Imagineers Considered Giving Paradise Pier a Disney Villains Theme Before Settling on Pixar
Earlier this morning, we brought you the exciting news that Disney was overhauling their plans for the Villains Land coming to Magic Kingdom.
As reported by TheWrap, to plus the land, Imagineers have pitched three new attractions – an Emperor’s New Groove roller coaster, a Maleficent water ride, and an Ursula spinner.
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While the entire TheWrap report is fascinating to read, it also includes a small detail that many have skipped over.
Imagineering Planned to Give Paradise Pier a Villains Theme
When discussing the planned Ursula hub-and-spoke attraction, author Drew Taylor revealed that Walt Disney Imagineering had plans to reimagine Paradise Pier as a villains-themed land before ultimately settling on the Pixar Pier theme that came to fruition.
Paradise Pier concept art. Photo: Disney
The villains retheme, however, would have seen California Screamin’ feature a Jafar snack in the scream tunnels and the ride’s inverted loop transformed into Captain Hook’s hand.
Additionally, the Dumbo-style Ursula attraction was to be built on the current location of Inside Out: Emotional Whirlwind.
There is no word on how the Mickey Fun Wheel would have been rethemed.
The End Result
While Disney eventually opted to give Paradise Pier a Pixar theme, no good idea at Walt Disney Imagineering ever dies.
Now, it will be Magic Kingdom that gets a Disney Villains land, complete with a version of the Ursula attraction originally designed for Disney California Adventure.
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In the end, it looks like both domestic Disney resorts will come out with a win.
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