They were supposed to be doing a ton of cool new stuff at Disneyland, but they have axed most of it due to budget cuts. I have the inside scoop from ex-manager of Disneyland who's a good friend of the family, so it's pretty cool. He has his name on the license plate of a Autopia car.
-- The Jungle Cruise and the Indiana Jones ride were supposed to have a connecting part of the ride. The Jungle Cruise boat would be trapped in a whirlpool while the Indy jeeps drive by. They decided not to do it.
-- Based on the cartoon movie 'Atlantis', Disney was going to make a ride where the old '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' Submarine ride used to be, as well as where the ski boat ride used to be. The theme of the ride was that the people riding the ride would be looking for a lost expedition crew. As the ride went along, they'd arrive at Atlantis, where they would be attacked by the Leviathan monster. After being shaken around by the creature, they would be saved by the other expedition crew, and the ride would end. They decided not to do it.
-- The changing of the film playing inside of Star Tours ships has been on the boards for 4 years, since the release of TPM, but it has yet to be done. George Lucas has been demanding more money for the use of his pride and joy, but Disney can't pay his demands because Michael Eisner, head of Disney, takes millions of dollars out of company each year for his own pleasure. They have yet to do it.
Hmmm, sounds like the rantings of an ex-employee to me. LOL
Non of these are due to budget cuts. The first two are just things that went through imagineering and were eventually shelved. The last is because GL wants more than they can afford.
Budget cuts are things like C.O.P only running seasonally or Fantasy in the Sky and Fantasmic only running on 'selected nights.'
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Last edited by Catch 22 on Aug 4th, 2003 at 02:56 PM
disney (orlando disney) is close to where i live (45 min drive.. in traffic) and they are cutting a lot of little things... like jobs. they employ a lot of people... i hear they are getting rid of indiana jones (cool show) because the stunt men are too expensive and the set is costly.
LOL, that's a bogus rumour (the pay bit). There is talk of getting rid of Indiana Jones, but they are also building a new Stunt Spectacular in the area that used to house Residentual Street.
The current rumour is that the Indiana Jones Stunt show will be replaced with the Indiana Jones Roller Coaster Ride, based on the mineshaft chase from the second movie.
sounds cool... i haven't been to disney in 8 years. i used to go all the time as a kid. but now that i no longer live with the moms and pops and noone wants to pay my way.
they need something indana jones at disney... a roller coaster based on the mine shaft chase would be cool.
Disney is building a new "psycological" thrill ride called The Mummy Returns or something. I might be mistaken though. It COULD be in universal I cant remember.
i want a ride today that will make me walk out dizzy and stumbling and giggling and with an overall feeling of being high... now that would be worth the $80 it is to get in. usually if i spend $80 i can get like that for at least a week.
Why doesn't Disneyland become more like Six Flags in CALI now that is a park to go to. Six Flags has the best roller coasters in the USA! Disneyland fits up to the BABY type park...(please log in to view the image)
Thats because they have no choice... You should see some of the great artist they pay. My teacher in my class was accepted by Disney for animation field but he declined. They treat you like royalty... But on the other hand they are power hungry but thats just because they need to keep in business. Same with most companies!
But that's exactly what Disneyland (and Magic Kingdom) were meant to be. They never set out to be Thrill Ride Parks, they are Theme Parks; A completely different concept entirely.
WDW has it's Thrill rides; Tower of Terror, Star Tours, Rock N' Rollercoaster, Test track, Mission: Space to name just a few.
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