Monsters Replace Muppets - ParkStop Podcast

[@ThemeParkStop]

What do you think they should do with Muppet*Vision 3D?

[@ashtonyhs]

What I don’t understand is why they couldn’t just keep it? The show is getting replaced with an unannounced monsters show. when the entrance to a (instead now a mini monsters land) could’ve been moved back a little and still have the coaster and the monster sushi restaurant. with a mini muppets courtyard in front. It’s a studio park so each ride doesn’t have to have a full land.

[@al.109]

Keep it as it is

[@JH-lu5yg]

Move it over by Rock 'n' Rollercoaster in a theater. And trade off theater showtimes of Muppetvision 3D and a new Muppets show. And move the fountain over there also.

[@itshobojoe1391]

​@ashtonyhs Also its not like Muppets and Monster's Inc can't mix. How many monsters are there on Sesame Street?

[@FIVEFIRES]

Put it back in DCA

[@blezzing0603]

“Put that thing back where it came from or so help me” hits different

[@nathanspolter5668]

All would be well if they put muppet vision in the theater next to rock n rollercoaster

[@TheNamekianClown]

I feel like everyone who covers parks news has independently come up with that idea. It just feels too obvious of a good idea to turn that area into Muppets Courtyard version 2. But this also requires the Disney Parks executives to listen to good ideas.

[@oosyxx515]

As an Aerosmith and Muppet fan I consider this the darkest timeline.

[@TheBitBlock]

I'm sorry but that Muppets re-theme is going to be crazy lazy and suck big time and we all know it. They are putting it there because they knew the backlash with 0 Muppets in the parks would be too big for them to deal with. It's going to mostly focus on the human musician's music / image - and the Muppets will be tacked on. Also stop trying to make the Electric Mayhem a thing Disney - the series you made bombed. Now somehow a ride will make them popular? Just sell The Muppets back to Henson already.

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Last time I checked the parks are not a museum… they had a great 30 year run but it’s time to move on. You know nothing last forever at these parks and they won’t expand the park with its limited borders!

[@worms1244]

@@Brandon-qd2lbwith a 100 billion million dollars, the current Disney company cannot build a single attraction with half of the quality of muppet vision

[@zarajenkins6948]

Wow your positive

[@happiestplace3754]

I completely agree that the Disney company has been treating the Muppets like a red-headed stepchild for a very long time now, which is a shame. If they actually leveraged the Muppets to their full potential, they would realize that the fandom is still out there for them.

[@lawrenceflail3164]

This is the problem. Everyone likes the Muppets but, as a franchise, they are dated and there is nothing to do with them. They keep trying but it all fails because, as much as everyone professes to love the Muppets, they really don't care all that much. They've kept terrible Muppet Vision much longer then they should've and they're still keeping them in the park so everyone would give them a break.

[@camseki9588]

I think they should put Statler and Waldorf somewhere near the launch section so they can heckle the riders and the people in the queue

[@danalexander6049]

It is unforgivable that SeaWorld treats their Muppets better than Disney treats their Muppets. Hopefully the Kermit hot air balloon and Miss Piggy fountain finds their way to the Rock N Roller Coaster area.

[@ridesandrealms]

Sorry for your PizzeRizzo loss Alicia ❤

[@cristianchavarria5359]

The tower of terror rumor coming from this channel is scary

[@turcj]

How about moving Muppet Vision 3D into the Magic Eye Theater at Epcot? It is already a 3D Theater that shows Pixar shorts as filler - a waste of space. The special effects in this theater were amazing. I wonder if they all still operate? Can you imagine the entire theatre shaking during the final explosion of Muppet Vision? This would be a great place to honor Jim Henson as a creative genius. The meet and great areas could be used for Kermit/Miss Piggy, now that Mickey has a new home. The preshow movie could be a tribute to Jim Henson and the evolution of the Muppets- interspersed with a few of the clips from the current preshow. Now that jumping fountains are a thing at Moana, that entire area could be rethemed with Muppet photo-ops like the Miss Piggy Fountain from the curent Muppet Courtyard. And I would sob with joy if I could walk through the old rainbow tunnel while Kermit sings The Rainbow Connection. I think Figment and Kermit would be wonderful neighbors in the Imagination Pavilion.

[@vandersonvalley]

To fix Hollywood Studios Disney needed (past tense) to: - Replace Launch Bay with Mickey and Minnies and update Animation Courtyard - Update Great Movie Ride with Disney and Fox Films - Switch Toy Story Land and Galaxy’s Edge placement for pathway benefits to ensure there’s no dead ends

[@timothyforrester5225]

They should move it and have it find a permanent home somewhere.

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

I felt that Alicia was going through the five stages of grief at the beginning of

[@Jaden-ko3kg]

I am deeply sad about muppet visions closure I was really excited by monsters and to a degree I still am but the muppets mean so much to me I’ve loved them since I was 2 years old when my dad showed me Swedish chef videos then when I was three my aunt bought me the first three seasons of the muppet show on dvd she passed away shortly after. 2011 muppets movie is one of my favorite films and muppet vision is my favorite attraction in the Disney parks. While I’m glad the muppets will stick around with the new rock n roller coaster I don’t like roller coasters that go upside down I feel like this ride will alienate a lot of people that like the muppets. Secondly I hope muppet vision is relocated somewhere literally anywhere putting it on Disney plus is such a cop out that attraction was intended to viewed in a physical space Jim Henson would Be rolling in his grave if Disney just slapped it on streaming. Anyway great video!

[@TVTIME-be8ze]

Alicia’s voice sounds like peach the starfish from finding Nemo!

[@gsouzalessa]

i love when the podcast is illustrated with video 🤌

[@ianfromthephilippines]

Tower of terror can get a light retheme. Rod Sterling intro can be replaced with generic ghosts hunters documentary like in paris

[@SarahSmith-ff6yy]

I love your idea about changing Catalina Eddie's! The paint can and brush and footprints would be marvelous. I love the idea about that whole area being Muppets. If you're going to change something you have to think about what is around it. Disney totally needs to hire you!

[@SarahSmith-ff6yy]

PizzeRozzo lol

[@JourneyWithMarss]

Eye clock tower > Dune popcorn bucket *We need Mike Lebowski bowling in Monsters land *The muppets are timeless, and Jim Hensons legacy is priceless. Seeing Dr. Teeth is a big win in the coaster would be cool. And we should be heckled on entry and exit. Side note..with all the mourning its cool they still have the cesar salad Happy turkey day to anyone who reads this 🤙

[@charleshankinson]

If the cars ride comes to magic kingdom, could they close the cars thing at the studios and put muppet vision there instead. Also the pizza planet truck appears in monsters inc and monsters university so wouldn’t they just retheme the pizza building to pizza planet.

[@omarnoble4788]

Was totally fine with everything announced partially because I thought ToT was safe. Killed my vibe.

[@diegocalderon5190]

Monsters Inc is one of my favorite movies. That being said if they don't move Muppet Vision 3D to the McQueen theater I'm going to get Josh d' Amaro

[@MoiveGuy24]

I think they should build monsters Inc. over in animation courtyard, there’s way more space to work with and it’s just a bigger spot and it’s a really boring dead area now and we don’t need Star Wars launch by anymore, that way they can keep all of Muppets courtyard, the way the new concept art looks they have to catty corner, the ride building for the coaster which means they have to get rid of some cast member parking and that back road has to be rerouted to go like around the building and add more cast member parking spaces back somehow. But since they’re moving Muppets to rocking roller coaster, why not move Muppet vision 3-D where the villains show is gonna be next-door, once they finish the villain show they can just take that out and put them up vision 3-D in that building and make it a permanent location you know and just redo the effects in there and do a little bit of interior work so you can keep doing the same effects and animatronics.

[@nickthetrex]

Jim Hension would be so upset.

[@AmusementLabs]

You mentioned not having more than one set of animatronics. Couldn't they potentially have one set in storage from DCA?

[@ThemeParkStop]

Gotta be stripped for parts by now. I meant one good set lol

[@AmusementLabs]

@ThemeParkStop ah

[@AgentGodzillaRP1701]

All that space at their disposal at WDW and they still replace stuff lol

[@ItsameBS]

Isn't there a parking lot used behind Muppets that they can build an all new Monsters Inc land in? Would have been a perfect segway from Muppets area to Monsters Inc area

[@WDWCentral]

I guess it really wasn’t easy being green

[@RankingTheMouse]

Already pre-ordered my Unofficial Guide to UOR 2025, lets GOOOO!! So pumped to read it 👏 I personally think the Monsters move is extremely smart, IF they can move MV*3D elsewhere with atleast half the affects AND announce whats coming to Animation Courtyard instead fairly soon. If both of those if's happen, this feels like a massive win-win for everybody. Great Pod as always, you two 👏

[@retrogradedly]

I feel like Muppets are adjacent to a property like Monsters, and especially after the announcement of Tropical Americas in AK with both Encanto AND Indy, we could just have a hybrid land with both franchises and I’m sure it would work fine, especially if the Monsters are made similar to The Henson Company’s style of puppets

[@cg9-2-5]

I think it would be interesting if they somehow saved the recorded bit and put it on Disney+

[@joshberninger8355]

I don’t want it to happen but I did always feel that Tower could be a fun retheme to Muppets. A Muppet ran hotel could be great and their antics being what causes the elevator to go crazy. Imagined that area becoming a new Muppet courtyard with the RnRC retheme to Electric Mayhem and the Muppets and then turn Racing Academy theatre into a new MuppetVision. Would hate to see the spooky theme go but Muppet hotel would be fun

[@reddcube]

It’s a bummer to lose Muppet*Vision 3D, but at least Disney is communicating the closure. I’m hoping they can finish the rollercoaster building before closing the theater.

[@ThemeParkStop]

Oh for capacity sake that would be smart, especially if rock n roller coaster is closed at the same time

[@piecheese1214]

Let's hope Pizzarizzo's replacement has better food.

[@UmmYeahOk]

Would be nice if they decorated Monstropolis in the Osborne lights again. You really can’t replace that with some lame projection.

[@TheNamekianClown]

Alicia, you really need to watch Muppets Mayhem!

[@ryanneamtu6729]

Change Figment to include the muppets - minimal story beats you'd have to change and then put Muppets 3D in the theatre next to it! Win Win

[@ryanneamtu6729]

Also I love monsters inc, but people complained about Avatar not being a relevant franchise - this is a 20 year old movie getting a 12 year old ride concept

[@RigoLeons]

Disney… when will you be giving more than you take?

[@raynacarraway440]

As a someone on the west coast who hasn't been to Disney World, the way I've seen people talk about Pizzerizzo after the news is fascinating. It's either a beloved staple that people go to every visit or the worst restaurant in Hollywood Studios that they can't wait to see gone with NO in-between 😂 Like ik certain attractions are devisive amongst fans but those are two extremely different opinions to have (especially when one of them results in Alicia wearing a mourning veil cause she loves it so much lol)

[@ThemeParkStop]

Food aside, it has REALLY good AC.

[@Confuzed54]

Why did this have to happen the same week we found out all future Mortal Kombat 1 DLC got cancelled? Why is everything I love dying at the same time?

[@ciscoduncan1490]

The muppets are dead. This land is gonna suck and Disney will fail again. Thanks for the video.

[@callumellis4157]

Keep Rock n roller coaster!!

[@TacoEX1]

….*SIGH* What a way to ruin Thanksgiving.

[@wee-senchoo7025]

Zootopia is not a "sloppy second". It's great I've been there. And it's a THEA award winner in 2025 just like Fantasy Springs.

[@ThemeParkStop]

It’s great in Shanghai. It won’t be a sloppy second until it’s cloned elsewhere, hence the “second”… that said I think it’s beautiful and like Ratatouille would love to see it come stateside.

[@Caius1942]

Catalina Eddies should be “PizzaRizzo II”

[@bostongeis5123]

30:08 RIP Asbestos the Rat

[@MoiveGuy24]

I’m thinking they might move monsters Inc. laugh floor from Magic Kingdom, and put it in the theater building

[@kevinbhieey9188]

I said almost all the same things Alicia said about this. Well, not the nonsense about loving Monsters, Inc. (Corny AF.) But I said I think they really WANT to dump MuppetVision, because it's Bob Iger. Of course he can't allow attraction counts to rise!!! But it REEKS of another Main Street Electrical Parade "going away forever!" lie. If the outcry is bad enough, they can just announce its return, and then play Captain EO with it until they make people not care again. I also said they should turn at least part of the Sunset market area into food trucks for the Muppet Studios. When they built Sunset Showcase, I said it would eventually be for MuppetVision, because they belong in Hollywood. They just needed to find something to put in that area. They finally did... I have to disagree that this will be a good land. That coaster is going to SUUUUUCK. It's basically going to be Puss in Boots, but indoors... and in doors! (OMG, I'm turning corny AF!) It's going to be slow and short and have horrible throughput. I think they know this, which is the only reason they're adding a live show instead of porting M,ILF over here. They apparently learned nothing from the Crush Coaster. Otherwise, the only thing giving the land any IP value will be Harryhausen's and the Factory. Which means anybody wanting to be in the Monsters, Inc world will have to stand in a spot that encompasses both of those buildings AND NOT MOVE THEIR HEADS. This ain't no Cars Land, and this ain't no Pandora, proving they also learned nothing from Galaxy's Edge. It's unfortunate that the best thing for Bob Iger is not the best thing for the park. What belongs in the space is a Star Wars attraction linking Star Tours to Galaxy's Edge, both physically and thematically. Something with a "We're in Star Wars!" theme, like... oh, I don't know... a speeder bike ride through the forests of Endor??? Cheap idiots.

[@StripofPaper]

Not Alicia's furry coming out episode 😂😂😂

[@womblestacker7993]

Muppets 3d is old but should kept it and put monsters somewhere else

[@keiichimorisato98]

Muppets Plaza should get the dark rude that should have been built 30 years ago.

[@garrettcarter5622]

Gotta say, Josh D’Amarro has not impressed me.

[@Santi-xc6ni]

I SWEAR TO GOD IF THEY TAKE OUT TOT I WLL NEVER PUT A FOOT AGAIN IN THAT PARK

[@supremefan]

They better not touch Tower of Terror

[@cdpa4d]

Cost optimization at its best.

[@CaseyVogt]

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[@danasandoval624]

Don’t hold your breath for anything new Disney promises. The very few things they managed to come through with took years and I mean years and was sub-par at best and a complete failure in truth. For several years everything Disney touches turns to crap. We not only have the monster/muppet thing we have the mud pit they are planning to replace Tom Sawyer Island and the beautiful water area in Magic Kingdom. We can only hope that they completely fail at bringing either of these things to reality and Magic Kingdom is left alone and the same with Hollywood Studios. We can always dream Igor will suddenly and unexplainably disappear never to be seen or heard again along with the rest of the woke staff and replaced by people that actually care about bringing back Disney magic. I can always dream. I will be doing my dreaming while enjoying Epic Universe.

[@MichaelSoti]

The Muppets on Rockin sounds like a way for them to shoehorn Taylor Swift into the parks, yawn

[@travisziegler5011]

Catalina Eddie's should be Rizzo's To Go

[@turcj]

Now all they need to do is connect the Star Tours simulators to Monstropolis too. All they would need to do is move the entrance to the building like they did to Toy Story Mania. It sits right behind Pizza Rizzo and could easily be used as an update to a ride that is totally out of place. Now they we have Smuggler's run, be don't need Star Tours.

[@keouine]

Charles Nelson Reilly more than 3d spirit.

[@bryancamacho1569]

Believe

[@ryanhammond9044]

Ya we know about this

[@iilikeitlikethatii]

What is hollywood studios even about?

[@eloritetitus2376]

Manamana manamana do do de do 😂😂

[@JesseReed-so9px]

🎉

[@sakuranokunoichi]

DISNEY!!! LISTEN. TO. ALICIA.

[@darcywhitfield6140]

Nooooooooooooooooo

[@BboySnake71]

Monsters or Muppets....Super easy decision and they made the right one.

[@bryancamacho1569]

Disneyland X Sonic 3 park word believe

[@bryancamacho1569]

Disneyland X Pokémon park word

[@Leandro-xk3co]

Can you stop with the fake laugh? It's really awkward. You don't have to be funny every 10 seconds.