What does the Fox acquisition mean for the theme parks?

I can't for the life of me figure out why the Powers that be won't listen to their most loyal fans aka: Us, and make that 5th gate Lost Disney. Complete with a totally campy Tomorrowland and all....It doesn't even have to be this huge over the top park, just a small half day deal would be fine with me. Each land being MK, DL, Epcot, Studios, AK. With the best of the best in there like the REAL Imagination, World of Motion, Adventure through Inner space etc.... I mean all joking aside, can you IMAGINE the eruption in that auditorium if that announcement were to be made at D23? How much could it cost them? They HAVE all of the stuff already. At least we know they have the blueprints and all that jive. I get myself worked up just thinking about how easily they could do this. The theming is a no brainer, I don't think they understand how big of a market there is in this idea. We ALL grew up with this stuff and we ALL would jump at the chance to relive our childhood. It would be an absolute game changer in the theme park industry. Something never done before and hard to recreate for other brands out there because let's face it....ain't nobody sitting around daydreaming about the good old days of Six Flags. So much potential there and no one will listen to me. lol Sure, kids now-a-days might not show any interest, but if they would hurry up and get this done before the first generations start dying off...think about it. Grandparents and parents would INSIST on taking their kids and showing them what it was like when THEY were little if not just for a comparison to how times have changed and to have a chuckle. The crowds would be there. I just know it. Okay, I'm off my soapbox and I'm going to lay down and cry lol.

From a business stand point it would be a pretty poor idea overall. Fans would probably love it but it would be living on through pure nostalgia. And especially if you go back to the stuff that closed decades ago and were made like how they were when it originally opened they would only really have much appeal to people that experienced them. Younger generations would think they look really crappy next to more modern rides and are not as fun/boring. But if they tried to change them and make them more updated the people wanting them back would be upset that it's still not the same and is too different and it would receive a lot of backlash. So when it first opened it would probably do well running on nostalgia but in the long term the people that would care about the stuff there would eventually stop visiting or pass on and the park would hold no real appeal to anyone looking to vacation there to draw in more crowds 20 years down the line. They would have to be constantly updating and changing out attractions there to match the nostalgia for the current older generations at any given time which would be extremely costly.
So as nice as it would be to see a return of some of these beloved attractions of the past, from a purely business stand point it would be a terrible move and so is why it is likely never to happen.
 
From a business stand point it would be a pretty poor idea overall. Fans would probably love it but it would be living on through pure nostalgia. And especially if you go back to the stuff that closed decades ago and were made like how they were when it originally opened they would only really have much appeal to people that experienced them. Younger generations would think they look really crappy next to more modern rides and are not as fun/boring. But if they tried to change them and make them more updated the people wanting them back would be upset that it's still not the same and is too different and it would receive a lot of backlash. So when it first opened it would probably do well running on nostalgia but in the long term the people that would care about the stuff there would eventually stop visiting or pass on and the park would hold no real appeal to anyone looking to vacation there to draw in more crowds 20 years down the line. They would have to be constantly updating and changing out attractions there to match the nostalgia for the current older generations at any given time which would be extremely costly.
So as nice as it would be to see a return of some of these beloved attractions of the past, from a purely business stand point it would be a terrible move and so is why it is likely never to happen.

I have to strongly disagree because....because well you're ruining my life! :rotfl2: One thing though, I don't see how changing out rides as generations go on would be any different than what they do now with tearing things down and coming up with new technology to put in it's place. I would think it would be much cheaper considering something in another park would just be relocating. I still say they'd make money on it for a good while, and if it goes by the way of discovery island...they made their money and on to the next idea like everything else.
 
I have to strongly disagree because....because well you're ruining my life! :rotfl2: One thing though, I don't see how changing out rides as generations go on would be any different than what they do now with tearing things down and coming up with new technology to put in it's place. I would think it would be much cheaper considering something in another park would just be relocating. I still say they'd make money on it for a good while, and if it goes by the way of discovery island...they made their money and on to the next idea like everything else.

I don't ever see that as being a feasible option, for two reasons. The rides that are removed from parks are either a) unpopular or have lost a significant amount of foot traffic and no longer turn over enough guests to warrant staying open, or b) have deteriorated to the point that maintenance to keep the ride open and overall ride downtime is more costly than the foot traffic it does bring in (and, if this were the reason for closing, then it would require rebuilding the ride from the ground up in order to relocate it). In both of those cases, you are talking about relocating a subpar ride to a park filled with other subpar rides. It just doesn't make any sense.
 
I don't ever see that as being a feasible option, for two reasons. The rides that are removed from parks are either a) unpopular or have lost a significant amount of foot traffic and no longer turn over enough guests to warrant staying open, or b) have deteriorated to the point that maintenance to keep the ride open and overall ride downtime is more costly than the foot traffic it does bring in (and, if this were the reason for closing, then it would require rebuilding the ride from the ground up in order to relocate it). In both of those cases, you are talking about relocating a subpar ride to a park filled with other subpar rides. It just doesn't make any sense.
You guys are killing my dreams lol. I hear ya, but what you said has got me to wondering why they haven't killed Imaginations yet? There is never anyone even in that area of the park let alone on that ride.
 


I don't ever see that as being a feasible option, for two reasons. The rides that are removed from parks are either a) unpopular or have lost a significant amount of foot traffic and no longer turn over enough guests to warrant staying open, or b) have deteriorated to the point that maintenance to keep the ride open and overall ride downtime is more costly than the foot traffic it does bring in (and, if this were the reason for closing, then it would require rebuilding the ride from the ground up in order to relocate it). In both of those cases, you are talking about relocating a subpar ride to a park filled with other subpar rides. It just doesn't make any sense.

Agreed. Plus you couldn't just move an attraction from a current park right into the nostalgia park. It would need to be out of service for a bit to really hit that nostalgia point and have people missing it. If it just relocated it would just continue to be the same looked over attraction it was in the old place. Also as DBDiz pointed out it wold likely need replaced due to age.
Also the changing of rides is different from now as it would need to be on a larger scale. Basically the entire park would need to be changed out every 10-20 years. Right now most of the rides that are in the parks have been there for much longer than that. They only really take them out and replace them when they absolutely have to. There are many attractions, especially at Magic Kingdom, that have been around since near the time the park opened. Animal Kingdom hasn't really had any major attractions removed since it's opening day over 20 years ago now and no real signs of it being done soon either. They have changed a few shows and taken out some meet and greets, but pretty much all the rides from opening day are still around.
 
Agreed. Plus you couldn't just move an attraction from a current park right into the nostalgia park. It would need to be out of service for a bit to really hit that nostalgia point and have people missing it. If it just relocated it would just continue to be the same looked over attraction it was in the old place. Also as DBDiz pointed out it wold likely need replaced due to age.
Also the changing of rides is different from now as it would need to be on a larger scale. Basically the entire park would need to be changed out every 10-20 years. Right now most of the rides that are in the parks have been there for much longer than that. They only really take them out and replace them when they absolutely have to. There are many attractions, especially at Magic Kingdom, that have been around since near the time the park opened. Animal Kingdom hasn't really had any major attractions removed since it's opening day over 20 years ago now and no real signs of it being done soon either. They have changed a few shows and taken out some meet and greets, but pretty much all the rides from opening day are still around.


To be fair, AK only had 2 rides on opening day and it's not like you could move the Safari if you wanted to. Dinosaur maybe. Kali of course opened not long after, but I'd be surprised if anyone had that great nostalgia feel for either of those rides though they aren't terrible.

Kind of the same thing with DHS which opened with 2 rides. TMGR could absolutely go to a nostalgia park, but you couldn't exactly have moved the original Backlot Tour. Maybe parts of it like Catastrophe Canyon, but that original ride went through Streets of America, the backlot, and 2 of the studios. It really was a cool experience. And then Star Tours opened soon after.

These were 2 ride parks when they opened with a third popping up within the first year. Honestly, opening year at DHS or MGM or whatever you want to call it we went and couldn't believe that was all they had. AK we knew better when we arrived and loved all the zoo stuff, but DHS was a massive disappointment regardless of how much I liked the original backlot tour.
 


I can see Disney opening a park in Dubai in the next 10 years, instead of opening a fifth gate
 
3 rides, actually.
You are forgetting the totally awesome Discovery River Boats.
Yes. I had completely blocked those pointless boats from my mind. I'm sure Disney is pleased that many of us have followed that path. It is consigned to the same bin as rocket sleds and Swan Boats...
 
It will be interesting to see if Galaxy Edge does the bonkers business Disney thinks it will.

It seems Star Wars is fading fast. Merchandise sales are in a funk, The Last Jedi made $750 million less worldwide than The Force Awakens. Many are predicting that the Han Solo movie may be the first outright flop in the franchise's history.
 
Well if Avatar is any indication, It will be years before you see a slow down in that portion of the park. Stars Wars has more draw than Avatar, most would agree. Combined with new attractions in Toy Story land, I foresee the studios being being extremely busy, unless some sort of financial/world event causes a problem with the parks in general.

I still think current parks have more room for expansion, and as long as that is the case, a new park will not be forthcoming. I can also see them putting a few pay per entry attractions in Disney Springs.
 
No Star Wars film ever will beat Force Awakens figures at the box office going forward. That was a one off because of the excitement in bringing the franchise back.

The last Jedi has still performed really well and between what Rogue One and Force Awakens took is probably fine with Disney
 
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So does that mean Princess Elanor is now a Disney Princess?
This will bring a whole new meaning to Meet and Greet, I might stand in line for that.

Hmmm, what other Fox owned properties would make an interesting addition to the parks?
 
Sorry to resurrect a dead thread but I was watching Rio with the kids and was giving this a lot of thought. I could see the following working:

AK - Planet of the Apes would work really well. NatGeo will almost surely have a presence, that seems too perfect. Dinoland stinks and could be revamped to an Ice Age area. That could be really fun, depending on what else they do with that section of the park.

Epcot - if a Brazil pavilion comes to fruition a Rio simulator or dark ride for kids could be fun. Something like a very tame FOP for little ones?

I don’t think the Simpsons would fit anywhere. Nor would Alien or Predator. I don’t see anything else under Blue Sky that would make sense. And nothing IMO works for MK.
 
I don’t think the Simpsons would fit anywhere. Nor would Alien or Predator. I don’t see anything else under Blue Sky that would make sense. And nothing IMO works for MK.

The Peanuts movie was from Blue Sky and was great! I wouldn't mind seeing Peanuts somewhere in one of the parks!

I don't know where they would put them or how they fit, I just really love the Peanuts gang and this is complete wishful thinking lol
 
The Peanuts movie was from Blue Sky and was great! I wouldn't mind seeing Peanuts somewhere in one of the parks!

I don't know where they would put them or how they fit, I just really love the Peanuts gang and this is complete wishful thinking lol

Chipmunks are also possible. Not sure how or where they’d fit either.
 
the peanuts theme park license is currently held by cedar fair, who operate cedar point and knott's berry farm, so it's unlikely they'd ever come to disney
 

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