If you were an imagineer?

Walt Disney World: What if you were an imageneer? I want to see your ride ideas.

What if you were an imageneer? I want to see your ride ideas.

Well this is my first ever postage. So I have a ride idea for a replacement of the Winnie the Pooh ride. A Beauty and the Beast ride. You ride in rose pettels. The pettels are desined to have sound on each side. so sound dosent circulate the room and you get half of the story. So you board the pettel and you enter a castel. You the narrator speeks as each stainded glass window is lit indavidualy. Then you enter the vilage and the animatronics all singing "Bell". Befor you go to the next room. You see an animated shadow of the cart and horse with Bell's father drivingover the hills and the hills part to alow entry to the next room. All is black ecept for a blue light on Bell and the horse. Bell says "What is it?" As you go throught the forest you see animation of the film of Bell's father in prison on the tree tops. you also see red eyes Bell from behind a tree says "Step into the light." and the beast is illuminated from under. You finally see the Beast's castel. The door open and you are in the midille of "Be are guest". The wine botells spout water and there are bubbles evrywher and confetie. In the center of the room there is a life like Lumier(the candel). We exit be are guest and go into the song "Gaston" There is alot of dancing in this scene. We exit for the song "Beauty and the Beast" We see Bell and the Beast dancing. We exit into the woods and see "the mob song". We see Gaston on a horse. We go throught a couple of trees and see the tower with the Beast and Gaston fighting. A bolt of lighting and gaston falls. We turn to see bell holding the beast and theres a lot of light and fog and two gold dors open and we see the prince and bell dancing as evryone sings beauty and the beast.

Ok, in tarzan there is a scene where tarzan is vine surfing. Guest board a leaf car type capible of holding guest in for inversions. you move forwarrd and you see Tarzan - this part i will post what tarzan is doing once i watch the movie again i think he's holding jane - but anyways tarzan starts to surf off the screen when the floor right in front of where your car is siting opens up to a bright room. The track is disguised as vines and a 30 foot drop down is the first thing that happens after a small section of chain lift moves you forward out of the room and down into the open floor.A the ride would include corkscrew and loops. Oh your surroundings - a jungle - hides the track that you are about to ride on giving it a bit of surprise. At the end of the track you are rocketed back up 30 ft to ground level where u slowly go through tree tops full of butterflys. Just a small idea.

An Incredibles ride similar to The Amazing Adventures of Spider-man in IOA

Well I just had to put this down a Icabod crane and Mr.toad ride. I have heard it said that MR.Toad and Icabod come together in a dvd set so why not make a ride. Dobble track same motar cars.

Mr toad's side- You get in your ride vehicle and enter through trees a byou. You see Moley getting in his boat some leaves move and you enter toad hall. You see bust and all that stuff paintings. Then you hear "Order Order Order" And you see mer toad on trial. " I never stole a motar car." says toad. Then a book case moves and you see some jail bars and toad is lit up saying "whose there?" then Moley is lit up comeing throug the jail window with a rope. "I figerd out who stole the car" Says Moley. You exit the scene and see a train coming straight at you. The whistle blows and you make a sharp turn into toad hall. Moley and toad are fighting the weelsels.The main Weelsel says "so what if we stole the car" then Toad pushes him through the window and you exith toad hall into reality.

Icabod side- You enter your ride vhicle and enter a small cottage. You are in the small town of sleepy hollow. you see various towns people and Icabod flirting with Katrina van Tassel. she says "would you like to come over tonigt for a party" Then you enter the Van Tassel mantion. Evryone is dancing and you leave throught the back door. You see Shadows in the window sayin things like "don't go Icabod." You then enter an erie forest. Thers a lot of fog and wierd sounds. Then you see the headless horse man. A flash of light and its day in the forest. Ther is a pumpkin on the side of the road. And you exit the ride.

Oh please explian your rides in thuro.

Not really a ride but a water park is my Idea. Waters of the World. The center piece is a large lagoon that is broken up into different sections. Atlantic Ocean, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. As you move into each area of the lagoon it is theamed to match, the Atlantic has a New England feel to. Cottages and shipping village. Pacific, Hawaiian feel to it with huts and small volcano. Indian ruins of a temple African themed, Arctic, solid white barren with the a cold breeze produced by hidden fans.
The Lazy river that goes around the park is broken into the worlds famous rivers. Amazon, you go through the jungles, large foam anacondas in the water anchored to the floor so they look like there moving with the current. Nile section you come upon the pyramid slides that go in and out of the pyramid. Next your on the Mississippi going past the old southern farm houses as well as a New Orleans area where there are restaurants. You see a big river boat that you can explore and ride the inner tube slides exit form different locations on the boat. Other Rides in the park are a scaled replica of Niagara Falls where there are speed slides that take you down the face of the falls. Amazon kids area where kids can play in the jungles and explore the Mayan ruins.
It is based on the layout of Typhoon lagoon but larger and also provides a good geography lesson.

First, I agree with a previous posted that an Incredibles ride similar in approach to Spider-Man would be... well, incredible.

My idea, though, came to me recently when I was in the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. There were about 6 people in the whole theater. I remember when it was a top attraction and now no one cares. I started to think about how Disney could re-do the attraction from the ground up to make people care about it again. I would want to retain the basic character of the show while changing the specifics entirely. I haven't exactly mapped out the whole thing, but here's what I have so far.

First, the attraction would become a 3D movie presented in a theater with full special effects capabilities (often referred to as 4D movies). The birds and flowers would still be the stars of the show but they would be rendered in the movie using state of the art technology combining live-action film with animation designed to enhance the colors and beauty of what is already there as well as to allow the flower and birds to speak realistically. With parrots, toucans, and other birds as well as the most gorgeous tropical flowers in the world, this could be a visual feast. Smells could be used such as the ocean, floral scents, probably pineapple or other fruits... depending what is on screen at the time.

I don't have a full story for the show, but at least one of the classic songs should be kept and probably the idea that there is a celebration going on in the Tiki Room. Though the "Room" in the movie could be more open, just some columns supporting a thatched roof. After a while, the Tiki gods would become angry but this time it won't be some totem poles chanting, in the movie there could be a giant stone god calling down lighting and stomping the ground... and you will feel it shaking the ground and your seat.

That's the basic idea... I love the music and the ride is such a classic but I'm resigned to the fact that it will never again be a big draw in the park. Not as it is now. Would love to hear what people think of the idea. I realize it will probably never happen but the submarines were dead and gone and they came back so you never know!

I was thing and since i am a drama geek i was thinking of a WICKED ride. You ride in Glinda's bubble. You enter in a dark castel. The room has a celebration type of feel. You see Glinda singin with the citizenz of Oz "GOOD NEWS" You see a large castel and you enter in the song "DEAR OLD SHIZ" You turn the corner and you are in "DANCING THROUGH LIFE" You see Glinda handing over the pointed hat to Elphaba (AKA Wiked witch of the west) You also see Nesarose (AKA Wiked witch of the east)talkin to Boq Fiyaro is just acting cool and a bunch of people are dancing. You exit into "POPULAR" after "POPULAR" you go into "ONE SHORT DAY" You see Glinda and Elphaba having fun in the emerald city. You meet the wizard in the next room as Elphaba is chaning the monkeys into flying monkeys. The next room is "DEFING GRAVITY" You see Elphaba flying and singing. The next room is "THANK GOODNESS" after that Elphaba visit Nessarose and with magic makes her walk. Then Boq comes in and in a puff of smoke is the tin man.In the next room we see the wizard singing "WONDERFUL" then we go into a black room and hear CRASH!!! We enter munchkin land and Nessarose has been squished by the house. We see Elphaba fly away as Fyiaro is taken into custody. Glinda watches from her bubble. We enter a castel A Elphaba sings "NO GOOD DEED GOSE UNPUNISHED" You see projected on the wall Fyiaro chang into a scare crow. In the next room you see Glinda and Elphaba say good bye in the song "FOR GOOD" A cutain falls you hear a splash and a shadow is show of Elphaba melting.Then you go into "FINAL" and you exit.

They should have a Nightmare Before christmas ride.

My idea is that you sit in a cart that looks like a sleigh, which is suspended from the track above you. The cart could swing freely from side to side, like a suspended coaster. The ride would sort of be a combination dark ride and roller coaster. Everything would be set at night time, so that you cant see the track.

You start off flying over Halloween Town. Animatronic people are performing "This is Halloween" below you. Maybe there are a couple of drops timed with the music.

Afterwards, you proceed to the woods, where you see Jack singing on the hill that you see on the cover of the DVD. Then you turn around, and fly overtop the trees with the entrances to the different holiday worlds. You see Jack standing there. Then, you make a sudden, steep drop through the trees, and fly through one of the doors into the Christmas town. The song "Whats This?" is being sung by Jack as you fly around. Soon you exit, and the carts slow down again.

You go back into halloween town and pass by Jacks house where you see him trying to figure out christmas. Then you go up a hill, and you see the triplets singing "Kidnap the Sandy Claws".

Then, after making a steep drop down the hill, you find your self back in halloween town briefly, where they are getting everything together for christmas. You then turn behind a building and are plunged into complete darkness for a minute, and a short roller coaster section begins, completely in the dark. After that you exit to find yourself back in the area with the trees leading to the different towns.

In the front of your sleigh, an animatronic Jack has appeared, in his santa costume. This element of the cart would have been hidden inside the cart, and then comes up out of it during the dark portion. Jack maybe says something to you, and then you are launched at 70MPH into the christmas town. The rest of the ride is basically a roller coaster over the christmas town. This would be the most intense part.

After about a minute of this, you make a steep drop towards a chimney. You fall through the chimney into darkness. The cart then slows down once again, a lit up sign in Nightmare Before Christmas font says "The End", and you turn back into the station.

This would all be indoors, of course, and it would have to take up a fair amount of room. Maybe most of it could be underground, so that it doesnt take up as much space.

Anyway, thats my idea.

i'm gonna be a imagineer, but dont feel like showing ideas right..now

Well, first of all that Beauty and the Beast ride idea is total genius, but what I would think would be great rides for Disney parks would start with an Incredibles 3D-Ride (yes, I know people already posted that idea, but I actually suggested it in a discussion thread earlier this year). You'd see Edna hosting a pre-ride movie that would talk about being a hero, as you are about to train to become super-heroes just like the incredibles. But something goes wrong, and via video message of mr. Incredible, we learn Syndrome has come back and is wreaking havoc on the city, bloodthirsty for revenge. So we board our "incredicars" and head out to fight Syndrome. The battle would incorporate animatronics along with 3D screens (now imagine how the super powers could show through that). And it all comes down to a climactic battle with a life-size animatronic omnidroid, that's been updated by Syndrome to be even more powerful. But good prevails, and after you defeat Syndrome, you get a special good-bye by an animatronic Edna before leaving the exit door.
The next idea would be for the Grizzly Peak section of California Adventure. Instead of a ranger station playground, why not build an abandoned mine coaster themed to the Sierra Nevadas? You could have all kinds of authentic props and skeletons of dead miners, as well as a new "weenie," as the imagineers call it, to attract visitors into the park. The mountain could be tall and seen from the park entrance, and I'm sure some curious thrill junkies will want a piece of that. It would make the area have two E-tickets to offer. In one corner, the whitewater rafting expedition, and in the other corner, the runaway mine cart adventure. I think it would make an awesome ride.

But what does anyone else think?

it is not time to show my ideas yet, but there will be future postings of them. Trust me

I love Monsters Inc. I hate MILF...but I love Monsters Inc. and I think that it lends itself to a great ride.
We start off in a Monster Inc. Museum, thats the queue. We see the history of the company providing power to Monstropolis. We have interactive elements like the kid popping out of bed, screens that show us what it used to be like, and what advances there have been. We see little glimpses of Randall in and out of the walls. We think we see something, then it fades away. Just before we go into the Laugh Floor for a tour, we see the spiderguy (cant remember his name) and he starts talking about how the world needs scares. He wants to take the company back, and enlists Randall, and you, to help him take the company back by retrieving something from the Human world. Half of the line then gets split into another queue and here we see exhibits on how the world is worse off without scares. We see on the other side how the world is better without scares.
We then get into our doors, on both sides, and are preparing to go to the docking station. Then we hear on the good side "They are about to go through the door and turn everything back" on the bad side "Now's our chance, lets get to that door". The cars are actually inverted coasters with three rows of three on either side of a door (18 passengers per car). We go up a traditional lift hill where see images of the other world. On the bad side we see laughter, on the good side we see scaring as we pass different open doors. Then the chase begins, we go through several dips and turns, slipping between rows of doors, and coming close to hitting each other in near miss turns. No inversions, and this wont be super scary. Part of it will be in the dark then we will both race for the door to the human world as we go screaming out of the building and over the park...much like the old sky ride did, only fast.
We then end it by going into seperate rooms and seeing that the other side succeeded...or change it out like MIB does...one time the other side wins, the next you win.

That sounds like an awesome idea, it's definately realistic.

His name is waternuse or something like that

That would be great, but you would need a ride again line like dueling dragons used to have (the new ride again line is kind of a secret and just takes you to the front of the castle, you hardly skip the line at all) to be able to ride both tracks.

and alladins carpet rollercoaster

maybe a coaster with lots of special effects like Italian job but make it a hyper coaster

maybe a coaster designed by children for both children and adults

Love these discussions,

I would say a Fantasia roller coaster. I would always like to see a roller coaster set to music. I think it would actually be quite an accompishment!

I was thinking of a show called NOTRE DAME or the hunch back of notre dame show. the set is a tall platform with a large door at the botom. Ther are two castel pillars to the sides of the stage. all the light go dark in the tharter and you hear the Ahh ah ah Ahh ah ah Ahh ah ah ah ah Ahh. You see a shadow swinging from pillar to pillar. And you se prjections of the bells going back and forth on the back wall of the thearter.
And light up on the joker who is sinig the proloug. the proloug is acted out beside him.
Then a light at the center of the platform and Quasimoto swings down and the prjctions of the bells turn solid. and the stage is filled with light and coverd in decortions for the festival of fools. Then we go into the next scean and then after that the festival of fools. at the end of the dance number streamers pop out into the audience and quasimoto lands at the party. and meets esmerelda just as they are about to kiss the captin and his gauards set upon the gypsys with Frolo are villin. esmralda enters the curch and ther is a spot light the stage is bare ecept for her. candels are lit and put on stage to creat a mood of saddness. Then Quasimoto talks to the gargoyals who are animatronics on the pillar. They sing. Esmerlda comes up to the platform and meet quasimoto for the second time. She gives him a map to the corut of mericals. quasimoto is followed and almost hung at the corut of mericals. But hesd been followed by frolow who trys to burn paris to the ground trying to find esmerelda singing his song dark fire quasimoto takes esmerelda to the towe and dose that famose pose of him holding esmerelda saying sanctuary.Then from the top a stair case leading to the next tower is flow in. quasimotolimbvs it whil holding esmerelda and Frolo climb the stais also. The quasimoto and frolo fight and then Frolo falls so the audience can see him as they wer fighting a trap dor opend on the stage so he could fall throught the door into the for and ligting efcts and mattres. Then happily ever after the end.

I remember MGM having a Notre Dame Show

Well i was thinking of a sleeping beauty show. A quick like 15-30 min thing. With new songs. I think in MGM the can put sleeping beauty in replacement for the little mermaid because the little mermaid is going to be on broadway i see no cause for alarm.

Let see new attractions at WDW..Well the Beauty and the Best..gotta say love it..but lets see it in France at Epcot...It does take place in Paris.
Huch Back which was at the Studios was a great show..how ever most parents found it to dark in content for kids..
new Idea move the many adventure of Winnie the Pooh to Epcot also...Most all the countrys in World Showcase were to have ride attractions in them...but never happened..except Norway and Mexico, and America.
Magic Kingdom holds it own based on everything it now offers..Epcot needs the most help with attractions..And as far as Future World ..forget it..over the years distroyed ..It was about science and tecnology..And what does Test track and Mission Space have to do with any of that?
So if I was an Imagineer..Id go back to Walts plans and ideas..and for once stick with it...The man was amazing and creative..Honor him and his dreams..Maybe then 71.oo bucks would be worth it...

Umm...Mission Space and Test Track do deal with science. Mission Space is all about Space Flight and Space technology. Sure it's a ride. But, you can see the connection of technology in the FUTURE. Test Track is all about how they test cars to scienctifically (sp?) improve our vehicles. It gives the average person a better understanding why it is so hard to improve the vehicles we drive everyday.

I want to see a Meet the Robinsons attraction at Tomorrowland. Maybe instead of MILF. It would tie in with the former Timekeeper too!

That, Anthony, would be a brilliant idea....but besides that and my Monsters idea, i'd love to see a new inspired idea. Something that has no bearing in the world of disney as we know it.

i think that it would be nice to put ratatouille in france it would make a good ride and it fits right in with that section of the park!

I have posted this before. I am unwavered in my opinion. I would shut down the Grand Prix Raceway at the Magic Kingdom and I would build a themed "spray-ground" --- an elaborate playground with wet and dry areas. It backs up to Fantasyland so it can be themed as an enchanted forrest (Snow White, Robin Hood, beauty and the Beast). Water effects (like Universal has at Kids Zone) playground sections (slides, tunnels, rope ladders).

Grand Prix has large operating expenses. The cars are antiquated and noisy. There are maintenance and fuel costs.

The themed "spray ground" would offer shade and water (to cool off). It would dissipate the crowd by expanding guest areas. What's more guests would not have to stand in line to enjoy the area. While slides and other appratus may require lines, kids can run around some areas without having to wait.

I would create Leonardo's Adventures in Italy. The ride setup would use the same track type as Peter Pan's. You would be flying in Leonardo Da Vincis helicopter over Rome.

Erik, I agree, they need a ride that has nothing to do with Disney movies. Honestly, they need some more thrill rides in the parks. Stuff like Everest, The Rock-n-Roller Coaster, and Tower of Terror are some of the best rides they have. They need more rides that are scary. I would say that they should make a flying roller coaster, themed to look like planes.

Well that idea of Ratottouil is good but i was thinking of a resterant with a walk-through kitchen with the rats and Remmy

If it was a restaurant, then wouldnt it be sort of gross to have fake rats in the kitchen?

I always wanted to see a Lion King ride. Like an intense roller coaster...I would LOVE that! The parades and shows arent enough for one of the top selling [if not THE top] Disney movie. I did think a Finding Nemo water/coaster would be fun [because of the EAC scenes in the movie] but they put the Submmarine back in with Nemo and friends. Bummer :/

My imagineer idea is not really a ride, but more like a feature... I think it'd be cool to have a handheld device, like a larger version of a PDA, that is your personal guide to whichever park you're in. It'd be something you rent for the day, but would, in my opinion, be well worth the money:

It'd have GPS technology so when you look at the electronic map, you could see where you were in the park, exactly, and could also tell you information like what lines are the shortest at the moment and which live shows are starting soon. Along with that info could be average wait times during the days, so you know not to go for a certain ride at a certain time.

In addition to it being a high-tech map, it'd have games to keep you and your group occupied in line... trivia games, build-a-disney-character, ride-throughs of rides no longer in service, expanded back-story of the ride you're waiting for.

Also, you'd be able to reserve a place in one of the restaurants, view the menus, maybe even place an order before you even get there.

It'd have information on whether or not a ride is broken down, so you won't have to walk across the entire park just to find out the bad news, but you can also set it to alert you when the ride is back open.

I'd like to see the rumoured Little Mermaid dark ride go into MGM. It doesen't tie into Epcot or AK. They might be able to fit it in where the Little Mermaid Show is. I don't know if there's enough space though because I haven't seen it in over 4 years.

I like that PDA thing!

There is Pal Mickey which is very similar to that!

Anyway, I would like to see Soarin moved to where Millenium Village used to be and be Soarin over the World (Big Ben, The Great Wall of China, etc). I think it would tie in better and I miss Food Rocks

Greece Pavilion (where Millenium Village was)

The Incredables (exactly the same as Spiderman, but made before Spiderman)- Bomb Voyage, Syndrome, the Underminer? It could work!

Its not a new idea, but they should put Alice's Curious Labyrinth where Pooh's Playground is. Its from DLP and its basically a hedge maze with a few primative animatronics that jump up. I think it would be really cool and if they can do it in France, they can do it in FL!

If I were an imagineer, I would post a question on Theme Park Insider asking other people what they would design if they were an imagineer, and then jot down everyone's responses in my little scratch pad for the next meeting....

My idea for a ride is a complete re-themeing of test track. Instead of being an auto plant you are at a race track getting ready for the race. I thingk you could do like F1 or indy car. The ride would be MUCH faster and on the out side part you would hear like race car sounds. The beginng of the line would be like a short history of racing with great drivers to. Then you would see the steps pro drivers do before the race and with all with futeristic feel. Then you board you car an would have an uphill launch similar to the hulk. You would then go through bumps and sharp turns at high speeds all on a race track. you would also see spectators cheering along the way. Before the outside part would be a break. You would the launch outside ast 80 mph. after the ride you would go through the gift shop showcasing race cars from the begining all the way through concept.

Don't they have that at MK, hee hee!

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