Soarin Across America Edition>Last Thread: >>2830791>What is this thread? Why are there two generals?/rcg/ was initially created as a way for the roller coaster enthusiasts on here to discuss all things roller coasters and theme parks. While roller coasters are the main focus of these threads (and the title of the general) there is also discussion on other theme parks, their rides, as well as the parks themselves and trip planning too. That's where /tpg/ comes in.>Can I talk about Disney/Universal parks in this thread?Absolutely! Disney/Universal discussion of all sorts including rides/resorts/dining/trip planning is OK.Park Crowd Tracker:>https://queue-times.com/en-US/parksRoller Coaster Database:>https://rcdb.com/Amusement Park News Sites:>https://www.themeparkinsider.com/>https://www.screamscape.com/>https://www.coaster101.com/Disney Park News:>https://www.wdwnt.com/>https://www.wdwmagic.com/>https://www.allears.net>https://www.mousesteps.comUniversal Park News:>https://www.insideuniversal.net
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>>2835606Wonder if this counts as my local park...>got a huge fine because they let a loaded train go around when they had taken part of the track outPaulton's Park is probably my actual local one
>>2835690Never actually been to Paultons Park but it's now got a great selection of family coasters and is branching out to white knuckle coasters with them getting the first new Eurofighter in ages
Post park soul
>>2835741mid to late 2000s HS is the most comfy place on earth for me
Threadly list of Disney/Universal announcements and dates for your convenience:Florida:>Zootopia 3D show opens at Tree of Life Theatre Nov 7, at least one animatronic (Clawhauser)>Monsters Inc. area opens 2027?> Dinosaur and Restaurantasaurus closing Feb 2, 2026>Front Tire Land replaces Tom Sawyer Island circa 2028>Animation Courtyard Closed for 'Walt Disney Studios Lot' refurb >Liberty Belle Steamship future plans unknown, but intact as of late Oct 2025>Big Thunder Mountain (Florida) refurb finishes in 2026 w/ Rainbow Caverns>Walt Disney robot coming to Carousel of Progress>Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin refurb until sometime 2026>Rock N' Rollercoaster: Muppets opens summer 2026, multiple animatronic Muppets confirmed (Scooter included)>Disney resort guests have FREE water park admission (Typhoon Lagoon) on their check-in day in 2025.>Volcano Bay closed thru Mar 24, 2026>Lost Continent demolition finally announced>Jurassic Park River Adventure closed Jan-Nov 2026.>RRR Replacement early 2027?California:>Fast and Furious roller coaster opens in Hollywood sometime in 2026>Mr. Lincoln shows when Walt is uncooperative. True rotation soon?>Mike & Sully closing 2026, becoming Avatar rideBoth:>Soarin' Over 'Murica by July 4 2026>Millenium Falcon: Smuggler's Run gets the flight rethemed to Mandalorian May 22, 2026Europe:>Disney Village & Disney Adventure World (Paris) overhauls with Frozen and Mary Poppins expansion at Paris to be completed 2026>Lion King Splash Mountain water ride at Paris Studio park, late 2027 at the earliest>Universal UK set for 2031Asia:>Multi-launch Spider-man coaster at Shanghai DL, no date yet>Spider-Man Drop Tower at Hong Kong DL, Doc Ock at some point>Wreck-It-Ralph omnirover shooter replaces the already closed Buzz Lightyear in Tokyo by April 2026>Tokyo Disneyland Space Mountain currently closed until 2027 for ground-up rebuild>Tokyo maybe razing Adventureland 2026 or later?Did I miss anything?
>>2835764Sauce for Liberty Belle still being afloat:https://attractionsmagazine.com/magic-kingdom-cars-rides-piston-peak-frontierland-construction-disney-world/The armchair imagineer that is me says:Discovery Island is big enough to host the entirety of Tom Sawyer island, including the fort.Heck, add the old laser shooting range too.Rebuild it into TSI, have boats leave from Contemporary/Fort Wilderness/Wilderness Lodge, and you've got an instant budget destination that can probably be built for under $25 million if you salvage stuff from the existing TSA.Run some quick-serve stuff there, an old west trading post, and combined with other standard resort ameneties, you've just extended the time your guests stay and can get a few more dollars out of them too. It can also justify an entire non-park 'Old West' day on-site, split between:>Resort Pool>Visiting the new island>Tri-Circle D for a horseback trail ride>Archery>Hoop-De-Doo Revue>Ideally step aboard the Liberty Belle too, even if it is just in port at a resort, but would be really cool if it was equipped with a real steering mechanism and could tour Bay Lake (It's already just north of Bay Lake right now, it was towed all the way around).
I hope the James Bond stunt show at Universal UK is cool. Tough to top Waterworld, I suppose.
>ride dinosaur>all of the effects are actually working for the first time in yearsHoly shit the ride is so much better when half of it isn't broken.
>>2835871I'm assuming you dont mean the Pterradon cause if you do I'll be at Disney tomorrow
>>2835871It is truly a great, great, great ride. It really makes me sad it's getting rethemed. The museum style queue is S tier and it deserved better. The ride was the perfect amount of scary for families as well, scary for kids but not too over the top. F to a real nigga.
>>2835888Chuffs my ass I never got to experience the original asteroid impact ending with the smoke ring blast, however the giant carno head flying at you is pretty goated
>>2835594DisneySea isn’t in Orlando. Neither is Efteling, Europa, Dollywood and a long list of other parks that matter. I really hope the Orlando anons get better jobs this year. Both for better thread quality and because no one should see as little of the world as they do.
>>2835764Why don't you include non-Disney/non-Universal parks?
>>2835922None of the best parks of the Sea World / Disney / Universal chains is even in Orlando.
>>2835925I mostly agree but it’s not even about which park is the “best”. I watch lots of TV shows, not just my favorite. I eat lots of different kinds of food, not just my favorite. “I’ve already been to the best park so I’m just going to stay here” is something only a poor would say.
>>2835764>all these closed rides in Floridagoing to Florida again April 2026. was looking forward to JP River Adventure but hope it isnt becoming jurassic world retheme. also from social media it looks like Epic Universe is a waste of time unless you have fasttrack>>2835867just imagine they have to perfect this stunt to perform it 5 times a day
>>2835600Worth going to Energylandia in December? Don't wanna turn up and everything's closed, and have to hang out with Santa all day.
>>2835961Water rides close but you get all the Christmas stuff which they seem to go all out on.
>>2835978>that tfw when you can't ice skate and snowboard down the loge flume and slides
>>2835961How are coasters in the cold? Seems like they’d be worse. I’ve only ridden a few so far and it was much worse, granted I could have dressed better.
>>2835923That's your job.
>>2835925>best Disney is in Japan>best Universal is in Japan>best Sea World is in VirginiaWhy does Orlando exist?
>>2836007it doesn't have an off-season.Tokyo in January is not fun outdoors
Just a little under 2 weeks before my trip to Orlando for USF/Epic/IOA/Epcot. Got forced to buy express passes so not really worrying about lines. Any last minute tips?
>>2836010If you're on-site at Disney on any night, free entry to Typhoon Lagoon on your check-in day.Ride Jurassic Park before it closes for almost all of next year.If traveling with kids, the magic wand or Mario wristband app games might be worth it to you.I love Living with the Land and the actual Aquarium part of The Seas at EPCOT. Spend some time on the upper floor and just enjoy the fish, skip the ride tho lol.Food and Wine fest is still running while you're there.Just checked on a blog, apparently the Canada pavilion has a $10 Filet Mignon somehow. Must be tiny?Japan had a wagyu bowl for $9.50 tooAnd Mexico has a nice looking Tostada
>>2836007You must be confused here, epcot is in orlando, not japan.
>>2836012>Japan had a wagyu bowl for $9.50 too*American wagyu aka just regular beef and not wagyu at all. Always assume any place in american shilling wagyu is serving american wagyu unless they can prove without a doubt they are importing that shit from across the pond
>>2836004This isn't a Disney/Universal parks general.
>>2836024Be the change you want to see in this thread.
>>2836027This isn't just a Disney/Universal thread.
>>2836031>Can I talk about Disney/Universal parks in this thread?>Absolutely! Disney/Universal discussion of all sorts including rides/resorts/dining/trip planning is OK.
>>2836033>Are Disney and Universal the only theme parks in existence?
>>2836037No.Please post a list of the upcoming rides and refurbishments that you care about.
>>2836031Feel free to post your parking lot coasters but this thread is for the white man
>>2836012Crazy to me how Disney's food is both cheaper and better than Universal. Universal are out of their mind charging the prices they do, at least here in Hollywood. Nearly $20 for some okay chicken strips and fries, fuck off
>>2836039That won't change the fact that this is /tpg/ and /rcg/, which aren't exclusive to Disney and Universal
>>2836041So post about what you want to talk about.Tell me why I should visit (random park in nowhereville) to ride (actually pretty neat unique and/or vintage coaster).
>>2836042You should post updates and news about theme parks everywhere, not just Disney & Universal
>>2836043You should post updates and news about theme parks you care about.
Anyone ever been to Efteling in Netherlands? I'm not really a theme park autist, but this one looked cool, and I was thinking of going there as a day trip from Amsterdam. Worth it? And will I stand out like a weirdo if I go solo?
>>2836044This is /rcg/ and /tpg/, there are hundreds of parks and coasters with changes happening constantly, not just Disney and Universal
>>2836046Tell me about them.
>>2836048Just letting you know there are many more parks than Disney and Universal and they're worth providing updates about. Make a well-rounded news post instead of trying to make this your personal /dug/ thread
>>2836049Tell me more
>>2836050What would you like to know?
>>2835606Little Amerricka would probably be my actual local home park, as it's in my state but SFGAm has the same travel time. It is cute as a hodgepodge collection of 50s/60s flat rides and coasters.
>>2836053I'd like to try the roll-o-plane someday but it always has long lines.
>>2835925As long as Disney world doesn't do any major fuckups, I honestly think it can be the best again once all their current projects finish. Villains, Monsters Inc, Tropical americas, etc.
I've missed the chance to experience Halloween in the states, but I have two weeks off from the end of November to the end of the first week of December. Is there anything interesting I can do during that time?
Which Disney World resort should I stay at tomorrow night? Have AP, gonna hit MK first, then Animal kingdom, epcot, then back to MK
>>2836053I like the old woody there.Haunted house is just silly.The train ride is excellent and went way farther than I expected. Bonus points if they're running the steamer.
>>2836060Ask chatGPT
>>2836058Bruce Vaughn isn't a complete and total retard and Imagineering is in a way better spot than it was a even a year ago. I think most of the projects are gay and retarded HOWEVER I think they will be done reasonably well. For example, the EPCOT overhaul would have been exponentially better under Bruce than what we got (there's been some rumors that they might redo the overhaul because it was so bad). Cars land is an abomination but I think it will be a decent ride and will probably be a crowd pleaser despite ruining ROA.
>>2836045It's got some incredible dark rides but only a limited selection of coasters. Looks maximum comfy though, I was planning to go with family at one point.
Anything higher than 130ft is simple too tall for me and I will not ride it.
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>>2836112>t. Disney passholder
>>2836015I didn’t say anything about Epcot. I did mention the best Disney, which is not Epcot.
>>2836045I haven’t been but I’ve heard it’s a must see. One of the few non-Disney/Universal parks that are on that level. I’m going next year.
>>2836051Since you’re incapable of reading between the lines, allow me to translate: that anon is not going to post updates about non-Disney/Universal parks. Sorry. Feel free to post them yourself though.
>>2836124>that anon(You) should post them. You clearly have more sources than I do.
>>2835606I went to Adventureland this past weekend. It was okay. I’m sure it’s good for the locals but I wouldn’t recommend anyone go out of their way for it.Monster (a Gerstlauer euro fighter infinity coaster) is supposed to be their coaster centerpiece but I didn’t care for it much. Very gimmicky. It likes to have barely enough speed to climb into its many inversions, resulting in a lot of long, slow hang time. But for me that’s more eyebrow raising than truly thrilling. Other than the steep first drop there’s not much else to it.Their two woodies were closed. Flying Viking is just a family coaster but the queue has cool viking photos and facts on the wall. Phoenix is Laff Trakk with no theming, but I really like that model. Underground is a dark ride about a mine. A bit too loud and too fast to really take in, but the pre-show was great. The surprise of the day for me was Dragon Slayer, a small S&S 4S free spin. I expected it would be less of a ride than the Six Flags ones because it was smaller, but it was actually more. I must have gotten 20 spins. Nothing else was noteworthy. Good local family park.
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>>2836125I don’t read theme park news websites. They seem really clickbaity. Anything important will get posted about on 4chan. I’ve stuck to that my whole life and I see no reason to stop.
>>2836131>theme park news websitesI made no mention of those. You should give updates on all parks, not just Universal and Disney.
>>2836132I don’t give any updates at all.
>>2836143Yes you do.
>>2836129Universal desperately needs to refurb this area. The paint is super faded and it looks kind of run down.
>>2836148Sorry anon. Your samefag detector is off today.
>>2836220I actually know someone who works there and have the inside scoop on this. They repaint it several times a year. The Florida sun is just brutal on it. You probably just caught it on one if the days just before they painted it again.
>>2836045I went a year ago, and it was easily the best park I've ever been to, although the people I was with didn't care for it. It's not the greatest ride lineup in the world, but the atmosphere and theming is second to none. Their fairly tale forest is amazing, and you can easily spend hours in it if you enjoy theming/animatronics. If you're gonna be in the area, I'd definitely recommend it.
>>2836221meant for >>2836211
Apparently Indy at Disneyland makes you wear these huge as fuck lanyards if you go in the single rider line now
>>2836263Guessing they don't separate the single riders line enough and everyone was just pretending they were in the regular queue at the end.
>>2836263Cant wait for the mandatory penis inspection from an incel sniffing dog before boarding
>>2836211They recently did. They've actually been refurbing and painting a lot of stuff at Islands recently. Port of Entry looks brand new in certain places. They've been reading my survey comments
>>2836263>>2836268>get in the regular standby line to avoid the mandatory penis inspection>wait an hour>get to the grouper>"how many in your party?">j-just one>"sorry sir but this isn't the single rider line, you'll have to go back to the front of the attraction and get in the correct line"
>>2836269What are you saying in the surveys
>>2836271>still fail the penis inspection
>>2836272All kinds of shit man. All kinds of shit.
>>2836220Okay but this is /rcg/ /tpg/, not /dug/, so updates on parks that aren't Disney/Universal are needed and welcome
>>2836223I love fairy tale shit. It sounds great.
