OpEd: It’s Time for Disney World to Replace Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster - Inside the Magic

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  1. Anonymous

    Not a chance troll. Only a hater would come up with that. There are plenty of fans who like it as it is. Leave it alone and remove that personal and unofficial blog you wrote.

  2. Adam

    They need to keep that rollercoaster. They would be shooting themselves in the foot by replacing it.

  3. EricJ

    …WHAT is with the flippin’ unmotivated fan-“replacements” lately?
    Are you that frustrated with the parks being down??

    People, I want you to take a good, hard, unflinching look:
    THIS is the face of the Armchair Imagineer fanboy, who can’t feel “connected” to the parks unless he tinkers with them, and can’t think up any new idea except a dark ride or coaster to coast on the latest current trend, that just occurred to him because it was in the headlines.
    These are the people who gave us Stitch’s Great Escape. And Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. And Frozen Ever After. And Tiana Mountain.
    Because WDI didn’t know, and couldn’t heed the warning in time.

  4. Caroline RN

    We LOVE rockin rollercoaster! The music in line, the studio scene with the awesome music and the base cranked!!! All before you even get to the roller coaster part which is so cool!
    What a freaking rush!!
    Our kids are some of the coolest 20 somethings I know, I suppose they are millennials and they love it along with Aerosmith.

  5. Ashley

    I love this ride so much; it’s one of my favorite rides in Disney World! I guess it can use some retheming, though I will miss all the rockin and rollin 🙁

  6. SG

    Rock and Roll IS Hollywood! They sing on stage and perform! This is an amazing ride, one of our entire family’s favorite. Aerosmith is classic rock and roll.
    If you want to keep Hollywood Hollywood, get rid of the new ridiculous M & M train ride and bring back an updated The Great Movie Ride – that’s Hollywood! And remember the back stage tours? Bring back TV and movie making at the park and give us behind the scenes peeps.

  7. Cal

    I think eventually in the future Disney might think about replacing it when the concept but most importantly the theming becomes outdated as Hollywood Studios continues to evolve into something that’s not Hollywood themed. And I have to disagree with the statement that the ride doesn’t have anything to do with Hollywood as rockstars/musicians totally fit into the Hollywood scene. They are all one big happy family with actors, actresses, films and such. Also considering the fact that the ride still draws in huge crowds! Let’s be honest it’s just a plain good ride! Having Aerosmith in there with their music playing and the whole backstage pass at the concert thing is just fun! Now I wouldn’t mind them giving the ride a little update maybe with an updated film for the line queue portion? But you know at the same time who knows these days?! Disney seems to be in the habit of replacing perfectly fine and popular attractions with something completely different.

  8. Josiah

    I think they should keep it the same…but if they were to change it The White Stripes would be an AMAZING option! Think of all the color swirling peppermints, think about blasting off to “Fell in Love With a Girl”, or going upsidedown to “Black Math.” If you think the video for “Seven Nation Amry” or “Blue Orchid” is cool then imagine blazing by it before a giant corkscrew. They’ve got the jams, attitude, and aesthetics the ride needs and they’ve got it in spades.

  9. Peter and Diane Mitros

    Agree!

  10. I always had a fear of rollercoasters, but I didn’t pass the fear onto my daughter. She told me she wanted to ride it. I purposed that I was going to ride it with her. I had about 6 months to mentally prepare. She was 8 years old. My legs were shaking in line. I got on with my 8 year old. I enjoyed it. Tears streaked down the side of my face. I wasn’t afraid anymore. My daughter and I still have that memory. She is now 24.

  11. Cheryl

    Absolutely NOT !! My two sons discovered and joined my love is amazing band After writing this roller coaster update it all you want to maybe but please please don’t ruin any more classic wonderful amazing rides at these parks there is a reason people return generation after generation to share with their family. And I have to say I don’t understand consider never visiting that park again if they got rid of it it wouldn’t be worth it to me how many customers would they lose? I can name quite a few of my friends and family in that count

  12. Kristen

    I love it!!! It is one of the rides we get Fast Passes for and look forward to every visit! Why must all things change???

  13. Andrew Fontanez

    You need to leave Rock n Rollercoaster alone and to be honest if you want more new rides based off Pixar or Marvel it’s time to build. A 5th theme park at Walt Disney World the property has enough space for a another park, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is slowly losing its (Hollywood) theme first we lost the Magic of Animation, Backlot Tour, Streets of America, and Christmas Lights Events, and now we lost The Great Movie Ride. Replacing or re theming the rock n roller coaster is the worst idea and another it’s time for Hollywood Studios to expand and the park more bigger and most importantly the park needs its theme back

  14. PK

    They should just go all-in with the star wars theme and change the coaster to an x-wing “test flight”. Leave the coaster as-is but change the atmosphere to a rebel outpost and riders are new recruits on their first training flights

  15. David Phillip-Pritchard

    Change it and do it now; make it Disney related.
    After all, who are Aerosmith? Who is interested in a collection of long-haired has-beens and never will-be’s.
    Monster Inc. is a good start but I’m not 100% convinced.

  16. Raynard Dimapilis

    Yes Sir Please! I’m a Rock n Roll fan. I’ve never been in that coaster before. I want to spin in that version. I was watching theme park walkthrough and unexpected Rock n Coaster was there. The Pandemic was in the way.

  17. Landon

    This shows how little you understand the concept of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. Rock ‘n’ roll music had a large presence on the real Sunset Boulevard, which is what the street RRC is on is themed too. This is one of those attractions that doesn’t need or deserve a retheme, it’s perfect as is.

  18. Grant c

    However much I think Disney should keep Rock n Roller Coaster, I would be ok with a P!ATD re-theme. But not something like monsters inc. with a 48” height requirement, y’all must have some really tall kids.

  19. A really great idea is Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band. It’s perfect. I would love to see them take over. The already did some Christmas Carols so it could get an overlay for Christmas. Disney needs to do more with the Muppets(especially the electric mayhem band). I know they might be in Muppet Haunted Mansion later this year, but they need their own ride. I would obviously ride it because I love the band. Lips would have to appear and this is his chance. That would be so cool. While I have never been on it, if they get Aerosmith out I will ride Electric Mayhem. All they need to do is retheme the gift shop to them with specifically merch to the band themselves. This would be a dream come true for me. Or maybe a Darkwing Duck coaster. Many people don’t know about him. Disney would have to bring back the series and add more songs to the series and make them rock and roll. The only Rock and Roll song is Kicking it Baby(The Darkwing Duck rock). While I would love to see a Darkwing Duck overlay on rock’n’rollercoaster I would love for the Electric Mayhem Band to take over. Disney should make them meetable characters again except with their 02 outfits. I would personally love to meet them and ride their ride.

    1. I should also mention that the only attraction to feature the Muppets in the Disney World is Muppet Vision*3D. Zoot is the only member of the band to appear in that experience

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