I’ve mentioned this before but the part I’m most looking forward to with marvel in the parks are the Stan Lee cameos. I was so happy to hear him do the unloading audio on Spider-Man in IslandsMarvel super hero movies are only as good as Stan Lee cameos! I live for his appearances.
If Disney confirms it a black panther ride would be a great disney attraction
How so? Disney can only use a limited number of marvel properties in WDW so surely it doesn’t feel like universal in that right.
Totally agree.
I’m genuinely curious about this. WDW hasn’t seen any super hero additions yet so how can it feel more like universal? Just trying to see the viewpoint that is all.
For me it's about the recent and soon to come invasion of acquired IPs in the parks, not just Marvel. Star Wars, Tron, GOTG, and very little new classic Disney. Those IPs do not evoke a Disney emotion for me.
I see that point but outside of marvel those other IPs have been a part of Disney for decades. Star tours opened in the 80s, and Tron has been a part of Disney forever. I’d argue Tron is classic Disney. And with marvel as of right now we are only getting one marvel attraction.
I just think that if Disney wasn't so focused on these acquired IPs they would be more open to adding some classic Disney attractions. Honestly it's ruining the Disney feel of the parks for me. It just seems like a mish mash of various movie brands, which is what Universal always felt like to me. I understand that most don't feel the same way.
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway would classify as classic Disney. Sure it’s the new style of Mickey Mouse but it’s still a classic Disney entity.
NFL was already more than 5 years ago. And we've seen what's coming between now and the 50th. Not much hope for classic Disney. The Runaway Railway is something, but so little compared to what else is in the works.
I think my point is the classic isn’t going away. They are just adding the newer properties to it. I have always felt Star Wars as sort of part of Disney Parks at least because star tours has been there since the 80s.
But for those of us in it for the classic Disney, we would like more for our rising ticket and resort prices prices and increasing crowds the just knowing classic Disney isn't going away.
I get that. I think HEA still has that classic Disney charm. Many of those really older Disney films just don’t have the resonation with newer generations like the newer properties do.
I’m going to add on and make it either worse or better: to me the only acquired IP that truly shocks me in the parks is Marvel. To me Pixar was always synonymous as Disney since they distributed their films and they always had a huge parks presence. I was upset 10 years ago when it seemed imagineering only focused on Pixar projects but looking back at it, they were overlays as opposed to full fledged developments (laugh floor, seas with Nemo, Nemo musical as opposed to cars land for example). And Star Wars was always there in the parks. Some kids around my age thought Disney owned it around 2009 because of Star Tours. To me the only one that’s coming in that wasn’t there before was marvel, and at the end of the day I’m fine with that
Imagineering still focuses a lot on Pixar. Look at Toy story lands across the world, Pixar fest and Pixar Pier, and the Tokyo Pixar event. I don’t think it’s imagineerings fault though I think that comes from the executives.
