Hasbro could've had Ponyland Theme park

[ManaMinori 4,145]

It's early, but I remember either gen 3 or gen 1 having a location called Ponyland. Just thinking that it could've been a good opportunity to cash in on a ponyland park, like LEGOLAND, DISNEYLAND... shame pony isn't popular enough for it, though, in spite of the franchise's old age.

But what do you guys think?

[Ponies4Bronies 394]

If they decide it would be worth the investment to build such a park, they would have to make a good return on it too not just break even and then the cost to run the place has to be lower than the revenue gained from it.(lol I'm to businessy) But if they did I would go every year. It would be a good place to take Dashie with me.

[Gestum 2,493]

They would make a small profit for a while and then people would lose interest in it and Hasbro would shut it down.

It's early, but I remember either gen 3 or gen 1 having a location called Ponyland

Can we get a source on that? I haven't been able to find anything that supports that claim. Edited January 26, 2016 by Gestum

[Megas 27,690]

Yeah I don't ever see that happening unless they decide to make a Hasbro-themed Theme Park, which is not happening any time soon. I mean they barely got a Transformers themed attraction at Universal Studios, and that's arguably their top franchise

[ManaMinori 4,145]

They would make a small profit for a while and then people would lose interest in it and Hasbro would shut it down. Can we get a source on that? I haven't been able to find anything that supports that claim.

Apparently, it was g2. I was way off.

In Europe, the ponies lived in Ponyland instead of Friendship Gardens, and were discontinued with the inception of the "G3" toy line in 2003

[Riganthor 484]

A G4 theme park? Why not, seeing how populair it is these days I can see it being profitable

[PinkieatHeart 208]

That would be so awesome.

 

I agree though, unfortunately, there probably wouldn't be a good way to make a stand-alone pony theme park. But they could work with a theme park to add some pony attractions into it. That'd be cool too.

[Leave a Whisper 703]

I couldn't imagine it and as dumb as this may sound I don't think I want to get on a ride by a toy company. :s

[cider float 2,538]

Hasbro is big but it's not as big as Disney. It's an idea we like to think about but don't think it would ever happen.

[simba86 1,541]

They would make a small profit for a while and then people would lose interest in it and Hasbro would shut it down.

Can we get a source on that? I haven't been able to find anything that supports that claim.

I have never heard of any ponyland park either, they LIVED in ponyland but i have never heard of a park, and even if they made a g4 park it would probably be chaos LOL

something like this 

http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1065384-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic?ref=chztrendingmpp

Edited January 27, 2016 by simba86

[Whirlwind 1,059]

I'm currently making a My Little Pony theme park in No limits coaster 2

don't expect it to be finished anytime soon. It's very time consuming to make this park

[Brony Lounge 102]

I cant see it happening myself

 

I don’t think my little pony quite has the mass appeal needed to make a theme park. I mean take alton towers for example, it has no particular theme and it appeals to all ages and genders.

 

A my little pony theme park only appeals to little girls and bronies, hence doesn’t have the mass appeal to drive up sales like disney world and legoland do (lego and Disney appeals to everyone, cartoon ponies less so)

 

I heard apparently a modern ride is about 10-30 million to make, so if you want 12 rides that's easily upwards of 1 billion dollars and that’s not including employee pay, legal stuff and other fees

 

And running a theme park isn’t cheap, as I said if you’ve only got little girls and bronies in your park your not making enough profit to keep the park running.

 

However a my little pony ride is completely possible since that’s more or less free from park running costs since its in an existing park

Edited May 9, 2016 by LinuxLounge

[Fhaolan 4,484]

Unfortunately there are already a lot of 'Ponylands' out there in the US and Europe, as it's a common name used by many 'rent a horse' outfits. So if Hasbro were to do this, they'd likely choose a different name.

 

Also... to be honest, Hasbro doesn't really do things like that anymore. 20 years ago, sure, but now they mostly deal with licensing. All their toys are produced by other companies under license. They don't have any factories of their own anymore. Hasbro Studios is the only thing left to Hasbro that isn't just a IP holding form, and technically Hasbro Studios is it's own company (though owned in whole by Hasbro). For the last ten years or so, whenever Hasbro has wanted to expand into a different area (say a theme park), they've licensed their stuff or 'partnered' with someone who techncially has the management experience for that kind of thing. For example, the HUB (now Discovery Family) was a partnership with Discovery where Hasbro contributed the IP and Discovery did... everything else.

 

So in order for Hasbro to do a theme park, they'd likely go find someone reasonably successful at theme parks and give them the rights to Hasbro's IPs (Transformers, G.I. Joe, ROM, MLP, etc.) So I'd expect to see them link up with a relatively lower-profile park management firm like Cedar Fair, who took over all of the Paramount Parks several years back. 

[Sea Star ^3^ 6]

Although I would LOVE to see this happen, I don't think it ever will. Hasbro just doesn't have the funds to run a theme park that wouldn't attract a phenomenal amount of guests. Honestly though, maybe something within another park, like Harry Potter World in Universal. It would be so cool to step into a life sized ponyville and drink some apple cider while buying pony merchandise. I don't think they would ever do it, but it's a really cool idea.

[EverEverOn 346]

I can't imagine a My Little Pony theme park would be successful enough. Only little girls and bronies would go, and I doubt that'd earn them enough money to actually keep the park running.

Now, a Hasbro theme park might be possible, as Transformers and My Little Pony combined might be able to bring in more people.

For now, a single MLP ride would be just fine.

[FillyDilly9trillion 6]

id imagine a ride where it would start slow and fragile, to give off a kiddy vibe to those who most expect it. However ''4''  minutes in, the ride would all of a sudden go extremely fast. and it would end with it going slow again to fool un-expected haters.

[Prospekt 11,018]

id imagine a ride where it would start slow and fragile, to give off a kiddy vibe to those who most expect it. However ''4''  minutes in, the ride would all of a sudden go extremely fast. and it would end with it going slow again to fool un-expected haters.

 

If I were in charge, I would add a nice big roller coaster, paint the cars light blue with rainbows on the front, and name the whole thing the Sonic Rainboom.

[FillyDilly9trillion 6]

I would

 

If I were in charge, I would add a nice big roller coaster, paint the cars light blue with rainbows on the front, and name the whole thing the Sonic Rainboom.

i would put speakers to make sfx 

[cmarston1 5,959]

I don't think that the franchise was/is popular enough to warrant a theme park.