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↩ replying to MerlinTheGoatWell, off the top of my head... there was a claim that Disney didn't care about anybody being uncomfortable with Splash Mountain's existence and just wanted to sell Tiana dolls and "Instagrammable" food... there was @WDW Pro's claim that the retheme was announced out of fear that the people demanding it would start a Disney Plus boycott... there was a claim that this retheme dates back to 2017 and was thought up because Splash Mountain merchandise wasn't selling all that well...
And where does Frederick Chambers fit into this? I still doubt it's just a coincidence that he had the exact same idea that Disney was planning.
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↩ replying to EagleScout610It’ll be a diverse turd though
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↩ replying to Brer OswaldIt will actually attract more when it reopens just like anything else because its new and folks want to see the changes and then it will as you say attract the same amount of people going forward.
It was a great ride before, and it will be a great ride after. TWDC made this change for themselves, not the guests.
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↩ replying to MerlinTheGoatSure do appreciate you swinging back in to the board since it would seem Disney ”has some esplanin’ to do” on this ride! Good to see you!
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↩ replying to MerlinTheGoatI must have missed this, what's the backstory? I would think because the movie takes place in a city whose historical identity is based on being a river port and the bayous that surround the city, they wouldn't need to explain anything. It's a boat ride based on a movie that primarily takes place in and close to water.
Just give me the music and based the animatronics on scenes and characters from what is already a pretty strong film.
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↩ replying to Heppenheimerexcept they aren't basing it primarily off the movie and its music, but a disney plus cartoon :banghead: and a bleep bleep back story they contrived.
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↩ replying to LittleBufordIt's certainly popular, but the wait times have always felt misleading to me because it's such a low capacity attraction. A 60 minute wait for FEA is the equivalent of a roughly 20-25 minute wait for Spaceship Earth. For example, the current wait time is 65 for FEA and 35 for Spaceship Earth, so if those are accurate (which is admittedly a big if), there are actually more people waiting to ride SSE than FEA right now.
That said, there are other variables involved in wait times -- it could be that FEA doesn't generally get much longer waits because so many small children ride, and parents aren't willing to wait more than an hour in line. Thus it would be artificially capped by reasons other than general popularity.
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People waited crazy amounts of hours for FEA when it opened... It is popular. I did not agree with adding it to World Showcase, but it is cute and could use a little more going on in it's second level empty warehouse section lol but it is cute and very popular.
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↩ replying to BocabearAnything "new" is going to have crazy wait times when it first opens, regardless of the IP (or lack thereof) and quality of the experience. During the first week of its operation, Frozen had wait times as high as 300 minutes. As always, this didn't last for all that long and it went down to the 200s fairly quickly. Then 100s, and now it's averaging well below that outside of the busiest times of the year. Even in the years leading up to its closure and in a severely dilapidated state, Maelstrom's wait times could still get fairly close to Frozen's current waits.
UNCgolf made an interesting point. While I'm also not saying Frozen is unpopular, comparing its wait times to Spaceship Earth is an interesting perspective. Spaceship Earth has a theoretical hourly capacity of about 2400, whereas Frozen is only 1000. So Frozen would need to have a wait time 2.4x higher than whatever SSE is JUST to match it.
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↩ replying to MerlinTheGoatPrecisely what I was thinking. I remember someone saying that Frozen only gets to about 800 pph but 1,000 is right there. It exemplifies the problem with opening any ride at Disney that doesn't have throughput of 1,500+, unless it is truly a complementary "B" ticket. I'm not sure what Splash's/Tiana's capacity was but I have to think that it was higher.
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Is it bad that I'm excited for this?
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↩ replying to SplashZanderAbsolutely not! No one should feel bad or labeled bad for exercising their freedom of thought.
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↩ replying to MerlinTheGoatWith Splash I wonder that number is changed with how much it would break down and/or be delayed for boarding a wheelchair guest.