Disney shrubbery status? Any Disney restroom remodeling going on? What about Disney gift shops - any of them getting new paint or flooring? Disney restaurants: anyone have the details on new signage anywhere? I sure do hate how the Walt Disney Corporation runs the parks, but I would never ever ever ever ever stop giving them money

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>>2883985
It's all about the incredible new themed shoping that's coming to Disney Village™ at Disneyland Paris™

>>2883987
Do they have the jerseys of Bakalele Niggololo and of Salam Binladoon?

>>2883985
I stopped giving them money for a few years. Went back reluctantly but I enjoyed it. It’s ridiculously expensive but it’s a pretty unique plans entertaining place. The micro obsession with changing bathrooms and trash cans is a bit weird but Cedar Point recently had a ribbon cutting ceremony for a remodeled bathroom so it’s not just them.

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>>2883985
>Disney shrubbery status?
Cancelled my annual pass

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>>2883985
unironically

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How would you go on about making a Blood Meridian themed attraction at a wild west theme park?

>>2883985
imagine having this much of a melty because someone likes disney (Im not a disneyfag btw, Im a blue blooded universal chad)

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For me it's queueing completely out in the open in texas sun for an hour. None of that fancy "tree cover" or "roofs" that like spoilt Disney types get. Electrical substation? That's all the themeing you need!

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Aviktas nighttime Pov. Bet the views are especially great when the illuminations are on.

>>2884045
Forgot the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS-lWMU23bo

>>2884042
The resort parks also follow the trend where an area is poorly designed for the intense heat and sun with lack of shade or cooling mechanisms
See: Super Mario Land at Universal and Toy Story Land at Disney

>>2883995
It's over bros...

>>2883995
All those trees died when it froze over back in February. All the local themed minigolf places across town also look like shit with dead palm trees around them too.

Just stumbled upon Millennium Force's original promo video after all these years, holy shit talk about kino. Has there ever been a better marketing campaign for a coaster? Even the slogan was perfect
https://youtu.be/g8CaGvNurx4

>>2884097
I love shitty 90s CGI and techno and the obsession with the new millennium from this era. I was 7 at the time so core memories for me. Where was this promo even used?

I’ll remember reading a review of it from 2000. I’ll post it later. It’s funny how tame many people think it is today but it was obviously the best coaster in the world by a country mile at the time.

>>2884097
>Has there ever been a better marketing campaign for a coaster?
I can't remember a major marketing campaign for a coaster since then. TTD, Maverick, and SV didn't get the same treatment.

>>2884107
>Where was this promo even used?
No idea. I remember watching it on their website in probably 144p. Too long to run as a commercial

>I’ll remember reading a review of it from 2000. I’ll post it later.
Please do, it's interesting to read reviews of rides and parks from 20+ years ago

>It’s funny how tame many people think it is today but it was obviously the best coaster in the world by a country mile at the time.
It still is imo and I don't even like Cedar Point

>>2884124
The literal best? Why? Even if traditional gigas are your thing, Fury crushes it in every way other than having a trim. That’s pretty much all I can give MF right now - long with no braking. But even that is because it doesn’t do much of anything it needs to slow down for.

>>2884129
>The literal best? Why?
Because I said it is
>Fury
Another Boring & Mundane giga? I'll pass

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It is only a matter of time before THC products begin being sold in parks. My guess is Six Flags starts the trend. 1/3rd of the people entering the parks are doing some form of gummy or vape product at this point and CEOs hate untapped forms of revenue.

>>2883985
Spent 11 hours at EPCOT this week and the average guest has NO IDEA how much horticulture has changed since late April. The west side planters near Imagination were quietly reworked again — they removed at least 3 mature scheffleras and replaced the ground cover with lower-maintenance bromeliads that clash horribly with the original 1982 sightline philosophy. It’s over.

Also noticed fresh mulch patterns around the UK pavilion lagoon path and they’re clearly transitioning away from the denser Victorian-style layering they had pre-COVID. The new spacing between shrubs is wider, probably for easier overnight maintenance vehicle access. You can literally SEE backstage operational compromises bleeding into guest areas now.

Meanwhile Magic Kingdom added new ornamental grasses near the Tomorrowland bridge and they already look sunburned because whoever approved the irrigation timing does not understand Central Florida heat retention. The old purple fountain grass setup looked objectively better at night under the area lighting.

People think Disney decline is about rides. No. It starts with shrubbery decisions made by accountants.

>>2884176
>You can literally SEE backstage operational compromises bleeding into guest areas now.
Grim. They're literally not even hiding it anymore.

Thanks for the report, anon. After I renew my AP and get some exclusive merch with it, I swear this company won't get another dollar from me (except for eating and shopping at Disney Springs).

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Imagine going on Price is Right and this is your trip lmao

>>2884193
Omg that would be so amazing. Usually it’s just some gay trip to NYC or LA or something. Cedar Point would be ACE

>>2884171
for me it's 100mg of 7OH and nodding out on my favorite coasters

>>2884200
America is hilarious. Gas station jeet opium is totally legal but a mushroom that grows naturally on cowshit isn't.

>>2884202
The city near me has a 'vape shop' on every single corner
Apparently people spend $1K a week on gas station heroin. none of these shops are owned by an American either

They put the THC-whatever drinks next to the energy drinks and fireball has a brand name one. Might as well cash in if you own a park

>>2884193
Better than a lot of the other domestic trips they give away. Who the fuck wants to go to Rhode Island or Charlotte

>>2884204
>The city near me has a 'vape shop' on every single corner
That's every city anon

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>>2884206
The vape shop near me has a huge mini RC track. I don’t buy anything from there but I do go there to race. It’s great!

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>>2884204
America's numerous social problems have produced heavy demand for mind-numbing drugs. Our government wont do anything to fix income inequality, atomization, healthcare access and yadda yadda but will absolutely crack the fuck down on a plant that makes you feel better about it.

Anyways, back to theme parks. I think THC products are inevitable, especially as rates of alcohol use continue to plummet. It will start with the regional parks who will see financial success with becoming weed friendly. Then Universal will dip their toes into it. In your lifetime you will see a Donald Duck themed THC seltzer sold at EPCOT.

I also think some sort of Polymarket or Fan Duel type system will be implemented in theme parks somehow. Like a bar themed around it at City Walk or Disney Springs. Companies do not have moral objections to making money beyond a certain threshold.

>>2884210
>Will not let you take your alcohol onto Gran Fiesta Tour
>Soon will not let you take your Donald Duck THC onto Gran Fiesta Tour

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>>2884214
>Me, absolutely obliterated by a 20mg limited edition Clayton from Tarzan Elderberry Indica, attempting to explain to a confused British tourist that EPCOT’s hydroponic future was economically defeated by a giant free nuclear reactor in the sky.

>>2884132
>Because I said it is
Why did you say that?
>Another Boring & Mundane giga? I'll pass
It’s nothing like the other two by then. And even for Intamin I’m not even sure I’d put MF over Pantherian.

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>>2884206
RI has a lovely coast and Providence is comfy.

>>2884210
>Our government wont do anything to fix income inequality
Fucking this. I can’t stand when I’m talking to someone and I realize they make a different amount of money to me. It just makes me scream inside. It’s the worst feeling in the world.

>>2884208
NGL I didn’t know mini RC racing was a thing but now that I’ve looked it up, I just have to say it looks cool AF

I am against making fun of Disney adults however overcrowding the Bluey (a show for toddlers) event simply because it’s in a Disney park is too far. Grow up and seek help. If the excuse is you’re “neurodivergent” I’d like to slap you in the face

>>2884107
It's definitely been outclassed as far as gigas go, but it's still a great ride, easy top 15 for me (although granted I don't have a lot of credits to my name as of yet). Don't think I've ever ridden a coaster that maintains its speed throughout its layout as well as MF does, you haul ass throughout the entirety of the journey.

I also don't get why people say there's no airtime, I always get decent floater on the two camelbacks headed on and off the island, no matter where I sit

>>2884241
> Don't think I've ever ridden a coaster that maintains its speed throughout its layout as well as MF does, you haul ass throughout the entirety of the journey.
Have great respect for MF, and it’s one of the best in the world IMO, but wait until you ride Iron Gwazi

>>2884241
I have it 28 out of almost 300. I had it #3 until recently when I rode it again and realized it was overrating it (it was my 105th or so credit, so lots of rides since then). I’d still put it #1 for maintaining speed. Love the lack of brakes. I can’t agree on the airtime. It’s okay but hypers/gigas from that era clearly hadn’t figured out the optimum camelback dimensions yet. The newer B&Ms will have you out of your seat the entire hill.
>>2884252
Difference is Gwazi is only 47 seconds. Millennium is 110 IIRC. The only rides I know of that can compete with that are Voyage and Steel Vengeance and only when running trimless.

>>2884255
*1 minute 10 seconds

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>Sad news - the Conservation Station entrance mural that was covered with animals has been replaced, but good news - the bathroom facts are still there!

just got back from BGW/KD. Lines were short because of the threat of rain all week so I got through everything very quickly. Pantherian was the best ride of both parks.

>>2884221
>Why did you say that?
Because I wanted to
>I’m not even sure I’d put MF over Pantherian.
Pantherian is a failcoaster. They're going to remove that piece of shit when they pay off the loans. Ambitious but turned out to be a big L for KD

>>2884255
>It’s okay but hypers/gigas from that era clearly hadn’t figured out the optimum camelback dimensions yet.
They were figuring out what a giga coaster should be. Making Magnum but 100 feet taller wasn't going to cut it. The designers had to make MF different, but there wasn't anything to pattern it on.

Threadly list of Disney/Universal announcements and dates for your convenience:
Florida:
>WDW Cheaper "After 2 PM" tix this summer
>Monsters Inc. at Studios opens 2027?
>'Tropical Americas' replaces dinos 2027
>Bluey and Australian animal petting zoo open at Animal Kingdom
>Front Tire Land circa 2028
>Liberty Belle Steamship intact as of late May 2026 https://wdwnt.com/2026/05/fourth-magic-kingdom-ferryboat-now-under-construction-at-disney-world
>Walt Disney robot coming to Carousel of Progress
>Jessie's Roundup show at the Diamond Horseshoe
>Rock N' Rollercoaster Muppets OPEN NOW
>Volcano Bay closed Oct 26, 2026 thru Mar 24, 2027
>Lost Continent demolition underway
>Replacement for Poseidon's Fury to be built by Intamin
>Jurassic Park River Adventure closed thru Nov 19 2026
>Pteranodon Flyers open as of May 24?
>F&F coaster replaces RRR early 2027?
>Level 99 at Disney Springs this summer

California:
>AI security cameras everywhere!
>Fast and Furious coaster still set for "Summer 2026"
>Mike & Sully closes 2027, becoming Avatar ride?
>Allegdly no more manual free spinning Roger Rabbit Car Toon Spin
>"Man Eating Piranha" scene removed from Jungle Cruise?

Both:
>Soarin' Over 'Murica OPEN NOW
>Millenium Falcon: Mandalorian Edition open NOW

Europe:
>Lion King Splash Mountain water ride at Paris Studio park, late 2027 at the earliest
>New scenes in Rivers of the Far West in 2026
>Universal UK set for 2031
>Disney-Adjacent Bluey Roller Coaster at Alton Towers OPEN NOW

Asia:
>Multi-launch Spider-man coaster at Shanghai DL
>Spider-Man Drop Tower at Hong Kong DL, Doc Ock
>Wreck-It-Ralph omnirover shooter replaces Buzz Lightyear in Tokyo by April 2027
>Tokyo Disneyland Space Mountain currently closed until 2027 for ground-up rebuild (façade complete now!)
>Tokyo maybe razing Adventureland 2026 or later?
>DisneySea Aquatopia closing 5ever Sept 14
Did I miss anything?

>>2884294
>Did I miss anything?
Why don't you give updates to parks OTHER than Disney?

This is /tpg/ + /rcg/, you only post updates on a handful of children's parks. Never any Universal news, nor Six Flags, no indies, no European or Asian parks ever get included. Step up your game.

>>2884294
Not a lot of announcements since the last thread. But, a lot of things that have been on the ticker for quite a while have finally happened like the new Soarin' video. I don't think we'll have any real ride news until D23.

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Would you do this swap?
>Angles new ballpark is at Toy Story Lot and Disneyland Park #3 is at the Angles current ballpark

Went to Fuji-Q Highlands at the beginning of the year. Sadly the rides did not live up to the hype for me. Zokkon was pretty fun though.

Universal's Flying Dinosaur and Hakugei are the top 2 rollercoasters I've ridden in Japan, those were great.

>>2884124
In the 90s Six Flags used to advertise
>New coaster is COMING!!!
a lot, last one I recall was Superman. I don't think I have ever seen advertising for a coaster ever again though.

>>2884171
Seems like an amazing idea for companies that want people buying more shit or more food.
But awful for companies that really need people following the rules and staying out of No Go zones.

Really high people will not mind standing in some shitty line for an hour and a half but they also will not think twice about wandering into some shitty or dangerous area, and will not follow instructions like make sure a seat belt is fastened. Or make sure nothing is on your head before a coaster takes off.

>>2884193
>>2884206
Is it really that surprising? It's a show watched by working class normies who think they are experts in the field of buying normal everyday grocery store crap like bleach and paper towels. Cedar Point or Carrowinds is exactly their kind of vacation.

>>2884239
Isn't that pretty much the actual definition of Disney Adult that enrages everyone?

Not the fat weirdo in a Goofy shirt, but the weird adult that is totally hijacking some attraction that is clearly made only for kids and now some kids are not getting a fun little thing because awkward autistic 40 something is taking up the space instead.

>>2884294
>WDW Cheaper "After 2 PM" tix this summer
...this sounds like a horrible idea. It's already bad enough that the post 2PM crowd is all annual pass holders that flood the fucking place every afternoon.

>>2884315
The problem is there is no agreed upon definition of Disney Adult and what it is. It is as expansive or select, as negative or positive as the person wants it
It has be said to be anything from "kicks kid out of the way injuring them to meet Bluey first" to "makes their entire life about Disney and will not shut up about it and spend tens of thousands of dollars" to "really into Disney but never discusses it publicly" to "been to the theme park before not being a kid" to "really into 1/2 of their IPs but nothing else" to "watched any of their content" to "having any interest that is not wage slaving for billionaires".

>>2884297
This. 100% this

>>2883985
Six Flags Over Texas has started replacing their metal disney-style trashcans with plastic cedar-fair style ones and I thought of you when I noticed that.

>>2884285
>Because I wanted to
Shit justification. Guessing you haven’t been to many parks.

>>2884287
I’m not even sure what Fury does better but I like it. I guess it’s Millie but with better elements and then a hyper-type section at the end.

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>>2884318
There is not because people just want to complain about shit and/or make fun of dumb people. So to anyone on twitter, any person wearing a mickey shirt is a cringe "Disney Adult" no matter what their life is like or what they are into.

>To boomers they are millennials over 25 that are still into kid shit so the boomers have to assume they are some kind of rapist faggot drug addict psycho. Because in their world, no one over 18 should be into anything but football, drinking, and poker, anything else is for brain addled fruits on heroine. This is just more boomer projection/complaining since that it 99% of all they do.
>To people in the parks they are the theme park version of that scalper faggot that will take every single pack of pokemon cards out of kids' hands because they want everything to themselves are are weird fucks about it. These guys are the actual group that causes problems for others that make the complaints later on.
>To people on twitter they are the cringe freaks that tend to be disgusting 300lb 40 somethings that film videos of themselves acting like screaming dancing 10 year olds in the Magic Kingdom parking lot. They are really just pathetic streamers and wannabe influencers thinking they are making the next tiktok hit

>>2884294
Im gonna do Orlando parks Easter next year. Realistically is any of the new stuff gonna be open?
F&F Coaster should be Id think if they dont have similar testing issues theyre having at Hollywood. Will Indiana Jones at AK be done by then?

>>2884355
I'm predicting Tropical Americas opens in May

>>2884294
Love this autist
>>2884297
Love this autist

Simple as

>>2884294
What's the tallest roller coaster you've ever been on

>>2884341
It's a legitimate justification actually

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>>2884378
Can't see Encanto being done by May next year with Disney's build speed. Building is still a shell and there's no theming done

>>2884303
Not enough space. What's looking increasingly likely to be Gate 3 gets the benefit of sharing ulitities and backroom stuff with the other two parks.

It's going to be a really claustrophobic park though, the hotels really mess up the layout. The parking is chaotic enough as it is, fuck knows how they'll manage when the parking is even more awkward and there's the guest number boost.

>>2883985
seething cause your shithole park is more irrelevant than an All Star Resort cafeteria

>>2884426
>All Star Resort cafeteria
Fatty can only think about food

>>2884428
Definitely not thinking about six flags that's for sure

>>2884297
>why does this post clearly labeled as Universal/Disney announcements only have Universal and Disney announcements in it?

>>2884431
I covered that here: >>2884297

>>2884398
Checking my notes, looks like Raging Bull.

>>2884441
Tell us something we can believe, anon

>>2884294
Patriot

>>2884297
Vampire

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>>2884314
>But awful for companies that really need people following the rules

They already allow alcohol, though. Alcohol lowers your inhibitions while THC just mellows you out. I've never heard of a person getting high and starting a fist fight, but that happens all the time with booze.

>>2884448
>People don't do stupid stuff when they're high

>>2884449
Different type of stupid. Again, they already allow alcohol and have security in place to deal with the retards in society that cannot handle their booze. THC isn't nearly as problematic as booze. THC doesnt cause aggression in some people like alcohol does.

>>2884445
What? Too short or too tall for your charicature of me?
Forgive me for never getting over to Cedar Point.

>>2884456
This is what drug addicts actually believe

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>>2884460
>I believe propaganda from the NBWA

Of all the shit people consume at theme parks, THC drinks would be the least damaging to their bodies.

>>2884461
I'm amazed that the Wedway PeopleMover can accommodate whales.

>>2884462
Amazing that Rocket Rods started to crack the foundation but hauling 300lb artic mammals is within the engineering tolerance

>>2884461
The guy who posts >>2884294 couldn't even get laid with one of these

>>2884468
You couldn't get laid with any woman cause your dick's too small to penetrate the labia.

>>2884471
I doubt any man's dick is long enough to penetrate the fatty folds of those manatees.

>>2884417
So does every single Florida Disney park have a large section closed off and being rebuilt right now? Seems like every one of them have 20% of the park walled off for construction to be completed in 27-28.

>>2884460
I've had guys try to tell me weed is healthy, and makes you healther the more of it you smoke.
They are willing to make up and say anything in the world before ever admitting they smoke shit jut to get high or admit addiction.

>>2884485
Yes. The Theme Park wars have reignited with Epic Universe. Every single park has projects in development and projects beyond that havent been announced yet.

Universal has the Fast and Furious coaster, Supercharged replacement, Simpsons replacement, Lost Continent replacement and Paris expansion to counter. Should be an interesting decade. We might even see a new park announced.

>>2884487
Drinking THC is not the same thing as smoking it. Smoking is bad for your lungs regardless of what you light on fire. Drinking or eating THC bypasses that. I wouldn't say it's "healthy" but it's not nearly as bad for you as alcohol is, but alcohol is normalized in American culture so people assume THC is worse for you.

>>2884489
>Smoking is bad for your lungs regardless of what you light on fire.
This.
Idiots don't realize that particulate matter generally is the main driver of lung cancer in smokers. Some specific inhaled chemicals don't help, but the main killer is just tiny, solid, particles.

>>2884485
Pretty much everything but Epcot.

Magic Kingdom has the Cars Land and Villains Land projects
Animal Kingdom has South America land and Rafiki's planet watch
Hollywood Studios has Monsters Inc land and Animation Courtyard
There is also the rides being overhauled like Muppets, Soarin, Big Thunder Mountain, Carousel of Progress,

The main reason is that Disney could not get building permits approved by the state during the time DeSantis was having his little tirade against them so this is all the building projects and repairs of 2019-2024 all crammed together.

>>2884498
>Actually trying to stop bloated corporations from becoming an illegally unelected government and trying to return power to the voters is evil tyranny!!!!
Libtards believe in the stupidest shit ever. But hey you get to wear Mouse ears in your corporate company town that enslaves you! Just $29.95!

>>2884298
Shanghai’s 10th is three weeks from now so they might announce their 2nd park then if China wants it announced on their terms
Otherwise nothing will be announced for 3 months

>>2884498
>Epcot
And even then there's the vacant wonders of life pavillion, essentially worthless imagination pavilion, and that Innovations replacement is an empty hallway.

>>2884510
Disney clearly does not care about the learning pavilions at the front of the park. I assume they will each be replaced by an IP ride like the Guardians of the Galaxy ride at some point.

>>2884526
With how things are going in the Land and Imagination pavilions that might not be a terrible thing. Guardians is at least a really fun ride. No one really gives a shit about the Living with the Land boat ride or the Figment ride. They just like the dragon mascot as a plushie. I'm kind of surprised Figment is still there and not replaced by Inside Out characters by now.

A nicer dark ride that takes you to more interesting places than a fake plastic hydroponics greenhouse would be a better idea for Land. Maybe something that covers the stages of plant life, different world climate zones and the plants that grow there or farming in history. Anything but floating through a fake bell peppers and tomatoes farm.

I do miss the old science museum stuff. Science museums are fun, too bad Disney does not care to have their own higher quality version of one in their parks. But kids playing on giant plastic body parts and playing with sound does not keep them moving and buying things. so it has to go.

>>2884533
Figment's legitimately one of the top selling characters in Florida.

>>2884533
>Believing that the parks must get worse because you're afraid the company won't make enough money
Do Disney adults really?

>>2884526
They blatantly don’t like it for how constricting a theme it is, but I don’t think every single one of the pavilions will turn into a entirely unrelated to theming IP ride like Guardians
>WOL - Will be replaced with an IP ride
>The Seas - Already an IP ride but the aquarium is the actual appeal. Might replace with another IP at some point but can’t see the Seas theme changing
>The Land - Soarin is a draw and LWTL fills out the rest with a cult following ride. Maxes out the pavilion and it is crowded so no need to change.
>Spaceship Earth - Too central as the flagship attraction to base on one singular IP
>Imagination - This one would have been replaced years ago if their biggest merchandise seller did not depend on it existing. If they evict Figment his sales will die and everyone up to shareholders will freak even harder than then did in 1999. It likely will become an IP pavilion in that Figment is turned into an IP itself with a film or show. Further extent is you get a ride with Figment and Inside Out
>Mission Space - Will be replaced with an IP ride eventually

>>2884283
Pantherian is ruined by trim IMO. Pantheon mogs it.
>why are those names so close

>>2884318
It’s a pejorative, like Karen. It’s not supposed to have any set definition (other than the person must like Disney parks) because there’s no set group of people to be insulted.

Poseidon doesn’t identify as a Disney adult despite being a childless 30-something who spends all his time going to Disney World, yet he makes many videos about Disney adults who are even more obsessed than he is.

>>2884344
If Nikita Khruschev is allowed to like Disney then so am I.
>And I say, ‘I would very much like to go and see Disneyland.’ But then, we cannot guarantee your security, they say. Then what must I do? Commit suicide? …
>“We have come to this town where lives the cream of American art. And just imagine, I a premier, a Soviet representative, when I came here to this city, I was given a plan — a program of what I was to be shown and whom I was to meet here. But just now I was told that I could not go to Disneyland. I asked: ‘Why not?’ What is it, do you have rocket-launching pads there?’ I do not know.
>And just listen — just listen to what I was told — to what reason I was told. We, which means the American authorities, cannot guarantee your security if you go there. What is it? Is there an epidemic of cholera there or something? Or have gangsters taken over the place that can destroy me? Then what must I do? Commit suicide? This is the situation I am in — your guest. For me the situation is inconceivable. I cannot find words to explain this to my people.

>>2884408
>It's a cope actually
ftfy

>>2884533
I remember an Epcot exhibit when I was a kid where there was a video or simulator ride of being inside a 13 year old boy’s brain as he went about his day. There was also a video of a bunch of sperm racing towards an egg.

>>2884554
*animated video of sperm of course

>>2884533
>fake bell peppers and tomatoes farm.
The plants are real.
Find any two YouTube ride-throughs that are one month apart.

>>2884550
Nope. It's a fact.

>>2884554
Wonders of Life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYLuxIvE1OY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkCrGvcwU_M

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HAGRIDS NO LONGER HAS EXPRESS
THIS IS NOT A DRILL

>>2884567
I don’t see the big deal?
Why is social media screaming about this

>>2884567
good! its been exploited far too long. watch the queue get more manageable now.
express/lightninglane/priority is crap and a waste of money. Tired of psychotics going on about ghost hotel rooms at Hard Rock/Portofino just to get blanket express pass at the fraction of the price. adds urgency to rush around a park trying to do everything just to get value for your money

>>2884533
>No one really gives a shit about Figment
eat shit

>>2884567
Thank fucking God. Dumbest decision ever. You need Pokemon and the Toon Lagoon replacement to both be up and crowd-eating before you even consider putting Hagrid on express.

>>2884574
Cause the Premier passholders were using their free 4pm express on it multiple nights of the week like the autists they are.

>>2884575
Whatever governor runs on banning fast passes from theme parks will have my vote. You are paying money for the CHANCE of waiting in a shorter line. So many times the express line is longer than the stand by line. I dont know how it's legal.

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Reddit is fucking seething over Hagrid being made express ineligible. Proves my theory that the only people with souls on the internet post here and everyone else is an endocrine-damaged troglodyte goysumer.

>NOOO YOU HAVE TO LET ME SPEND $200 EXTRA WAIT IN AN HOUR LONG LINE THAT WOULDNT EXIST IF THIS SYSTEM WAS NEVER INVENTED IN THE FIRST PLACE NOOOOOOOOO

Their anguish brings me joy.

>>2884583
its great news
now they just need to announce Hagrids isnt part of EPA

>>2884584
EPA is great though. All the hotel guests and passholders zerg rush Hagrid's and free up the rest of the park for everyone else. If you go clockwise starting from Marvel at 9:00 you can finish the entire park just in time for the morning Hagrid rush to be over and enjoy a normal Hagrid wait time around 11am. Entire park done before noon, if not earlier.

>>2884176
Daily reminder that the average EPCOT guest could walk past a catastrophic thematic horticulture regression and still clap because “muh Guardians coaster.”

Update: Spent another 9 hours doing a full solo vegetation audit this weekend and it’s genuinely worse than people realize. The Morocco pavilion is now using visibly cheaper rotational flowering stock in at least two backstage-adjacent beds and nobody is talking about it because everyone’s dopamine-blasted by popcorn buckets.

Also confirmed they’ve started over-pruning around Future World sightlines again. You used to have layered visual transitions between hardscape and canopy that subtly guided crowd flow while preserving thematic immersion. Now it’s just “place shrub here lol.” The spatial storytelling is collapsing in real time.

And don’t even get me started on the Living with the Land queue planters. Half the foliage balance is off because they keep mixing tropical broadleaf species with drought-tolerant filler plants that belong outside a dentist office in Kissimmee. It feels spiritually bankrupt.

Meanwhile Disney adults on TikTok are crying over ride overlays while I’m standing there staring at improperly spaced crotons thinking “this company once cared about berm depth.”

The decline was never going to announce itself with one bad ride. Civilizations decay through mulch budgets and irrigation shortcuts.

Walt didn’t die for this.

>>2884541
The aquarium is nice, but that Finding Nemo ride is incredibly half ass. Almost wish they would just get rid of it.

>>2884622
Half ass is being very kind. It's abysmal. Undoubtedly the most run down ride in WDW right now

>>2884576
It's easily the most garbage ride in the entire complex that never has a queue longer than 5 minutes.

>>2883952
implessive

>>2884583
Why aren't the troons attacking them for patroning the evil hater lady's themed rides?

>>2884176
>>2884621

I can't tell if you're genuine or just shitposting, but either way I applaud the effort you put into those posts.

>>2884567
I like this as someone who is rich enough for the Six Flags all parks all season fast lane but not rich enough to buy Islands fast lane.

>>2884591
Hagrid single rider isn’t even that bad. 45 minutes tops for me lately but often much faster.

>>2884621
Best /tpg/ meme

>>2884624
It’s the only ride that seems too shit for WDW even by the standards of modern WDW.

>>2884591
>Entire park done before noon, if not earlier.
why would I want to do that? its not a race

Universal
>F&F Drift coaster
>brand new island in place of Lost Continent
>Supercharged replacement
>broomstick ride in Wizarding Paris
>Creature from Black Lagoon ride
Disney
>removed rivers of America for Cars land rapids ride
>villains land with ANOTHER magic carpet ride
>retheme muppets area to monsters inc with a vekoma family invert
>retheme dinosaur to Indiana jones
>encanto ride (remember that film during lockdown lol?)
There’s a very clear winner here. Disney need some better imagineers pronto

>>2884681
Does anyone have any idea what is going in the lost continent space?

>>2884621
Unironically the most informative Disney poster here lmfao

>>2884667
Cause you can go knock out the other park with the rest of your day? Some people want to do all of the rides and are limited to one day at both parks.

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>>2884684
Most likely Pokémon, but Zelda was also rumored. Alecia Stella strongly believes it's Pokémon and she has a track record of having some sort of insider access. The permits say the ride will be done by Intamin, and most people are guessing it will be the Dome Ride Theater being built inside of the PF show building. USJ is replacing their spiderman ride with Pokemon so it's entirely possible it's the Multi Dimension Mover trackless. We'll find out if they start demolishing Poseidon's Temple cause only a screen ride could fit inside it.

>>2884667
>>2884725
If you can knock out the park in half a day, it's not a real theme park. It's a roadside attraction.

>>2884729
Have any these been built anywhere? They don't look fun or exciting, seems like a gimmick

>>2884730
>me when a roadside attraction has a fully animatronic Hungarian Horntail

>>2884725
>>2884730
Then all of universal is a roadside attraction bc I always knock out Islands and Studios in a single day and ride every single ride AT LEAST once

>>2884734
I truly believe that USF and IOA should be one park. Both are just a little too small to stand alone imo. I understand why they're marketed as two though, it's a lot more profitable. But every time I've been I'm able to hit everything I want in <5 hours.

Universal’s problem is it doesn’t have an identity besides being the trash in of random IPs plopped together
Even Disney has the historical attractions without Ip to tie it in together, and the rest is IP they are known to own outside which is now just Tower of Terror. Universal does not even own most of their IPs used. It is solely propped up by Harry Potter and Nintendo licenses which might not last forever. Losing lands like Lost Continent are more detrimental then they appear because it has no identity it can build on its own or reason to visit if these company’s agreements end

>>2884734
Not a fan of the blues brothers, huh?

>>2884747
Yeah true I’ve never heard of Jurassic Park

>>2884583
Yeah I’m pissed. My time is more valuable. I’m if I’m spending 10k to visit the parks for 5 days, I expect to do and ride everything in said parks in fairly timely manner. Wasting all my time in a line wasn’t on the agenda. Maximum fun, repeat rides was. Express is an expensive option. So are the hotels that Comp express passes. I get why “normies” get mad and complain about long waits. I was one of you at one time. But, you have the same opportunity to have Express as I do. This is a pay to play world. This will only balloon the overall wait times. Paying $100 is better than a 100 plus mins in line.

The only thing that annoys me is that we already bought express passes for our trip later this year and Hagrids was part of the reason why. It's okay, we'll make good use of them anyway, and it'll definitely be better for the guests overall to not have Express as part of Hagrids.

Really, when you think about how much lower all the lines would be if Express didn't exist at all, I wish the system would just go away entirely. I realize it's a lot of money to give up though.

>>2884767
Are there any major parks that don't have a line skipping mechanism now? IIRC the Herschend parks don't but I haven't checked recently.

I'm never going to pay for it, instead I just visit on weekdays when the crowds won't be bad. A compromise might be only having fastpass available Fri Sat Sun + major holidays.

>>2884772
Europa Park

>>2884772
Dollywood has one but it doesn't seem like many people are using it when I'm there, though I only go on less busy days. The way Dollywood's works is you buy the pass and you get a certain number of entries into the fast lane. The number you get corresponds to the number of e-ticket rides, but you can use all your skips on the same ride if you want.

>>2884762
The spirit of the boomer persists in their offspring

>>2884784
> The spirit of the poorfag persists in their offspring

>>2884784
The true redpill is that there are only two generations

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>>2884762
Lol get fucked gaywad. If I ever find you in the park complaining to customer service that you should be able to pay to skip the normal line, I'm going to put you in a headlock, unbuckle your pants, and brutally rape you in front of a screaming crowd of guests. That's what express buyers deserve.

>>2884798
The jew and the gentile

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Express should be illegal. There is no good argument for it being acceptable as a business model.

The lines at Universal are really cool and you should wait in the regular line at least once to get the full experience.

>>2884806
Easier ways to admit that you're poor

>>2884811
If you love being raped financially so much you should get a star of david tattooed around the rim of your asshole

Seems the Fast & Furious coaster is having issues in testing, possibly why it's been testing for so long. Front car especially keeps fucking up the spinning.

Delay incoming?

>>2884810
I’m glad Hagrids will no longer have express and I agree mostly but Hagrids queue is a cave for what feels like forever

>>2884294
based
The Only Parks That Matter

>>2884815
Controlled and precise spin on a rollercoaster is a pretty bold endeavor. Not surprised they're having issues with it. Isnt X2's rotation done by a unique bar on the track that physically moves the rotating mechanism? Doing that in software with repeatable accuracy is presumably a total nightmare.

>>2884819
>Doing that in software with repeatable accuracy is presumably a total nightmare.
I find this a bit hard to believe, they probably do significantly harder things for defense companies or NASA/SpaceX/etc for one reason or another

>>2884819
When it’s just one out of the 4 cars having the issue I’d say there is a simple fix (rewire) but that’ll be costly so they’re hoping to fix it easier. Intamin will have a deadline for handover and a contract with contracharges if it’s delayed so I’d doubt it is delayed at all. Just usual universal not announcing anything

>>2884745
If you look at the pricing, the parkhopper ticket is the same price as a regular Disney World ticket (~$185) while a single day is like $130. So they’re at least priced that way.

>>2884762
Didn’t Hagger average like 70 minutes before express

>>2884775
My Dollywood one didn’t have limits.

>>2884806
>nooo you can’t just charge rich people and poor people two different prices

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>>2884827
Yes. People don't seem to grasp that express is what creates the problem with lines. You have 1 loading platform and two separate lines converging into it zipper-style. One then the other. The existence of the express line immediately slows the standby line by 50%. Every line would immediately be halved, but we have faggots like these niggers >>2884829 >>2884811 >>2884762
who perpetuate this hebrew scheme.

These companies are getting away with murder cause it makes redditors feel like "ballers" to wait in a 30 minute line when the standby queue is 1 hour, when the line would be 30 minutes for everyone if the system didn't exist in the first place.

>>2884830
you're poor and you're angry

>>2884830
Hating corporations for trying to maximize profit is the most reddit opinion possible.

>>2884828
Maybe they changed it. It used to be that if there were eight big coasters, you had eight skips, and you could use them on whatever coasters you wanted. Or maybe that's just one tier. I don't know, like I said, I only go when you don't need it.

>>2884831
>>2884832
Post yarmulke

>>2884830
>when the line would be 30 minutes for everyone if the system didn't exist in the first place.
90 minutes*

hating on parks having a fast lane and a pleb lane is like hating on airlines for having a premium or first class cabin
very working class behaviour

disney introduced fastpass literally last millennia
it's time to get over it

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>>2884835
No, that's not how it works. You can literally see the exact moment express was added and the wait time doubled. There's only one loading platform.

>>2884836
Retard alert. On airlines you get material perks for the premium price. You get closer seating to the door, more legroom, exclusive dining options, etc. Express is the SAME FUCKING RIDE.

>>2884837
>you got jewed in the past so it's cool to continue getting jewed in the future.

>>2884837
Yeah but it was free

>>2884838
cope, you're paying to wait less and avoid having to wait next to the subhuman plebs in the poorfag lines

I pay for the express lanes because I don't want to be stuck next to minorities or fat people for 2 hours
it's like shopping at costco or target instead of walmart

I can easily afford express and have done in the past. When you buy it you feel the need to get your moneys worth racing from ride to ride. What’s the fucking point going to an immersive theme park

>>2884838
>claims wait is 30 minutes
>graph shows it's nearly 2 hours even before the evil white person lane was put in
lol

>>2884842
only children are impressed with theming
there are very few exceptions where its good enough for adults (e.g. tower of terror)

>>2884833
When even is that? September?

>>2884747
I think their main problem is that they are focused on being the Theme Park that is wrapped around movie IPs. where every ride or section is a major IP of some type and you immerse yourself in that world.
Meanwhile Universal really does not own that many IPs to make a park designed like that worthwhile. This used to be especially true when it came to kids/cartoon properties. Since they had to theme a section of a park after decades old comic strips that at this point kids know nothing about at all. Half of their attractions are based around IPs that belong to someone else. Disney owns all things Marvel and Simpsons, Warner owns Harry Potter, they don't own Nintendo either.

They probably should have done more with Dreamworks than shove it all into the kiddy corner in the main park. Shrek and Kungfu Panda could easily support their own sections like How to Train Your Dragon.

I think Disney deciding in the 00s that all their attractions should become IP based has caused the Unique concept of Universal to not be so unique any longer. Now it's just expected that all rides and attractions in a theme park be based on an existing IP of some type.

>>2884838
>redditor can’t multiply by 2
Checks out.

>>2884844
I think you are wrong. It’s not just about the rides

>>2884839
It’s like $35 today. Would you be happy if fast pass was free and tickets were $35 more instead?

>>2884840
That would be true if it wasnt the huge indian and arabic families clogging up express. You're probably one of those. My guess: indian.

>>2884841
But anon...you are the fat minority.

>>2884843
I did not claim Hagrid was 30 minutes you just have the reading comprehension of a toad. Hagrid averages around 70 minutes without express. When they added express it doubled to 140. You can see the spike in the graph. Look at identical times in the calendar and you see that the wait time doubles.

>>2884847
>faggot cant read a line graph
Checks out

>>2884848
for many people it is
besides all the good themeing is between rides
not having to spend 6 extra hours in line = 6 more hours to enjoy the actual park

>>2884842
>When you buy it you feel the need to get your moneys worth racing from ride to ride
Skill issue.

>>2884806
not really, it's companies exploiting the fact that rich people will easily spend more money to get a leg up on the poors around them. And it works every time. People will now spend $30-40 to ride a single ride a little bit faster than the poor people standing in line.

>>2884850
i smell a spic, it's always spics who seethe about other third world browns
spics can't afford express either

>>2884846
>This used to be especially true when it came to kids/cartoon properties. Since they had to theme a section of a park after decades old comic strips that at this point kids know nothing about at all.
They had a playground themed to An American Tail until 2023

>>2884850
>faggot cant read a line graph
You’re talking about yourself, poorbro. That’s not how doubling works.

>>2884846
>disney owns marvel
I hope when the time comes they rebuild the spider man ride brick for brick from IOA because anything original Disney does lately is fucking shit

>>2884839
And you had to walk to the ride entrance. It used to truly be 'holding your place in line'.
At Disney World it was:
>Go to Space Mountain entrance
>Get FP
>Do Peoplemover, Buzz, and optionally Laugh Floor
>Space Mountain time is now
>Leave Tomorrowland
>Get FP for Big Thunder or Splash Mtn
>Do any fantasyland dark rides you want, and/or the other Mountain, or even chill on Tom Sawyer Island for a bit
>Do your thrill ride
>Head to Adventureland
>Idk, did Pirates or Jungle Cruise have FP? If so, get one. Do Tiki Room and the other boat ride.
>Sip a Dole Whip
>Do the FP boat ride.
>You've conquered MK before 2:00 PM.

most express passes basically double if not triple the amount of time you actually have in the park, it's basically a requirement if you want to try and ride everything

Maybe Hagrid will be Express eligible again when whatever replaces Lost Continent gets their big new ride.

>>2884860
Don’t be such a poor fag buying a cheapass one day ticket
>I don’t have time for more than one day
Poorfag

>>2884853
You aren't refuting my central point which is that the problem (extended waits) wouldnt exist in the first place without the express line blowing the standby line up. They create a fake problem then sell you the solution as a $200 upcharge. Really scummy business practice.

>>2884854
I have the $700/yr pass and have had it for over half a decade. I've argued with you on this point before and you for some reason really love getting raped in the ass financially. Like a masochistic findom fetish. Also you didn't deny being Indian.

>>2884857
It is how doubling works. The line went from 70 to 70x2. Average, of course. Every day has a certain number of people so the number is never exact, but 200+ on hagrids became normal with express.

>>2884862
>just spend multiple days waiting in line instead of one doing all the rides goy

>>2884863
>i've been to the park a lot so i dont need to ride all the rides because they're not new to me
dumb nigger, the express pass is financially the smart move

also i'm white. you didn't deny being a filthy spic though

>>2884864
Sounds like you are very poor limiting universal trips to one day

>>2884863
>You aren't refuting my central point which is that the problem (extended waits) wouldnt exist in the first place without the express line blowing the standby line up. They create a fake problem then sell you the solution as a $200 upcharge. Really scummy business practice.
85 IQ tier. Waits are determined entirely by demand, express lanes do not change throughput, only the mixture of what people (humans vs plebs) get through

>>2884868
because universal is second fiddle to disney

>>2884867
You are, at best, (((white))) with how vehemently you defend financial rape as normal and good. A second shoah is coming for people like you and this time we're going to get ALL of you.

>>2884869
Dumbass. Throughput doesn't matter and isn't displayed on the front of the attraction. The posted wait is determined by the standby wait. They dont post the express wait (because it's a scam). Two lines feed one ride loading platform. If ANYONE is in express, the standby line, which is the only one posted, instantly slows to half speed while they load. It's why there's always a huge drop in wait times once the express goyim burn up all their uses. That's the normal line. I'd clock your IQ being somewhere around sub-Saharan Africa

is this floridaniggers angry because they sit and wait in the cuckqueue?

>>2884872
you fucking retard, the wait went up because most people won't waste more than 90 minutes queueing alongside you subhumans, express got added and people started riding it without having to subjugate themselves to something you've been demoralized into thinking is normal

>>2884873
>700$ pass is the annual pass
kek yup it's a florida spic angry he's stuck with other subhumans while gringos fly by him in the express lanes

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>A second shoah is coming for people like you and this time we're going to get ALL of you.

>>2884825
The back car also occasionally struggles on some elements. Being a multi-launch the front and back cars both experience the strongest forces so it could be either sensors getting confused or something mechanical/electrical not liking it.

GotG is pretty low on forces (going near 0g more than high gs) so it had less problems.

The Uncharted coaster also has/had issues with the spinning bugging out (you can end up doing most of the coaster sideways)

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A second BGT restaurant has been closed by health inspectors

>>2884874
Express on hagrid's got so long that the express line itself was 70 minutes. You do not live in reality and you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.

>>2884873
>>2884875
I'm a single rider Chad and exist beyond the boundary of space and time. I knock out Islands in less than an hour. I walk directly onto everything bypassing both the plebs and the goyim. You pay $200 a visit for a mere SNIFF of the existence I live.

>>2884876
>has to cope imagining me as a thirdworld subhuman to justify being a paypig moneycuck to Comcast
Sad.

White people have been paying to avoid non-whites ever since 1865 in this country, i don't know why you expected a theme park to be different

>>2884879
>autistic friendless florida spic angry that he gets cucked by white people with families
>purports himself to be superior to anyone
lol can't make this shit up
absolute untermensch

A true knower knows express isn’t special. you get thrown them at you when you visit Epic

>>2884880
It's exclusively the big south American families I see walking around with the express lanyards. Or people who are obviously visiting from like the UK. My lived experience conflicts with your imagined reality.

>>2884881
I only waitcuck if I am at the park with friends or family and I have a personal calendar of the offseason times to go which I've shared in this general before. I'm not a spic but if it helps you to cope over giving the jews at comcast money for absolutely nothing, be my guest.

>>2884882
A true true knower categorizes the rides based on whether or not there's any tangible reason to sit next to the other members of your party. Some rides you cant even see the people next to you (FJ) and thus can be single-ridered with no reduction in the experience.

notice it never denied being a spic lol
the rampant seethe about daa jooos gives away the fact that it's a paco as well

Hagrids is shit I go to epa for that elusive zen ride on velocicoaster.

>i live in florida but i'm not brown
kek sure senooooor

This is the worst thread on the site but it's about my autistic obsession so I stay

decades and decades of seething about being stuck in the cuckqueue really takes its toll on your psyche

>>2884846
I'm surprised Universal never tried to take advantage of the 80s flashback nonsense by making an 80s section with Back to the Future and Ghostbusters again. Those early 90s rides were dated and uninteresting to audiences by the 00s, but some kind of new attraction, maybe place it near ET and have an 80s section would work. Maybe add in some other things Universal owns like A-Team and Knight Rider.

>>2884892
Universal UK is getting a BTTF coaster, going to be the tallest coaster in the UK and I think the biggest spike in the world

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>>2884885
>>2884887
>>2884890

>>2884855
That is also sort of the problem, Universal had a decent kids entertainment catalog until the early 90s or so. American Tail, Land Before Time, Ghostbusters cartoons, they sort of let all of that die by the mid 90s. And they did not have a whole lot to work with until they bought Dreamworks. Illumination is still mostly Minions and Sing. But also by the 2010s, no kids know about those properties since nothing new has been made in decades. It's not really relevant.

>>2884858
There is no way in hell that would ever happen though. Disney employees are too damn egotistical and would want to make their OWN special new Spider-Man ride that THEY invented, like the brand new planet for their Star Wars section. I would expect a movie tie-in with actors on screens.

Also Disney is very married to portraying Spider-Man as the teenage hero in every single one of their movies and cartoons. There would not be a Daily Planet, and definitely no 90s Fox Kids Dock Ock design.

>>2884897
>my time is worthless
express passes save 5+ hours in most parks
you can do more in one day with a pass than in 2 without any.

>>2884899
>American Tail
jewish mice
>Land Before Time
Based
>Ghostbusters Cartoon
never saw it, sorry
Despereaux and Balto should have done better

>>2884863
Does it matter? They make more money off the same people riding the same ride. Fast Pass people are not causing fewer people to stand in line at all. They just stand there longer.

If there is a problem for the parent company, it's the fact that the people are spending more time standing in a line and not enough time in a gift shop or buying food. Which is somewhat mitigated by selling people Fast Past tickets for a ride they could get into for free already. Plus those people are in line for shorter time periods so that they can go shop or eat more often.

So the reality is that there is no problem for the parent company at all. The people with more money to spend will pay for a second set of tickets for a ride instead of wait, so they can move on to go shop/eat some more even faster than everyone else. It's just another inconvenience for people in the parks on a budget, but not something anyone is going to worry about.

>>2884886
Has anyone been on Hagrids in the last 6 months that didn't shut down immediately after the cave drop down section? That has happened to me every single time I have been on it.

you can't even go on all the rides in a park if you only do standby, you run out of time and you spend 90% of your day in the queue

>>2884899
NBC quit bothering with cartoons around 92, then USA also quit with cartoons around 98ish. So Universal just did not care to have any kids entertainment for a long while until Illumination came along. That's why they have such a weak catalog compared to others.

express pass saves literally 9-10 hours at IoA compared to the cuckqueue

>>2884911
How is willingly giving more money to a corporation for an experience you already paid for not a form of cuckoldry? You aren't the pimp, you're the hoe.

>>2884907
Depends entirely on the day you go. If you go during peak season, yes. If you go at any other point, express is trivial and people are legitimately paying money to bypass a walk-on standby queue.

>>2884904
It matters because it's a predatory business model. The same type of shit that ruined video games with F2P and gachashit. If they're going to make the rides pay2ride, it should be married with a severe reduction in the general admission ticket since that's now the economy class, but that's not how they present it. You pay full price for a now vastly lesser experience. The *actual* price of a day at the park is now twice the regular price. Dont even get me started on what express has done to HHN.

>>2884819
>Isnt X2's rotation done by a unique bar on the track that physically moves the rotating mechanism?
Yes, but that adds a lot of weight, parts, and time. The trains are unbelievably heavy even after SFI engineers designed their own replacement trains because the originals from Arrow were too heavy. A track-based rotation mechanism for a lateral spin wouldn't be as complicated but Intamin would have to design an entirely new track system to handle that.

>>2884830
I'm fine with line skipping schemes but not as they're currently implemented. They need to be way more expensive, like $150 per person (minimum) to skip ONE line. Parks should be finding out what people's time is really worth. If they're going to charge that much, though, the persons paying for it should literally be able to skip the line - no zipper merge, they get taken straight to the loading dock and put onboard.

>>2884919
>They need to be way more expensive, like $150 per person (minimum) to skip ONE line. Parks should be finding out what people's time is really worth. If they're going to charge that much, though, the persons paying for it should literally be able to skip the line - no zipper merge, they get taken straight to the loading dock and put onboard.
Based.
Find the exact pricepoint where you make a billion bucks on it and the ride operators need to do literally nothing to accommodate it.

this thread is very orlando centric and has 70/30 universal/disney discussion. thoughts? other than disney need to wake up and make good rides/areas again

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bruh look at this serving size I got at six flags over texas today, i'd be so mad if I wasnt on the dining plan man what the fuck

>>2884925
>Eating inside the park
Your fault really

have you ever shouted the n-word when scared on a rollercoaster or ride? I got very close on Falcon's Fury

>>2884917
It's only an inconvenience, not a real issue anyone in any authority is going to care about. nor is it going to be something that damages attendance. That is why it is considered something that largely does not matter.

It's really really incredibly hard to make legal complaints about a company playing games with an expensive luxury good/service. Most anyone will not give a shit and tell you to stop buying their product and go somewhere else. Which is pretty much the answer, stop going to Universal if their policy annoys you that much.

>>2884919
No park in any country can begin to give a shit what your time is worth. Your issue just comes off as whining.

>>2884929 is right. It's a luxury, not comparable to a plane ticket or anything that is moderately necessary in life. It's entertainment that you are paying for the experience, or you pay a little more for a better experience.
Standing in line sucks, everyone on earth hates standing in lines, it's why DMVs are frustrating. But no one is going to hear your complaints about standing in line longer. You want to do something about it, buy a Fast Pass or quit going to theme parks.

>>2884931
>No park in any country can begin to give a shit what your time is worth.
Their accountants and managers spend a lot of time doing exactly that retard

>>2884919
I agree but it will never happen that way. They want it to be an affordable upcharge that feels just moderately pricey (which is why bragging about it is fucking cringe) so that dads stuck in the normal line with their complaining family feel compelled to just drop the $800 on 4 passes. I agree that making it like $600 would work better. The retards that want to flex can actually flex and everyone else that isnt zogged out of their mind can enjoy normal lines.

>>2884931
>or you pay a little more for a better experience.
But the line is artificially inflated. You guys keep ignoring that aspect. The inconvenience is intentionally amplified so they can sell the solution to it. It's ridiculous and shows how beaten into submission this country is when consumers happily take it right up the ass with a smile on their face. The rides at Studios now are objectively worse than the rides they offered in the 90s, yet the park is now $200+parking when before it was $60. They just boil the frog slow enough to avoid a boycott.

>>2884917
you're just angry because you're poor
express is basically a requirement to not get incredibly queuecucked at any time anyone wants to go
>b-bbut i live in florida and i'm an autist with no friends who wants to go in the solo rider line in the off season
nobody cares paco

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Word on the street is Carousel of Progress update will be announced tomorrow and be prepared for some major slop

>>2884937
it's not artificially inflated, you're just an angry poor minority nigger who can't afford to not be a cuckold stuck with the other niggers in the poorfag queue

here's the mathematical reality : these passes save between 6 and 10 hours per park for most people, that easily makes them more valuable than an extra day or even two at the parks without them and cost a fraction of what i costs for the extra hotel + day passes.

>>2884940
>you're just angry because you're poor
Nta but this is getting old, like >>2884937 says it's not that big of a flex

>pay for access to park and all of its rides
>can't go on all of them because you're forced to queuecuck 90% of the time in the park
a grim fate for queuegoy

>i-i'm not poor, it's just that my time is worthless
lmao

>>2884933
>>2884937
you do know the only actual answer for you is
>Cry more faggot

Because this is just some pathetic bitching and moaning about standing in line in a fucking theme park. Too goddamn bad. Sucks that is the worst thing that has ever happened to you.

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>>2884940
>>2884945
>>2884946

>>2884937
Selling a cheap pass is not artificially inflated. It's the actual answer you have been autistically screeching for, a means to get through the line faster. Which is 100% what the companies want, They WANT you to go through faster so you can get back to buying food and souvenirs. They don't want you standing in line for 2+ hours either, they want you buying drinks and popcorn as much as possible.

You are just too damn married to pretending to be a victim that any inconvenience MUST BE the work of some evil scheming group that demands you stand around in line longer because they are just mustache twirling evil and they hate you!!!

>>2884949
.....you do realize you are bitching about a luxury theme park here right? Your demands of for the people and other rhetoric shit is because you want to ride pretty rides faster without having to stand in line for it.

>>2884947
This would be the very reason why nobody cares and it's not actually a problem. Because it isn't.

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RMC have snuck an updated Wild Moose family design on their site.

https://rockymtnconstruction.com/family-coaster/

Seems a bit of a missed chance really, I get them not wanting to do big drops on a family coaster but they could do such interesting things with switchbacks and weirdly banked helixs rather than simply wobbly tracks and shallow dips.

They've apparenly confirmed they've two new US and one international coaster coming so we'll probably hear announcements soon

>>2884950
I dont think you understand what I mean by "artificially inflated". There are way more people in the standby line, and express keeps those people in the lines for longer. Even by your own dumbass logic you're wrong. The standby line length is made longer by the existence of express. If you remove it, and put all of those people in standby, standby goes twice as fast.

>>2884951
>$200 is a luxury

It's not a luxury, retard. It's an idiot trap. The trap is they blow up the standby line with an extra paid line, then sell you access. I don't think you niggers understand what a luxury is.

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>>2884949
>I think the evil corporations are evil for forcing me to have to stand in line when I want to ride Guardians of the Galaxy, I should not have to stand in line for this $1Billion ride based on a movie and forcing me to stand in line for it is evil bloated corporate consumerism and it has to stop!

>>2884954
Then don't go. There is nothing in this world forcing you to have to go and stand in lines.

>>2884954
Luxury is defined as paying for something that you do not need or require whatsoever.

And yes, a theme park is a luxury service since you have no need to ever go to one at all, it's nothing but pure entertainment.

>>2884954
Do you understand that no one is on your side here? You are arguing with half a dozen anons telling you that your whole argument is privileged bitching over what is basically nothing and not a problem at all?

Also Luxury good/service means anything you do not require for life or health. Like themed entertainment. Nobody "needs" that but it;s wasting money for fun.

>>2884954
>Excuse me? The lines are longer because more people want to stand in it!!!!
Wow we have a fucking genius over here.

>>2884954
No one sees it your way because everything you said is the core definition of entitled complaining over what is basically nothing. No one will care about the opinions of the angry autist that demands the world move for him when he wants to ride theme park rides.

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I like rollercoasters.

Does anyone else like rollercoasters?

>>2884949
>heh, i'm being smart with my money spending 9 out of my 10 hours in the park in queues

you're a florida spicnigger angry because you bought the epic yearly pass and now you have to sit in lines like the cattle nigger you are

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why no Fourth-Dimension coaster at Cedar Point? I thought that place was the roller coaster capital of the world...

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>>2884956
They literally removed Hagrid from express due to the complaints of people like me. It's the paypigs that are seething over not being able to skip the line, I already won.

>>2884958
No it isn't. A luxury is "something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary". We've already established that if you want to do all of the rides now, on peak days, express is necessary. Therefore, by your own argument, it's not a luxury. It's also cheap enough that bragging about it makes you look broke.

>>2884959
I have no issue soloing the entire general on this. Express is the worst thing that has ever happened to theme parks and you're a faggot jew if you defend it.

>not a problem at all

If it isn't a problem, then why do you feel compelled to buy the fastpasses? Kinda seems like it's a problem. A fake problem they created to sell you the solution to that you lap up like the trained little dog slave you are.

>>2884960
That is not what I said. That's your retarded interpretation of what I said.

If you take everyone that's in the express line, and merely push them into the standby line, the standby line gets more people but drops in wait time. BECAUSE, what determines wait time is pph, and your pph literally doubles when express isnt a thing. Even if you're behind all of the express people, you still get on faster. If the wait times were shorter, there would be no need for express. It's a vicious cycle they created to sell the solution.

>>2884963
>>2884965
I already explained my general strategy for never waiting in line. I dont wait in line. You people wait in line and you pay $200 for the goyim pass to do so. I'm sure the comcast shareholders stunt a little harder than you guys, but please keep bragging about having an amount of money any minimum wage job gives you.

Fuck you all. :)

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>>2884967
It's kinda weird that they've gone backwards on wing type coasters in general. Only ones built now are family ones and only Merlin seem to like those

>>2884969
You're an angry hispanic friendless incel who is mad white people are maximizing their time efficiency while your kind waits like a cuckold because you are a poorfag subhuman

>>2884969
>BECAUSE, what determines wait time is pph, and your pph literally doubles when express isnt a thing
lmfao this spic definitely failed out of school

>>2884953
>but they could do such interesting things with switchbacks and weirdly banked helixs rather than simply wobbly tracks and shallow dips.
It's made for really small kids so they're offering a very tame stock model, but a park could have it modified however they wanted it.

>>2884963
>>2884965
>>2884973
Could not be more obvious you're projecting

>>2884967
>Cedar Poor

>>2884970
I really thought wings would be the next invert that every park would want, but hardly anyone has ordered one

>>2884975
I think it's track size, space needed and height that combine to probably make them expensive.

It's a shame as now there are launch models you could have some great high speed terrain hugging designs.

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>>2884974
>cant win on the merits of their arguments so they resort to imagining me as a race that I am not
Cleared.

>>2884974
We calculated it when we had this argument like 15 threads ago. Removing express drops wait times between 30-50%. PPH doubles. In some cases it even triples depending on how favored express is in the loading procedure. Some ride ops go express, express, standby. On other rides it's 50/50.

Orlando parks didn't need express before because it used to only be white people, now that spics and other third worlders have flooded it we need a wait to segregate from them

>>2884973
>>2884980
Oops, I quoted the wrong incel. I gave out a rare double (you)

No talk on the Universal Monsters area getting a confirmed ride?

Creature from the Black Lagoon ride?

Imagine being so retarded you think a zipper merge reduces throughput on a ride

People aren't cars. There's no impact.

>>2884945
kek no response to this

ExpressGODS can be through the queue for every single ride at IoA before standbycucks are even done with the wait for two rides

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>>2884984
Suck my entire cock nigger.

>>2884986
What's there to respond to? I agree they made it necessary to buy express. It's a compelled purchase.

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>>2884941
Didn't they announce this ages ago?

>>2884991
Yes but wdwmagic is saying the walt animatronic is just the beginning. which doesnt make any sense in my eyes but it would be nice.

>zipper merge slows down throughput because of schizo logic
it's the same # of passengers / minute no matter what
the difference is with an express lane there's less of you subhumans / second
dumb nigger

>>2884994
Give it up. You lost.

>>2884994
the standby wait increases, is what I think anon was trying to get across.
Throughput doesn't necessarily change but standbyers suffer.

>>2884995
oh you're a fucking ESL retard who thought throughput and PPH referred to the subhuman queue and not the ride kek

>>2884994
>it's the same # of passengers / minute no matter what

I'm not arguing it isn't. I'm saying it blows up the standby line and halves pph which creates a compelled purchase.

WHY ARE YOU FAGGOTS SO FUCKING RETARDED?

How did I beat 10 of you niggas? I'm not even that smart.

Throughput is a property of a Ride, not a line, you silly third world monkey.

>>2884996
>Throughput doesn't necessarily change but standbyers suffer.
as they should

>>2884997
I'm not who you were arguing with

You're just sperging out and it's embarrassing

Express lanes are Morally Correct because a First Time Rider should always be prioritized and many if not most of the people in standby lines are repeat-riders

>>2885001
source?

>>2885002
Kant

>>2884993
I mean it honestly had to happen eventually, going from the 1940s to the near future is always going to be jarring
Though personally I would have just restored the 1960s finale and kept the show as a time capsule but I get why they're opting for a new timeline with it being in Tomorrowland and everything

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>>2885005
Just realized the original post doesn't mention a new timeline.
I'm assuming they're going off of this wdwmagic post which does mention one

>you will live to see the carousel of progress become AI slop

>>2884998
And 10 anons said no it isn't.
Another 10 told you to quit being a whining entitled little bitch about it because nobody cares.

>>2884998
The fuck do you care? You're a single rider loser that skips 85% of the line any damn way. Why are you screeching like an autistic 10 year old here?