Soarin' and Toy Story Mania expansion late 2016

[Jasperkitty]

Thanks!

 

[midaroco]

I believe the problem here is twofold. Disney purports that it is THE premier theme park experience, yet since I have owned a DVC contract bought in 2011, I have seen a huge decline in the experience. That is 4 short years. The new fantasyland expansion took a ridiculous 3 years to complete, yet the contender down the block managed to open new rides AND lands - multiples at that - in that timeframe. Additionally, Universal is not resting on their laurels, continuing to expand their parks. Sure, Disney is building the Avatar expansion, yet it'll take another two years before its completed. Universal seemed to open the new Potter land in record time. HS is barely a two hour park at the moment. Sure, additions are coming - in another three years. The additional issue is the fact that Disney execs continue to tell the media they spent 1 billion on the magic band technology - and that it's designed to get guests to spend more. That's like slapping a sunburned face. So they have rolled out this technology aimed at hearding folks around to lame rides while they have all but gutted HS, causing even more traffic to force their way into MK due to limited options. Poor planning? Absolutely. At this point, they are more interested in spending more at Shanghai and less about improving the U.S. parks because they know people will continue to go.

 

[kenban]

I find it interesting no one is discussing the possibility of this being more then just a third theater for Soarin. It is known that a Soarin ride is being built in Shanghai and that it will not feature the film about California, the new film is expected to feature footage from the entire planet. Since the new theaters are going to be digital projection it is assumed that the new version will be random to some extent similar to Star Tours.

As part of the construction of the new theater in Epcot, Disney announced that they are upgrading to Digital projection. The rumor is that Shanghai has a short exclusive on the new film after which Disney World will be replacing the current movie about California.

 

[rteetz]

I find it interesting no one is discussing the possibility of this being more then just a third theater for Soarin. It is known that a Soarin ride is being built in Shanghai and that it will not feature the film about California, the new film is expected to feature footage from the entire planet. Since the new theaters are going to be digital projection it is assumed that the new version will be random to some extent similar to Star Tours.

As part of the construction of the new theater in Epcot, Disney announced that they are upgrading to Digital projection. The rumor is that Shanghai has a short exclusive on the new film after which Disney World will be replacing the current movie about California.

Correct but I don't think it will be random.

 

[wareagle57]

If it is random, lines for Soarin' will be out of control even with the addition of a 3rd theater. I hope that is not the case.

What if the new film is ~30 seconds shorter than the old film? That may not sound like a lot, but it could lead to 3 additional showings per hour, PER theater. That is an additional 783 riders per hour, and an additional 9,396 riders per day assuming a 12 hour operating day.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

We’ll also be updating the screens and projection system at Soarin,’ bringing a visually enhanced experience.

Well there you go. That's a great side benefit. If they added a new screen but didn't update the screens to digital projection, everyone here would freak out.

 

[Nancy F]

Love Soarin' and not ashamed to say it! So any improvement will please me. Hoping that they do a film of Soarin' over the USA instead of just CA!

 

[DDLand]

Love Soarin' and not ashamed to say it! So any improvement will please me. Hoping that they do a film of Soarin' over the USA instead of just CA!

Currently in development for Shanghai Disneyland is a variant entitled Soarin' Over the World. (that's the entire World not Disney World )

This film will be exclusive to Shanghai at first, but there are plans to bring it to all Soarin's.

 

[TJ Brown]

Guess I will start on my mid 2017 trip now. lol

 

[Muckbeast]

However, the real issue is FP+, tiering, and the lack of a sufficient number of E tickets type rides at EP and HS.

Bingo - especially the last part. Pretty much every park needs 5-10 more top notch quality attractions to handle the bursting crowds.