It really wouldn't. Frozen was based on Norwegian settings and culture, and the Norwegian tourist bureau also used Frozen to promote tourism to the country after the film was released. Aladdin has nothing to do with Morocco.
Flight of the Concords.We need a New Zealand Pavilion so we can have a Lord of the Rings ride!!
That is unfortunate. If I recall correctly, the cart had been removed (or moved elsewhere) a month or so ago. Do you (or does anyone else) know its current whereabouts?
I believe it was removed because they (either imagineering or an area leader) were not happy with the look. I’ve not seen it re appear anywhere in the pavilion.
It was heavily inspired, though. But even then, you read too much into it. Arendelle is fictional. Agrabah is fictional. Therefore it’s basically the same. No generic disney tourist is reading that into it.
Again. Reading way too much into it. There are lots of Moroccan elements in both the animated and live action version of the film to justify disney putting Aladdin in Morocco just as much as they justify putting Frozen in Norway.
I wish they’d get rid of that bloody inscription in that case!
Have you emailed GR?
What was heavily inspired? The architecture of Agrabah by Morocco? If that’s the claim you’re making, you’re mistaken. [ETA: At least in relation to the animated movie, which is the one I know best. But even if the live action version has more Moroccan inspiration, it’s woven into an Eastern hodgepodge that does not read as Moroccan overall.]
I will do so now that I know the spice cart is gone. I thought it was coming back before reading your post.
Correction: the generation that DID build world showcase didn’t cater to the generic disney tourist. Now they do.
Truth be told, while I wouldn't welcome such an attraction, nor would I be outraged by it—so long as it was indoors and had no effect on the pavilion's architecture or ambience. The main point I was trying to make is that Agrabah in Morocco isn't equivalent to Arendelle in Norway; it represents another (and significantly larger) step away from the host country and into the realm of fantasy.
If only all those things were OPEN
I'm cutting Disney some slack given that we're still in the midst of a global pandemic. It boggles my mind that WDW is open at all, to be honest.
I believe, and I may be wrong but some of it is now used in living with the land, along with other fake food props in the greenhouse.
