Disneyland Paris: General Discussion

[rctneil]

I still don't see it working due to the language issues. You'd have to have separate boats for English narration and French narration but then you'd still end up with Spanish, Italian or German speakers where the jokes don't work so well. I've had some boats in Florida where there hasn't been so many laughs because many guests had Spanish as their first language and didn't get the jokes.

I'd much rather have a new modern ride with state of the art tech, maybe it could be a "Jungle Cruise" using the new motion-base boats like Shanghai pirates with modern animal animatronics or similar. But the corny joke skippers probably won't work in Europe.

Having ridden Jungle Cruise in Tokyo and Hong Kong, not knowing the language really doesn't change it too much. Yes, you don't get the verbal jokes, but the japanese one is just a. hilarious good time overall.

In Hong Kong they dealt with languages by having three queues, English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

So both approaches work just fine!

 

[SuperMuscleMan]

Jungle cruise is a bit kitch for me and European humour is so different from country to country. I think Disney would be smart putting something unique in that is less cast member intensive.

 

[Excalibur]

Over a year to get a Wave Swinger open, I know Disney are slow but jheez…

 

[Benjsh]

Over a year to get a Wave Swinger open, I know Disney are slow but jheez…

Thats not even the worst part. The fact they are building one at all is mystifying to me. Its a ride that you often see on a travelling fair circuit. This has no place at the continent's premier theme park destination.

Disney fans dont vote with their feet and wallets though. They just keep going back.

 

[Bowser]

Disney fans dont vote with their feet and wallets though. They just keep going back.

Because the rest of the park is wonderful, they generally have a great experience and won’t stop going because they dislike one new flat ride for children?

 

[Benjsh]

Because the rest of the park is wonderful, they generally have a great experience and won’t stop going because they dislike one new flat ride for children?

Wonderful?

I think thats being incredibly generous.

 

[Benzin]

Thats not even the worst part. The fact they are building one at all is mystifying to me. Its a ride that you often see on a travelling fair circuit. This has no place at the continent's premier theme park destination.

I mean, Disney basically built the idea based on plussing basic fairground rides. Dumbo, Carousel, Teacups and the naff Fantasyland dark rides are prime examples of this.

Not every ride can be an E-Ticket; and I'd wager Frozen land (and Lion King) would be improved a bit through adding a few of these types of ride to help support the central attraction.

A year to build it is hilarious though.

 

[Mick]

It surely has to be a case of deliberately doing it slow, so they have something to open and market as a new attraction for 2027?

And it may only be a common chair swing, but you can guarantee it’ll be done to a high standard, like the Tangled tea-cup ride. And something along the same lines as the Tangled spin, Slinky ride, Aladdin carpets etc will help with those queues and give that demographic something extra to do, and I doubt the kids and their parents will be thinking ‘we’ve got one of these at Drayton Manor so I can’t be bothered’.

After the Lion King ride though I think the next area/expansion should definitely be more of the family-thrill variety though, but we’re probably talking 10 years time there!