OnSpaceshipEarth
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2010
Haha...true!Totally agree. Honestly, the only time I can recall actually feeling like the face characters were done any justice was with Club Villain. Beyond that, they tend to miss the mark by quite a bit. Some of the recent vlogs I've seen with characters like Star-Lord were just brutal.
In fairness, the potential
Great post. I do, however, think Coco would make a great overlay to the Mexico ride at EPCOT but I do think it's mild box office in America put the kabosh on that idea.I’m still trying to understand how that and The Secret Life of Pets made so much money. Will say when comparing dvd sales Moana beat both, could’ve just been a movie people were waiting to buy physically instead of at the theater whilst saving their money for rogue one at the time. I know that’s why my sister didn’t see any movies this fall...
Anywho call me crazy but I honestly don’t think Moana has theme park potential. I just don’t see how it can make a major ride for the parks. I can see for water parks, maybe “water park potential” but not in the theme parks, and I’m afraid tacking on an IP on a water slide is way too tacky.
Personal ramble I needed to explain out loud: Ok that actually felt good to get off my chest. Not my opinion but my feelings towards recent IPs getting attractions. Back in 2015 I was really clamoring for an Inside Out ride and then Zootopia came out which has a lot of theme park potential if you ask me, with a d-ticket-ish idea that I actually think sounds awesome. Because those two movies came out so close together I thought people were going to think I just want the latest IP in the park, no I only do if the IP has potential and the two movies I listed actually do. Here’s an example, as much as I loved Coco I don’t think it has theme park potential, and it’s mild box office here in America makes me think a ride isn’t happening (although I say that knowing Coco had a lot of obstacles at the box office coming from the Olaf backlash, bad marketing, the competition around Christmas, and the general attitude in America towards Latin culture. It had legs but it wasn’t a runaway success)