But they have hundreds of other properties ... I mean, if they come up with a great dinosaur property then sure but why force it?
And part of what Walt did was to do things different - it wasn't do what other did and try to do better, it was a different take, breakthroughs, etc. he also changed things, cut things when they weren't working
What would really be "doing things different" nowadays would be proving that Disney still has it in them to create a beautiful, successful land
without needing to rely on an IP.
Dinosaurs are some of the most recognizable, beloved and fascinating animals to ever walk our planet. They lend themselves perfectly to the "animals past" in the park's mission statement. They still resonate and create a sense of wonder with children and adults all over the world. Dinosaurs have zero issue "working" with modern audiences and they are not a problem.
I'm also not saying Disney
needed to keep the tacky Dino-Rama or even the DINOSAUR attraction as it stands today to try and "force" modern audiences to love them, either. Heaven knows they were in need of an update or at least a major refurbishment. But cutting dinosaurs (the creatures, not the movie) from the park entirely and refusing to think "big" or "creatively" with them as a popular species by re-imagining what a modern dinosaur land
could look like (doing something different, as you say) or showing them the love they deserve and instead plopping yet
another Indiana Jones ride over them (gosh, I wonder how long it took them to come up with that one!) while simultaneously shoving mega-merch-hit, Encanto next door isn't a "breakthrough" in creativity.
In fact, it's the opposite. It's lazy, it's safe and quite frankly at this point, it's boring. Disney will
never again allow their Imagineers to create the next
true "breakthrough" attraction capable of taking on a life of it's own a la Haunted Mansion or Pirates of the Caribbean because they are still too busy copying Universal's "Established IP is King" mandate.
