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[Darkmakaimura]

Most people on Twitter are complaining about Jews or trans people.

But today they're complaining about something that really matters....

The closing of Muppet Vision 3D, Jim Henson's last work, to make way for Monsters Inc Land.

 

[Durien]

Hmmm kind of sucks but sometimes change is good. It's interesting how much has changed since my family and I started going in 2009. Some changes I like (star wars land and pandora have some pretty cool things) and other things (genie+ and lightning pass, getting rid of the magic express) not so great especially needing to virtually queue up for rides. With this, it kind of sucks but really, when ever my family and I were to go see Muppet Vision 3d, there were rarely people in there. Same thing for the It's a bugs life in the tree of life at the Animal Kingdom. In 2009, it was packed, last time we went, barely anyone in it. They want to keep things fresh and unfortunately they compare throughput and those that aren't drawing crowds make way for new ideas.

 

[jason10mm]

I just hope the release this in a high quality VR experience or something. It was a wonderful show. Actually a lot of their legacy shows could use a nice vr treatment.

 

[Quasicat]

I loved MuppetVision 3D so much. I first saw it in 3D, but at one point they had it in 2D. It was so awesome that I went in multiple times and recorded multiple parts of the show and spliced it together to include the movie and the animatronics.

 

[INC]

I just hope the release this in a high quality VR experience or something. It was a wonderful show. Actually a lot of their legacy shows could use a nice vr treatment.

This VR and 3d experiences and films are actually fantastic, now the techs (lens quality and resolution) has caught up.

Why all the old 3d films are available to stream on meta or YouTube is beyond me.

Watching even standard films on quest 3 is amazing, like being at an imax cinema, I watch films all the time and run the audio through my sound systems, truly a great experience

 

[jason10mm]

Even cnet agrees with me!

Disney's Getting Rid of MuppetVision 3D in Real Life. It Needs to Live Again in VR

Commentary: Disney should revive its departed attractions in headsets and preserve their legacies. The Muppets deserve this.

www.cnet.com

Then I read this....

The Muppets will live on in a re-themed coaster revamp, according to Disney, replacing the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith with one that puts musical Muppet characters Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem at the top billing.


Huh, now sure I agree with this. Certainly better than taylor swift or some such, but damn Aerosmith was a great fit for that ride. Still, any muppets is better than no muppets!

 

[ReBurn]

I've seen it probably a dozen times and I'd still prefer it over Monsters Inc. But I'm not a kid so do what you have to do, Disney.

 

[AJUMP23]

Man that is a great show. What a loss.

 

[Dacvak]

That Rockin’ Rollercoaster ride is how I discovered Aerosmith when I was like 10.

 

[Krathoon]

Hah. I was at Hollywood Studios earlier this year and watched that. So, I caught a final viewing.

I did not realize that was made when Henson was still alive. It makes sense. It has a character from the Jim Henson Hour in it.

 

[Krathoon]

Unfortunatley, the Mickey and Minnie Mouse ride was closed when I was there. I think it was a rollercoaster or something.

They still have the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, but it is a little safer now. Makes we wonder if they had an accident with the swords.

 

[Krathoon]

I am sure there will be a re-creation of the show on YouTube. There are some cool re-creations of old Epcot rides out there.

They are actually working on a 3D simulation of 80s Epcot. They already got a simulation of the World of Motion.

 

[Quasicat]

I am sure there will be a re-creation of the show on YouTube. There are some cool re-creations of old Epcot rides out there.

They are actually working on a 3D simulation of 80s Epcot. They already got a simulation of the World of Motion.

There was a standing “ride” in the 90s with Robin Williams. I literally don’t remember anything about it except Williams was a time traveling robot and his robot companion was called 9 eyes since the room had 9 screens projecting what the robot saw. I need to look that up and Honey I shrunk the Audience to see what the quality of those are.

 

[Krathoon]

There was a standing “ride” in the 90s with Robin Williams. I literally don’t remember anything about it except Williams was a time traveling robot and his robot companion was called 9 eyes since the room had 9 screens projecting what the robot saw. I need to look that up and Honey I shrunk the Audience to see what the quality of those are.

I never heard of the Robin Williams ride. Yeah. I will have to check on that. Was that in Florida or California?

AH. I found it. It has also been upscaled.

 

[Krathoon]

The attactions from the Wonders of Life pavillion at Epcot are also on YouTube.

I totally missed those.

 

[Rran]

My family and I still regularly quote Sam Eagle's "a salute to all nations but mostly America" line. A good attraction for sure.

The Disney parks have kinda been letting me down lately, closing some of the best rides and making everything IP-based. Like putting all the Disney characters in Small World; so cynical and tacky IMO.

 

[Krathoon]

My family and I still regularly quote Sam Eagle's "a salute to all nations but mostly America" line. A good attraction for sure.

The Disney parks have kinda been letting me down lately, closing some of the best rides and making everything IP-based. Like putting all the Disney characters in Small World; so cynical and tacky IMO.

Yeah. Epcot Center is actually worse now. They took out the cool exhibits and butchered the old ones.

It really annoyed me. It used to be so much better.

 

[Krathoon]

They stuck a friggin' Gaurdians of the Galaxy ride in Epoct.

Like, what the hell, Disney? Way to miss the point of Epcot.

 

[jason10mm]

They stuck a friggin' Gaurdians of the Galaxy ride in Epoct.

Like, what the hell, Disney? Way to miss the point of Epcot.

EPCOT is faaaaar removed from the "World of Tomorrow" vision it originally had. And the Wrold Showcase, now that all countries but Morrocco have stopped paying, will eventually end up as additional Disney IPs tangentially tied to the "host" country. Encanto/Coco in Mexico, Frozen in Norway (already happened), Ratatoullie in France, etc. I just want them to open a few more, like Brazil or India.

 

[Krathoon]

Universal Orlando is going to have a new theme park next year. So, I would reccomend going to their parks instead.

They got Super Nintendo World.

 

[Durien]

EPCOT is faaaaar removed from the "World of Tomorrow" vision it originally had. And the Wrold Showcase, now that all countries but Morrocco have stopped paying, will eventually end up as additional Disney IPs tangentially tied to the "host" country. Encanto/Coco in Mexico, Frozen in Norway (already happened), Ratatoullie in France, etc. I just want them to open a few more, like Brazil or India.

There was a rumor they were going to open a Brazilian Steak House. Man, that would print money...