After making his return to Disneyland in California, Michael Jackson will once again return to his former homes in Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris as Captain EO. The 3D musical adventure ran in each of the park’s for years before being replaced by Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (or MicroAdventure! in Tokyo Disneyland). With Michael Jackson’s popularity at an all time high, the two international resorts will be taking advantage by bringing back these two classic attractions.
In Tokyo Disneyland the date has been set for a July 1st opening and then a June 30, 2011 closing date. MicroAdventure will close May 10th. At Disneyland Paris, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience closes on May 3rd, and Captain EO reopens in June.
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Tokyo DisneySea announced that they will be adding Jasmine’s Flying Carpets in 2011. The ride will be part of the park’s 10th anniversary in 2011 and will go in the Arabian Coast section of the park, in front of the Magic Lamp theater. Guests will be able to raise and lower their own individual carpet and also be able to tilt the carpets as well. From the details, it appears the ride will be very similar to Aladdin’s Flying Carpets (Magic Kingdom) and Flying Carpets Over Argabah (Walt Disney Studios Paris). Jasmine’s Flying Carpets will take the place of the current fountain and will is set to open in Summer of 2011.
Personally, this is actually nerve racking news to many Tokyo DisneySea fans. I found out about this new attraction through a forum thread that was titled “Stupid New Ride” and that is how I feel as well. The Oriental Land Company (owners of Tokyo Disney Resort) have always provided the highest quality with Tokyo DisneySea and unfortunately that quality seems to be in a slight decline recently.
The announcement of modern day toys entering a 1920′s New York area is a bit disconcerning. Turtle Talk was not exactly well-recieved by some fans and now it appears that just a new Dumbo is coming to the park. While, yes all of these rides are/will be exceptionally done it is concerning that the OLC feels that these kind of attractions suddenly belong in the park.
And for many Disney fans such as myself, this new ride means the departure of the most high energy show ever, Bonfire Dance. Only time will tell if this new ride is a hiccup in the park’s history or a sign of things to come.
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Universal Studios Japan continues to pus the envelope with Space Fantasy, a new roller coaster/dark ride hybrid set to open March 19, 2010, in Universal Studios Japan. Space Fantasy, the Ride, appears to be a Mack Spinning coaster and features a whopping 4 and a half minute ride during the over quarter mile journey.
This intergalactic adventure takes home of the former site of ET Adventure, a very popular dark ride that opened along with the rest of the park in 2001. The new ride’s story is that each guests boards a space ship and goes on a mission to save the sun. Space voyagers will get up close and personal with the stars and asteroids that could explode at any given moment. The finale of the ride will be an encounter with the sun where guests go into the blazing ball of gas.
An article was just release and it features a picture of the coaster’s station. Here you can see the extremely well themed trains (2 cars per a UFO), and it is also visible that the park will be utilizing the new system of the moving station platform. After doing some investigating on Mack’s Spinning Coaster page of their website, it becomes even more evident that the ride is a Mack creation. The web page advertises “Spinning – the combonation of free or controlled”. Knowing Universal Japan’s love for high quality, I am sure that the ride will feature some dark ride portions in the beginning of the ride with controlled spinning before going into the main coaster portion with free spinning. Also, early concept art of the ride shows an a like character. Characters + 4.5 minute length + Controlled and Freely Spinning Cars must equal a very in depth story. Unfortunately still very little is known about this ride, but in these coming weeks as we get closer and closer to it’s March 19th opening, more videos, pictures, and information will surface. I for one, cannot wait to see this ride.
Space Fantasy comes after a long history of additions in the past year. In 2007 the park opened Hollywood Dream: the Ride, a B&M Hyper coaster and last year the park debuted the massive Magical Starlight Parade. So will this be a good addition? Leave a comment with your Park Thoughts below.
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We broke the rumor to you back in October, however now it is official. The Oriental Land Company has finally declared Fantasmic! as Tokyo DisneySea’s 10th Anniversary attraction. With the recent additions of Tower of Terror, Monsters Inc ...
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If you think that the Disney Parks around the globe all offer the same entertainment, you are wrong, very wrong. Below, is a list of each of the park’s entertainment line ups and the frequency at ...
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Tokyo Disney Resort is known for their yearly events that change every few months that keep locals coming back for more. Everything from Halloween, to Christmas, to now even Easter is celebrated in lavish ...
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Tokyo DisneySea continues to offer world class attractions since its grand opening in September in 2001. And as more news continues to come in, the future looks promosing for this spectacular theme park. With some very likely rumors, as well ...
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