The OLC has announced a Beauty and the Beast for Tokyo Disneyland. From the concept art, it appears to be a trackless attraction similar to Remy L'adventure or Mystic Manor (HKDL).
My question is, would you like to see it cloned for Paris, or should they have something unique to the park?
A Beauty and the Beast ride would be a great addition to Disneyland Park. I wouldn't mind a Tokyo clone as long as it was executed successfully.
Would definitely be cool. The only problem I have with this is, that Beauty and the beast only fits in Fantasyland. I think Frontierland and Adventureland are in more desperate need of a new attraction.
I have to agree on that one frontier land especially
I'd rather see a ride based on the 2016 Jungle Book. It could make a great outdoor water ride, with Bare Necessities playing as you journey across some water in a Baloo-shaped boat.
would be brilliant although it may run into the same problem as English theme parks have and only really be suitable for summery months. ?....but I love the idea!
Love the idea! I would still use it in the winter, just the same as getting rained on haha They could always put some of those large dryer things in the park & if staying onsite you could always pop back to get changed if too wet. I often pack a spare pair of trousers into my bag if I know I will be going on a water ride.
Quote from: polar vixen on May 26, 2016, 11:49:31 AM
would be brilliant although it may run into the same problem as English theme parks have and only really be suitable for summery months. ?....but I love the idea!
Thanks. :)
Quote from: Zee79 on May 26, 2016, 12:03:56 PM
Love the idea! I would still use it in the winter, just the same as getting rained on haha They could always put some of those large dryer things in the park & if staying onsite you could always pop back to get changed if too wet. I often pack a spare pair of trousers into my bag if I know I will be going on a water ride.
I think water rides should have some sort of roof that can be put over them in bad weather, although I don't know how it would work.
I'm surprised that there isn't much Beauty & the Beast stuff in DLP already, what with it being, you know, set in France - as opposed to Peter Pan (England), Snow White (Germany), Pinocchio (Italy) etc. Similarly there's not much Hunchback of Notre Dame either...
Quote from: samuelvictor on May 27, 2016, 01:44:56 AM
I'm surprised that there isn't much Beauty & the Beast stuff in DLP already, what with it being, you know, set in France
I wondered this myself many times aswell... How can it be that one of the most celebrated animated movies (if not THE most celebrated of all) hasn't an attraction in the theme park that shares the same location with the movie... I mean, Beauty & Beast is the only animated movie ever that was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture!
I read that when they started Disneyland Paris, the builders didn't want a realistic castle as centerpiece because Europe has many real castles, so they went for a more fairytale looking castle. So we got the most beautiful and most imaginative Disney castle, our beloved Sleeping Beauty-chateau.
Maybe the people behind Disneyland Paris still believe that people who visit the resort don't want to see a representation of Paris in the theme park (if the real Paris is a few miles ahead)? But since they build a Ratatouille-area in the Studios, I hope things are changing.
Let Disneyland Paris put the French characters in the spotlights and the stories of French origin. Beauty & the Beast, Ratatouille, The Aristocats, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Cinderella, The Three Musketeers,... I'd love to see a few of these characters as the characters to promote the 25th birthday of the resort.
But however, I believe it's definitely time for Disneyland Paris to give Beauty & the Beast an attraction. It could give the main gate the new attraction it needs, it would be the right time with the Beauty & the Beast live action movie coming in 2017 (the same year as the 25th birthday of Disneyland Paris), and there isn't a Disney park where Belle & the Beast would be more fitting then in Paris (and they already have a place in the Magic Kingdom in Florida, and they are building a beauty & Beast area in Tokyo).
Na, I'm going with more attractions in Frontierland and Adventureland areas first, A splash mountain in Frontierland and indy adventure in adventure land. :)
Thinking about it, I'm not sure that the Tokyo attraction would even fit in the Paris Beauty and the Beast expansion pad in Fantasyland.
Here's a question though, both are dark rides, but which would you rather see in Fantasyland?
Beauty and the Beast (trackless)
or
Frozen Ever After (indoor boat)
Beauty and the Beast. I couldn't care less about a Frozen ride.
I am more interested in Beauty & the Beast over Frozen, however I do love boat based rides, so either would be awesome 8)
Frozen Forever After is now open. Have to say that its more of a Fantasyland attraction than World Showcase, so if it were to be added to the Parisien Fantasyland, I wouldn't object.
And, regardless of what you think of Frozen itself, wouldn't it be great if we had some dark rides in DLP that had such cutting edge AA's?
Video (includes the queue)
https://youtu.be/f7ZnvWVW_yk
Absolutely stunning, man I hope we get some updated attractions, the ones we have are classics but we have to move with the times, I'd love to see complete overhauls of say Snow White with modern animatronics rather than statues...
Wow the anamatronics on that Frozen ride are amazing! Looking forward to our first Epcot visit as a family later this year so hopefully will see it there, but would love to see this or something similar in DLRP :D
While the AAs are great, I think its quite obvious that they fit the attraction around the existing Maelstrom track. Just sayin'.... just imagine a Frozen dark ride, built from scratch in DLP Fantasyland.
And I agree mrpiggywinkles, no need for the 7D Mine Train, just update our existing Blanche-Neige with those new AAs. Surely it'd revive some of the old attractions for less than a complete new attraction.
The AA's look amazing in Frozen Ever After and as much as I love the classic rides in DLP. It does need to move with the times and either update the AA in our classic dark rides or create at least one new Fantasyland dark ride with these new AA's in. They look so cool.
I love the Frozen Ever After ride and I would happily transfer that to DLP in fantasyland in a mini Frozen land.
Hope this attachment comes out ok.....planned Beauty & Beast Ride at DLP from 1992.
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Quote from: Rocketeer on June 25, 2016, 07:28:24 PM
While the AAs are great, I think its quite obvious that they fit the attraction around the existing Maelstrom track. Just sayin'.... just imagine a Frozen dark ride, built from scratch in DLP Fantasyland.
And I agree mrpiggywinkles, no need for the 7D Mine Train, just update our existing Blanche-Neige with those new AAs. Surely it'd revive some of the old attractions for less than a complete new attraction.
Some people would say it makes it lose the classic Dark ride feel but I say stuff that, I think Walt might actually be a little annoyed that some of his original attractions had remained unchanged since the 50s, he loved change and updating things and moving with technology, If I was riding Snow White for the first time I'd be unimpressed cos its just a bunch of statues right? Kids nowadays would be somewhat the same. but when I see Frozen, Shanghai Pirates, 7 Dwarfs Mine train and the animatronics in that I think "WOW THATS AMAZING", its the perfect compromise, they keep the entire ride virtually the same but just add some better animatronics and maybe a little projection mapping at some parts.
Quote from: dejmurph1 on August 01, 2016, 03:33:50 PM
Hope this attachment comes out ok.....planned Beauty & Beast Ride at DLP from 1992.
Ah you too own the old map :D
I wonder how much free space there really is left and what of this area is used as backstage.
But anyway, would be a perfect fit.
Yes I do. I have it since I first visted the park the year my daugher was born in 1992.(every year since) She will be celebrating her 25th birthday also and we have a great trip planned with our new grand daughter. I have the map hanging on our wall in wooden frame.
Quote from: dejmurph1 on August 01, 2016, 11:03:09 PM
Yes I do. I have it since I first visted the park the year my daugher was born in 1992.(every year since) She will be celebrating her 25th birthday also and we have a great trip planned with our new grand daughter. I have the map hanging on our wall in wooden frame.
WOW, how lovely! There seem to be the Disneyland virus in your family ;)
Hope you'll post a trip report then :)
How is it to spends day in the parc with the very little ones? How can you distract them while waiting in line? Does that work?
I'm following Disneyland Paris since they started construction, remember very well when they announced that in Disney Club tv.
When our daughter was very young we always brought our baby sitter with us on our trips. We used to always stay at Camp Davy so the extra cost was usually just for the flight. But from 3 or 4 years on it was easy and never seemed to be any trouble. Disney in our blood alright. We have visited the park at least once every year since it opened and one year 4 times. WE have a room full of Disney memorabilia. We have celebrated my 40th and 50th birthday there, my wife's 40th and 50th birthday and our 30 years wedding anniversary. Also my daugther's 18th and 21 st birthdays. For most of those of these celebrations we were joined by family and friends. It is truly part of our lves. :)