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Some folks can't articulate their reasons, and it can be frustrating given the nature of these boards. I think the front lawn area is a downgrade, but a minor one. As is the loss of Magnolia Park. I will reserve judgement until it's all done to see if the revamped rear queue makes it a net...

Size and placement. It should be recessed so that the Mansion is still the focal point rather than having something in front of it. The carriage house should have been placed near the railroad on the other side of the Mansion and been similar to the build they did for Jungle Cruise back in the...

Yeah, DCA was like if Imagineers looked at MGM Studios and said....hmmmm, could we do that a little worse? What if we got rid of the stunt show, TOT, RNRC, and Great Movie Ride and instead had Superstar Limo and a generic-feeling rapid ride? Oh! And a flight simulator with an exposed ride...

I'll give you the Main Street, Tomorrowland, and Adventureland, and definitely the new Fantasyland (one of the reasons I don't think Fantasy Springs works for the park at all), but Disneyland uses the common theme of Americana to tie the park together whereas TOKYO Disney Seas, obviously...

The original concept art for Indy was fantastic, so I think the ride became an amalgamation of many of those show scene ideas. The only one I saw for the car ride that we didn't really get was the room of treasure where Indy is ducking behind a mound of treasure while returning gun fire to...

I think DCA is still short a lot to have a 1:1 mapping of TDS. The American Waterfront is magnificent and houses their TOT, an elevated train, a large stage show, Toy Story Mania, Turtle Talk, and street vehicles. San Fransokyo is a food court with a small tour of a bread factory.

I'd throw in Wanda/Vision and Game of Thrones. Luckily, I avoided Lost until after the ending, so I just skipped it all together.

The simple fact that they tried to make it an interactive rather than passive experience shows how little they understood of the original's design. The first few minutes of the ride are not built to support story elements and scenes, they are simply to get the guest relaxed and in the mood with...

The Watchmen was fantastic! Lovecraft Country was definitely uneven, but the book isn't that great either. I will say that Turning Red was one of Pixar's best in recent years. As for Encanto, the music is catchy but the lyrics are pretty bad and the movie's plot is a bit clunky. The main...

The Knotts family hasn't owned it for awhile, since they sold to Cedar Faire in 1997. I'm just trying to understand your position here better. You clearly enjoy themed entertainment and parks, as you are here. But the California idea doesn't appeal to you. I wondered if it was because you...

The ride path of Dinosaur will likely not change. That is a slightly reduced version of Indy. As of the show scenes, the concept art shows differences between the two existing versions, but the room layouts will likely be similar since Disney isn't one to reinvent the wheel. Moving doors...

Not reaching. Just evident. I don't think it was a conscious effort, but the Knott's family built a park that spoke to the community they were serving. The draw of Calico Ghost Town. The expansion with Bigfoot Rapids featuring a California cryptid. The early days had the "Gyp*y Camp" that...

The other example I can give you is Knotts. Knotts is a theme park themed to California. Calico Ghost Town Wilderness Area Camp Snoopy Fiesta Village Knott's Air Field (now Car Culture themed) Roarin' 20's (now Boardwalk themed) They made it work without Disney's craftsmanship and funding...

I can say that I was a fan of Ellen's Energy Adventure. I really loved that ride and how it kept evolving throughout the ride time. Maelstrom...I liked the trolls a lot, but the rest of the ride was just okay. Frozen isn't a well-crafted ride, but the effects and sets look better now. Even...

But the locales presented are as varied as we can have in a proper DCA. American Waterfront - Hollywoodland - A land devoted to a vintage world that never was Mysterious Island - Mystery Peak - A unusual forested area with creatures of legends and explorations to hidden worlds Mermaid Lagoon...

Are you not a fan of Disney Sea? They made an entire park themed around the idea of Exploration and Adventure that the seas inspire rather than a Sea World type park. It's a fantasized version of locales and most people haven't found it to be limiting.

Most of Florida is a swamp. California has snowy mountains, dry deserts, warm Pacific Coastal beaches, iconic mecca-like cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, the magic of Tinsel-Town. California's size allows the state to have a wide variety of lands/stories to draw off of that other...

BVS fits the park if it is focused on IP's. It is a park dedicated to the worlds that Disney has helped create. But if its a park solely dedicated to "Adventure," I don't think BVS fits. Or RSR as its a sleepy town. So that is a far bigger leap that acknowledging the very real connections...

A lost civilization of telepaths in an Atlantean world is something you learn about in History Class? And sounds boring? Bigfoot is boring and too historical? UFO lights around Mt Shasta is something they cover in school and kids are bored by? A house being built like a maze to trick spirits...

If they treated "California" as an idea just as they did with the sea in TDS, we would have been fine. It would have likely been a park similar to EPCOT with it being free from IP's and rather than Edutainment, would have explored the themes and stories that California inspires. El Dorado...