The Abandoned History of China's Wanda Movie Theme Park

[@ReviewTyme]

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[@karasumer]

Accuses Disney of "cloning past accomplishments"... proceeds to make almost exact copies of Soarin' and Midway Mania.

[@LostInSpice]

To be fair, Disney cloned Galaxy's Edge and opened the same thing in both American parks instead of making them different so people would want to visit both parks. It was lazy design.

[@karasumer]

@@LostInSpice Both versions of SWGE opened at nearly the same time, and so far they aren't exactly success stories.

[@LostInSpice]

@@karasumer Exactly, and making them clones of each other isn't going to make people want to visit both parks.

[@Mike__B]

Damn should have read the comments, I made this same comment.

[@Mike__B]

@@LostInSpice Not sure I'd refer to it as lazy, I mean go to Florida or California you're going to come across similar rides in both areas.

[@kaneworthington]

I guess you could say it was a... One Hit Wanda

[@Stereo6400]

H a

[@JohnnyAngel8]

More like a dead Fish Called Wanda.

[@anthonymg73]

Hahahaha

[@planetmuskvlog3047]

Clever

[@roshill2010]

AyooooOoo..

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

The XFL of theme parks. You don't enter the market by attacking your competition right off the bat. Also, there's a reason parks are full of smaller family rides; it gives locals more to do and therefore helps fund the bigger attractions. Excellent video overall!

[@jevinday]

especially when they aren't just competition, they're some of the people you're also ripping off hahahaha

[@yummychips_]

@@jevinday thats why, they have very cheap long term tickets. Pay 60 for 1 ticket for 1 day?, pay 120 for 4 days?.. pay 200 for whole summer? pay 400 for whole year..... be a local, cut all price by half.

[@creatore3340]

ye

[@djchino774]

The xfl got bought by the rock and has a fighting chance

[@gh0tc0rmediagroup65]

Exactly! What I just said a few seconds ago. But, I'm coming up with a immersive and theatrical theme park with attractions, and I Will NOT attack Disney and Universal!

[@AllenMQuinn]

Yeah attacking Disney and claiming they'll replace them before a customer even walks through the front gate... probably not the smartest idea.

[@1rhpsfan]

You kidding me, it's like the makers of those knock-off consoles taking on Nintendo. Wanda had no chance in Hell!

[@metropod]

I would compare it to Sega rushing the Saturn to try to get ahead of Sony, only to be met with the legend that is “$299*” They would have been better off working with Disney instead of trying to destroy one of the largest companies in history. *For those not versed in the history of console gaming, Sega, in the mid 90s, was fighting an uphill battle. Sony was about to join the console wars, so Sega of Japan went behind Sega of America’s back and pushed the Saturn out early. They gave this long winded speech hyping the console at the Consumer Electronics Show (the gaming industry had yet to spin off E3) and setting an early release date, which backfired, and the launch price of $399. When Sony did thier presentation to show off the original PlayStation, the head of Sony of America walked on stage, said “$299” ($100 cheaper than the Saturn) and walked off.

[@btje1999]

Never heard of them

[@Rckstrroma5]

Allen M. Quinn I agree

[@Tazkar]

@@metropod Its also funny that Sony got into the Console War after Nintendo rejected their idea for a Disc Based system addon for the Super NES if I recall right. Then Sony decided "Fine we'll make it ourself"

[@TheGoodWario]

"A tiger can not take on a pack of wolves" Wanda fails to realize that Disney is a HUGE FRIGGIN TIGER.

[@lowboonkiat73]

Problem is Wanda group is not even a wolf, just an ugly puppy.

[@nesbitt615]

.....with fricken lasers man!!!

[@GMoney-B]

Perfect comment and description 👌. And even that’s an understatement of them being a HUGE FRIGGIN TIGER. Disney as a theme park producer let alone a company in its entirety is simply positively massive. It’s weird from wandas statements, it’s like They are acting like they killed wandas family, extended family, dog, cat, stole their money, and ate the last m&m in the bag. Maybe they just don’t like an American company coming in and taking huge profits. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@nesbitt615]

@@GMoney-B ......with lazers, man!

[@catohung1020]

Shere Khan killed Akela in front of other wolfs btw

[@davebest5624]

“Looking to put Wuhan on the map”....hmmmm that didn’t age well.

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

@@Robocopnik well that was aggressive. Also the comment was made 5 months ago

[@InsidiousDr9]

@@SuperNuclearUnicorn it was such a sick burn, it took 5 months to come up with it.

[@TheCrain]

@@Robocopnik Struck a nerve? lol

[@matthewcaughey8898]

Ain’t nobody goin to Wuhan China unless they are CDC

[@2011blueman]

@@Robocopnik Wuhan was a largely irrelevant city internationally prior to Covid-19. Outside of China people basically know Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai.

[@cn8299]

Wanda: You took everything from me. Disney: I don't even know who you are.

[@GMoney-B]

You summed up my long commentary in two simple lines. 👌. Lol.

[@alexliu5806]

Okay in all honestly they probably do know who Wanda is, it's US consumers who don't know what it is. Wanda is a massive congolmerate that owns real estate, including a massive chain of movie theaters and also its own movie studios. They just rushed the theme parks way too hard to compete with Disney's opening and didn't nail down important concepts like what would keep customers coming back. Many of Wanda's indoor theme parks were located inside their massive malls, so people could visit the parks and also do shopping/dining after they were done in the park - but they just didn't understand their audience well enough.

[@spacebug30]

@@alexliu5806 I don't think you got the reference in C N's comment. It's a reference from Avengers: Endgame when Wanda (Scarlet Witch) faces Thanos.

[@hu1no]

@@spacebug30 lmaooo he didnt get the reference

[@JaceTan-90]

Haha. So true.

[@paularose9407]

The overall attitude was the biggest fail. Heading into a project with a mindset of WAR and juvenile competition rather than an attitude where you can create something unique and co-exist with the rest.

[@wuaaron808]

He said so because he want to manipulate the nationalism sentiments to advance his business. That’s what they do to win favor from the government.

[@klikitzsmith8416]

They started and lost a fight with someone who wasnt even involved. How embarrassing lol. Thats like getting knocked out by someone watching tv and eating popcorn

[@DooDee0608]

This remind me of no weenies allowed spongebib episode Where spongebob tries hard to go inside only just to slip and fall from ice cube

[@justinjones8866]

Wanda: we're gonna beat Disney Disney: doesn't do anything and still beats Wanda

[@GreatMewtwo]

@ryubaks Disney pulls a Luigi.

[@CaptNeeda1]

They're even slapping them in the face, intentional or not, with the release of WandaVision.

[@princedonovaughn1182]

And this is why creating something solely to spite someone else is a horrible idea. Say what you will but Disney knows how to build a theme park, and Wanda obviously just wanted success without any of the hard work Disney did to become this world wide icon.

[@alexliu5806]

But that's partly it, they're not a worldwide icon. Their only success story is within China, and I doubt you even knew that they owned AMC or Legendary. Also there is some speculation that the restructuring was partly pushed for by the Chinese government to stop local companies from taking on too much debt.

[@apexone5502]

@@alexliu5806 Val and Brit was calling Disney a worldwide icon.

[@alexliu5806]

@@apexone5502 Yes and I'm saying Wanda is not a worldwide icon... are you missing something?

[@apexone5502]

@@alexliu5806 and I'm telling you that the original commenter wasn't calling Wanda a worldwide icon. He/she were calling Disney the worldwide icon. Your original comment came off as if you were correcting them for something that they weren't implying.

[@StupidRawblocksGamrr]

@@apexone5502 ...I don't see the implication. "Their only success story is within China" should probably indicate that it's Wanda they're talking about, not DIsney, because it's blatantly obvious that Disney's successes span way outside China.

[@robradical7213]

I love how they talked so much shit about Disney, but ripped them off with every ride.

[@Viking_Luchador]

and Universal

[@Viking_Luchador]

I think it could've been a bigger hit, if it was just one part of a theme park, and not all just crammed into a single building

[@gregghanson6095]

I seriously doubt Disney was ever the least bit concerned from beginning to the predictable end.

[@dannielz6]

Disneys only real competitor is Universal.

[@MickyAvStickyHands]

Chinese middle class want imported brand names. Emerging market economics 101. They didn't have any foreign brands to offer. So no one came. Amazing no one had the balls to tell Wang Jen Ling this. Too many "yes" men around him.

[@ethandumas6937]

Well they dont want to end up in death camos to be fare lol , i guess they are better at making deadly plauges than dland rip offs

[@charlesajones77]

I'm not surprised at all. Wang Jianlin sounds a lot like Donald Trump. Nobody tells Trump when he's being an idiot because he just fires them for it. I suspect a similar situation is at work here.

[@rasalasblack]

The story of any ambitious, successful CEO/President in China. Everyone bends backwards not just for you but also for your spoiled bratty kid in school.

[@20035079]

@@ethandumas6937 fuck off racist

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@20035079 how is he wascist? the death comps exist and are STILL active its fact. and two it turns out those "conspiracy theorists" were right as officals have found now it is EXTREMLY likely the coff was made in a lab and what do you know literally across the street from ground zero of the sickness is a level 4 biolab that specialised in disease like the coff how many concidences need to happen before you think "well maybe its not concidence"

[@Aerospace_Education]

They failed to realize that Disney isn't about using technology to build a ride. They use technology as a tool to help build a story.

[@djben1977]

Well said.

[@jeffreyphandani5160]

Yes they are, they build a character that goes with many of their fans, from old generations Lion King, to nowadays generations Frozen

[@jeffreyphandani5160]

And the legendary Donald Duck & friends, (of course Mickey too, but I prefer Donald since he has his own story for worldwide

[@SirBlackReeds]

Eh, to be honest, they do have rides that don't have much of a story to them.

[@hhhhippo]

Chinese culture is still pretty cheesy and lame, and a lot of their CEO's (Jack Ma) are still losers. So they make decisions like this. China is an amazing case study of partial communism leading to a disparate evolution between culture and business.

[@maxhocks2006]

Lack of attractions is a big deal. At most of the parks I’ve been to you can easily fill a whole day with things to do. You need a good mix of family rides, thrill rides, and shows/experiences to keep people busy.

[@thomaatoes2874]

"A tiger can't take pack of wolves." Except the tiger shoots lasers out of its eyes and breathes fire.

[@fajaranuar4333]

pewpewpew!!!

[@brooksbrooks6805]

More like a sleeping giant... maybe if they ever talked to Japan, they would understand how big the giant is 😂

[@adamb2216]

Lol

[@wilmagregg3131]

like literally they spent half a billion to make this entire park disney spent A FULL BILLION on just the galaxys edge extension to there park alone and that whole place is boring overpriced trash

[@metropod]

It’s scary that someone can somehow make a car racing attraction that is somehow WORSE than “Fast and Furious Supercharged”

[@FunkyStudios]

Sounds like someone was trying to steal DisneyQuest

[@Yukosan13]

More like someone showed them Disneyquest without telling them how much of a failure it truly was 😏

[@xviper2k]

@@Yukosan13 It was fine back in the day. Most of its attractions just didn't age well, with VR becoming something you can experience at home, and the fact that they only ever made a marginal effort to update anything. It was like a snapshot of 90s tech-based entertainment up until the day it closed nearly two decades later.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

They were too confident, they really thought attacking Disney was a good idea

[@joesmith389]

Hey there Avery 👋 we seem to have the same interest in vids and live-streams!

[@Jaded_Jester]

I wonder this too. Was he banking on the hate we hear about from the Chinese for USA, or perhaps this 'hate' we hear about is just propaganda.

[@jacquelinecallejas1390]

3 years after this statement and it seems prescient regarding Desantis. Hee!

[@Mike__B]

... accuses Disney of cloning past accomplishments, makes rides that are rip offs of Soaring and Toy Story Midway Mania. Way to break that view of Chinese creativity.

[@HollywoodF1]

Mike B The Midway Mania ripoff was really egregious. Right down to the shape of the blasters and the style of the animation.

[@fifthrider]

Walt Disney (Paraphrased): If you can dream it, you can do it.* China: If you can do it, we can copy it and it should work just as well. ...right? * Before anyone can chime in and say he never said that Walt's exact words were "...if you can visualize it, if you can dream it, then there's some way to do it!" Close enough.

[@tdb7992]

So essentially, a Chinese company copied a Western idea and produced a cheap knock off that no one wanted. Why does this sound so familiar?

[@DementedCaver]

A copy of ideas, but it sounds as if they sunk a fair chunk of change into it...so cheap knock off no....it was a pricey knock off. ;)

[@MeanLaQueefa]

DementedCaver it cheap as shit, Star Wars galaxy edge alone was a billion dollars 💵

[@patrickwu6052]

Disney in Shanghai used a lot of Chinese culture themes/localized. It is copy of Chinese culture or not?

[@patrickwu6052]

Whey you eat some fruits, rice, or vegetable, do you feel guilty because you Americans copy or steal them from other continents? Civilizations progress because they touch each other and exchange ideas and products.

[@Epic_Fail82]

@@patrickwu6052 but, I don't go around selling almost the exact fruit and telling you that you'll never turn a profit in 10 to 20 years because mine is greater than yours.

[@ShenDoodles]

"A tiger can't take on a pack of wolves" Yes it can

[@mattkennedy6115]

Shen Doodles my money is on the wolves

[@CatLives9]

If we're talking about actual animals, I'm sure the tiger could disembowel at least 2 or 3 of those wolves before being taken down.

[@manchesterunitedno7]

@@CatLives9 Well, not really. Take down the alpha wolf, and the next in charge. The remaining pack will scurily around with the tail between the legs.

[@fictionstupidgoogle1027]

Sadly, a year later pretty sure the world can agree that the Wanda Movie Park in Wuhan, China will never reopen... Oh what a year it has been >.

[@justimagine2403]

The most innovative rides have been at Disney Sea and Shanghai. Seeing their Pirates of the Caribbean brought tears to my eyes. A masterpiece. As is TRON but that is being cloned. Reminds me of Disney Quest (which failed).

[@LostInSpice]

Disney Quest failed because it sucked.

[@disneylove69]

DISNEY quest was opened for many years. They closed because times have changed.

[@gissneric]

@@LostInSpice I would choose Disney Quest than NBA Experience. Also it did not suck. Outdated yes but suck no

[@dadre1983]

Pirates of the Caribbean at Shanghai? Interesting I'll check it out thanks

[@FunkyStudios]

@@LostInSpice ok dummy

[@thetravelingsoldier506]

All simulators? Wow

[@danielledewitt1]

TheTravelingSoldier Very nice if you like simulators and don’t want to go anywhere.

[@johncantatore7986]

@et look up futuroscope

[@astrangeone]

There are a lot of simulators at Disney anyhow. But I don't think putting them in an indoor complex is a good idea. Disney works because there are huge spaces to explore between the "big rides"...

[@Eternaldarkness3166]

where have I seen that? Universal.. cough. Universal. cough.

[@alissathesinger]

@@Eternaldarkness3166 Heyy, Universal Orlando has, like, 3 roller-coasters...

[@danielmurciarius3634]

Maybe the problem for Wanda was that he created more with less experiences, instead of focusing on less parks with better and unique ideas

[@jeffreyphandani5160]

U had it man, too many only looking for ways to discriminate China for all their hatred, not many understand it simply bcoz of the owner faults who fail to understand how to do business, make something & run something, the concept & how it's done

[@thefantasticdrill788]

Can’t stand China’s absolute disregard for intellectual property, big and small, all while treating their citizens like garbage. Their absolute greed in both business and government acts a damper on human society as a whole.

[@Zergcerebrates]

If they treat their citizens like garbage the government wouldn't bother raising the standard of living for the country, lifted 800 million people (src: world bank) out of poverty and modernize and develop the country as a whole and turned it into the second most powerful country in the world. China isn't perfect but the reality is quite different than what the west are always selling you.

[@edjoultz9678]

Thats why I hate China, I know hate is a strong word but it's the closest. I by no means h8 the Chinese people only the Government & Business sector, excluding Hong Kong. Hope the Transition into China goes smoothly with the HK people not losing their rights,freedom, and 21st century thinking. #1 U.S , #2 France #3 Japan #4Uk #5 rest of Europe.I have hopes for Germany. All is lost for Russia,China,NK,

[@Zergcerebrates]

@@edjoultz9678 Have you ever visited China?

[@Zergcerebrates]

@@manchurianscilly8785 Interesting and I've visited China on many occasions in factories and relatives over a dozen cities in China and I've never seen anything remotely even close to what you just described. Which cities or province did you go to? I know China from personal experience and over decades of visits, CNN doesn't help or portray China differently than any other western media.

[@Zergcerebrates]

@@manchurianscilly8785 First of all I'm Cantonese with roots in HK and relatives in Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Taichung(TW), and Shanghai. I've been to China countless times even before China started to develop. I went into China several ways one is from the China Ferry terminal located at TST to take the highspeed ferry into Zhuhai or cross from Lo Wu(via KCR before now MTR) into Shenzhen where some of the factories are located at. Before the HK highspeed rail was completed I would take the Chinese direct train to Guangzhou from HungHom station and for Shanghai I land in HongQiao and not Pudong, because I usually go to HK first. I really dont know what other information you need from going into the border besides giving them the entry card and the health declaration form passing through immigration which they're in light blue clothing but back in the days it was green. Customs is white and you exit through green or red channels it's pretty straight forward. I think your definition of abject poverty and mine is different, I saw how poor and underdeveloped China was and now all I see is living standards that are way better than before. Cities especially Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing and many more that are simply stunning and infrastructures that put many countries to shame including the US. Everytime I go to China I am amazed with the progress and the changes there. You know what is abject poverty? The homeless people all over dt Los Angeles(skid row) SF, and Seattle. Of course China still has poor people but I've never seen anything remotely like the homeless crisis all over the USA, at least the poor Chinese have shelter over their heads and not sleeping on the streets or creating tent cities. I dont know what ethnicity you are but you dont even know me, and you're assuming that I've never even visited or know about my motherland is extremely insulting. If you don't believe me then theres nothing more I could say nor am I here to convince anyone to begin with. In my earlier post I simply stated my observations and my experiences in China. Maybe you saw something and experienced something I haven't, but I've traveled extensively in the country and it doesn't even look and sound as dire and bad as you say. Maybe we live in an alternate reality I dont know but the China I saw was progress at least the development side as for politics that's a different story.

[@ireviewshtuff]

China was soundly defeated by the one thing it will never master: originality hahahaha

[@dajokahbaby1506]

Originality seems to be a lost art in Chinese culture lmao

[@mike365fly]

It's just that Chinese capitalists have no respect for the intelligence of the people, so does the government

[@ghostbombl8034]

They take other countries inversions add there own crap to by pass any Patten laws.

[@mkaplan1383]

And in turn Disney is in someway suffering the same thing when it comes to storytelling with their films.

[@kiwikiwi2483]

DisneyTimeLord Eh, not really

[@letsroamaround2189]

Never be too cocky, how are you going to think one indoor park will rival Disney lmao stay in your lane

[@gregorymckenzie7511]

Come to think of it, the only times I've ever heard of the failings of anyone due to hubris in China come from historical records; never myths, legends, or even children's stories. They need to get their fingers out of their ears and start listening.

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@gregorymckenzie7511 because unfornatly hubris would imply anyone could be wrong while in china people are expected to trust and be loyal and listen to what ever there superiors say because they MUST be smarter and better then you to be higher than you.

[@JacobHillSBD]

WMG: "Disney won't be able to make a profit!" Disney: "We've paid off Shanghai Disney. Everything we make after this is profit."

[@GMoney-B]

“And did we mention Shanghai Disney cost 5.5 billion dollars by the by?” Lol. You know that’s pretty amazing even for Disney. What an amazing team they have to be so efficient. Most business suck at managing their money.

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@GMoney-B they HAD a amazing team current disness sucks worse then wanda park at managing money they STILL havent even paid the fox buy out back yet and are in very very deep debt due the coff yet they still throw money away yeah Bob and chepeak are the beevus and buthead of all disney ceos

[@itshawn]

I cant hear Wuhan without hearing CoronaVirus anymore

[@highnoon9333]

It's unfortunate. I imagine many people outside of China, like myself, had never heard of Wuhan before the pandemic. It's too bad that now that's what so many of us think of when we hear the name of that city.

[@MikeDeanOfficials]

Same for 99% of the population. But thanks for pointing that out

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

Had to check the upload date and went "oh. Oh no..." I guess the good news is that if they didn't close down then they would have had to close during the Rona anyway

[@v8matey]

Some people I know call it the Who-Flu

[@diggingattycho7908]

This isn't the world's shortest lived theme park. "The World of Sid and Marty Krofft", another indoor park only lasted six months.

[@Awesomesufff]

Britanica in england didn;t even last a week

[@lolphukyu]

But he want to make Wanda Group look bad, probably a Disney shill

[@diggingattycho7908]

@@lolphukyu Or didn't bother to do any research. There are whole web sites dedicated to defunct theme parks.

[@oaf-77]

“Shortest lived Rip-off theme park”

[@nesbitt615]

@Sean Wilkinson ...two tickets, please?

[@foxmcfly9246]

"Welcome to SCREEN-WORLD! Come see all of our cold, screen-based, lifeless attractions for only $$$ a day! Surely Disney cannot compete..."

[@josef5319]

Well, now everyone in the world knows Wuhan! Congrats.

[@jemntertainment]

The success of Disney parks is the original recipe that only Walt and his Imagineers understood. Its really no secret..

[@cesarfernandes2918]

When I heard the name "Wuhan", I was like "Oh no."

[@jayrenwick5773]

same........it's a conspiracy!! aha

[@valmarques]

If it hadn't been closed already, probably would have been today anyway

[@wiggy8912]

From a theme park enthusiast’s standpoint, it looks like a snooze fest. I’d just as soon strap an iPad to my face and go play in the rain. At least I’d actually be moving through space.

[@manchesterunitedno7]

Yeah, or I can get myself a VR set, and it is more interactive than this.

[@popick86]

Fact: Real reason why it failed? It was Agatha all along!

[@ethanpanlilio8956]

lol

[@EDDIELANE]

And then, the ultimate Disney-Villain emerged. Wang Jianlin.

[@beanerama9]

Oh man, even Disney Quest looked more appealing lmao

[@roachtoasties]

This is probably easy to explain. They built a park that is more of a local attraction than a tourist attraction. Ask anyone planning a visit to Shanghai where they plan to go. Nobody would answer Wanda Movie Park (assuming it was still open). What is then left is an expensive park to maintain, and expensive to buy a ticket. Local residents will go to it once or twice to experience it, and that's about it.

[@BeefyBryan]

“Less than 500 guests a day” Me: Oof...

[@Samngchaoyu]

u are dumb. the video mention 3 million guest in the first year. that like 8000 guest not 500. people just believe on what the video said and think it is right. oh gosh and somemore 29 people like your comment without thinking. all of them are so stupid.

[@tigergreg8]

@@Samngchaoyu I think Logan is thinking about the last days the theme park was open, they were only having 500 a day. If they were consistent with 8000 per day every day, the park may have stayed open.

[@homefront3162]

I know hookers who get more visitors

[@Jaded_Jester]

@@Samngchaoyu u are dumb. the video mentions that the park was getting less than 500 guests per day by the 4th year. oh gosh and you are insulting people without even watching the video. you are so stupid.

[@dannielz6]

Wanda: Disney lacks innovation. Wanda then proceeds to copy Disney / Universal for all of their attractions🤭

[@yelwing]

New ride idea: Hong Kong, it’s a riot

[@orlandotouristtraps7410]

It seems as though the Wanda Park owners were motivated by hate rather than love or desire to delight and inspire their guests. They were doomed before they invested a dime.

[@jeffreyphandani5160]

Yes they are, probably mostly by the ambition to outnumbered the one that they consider rivalry

[@paultidd]

Well, now we know that this isn't the worst thing that has happened to the people of Wuhan.

[@egeg5428]

Simulator is great when you first experience it. But you won't comeback.

[@marktroddyn3351]

The thing about Disney is that it just doesn't attract people for the Rides. Many people just go to hang out. It's much more than just Rides

[@TDCinChina]

Brilliant that he accused Disney of lack of innovation (essentially replication) - when where I used to live in Wuhan was 3km away from a life-sized, subtly incorrect and very cheap-looking, replica of the Notre Dame Cathedral. I appreciate Wanda didn't build that, even given all their copying. But still, it's engrained in the general society as an ethos.

[@heckinmemes6430]

"You just iterate on past accomplishments and don't bring anything new to the table." "Now move over and let me copy your past accomplishments."

[@billcook4768]

Do a video on The World of Sid and Marty Kroft. Awesome indoor theme park in Atlanta that didn't even last a full year back in 1976.

[@joesmith389]

Moral of the story; challenge Disney, and you will lose.

[@RideAllNight5]

Dang I remember learning about this park and thinking it was so cool, didn’t know it closed so quickly

[@dorkultra]

is the building juts sitting there with all the rides turned off?

[@ryankonkoski4182]

Wow, an indoor mall with 6 E ticket attractions. Sounds like fun 🤪

[@haz226]

When you said Wuhan, I had PTSD

[@GMoney-B]

That’s ridiculous. The claims Wanda was making and what they produced as a rebuttal to Disney, only to be punched so hard in the gonads after all of their attempts. It’s basically a shopping mall as the video stated and they thought they were going to go against Disney? Haha. I wonder if the top exects that came up with this even went in one Disney park, I would think not at all because they would have had to have seen the massive massive plot of land, detail, care, and storytelling going on. So crazy. I hope someone buys legendary pictures back from them because somebody else deserves those franchises more who could do them justice. Christopher Nolan movies are some of my favs. What an interesting story though. Great video reviewtyme.

[@niccage6375]

This wanda had no vision

[@JohnFRodgers]

Ah! So THIS is where Disney got the idea for Galaxy's Edge! An all-in-one experience with 2 or 3 rides surrounded by dozens of mall stores! Stroke of genius! ha ha ha

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

I laughed harder then I should!

[@tomarnold7284]

"The entire line up felt as if executives behind the park simply visited western theme parks, pointed and said 'I want that one'", what the narrator left out was: 'I want that one... but a quarter of the cost, so we can spend the rest on advertisement!!"

[@filthyproductions7781]

He made this video about wuhan literally only a week or two before one of the first recorded cases

[@asadayo]

this would've been a better idea if it was MADE to be a mall. like fix some of the prices, have some good name brand shops and STILL keep the rides and i could definitely imagine hanging out with friends there.

[@Administrator_O-5]

Wuhan still the most famous city to this day...for the wrong reasons

[@dasc0yne]

Wanda's promises to overpower Disney strangely parallels Tai Chi masters challenging MMA fighters to fight.

[@livdrawz6234]

You never take on the mouse, you’ll lose every time

[@Z64sports]

Or they'll buy you

[@lolphukyu]

Disney sucks

[@Happymali10]

7:45 That exact stunt-scene almost killed several crewmembers, because they miscalculated a crash/jump and the car flew past barriers into the area where the crew had been set up.

[@RoyceChristyn]

Wow, I didn’t realize this was in Wuhan. How interesting (considering all that has happened now)! I remember hearing about this park when they announced it and I thought that this would fail, but this video really lays out exactly why it failed in such a spectacular way.

[@jayyyzeee6409]

A bunch of guys in suits with a bit of sand in their shovels on a stage constitutes "breaking ground"? LOL

[@galaxymew5138]

I read the title as Wakanda Movie Park and got so confused

[@ericandy88]

Give it time, I guess. It could happen.

[@lunahetfield]

Galaxy Mew XD

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

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[@CountryFriedCG]

It sounds like they entered the market to combat Disney, and not to introduce a superior product, and instead of innovating and changing the game, they just put on a different uniform, and played the same game. Disney has a whole department dedicated to innovation, and Disneyland was started out of a desire to create something better than anything offered at the time. This parks creators just talked about profits, and beating Disney’s income. Not the way to conquer a market.

[@richarddavis4954]

Very interesting, if they put something different rather than just simulator rides things may of been better. And well like certain other theme park builders , they need some new ideas rather than " copying "

[@SalivatingSteve]

Richard Davis at least the 2 indoor theme parks in Dubai have some variety in their attractions and big name properties, even though the dark rides are disappointing.

[@DanVillainFilms]

The “Jin Yang” approach to business. “New Soarin’” “New Terminator 3-D: Battle Across Time”

[@jonny5777]

Poor Wuhan it can’t catch a break!

[@bindardundat454]

WMP - we are gonna build the best amusement park ever Disney - ya really , hold my root beerr

[@Happymali10]

2:49 That looks like the Disney concert hall.

[@Zyas333]

“We were inspired by the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles”

[@dorkultra]

7:24 is that a video screen showing a waterfall? Of all the things to cheap out on...

[@disneymagicaluniverse4795]

Wanda: Disney lacks originality. Also Wanda: *copies Disney rides*

[@nickyoung630]

0:57 Yes because the last thing the world got from Wuhan was so great.

[@Edmundyu1995]

Wanda Vision world! All in one building!

[@ashleyburbank3129]

seems like instead of focusing on their own Park they just focused on beating Disney... witch did go well

[@bryandedon7459]

Every has been done before and better and every ride was damn near identical. You can't have a theme park without roller coasters

[@BegoneJonah]

Ah, yes, Wuhan. We’ve all heard of Wuhan.

[@SKtube0]

Why would any person or group ever verbally bash the juggernaut that is Disney so openly and then proceed to try to compete against them? Did they think, because they were a Chinese entity that they would have better relations with the government or something? Hell no. I can imagine Bob Iger hearing about this and going, "that's cute. We'll have them crushed by the end of the week".

[@yotsubafanfan]

They should've just built the park inside a mall. It worked for The mall of America.

[@mechasentai]

Don't mess with the mouse lol

[@jcpenny135]

What actually bothers me the most is they put a screen waterfall in the queue instead of like actual water

[@pianonotes1010]

That footage of the T2 ride hit me right in the feels. God I loved that ride. Grew up 45 minutes from Universal Studios in Orlando. Road that thing more times than I can remember.

[@outsidethebox262]

People who do something just out of spite usually fails....

[@hoangvunguyen9311]

bruh! paying all this just to see some indoor roller coaster?? hell nah!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I love China, I’m friends with Comrade Xi

[@Jade-ee3wi]

Shut up

[@mr.h3603]

lol...shut up fat boy. Go play with your useless little missile.

[@RSLpunk]

I get the feeling the Park was completely contained within the building

[@huntersmith1146]

when you relies wu-han stated crono

[@alexkrycek3359]

The creator of the park sounds completely delusional

[@Titan990]

Wanda Park: we are at war with Disney Disney: Hoho okay sure thing, Hoho

[@nesbitt615]

I read that in Mickey's voice.....awww shucks

[@khathaway414]

Yes a pack of wolves can kill a tiger. But a dragon can roast a pack of wolves in a heart beat.

[@devonboulden2496]

Gimmicky movie theatre fails to attract attention. Honestly, the creators needed to understand that any of their movies had to be good stand-alone 2d attractions before they started adding generic techy gimmicks.