issues of capacity Universal is constantly having with its Omni-mover rides (Pets, Yoshi) and Mario Kart. And they would rather have a SNW attraction that is above 1200 people per hour for once.

>>2804755
My channel has 12k subs, but each video averages over 50k views, so its a lot more people than it looks.

I think what made me jump past most other park youtubers is the lack of vlogging. Vlogs are way too long for how much useful info they include. you could watch a 30 min video just looking for 3 minutes of the info you are looking for. My vids are all thought out commentary on topics about the park scene in general, so they don't waste lots of time on "look at this new light post that just got added"

>>2804754
>Stand ups are a fucking meme though and hopefully there is no controversy there.
They're nearly universally considered low-tier coasters. A few of them have been removed and a few others converted to floorless rides. They never approached the popularity of the invert, but they were B&M's very first coaster.

The one I'm surprised never got popular was the wing. The flyers being rare makes sense because they're expensive and need a lot of upkeep. But the wings just never sold well. I've never been on one though, I wonder if they're just not very fun.

>>2804763
Yeah that's why I like your stuff, no vlogs. There are tpg vloggers I watch but it's nice to just have a commentary video. If you ever did want to do vlog content for some reason, I think it would fit you to do edited voice over videos where you give commentary over clips you record in parks, basically what you do already, not "im a youtuber recording a youtube video of myself in public"

>>2804749
Damn bro, nice. It's easy to get cynical in a place like this, but seeing you start to talk about moving to Orlando in these threads to then actually doing it and getting some notoriety from it is pretty rad. Glad you're having a good time. I hope the increased notoriety of the channel doesn't get too out of hand so you lose sight of the simplicity of going to a theme park to just enjoy yourself.

>>2804603
Tomorrowland Speedway is prime for a massive expansion of really any type once Cars opens. The main reason it has not happened is, as you mentioned, it is a capacity killer on that side of the park and also one that is all-ages. Once Cars serves the same purpose they have a massive opportunity for a major attraction. Can even be a Fantasyland/Tomrrowland split and fix the worst sightline at the resort
Now Autopia, that will never get changed. Not only is it an opening day attraction which makes it untouchable, it above the submarines and the ride most interlooped with the monorail track. Both rides would have to go and the monorail down for a very long period to be shortened, and even then it is not going to provide too much land for something interesting

>>2804749
>lots of DM's from people trying to meet up
To do what?

Is it gay to wear magic bands? Think I'll just get the lanyard holders if they even still have those

>>2804768
Good. It’s really weird to me that so many companies pursued what was obviously a bad idea, B&M “perfected” that idea, then everyone abandoned it. I guess they were all hoping there was something there besides fools gold.

The only wing I’ve ridden is x-flight. I thought it was boring but as you’ve said I’m probably in the minority there. Maybe because it separates parties of 3 and 4 into pairs?

>>2804799
Nigga it's Disney no one will notice or care

>>2804803
>>2804768
Wings need a huge space and I'm guessing are really expensive.

Making them into a family shuttle coaster with babbies first inversion is interesting though, thing there's a second one of these being built: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzl72c1HDN0

>For the first time in recent memory, Disney is offering a limited-time special offer for new Walt Disney World Annual Passholders
>When you purchase a new pass, you’ll receive a Disney Gift Card eGift valued up to $100, depending on the pass type
https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/ticket-annual-pass---disney-incredi-pass/news/22jul2025-disney-world-offers-rare-gift-card-bonus-with-new-annual-pass-purchase.htm

>>2804803
X-Flight is actually one of the more intense wing coasters out there because of its compact layout. Out of the 3 I've been on(X-Flight, Gatekeeper, Thunderbird), Thunderbird was by far the best, probably because of the launch.

>>2804730
It's really only a rope drop if you're one of the first in the gates, which you probably won't be because the Japs show up super early. I got there an hour before opening and had hundreds of people in front of me. A vast majority of them went to B&B. I have seen recommendations to do it at the end of the night, but I didn't risk it personally. I just went in when the queue said 60 minutes. I normally don't wait that long for a ride, but I had already done most of what I wanted to do there, so I was willing to wait that long for a unique ride. I think this was around 3 PM. Can't confirm anything with regards to whether parades diminish the wait as they were all cancelled that day.

>>2803593 (OP)
I have been saving up for Halloween events. Every single thing is already getting sold out before I can save enough money. I miss the old days.

>>2804965
Your CC anon? Just don't use it as an excuse to overspend.

The HHN are kino but are Oogies Bash/Not so scary halloween party any good as someone without a kid? they're stupidly expensive and sell out comically fast.

LAUNCH BAY IS DEAD CELEBRATION
https://disneyparksblog.com/wdw/disney-animation-inspired-experience-coming-to-disneys-hollywood-studios/

>>2805002
Filler attraction but can't really moan at them doing a pavillion type thing like Epcot used to have and actually remembering what the park is supposed to be themed around.

>>2805002
>The building was once an animation studio that worked on Mulan and Lilo and Stitch
>Closes down because of muh CGI
>Sits abandoned
>Gets converted to a throwaway Star Wars walk through
>Finally gets converted to a replica of the animation studio in Burbank
You can’t make this shit up if you tried

>>2805002
Hercules and Mulan are finally getting something.

>>2805013
My hope is every mainline Disney film gets at least some small interactive looping animation window or appearance, especially the ones that would never get mentioned or featured in the parks otherwise
It’s more then possible

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/pokemons-upcoming-theme-park-was-inspired-by-isolation-during-the-pandemic-says-junichi-masuda/

Pokepark Kanto

(not at Universal Studios)

>>2805013
Much more than they deserve

>>2805002
they're demolishing the arch

Here's my predictions for MK's ten year plan.
I foresee most of this as an attempt to compete with Epic without having to open a fifth gate.
>Adventureland, Frontierland & Liberty Square merge to form one giant land with multiple mini-lands
This makes sense because they already are transforming the left side of the park into an IP dumping ground and also turning the studios park in Paris into Adventure World which will also be a random IP park so it makes sense that they would just merge everything into one land because New Orleans, Cars and the western theming do not mix, so they can simply use the blanket term "Adventure" to describe all of these things.
Disney also seems to be motivated to move away from any Americana/patriotic theming considering the desire to replace Rivers of America and their lack of interest in keeping Hall of Presidents updated, so I predict that Liberty Square will be turned into a Haunted Mansion mini-land and the president animatronics will be repurposed into a show that explains the backstory of the Haunted Mansion with ghost characters etc. and the ride itself will be updated to match it.
Pirates of the Caribbean will be similarly updated to fit a New Orleans theme like the Disneyland version.
Big Thunder Mountain gets rethemed to Coco/Mexico either now or sometime in the near future.
>Path from Coco land on the left and Piston Peak on the right leads to Villains Land
Villains Land occupies beyond thunder and the northern half of the former Rivers of America. Bald Mountain coaster E-Ticket and a homosexual show, possibly the dumb shit that's at DSH is simply moved there are the attractions with a ridiculous amount of shops and restaurants for all the millennial disneyfag consoomers.
>Fantasyland is expanded north with an expansion of both Storybook Circus but most importantly Beauty and the Beast with the Tokyo ride and possibly the Tangled boat ride built around the previously unseen body of water. Westward path leads to Villains Land

>>2805017
This is exactly what I was describing when I arm-chair imagineered a Pokémon land a couple threads back, if you recall. I hope the Universal land is this concept but with different biomes and a sort of catching mechanic with a purchasable bluetooth pokeball that functions similar to the Harry Potter wands 2.0 and interfaces with the app. Animatronic outdoor Pokémon similar to the SNW Mario enemies are combined with static figures and screen based "encounter" spaces where you can RNG encounter, battle, and catch different mons. The majority of the land should be different routes as a sort of walk through area that encouraged exploration with areas resembling a cave, forest, desert, ocean, city, etc. The pokemon you catch can be brought out on the ride with you and used for whatever interactive component that's similar to Pokémon snap. It would print so much fucking money. The sky is the limit really. People could bring their caught mons into the stores and get customized plushies of those mons. You could interface the app with pokemon home so you could take the pokemon into the games. So much fucking money is just there for the taking.

>>2805021
He returns.

>>2805021
>Alice in Wonderland mini-land replaces Tomorrowland Speedway
This is just something I saw on someone else's buildout but I liked the idea. Alice in Wonderland dark ride that is similar but different to the Disneyland version and also a hedge maze like the one in Paris and maybe a Queen of Hearts castle.
>Front part of Tomorrowland gets turned into a Stitch mini-land
They bring back Stitch's Great Escape, turn laugh floor into a turtle talk esque attraction and re-theme Buzz Lightyear to a Stitch dark ride.

And that's all the autism I can muster for now. Until next time..

>>2805002
This actually looks like a good use of the space that doesn't involve a full scale expansion. It fits with the theme of the park and the concept art looks pretty good. Curious as to why they didn't announce this at D23. Rumors are bookings are down by a significant margin and everyone is so mad at Disney that they're going to announce another major expansion. But since this is nuDis it'll likely be poorly thought out and retarded because anytime they take a step forward they take ten back.

>>2805018
Both are more deserving of a ride than Tiana is.

>>2805024
It seems they are doing smaller revamps getting blog posts to keep it seemingly like there is new stuff all the time (see also Space Ranger Spin refresh)
At the same time, I really think this is the year for Figment. They pissed off the Disney Adults who go all the time too much with removing river and Muppets right as Epic is happening

>>2805023
Similar but different you say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nunt7qKJjh0

>>2805027
I think Figment is likely along with SSE. Not sure what any major unannounced expansions look like. If a major expansion is announced construction likely wouldn't begin until 2028 or 29 anyways.

>>2805027
>>2805024
D23 in a month. I think this is a "tock" year but I think we're going to see some announcements. I think they're going to go all out on a bunch of small announcements for things quick to build. Lots of filler attractions to try and lower crowding and to make parks a bit more "full day". Not to mention all the fan pandering they can manage

Paris will get more reveals for Adventure World, possibly a new E-ticket for after Lion King (Star Wars coaster?) but more likely night shows, food places and something new for the castle park (no new rides since Buzz Lightyear which is getting an upgrade). Without a steady stream of new attractions, Universal are going to steal their lunch money there too.

Biggest thing is I think they're going to aim for more "value" . We're already seeing some deals that were abandoned in the pre-covid printing money era, I think we're going to see more incentives for going above Art of Animation tier resorts and they'll secretly lower off peak prices.

>>2805034
Disney need to sort out their construction times. 4 years from announcement to opening as a standard is just insane.

https://youtu.be/WQy5CENGjtI

Twister-bros...don't call it a comeback

>>2805037
Their construction times on lightening lane rides: Sonic fast
Anything else: moves slow enough to make the shareholders happy

>>2805039
Looks really fun... but who the fuck does a third person perspective on a simulator? They put a load of effort into immersion then they have the video make you spiral around the car, clip through walls etc. It doesn't even allow you to pretend you're in a drone

>>2805025
>remove “actually the sharecropping era wasn’t that bad” movie ride
>change it to “actually the jim crow era wasn’t that bad” movie ride
At least we can laugh.

>>2805048
Best thing about Tiana is it finally means Paris gets its first unique E-ticket since Space Mountain that stays unique.

I guess they could retheme Tokyo's Splash Mountain to Lion King though...

>>2804803
>B&M “perfected” that idea, then everyone abandoned it.
Then B&M reinvented it a few years back, Sea World bought one, and no one else has afaik.

>>2804934
>X-Flight is actually one of the more intense wing coasters out there because of its compact layout.
I think it was intended to be a clone along the lines of Batman, where it could fit in most parks, then SFI decided against it. I would guess cost was the big reason, because they ended up buying a bunch of those S&S Freespins shortly after X-Flight was built. You can probably get 2 of those (or more) for the price of one B&M wing clone.

>>2805051
I doubt they will. Tokyo has a mini-land dedicated to the current Splash themeing. They'd need to update the entire area around the ride, and they've already announced big projects for the park.

>>2804934
>X-Flight is actually one of the more intense wing coasters out there
Grim. I was excited because it looked cool but was underwhelmed.

>>2805034
SSE is getting a small refurb this year which already announced closing date permits already filed (which means no surprise changes) and that is intended to cover it for a few years for the full track gutting
Imagination is definitely next, that’s just a question if it’s this year or 2026 or 2027 we hear about it. Way things are going it would make the easy one last thing this year

>>2805088
They need to restore the original ending

>>2805101
If the left the rest as is but redid the ending that would be great

>>2805088
Should have clarified, I think they'll announce a major redo but it won't happen until 27 or 28. They're trying to keep people tuned in and excited about the future so I think they're going to announce essentially a bunch of blue sky shit. Between Universal really eating their lunch right now, along with the overall decreases in global tourism, AND their shitty movies continuously flopping, I hear they're really getting desperate on the parks side. They've bled them dry to a point of no return and now they're flinging shit at the walls to make stockholders happy/fans happy. There's been a few positive signs for the future but as long as Jeff Vahle is in charge it's hard to get excited.

>>2804967
My person thinks that kids get stolen at Disney and doesn't want to go because of that.

>>2805002
I can't believe it lasted as long as it did. It was just blank space. I used to like that it was airconditioned but it was pretty boring in there for what you pay to get in the park.

>>2805012
Its amazing how lazy they are with their space and how many stupid decisions they made. Getting rid of the best stuff and buiding Woke DEI stuff nobody wants. I like Tiana but changing the entire Splash Mountain ride to Tiana is depressing.

>>2805013
Would Millenials flip out if they made the Tangled princess nonwhite?

first for toon lagoon

>>2805251
Kino area ngl. I think its gonna stay around for a while. The themeing seems like a bitch to remove and the rides are always popular.

>>2804775
>the ride most interlooped with the monorail track
And the peoplemover track.
sigh

>>2805319
Islands generally has great themes, except the themes have fuck all to do with each other so it’s weird. Especially since they don’t care much about sight lines.

>>2805344
>except the themes have fuck all to do with each other so it’s weird. Especially since they don’t care much about sight lines.
There are maybe 1000 people in the world who give a shit about that

>>2805344
Universals biggest problem is fit and finish. Until recently Disney was always clearly superior when it comes to that. And that's my biggest problem with toon lagoon, it always felt like it needed major updates/fresh paint etc. Still a good land though.

>>2805344
>>2805351
Yeah no one cares about sight lines that much. If the world itself looks good and is fun to be in then its fine.

>>2805349
>>2805353
Appeal to bandwagon fallacy

>>2805344
Except for Kong, they're all books of some kind. The Lighthouse at the front of the park is called the Pharos Lighthouse after the one they would have had at the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

>>2805357
This is how I feel about the topic dumby. Not appealing to anyone

>>2805359
If you had just you didn’t care it wouldn’t have been a fallacy, but what you said was that virtually everyone agrees with you, which is a fallacy. Next time avoid making a fallacy.
>>2805353
>no one cares
>>2805349
>There are maybe 1000 people in the world who give a shit about that

>>2805358
That’s incidental. They didn’t set out to make a book world. IPs are just based off of printed material.

>>2805353
I care about sightlines. They don't have to be 10000% perfect all the time but I expect some effort to conceal buildings. Again Disney used to be the very best at this until Bob got in charge. Universal was good too until they Potter came along.

>>2805361
What were you going for anon

>>2805344
The same is true for Epic as well. The themes of the non-studio parks are less focused on the IPs and more about how they're laid out (Islands with a nautical exploration theme, a central lagoon, and bridges as land transitions; Epic with a astronomical theme, isolated lands, and portals as land transitions)

>>2805370
I didn’t know which one you were but it applied to both. You applied the same fallacy after all.

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/a-whites-only-community-could-be-coming-to-springfield-mo-area/?lv=true
>visit SDC
>get put on a watch list
>original community is in AK so you can't get around this by flying to XNA

>>2805411
You're in an extremely small contingent of wet blankets who nitpick minutiae while everyone else just has a good time.

>>2805463
see >>2805357

guys please, stop fighting. lets just talk about the greatest water ride on the planet

>>2805561
I accept your concession.

>>2805561
>>2805562
I accept your concession.

>>2805567
i wasnt arguing with you boss man, last post i made was first for toon lagoon

Went the other day and happy to report he's working again. He looks like a water-logged zombie and his neck is all fucked up and he barely emerges from the water now, but he is working. That one maintenance guy they put in charge of revamping the ride is plugging away at it.

>>2805581
nice, does he at least pop up enough for it to make sense as to why your knocked off course? universal could make some cool content just doing mini maintenance vlogs, not sure if there would be security issues from that though

>>2805567
Non-sequitur

>>2805594
>does he at least pop up enough for it to make sense as to why your knocked off course?
Yes.

>>2805596
I accept your concession.

>>2805567
>>2805596
>>2805610
Please keep gay bullshit like this in /v/ or /pol/ where it belongs. Try to keep posts here on topic and avoid petty drama, thanks.

>>2805612
Tough shit, this is the perfect forum for thoosies to duke it out

>>2805613
>duke it out

You're like two limp wristed retards engaging in a uncoordinated slap-fight. Nothing of value is being debated and the winner is just the strongest retard. We can do better

>>2805614
You lost. I graciously accept your concession.

>>2805618
Not even the guy you were arguing with. I just think, correctly, that you are gay.

>>2805610
Another non-sequitur. Looks like you’re incapable of defending Universal’s terrible sight lines.

>Six Flags’ MVP “Most Valuable Pass” Sale will take place starting the last week of July (date varies by park) and continues through Sept. 1, 2025. During that window, guests who purchase a Gold- or Prestige-tier 2026 season pass to any theme park owned by Six Flags will receive admission to all Six Flags (and former Cedar Fair) parks for 2025 and 2026 plus free parking at all parks
https://attractionsmagazine.com/six-flags-2026-season-pass-deal-all-parks-passport/

>Hulk Hogan dies the week before the WWE HHN house announcement

THE HULKAMANIACS ARE GONNA RUN WILD ON JASON AND THE TERRIFIER BROTHER

>>2805620
>>2805626
Concession still accepted.

how do i know if i’m too much of a pussy for top thrill 2

>>2805690
If you have to ask...

>>2805085
I haven’t been on X-Flight but Gatekeeper was underwhelming the first time I went on it I sat toward the inside toward the front. The ride changes depending on where you sit with the outside seats being more intense and headache inducing and the back or front row being the best, outside seat always being more intense

>>2805665
This is a pretty insane deal. Some parks like Over Georgia have been leaked as being $55. The caveat being you have to activate it there first. Knott’s and MM will cost the most but Californians can afford it and it’s just like $110

>>2805680
I won.

>>2805665
Was considering not renewing this year but this might just rope me back in, especially since I've been wanting to visit CGA before it closes

>>2805694
>Knott’s and MM will cost the most but Californians can afford it and it’s just like $110
Considering those parks are relatively close the price seems reasonable since it's exactly double the SFOG cost for two parks. I'm expecting similar for CGA and Discovery Kingdom.

>>2805665
Wtf I just bought a 2025 gold pass for $239. Did I fuck up?

>>2805703
It’s definitely reasonable. $110 for a Knott’s gold pass is currently $180 and only good through the end of 2025. The $110 gold pass that goes on sale next week is also good through the end of 2025 and all of 2026 and works at MM, CGA, DK, and every park in the chain including Cedar Point. And the water parks. Basically they’re offering a discounted season pass if you buy it months in advance, and through 9/1, throwing in a free all park pass.
>>2805704
Yes. How even had it for $239?

Epic Universe charging over double ticket price per person for "express pass" that excludes like half the rides is just mind bogglingly jewish. I can't think of anything Disney does that is *that* scummy yet people bitch and moan about LLs.
Yes I get that it's not apples to apples since EU is still so new, but I can't help but notice the blatant hypocrisy I've seen on Twitter these past months. It's sad that Universal doesn't give a fuck how miserable a typical EU day is, and they won't lower the max daily tickets.
Would much prefer just cranking the ticket prices way up so at least you can have a decent day. Right now it seems like no matter how much money you waste you won't have a good time.

I don't know if it's just my perspective or if the hype for EU on social media fizzled way down. I know passholders are still not included but still.

>>2805722
>the algorithm that was programmed by the hype over the opening isnt feeding me the same sort of videos

Gee I wonder why dumbass