Theme Park Bits: Indiana Jones, Frozen, Haunted Mansion, Universal Studios, Ratatouille
Disney, Marvel and Universal all get some ink in this edition of Theme Park Bits. Below, read about the following
TheDisney and Moreblog found some very cool blueprints Imagineers created to potentially buildIndiana Jones and The Temple of the Forbidden Eyeat Disneyland Paris. Unfortunately, they’re a few years old and there are no current plans to build it because of the huge cost. Still, seeing the way they conceived the ride is cool.
While they might not be gettingIndiana Jones, the Disneyland ParisRatatouilleride will be opening in late June/early July 2014.Read more here.
Speaking toMoviefone,Kevin Feigeadmitted when he walks around onMarvelsets, he imagines them as theme park rides.
I would love to go on a Marvel dark ride. What’s so great in those theme parks is being able to walk through a movie. So every time I walk along those sets, I think,Wouldn’t this be amazing to walk through in a theme park?
World of Color, the amazing show at Disney’s California Adventure in Anaheim, CA, recently got a winter update thanks to Disney’sFrozenand here you canget a quick glimpse:Frozenalso got incorporated into theCelebrate the Magicshow at Magic Kingdom.See some images here.Richard Sherman, one of the most famous songwriters in Disney history, wrote a brand new song for a new animated show calledIt’s A Small World. He also wrote that song too. Here’s a glimpse andread more here.
It’s a Small World Animated Series Pilot on Disney Video
Marvel is releasing a comic book calledDisney Kingdoms: Seekers of the Weird, which was created with the help of Disney Imagineers. Why would Imagineers help create a comic book? Because part of the story has to do with theMuseum of the Weird, a once planned but never completed addition to theHaunted Mansion. Here’s the cover,read more about it here.
Disney fans hoping to meet the brand new Disney princesses Anna and Elsa can head to Epcot Center now and do just that at theFrozenMeet and Greet.Here’s a video.
Finally,Insider Universalhas a fascinating two part interview withGary Goddard, a theme park titan who developed some of Universal Studios most famous and popular rides likeJurassic Park, King KongandTerminator. Readpart one hereandpart two here.
