Cause of new ride

[dcentity2000]

"Well hi there everybody!"

The new Lilo & Stitch ride was made possible by the removal of Alien Encounter.

Alien Encounter was removed, partially or wholly due to numerous complaints that it was 'far too intense'.

Michael Eisner sat through Alien Encounter before it was opened, declared it was too cutsey-pie and ordered the ride engineers to make it more 'intense'.

One addition was the small, fluffy animatronic creature being blown to smithereens at the beginning of the ride

Suddenly, I can see why he worries people so...

Happy surfing from Simba Cub



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[grinningghost]

Didn't care for AE much, but I hate Stitch.

 

[JEANMR1]

Hate Stitch? The horror.
I'm not very into any particular character - that is until I saw Leilo and Stitch. I love that guy. I can't wait for the ride to open and be able to get some adult stitch souvineers. Yay!
That said, I loved Alien Encounter too and will miss it....

 

[Goofyposter]

I believe it will be a more appropriate addition to the attractions in the Magic Kingdom than was AE.

Now.....if we can just convience management to keep AND promote COP!

 

[Luv2Roam]

I always thought AE scared adults more than the kids.
It was a little too much I think to fry little Skippy. But who am I?

 

[lillasmom]

Lov2roam, I agree. I didn't like AE at all. It was too intense for me. I do like Stitch and look for ward to that one.

 

[wbk]

I agree with grinningghost. Now if they would just fry Stitch like they did Skippy........

 

[AnNaNiCoLe]

Really AE is gone? TOO bad i never got a chance to ride it But... im sure it was scary

 

[VintageKnight]

stitch is the 5 yr old i was never allowed to be...=D

hehehe

ok so i have some pen up aggression from my child hood....=D

stitch is awsome...hes fun cuz he is the bad boy....

DisneyVK

 

[YoHo]

I LOVED AE, but I know a lot of people didn't. It was originally supposed to be based on the Alien movies, but that got nixed.

I have no problem with Stitch per se, but I don't think it fits in with the supposed theme of tomorrow land. Neither does Buzz.
It really drives me nuts when they screw over the themes so badly. That's part of what makes the place special.


Don't even get me started on on MGM. Hollywood that never was and always will be my fat white behind.

 

[Euphscott]

Vintage - is that a Velvet Knights logo I see? Goodness I have not seen one of those in some time. I miss that corps...


OK - Back to Disney rant...

 

[VintageKnight]

I miss that corp, they were the best "slacker" corp around they always pulled it off...

DCI needs em back.

DisneyVK

 

[pluto07]

I agree w/ Luv2Roam. I didn't really care for AE. I think that Stitch is an awesome little guy. It would be cool to see that they are putting in a Lilo & Stitch ride. I personally think that the little ones even the parents would like it too.

 

[MitchK]

Is Stitches Great Escape going to be presented in the same way as AE? Will stitch take the place of the alien inside the tube? Or will they fully restructure it? Will it still be people just sitting in a seat watching the monitor and the tube? Does anyone knows anything about it?

 

[donald@home]

From what I have seen (artists sketches, promotional material), Stitch is in the tube, and monitors are present. So I think it will be the same format with a new cast of characters and a new not-so-scary tone.

 

[Bob O]

To me AE was a attraction in the wrong park and because of that wasnt scary enough.
The idea of AE was excellant but should have been placed in MGM and not the MK which is more family friendly. And if the ride was put in MGM they could/should have made it much more scary than what it was. It was fun watching young people scream. but for me it wasnt near scary enough.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

I thought AE was great (although I had a hard time with them frying Skippy for numerous reasons). But it was way out of place in the MK. It belonged in MGM.

I think Stitch will be a far better attraction here. Plus, I adore Stitch.

My only gripe with AE was the way they fry Skippy. Skippy, for those of you who did not get a chance to see AE, was this adorable little alien animatronic. I mean SO adorable. Definately one that the kids would like and relate to. Then BANG! There goes Skippy. Poor little Skippy....

In my opinion, it was just too intense for kids to see that, and was too much for some adults as well.

I still have my Skippy stuffed animal from like 7 years ago!

 

[exDS vet]

I really enjoyed AE. I did not find it very scary and I loved skippy. Is this another WDW character now M.I.A.? I remember Figment coming back for a while. Is he still there? What about Dreamfinder?

My real problem is this. I have been boycotting Disney films since I wasted money on Dinosaur. I was also tortured for 90 minutes watching Monsters Inc. So needless to say, Disney/Pixar means nothing to me either. My point is, now I guess I will have to avoid this new Stitch Encounter or whatever it is. I am dreading whatever they do with Nemo.

Thank God CBJ, Pirates and HM all came out before the movies. But if I see any audio animatronics characters of Johnny Depp or Eddie Murphy, I don't know what I'll do. Argh!

 

[stemikger]

I was very disappointed when I went on AE. I thought it was going to be real intense and scary and I found it terribly boring. I love to get scared and this just didn't do it for me. Maybe a kid would get scared, but I was really looking forward to some real scares and it just didn't provide that. In fact, I think that is what the Magic Kingdom is lacking. I love all the cute stuff but I think they need one could scary the heck out of you dark ride.

But on a positive note, my daughter loves Stitch.

I need a good scare.

 

[Atreyu]

I thought AE was pretty good. Kind of a psychological scare. The funniest thing was that my mom, who seems to be scared of her own shadow, said she pretty much fell asleep in the ride and that it was crappy. Haha. I think if they had based it upon the Alien movies it would have fit at MGM. I agree that TL wasn't the place for it but I thought it was pretty good.