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Part of what I felt a bit bad about with the '07 SSE refurb was that it was no longer clearly the "Communications Pavilion" anymore, given that the Siemens sponsorship meant the focus would more be on general technological advancements over time. That's probably why we lost the theater scene in...

Can we not, please?

Thank you, I knew I had read the idea before somewhere, glad to read it again.

That's an excellent point to bring up: many of the legendary/original Imagineers say to always start your thought process with "Tell me a story...", but when you look at what they created in the WED Ent. era with Pirates, Mansion, EPCOT Center, Thunder Mountain, and other classics, the emphasis...

The ever-useful Passport to Dreams blog did a nice beginning look at that a number of years ago: the shift from the more "sterile" (not meant in a bad way) Modernism of the 80s into the bright, attention-grabbing colors of the Postmodern 90s aesthetic...

Good call, and those are pretty good examples of attraction replacements that made sense at the time they were done: the effects of Mission to Mars and the CircleVision theater could certainly have qualified for Tomorrowland in the 70s, but by the mid 90s they simply didn't work very well...

I remember being about 12 when the cake castle happened; I thought it was pretty fun, since I was fortunate enough as a kid to get to go to WDW with pretty fair annual regularity, but I felt bad because my grandmother passed away soon afterward and she had wanted to get one more visit in with...

There's one part of all of this that does make me stop and consider a couple of factors; I've read a couple accounts here and there of people who are of the mind that the Hollywood "franchise bubble" could potentially burst within the next few years (of course, those analyses also add caveats...

A very fair point; I'm talking more blue sky thinking with regards to being able to design a park where integration of IPs is done in a more organic, less shoehorned fashion, but it's impossible to get around the severe issues they're having with the Studios as things stand at the moment given...

Honestly, this is a large part of why I'm not typically enthused by the IP-influx; in an era where Disney has its hands on so many different properties, where they're pumping out movies left and right via their own animation studio, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, etc., the rush to add more and more...

It does seem we come to that last point a lot of late, right? Big challenge there is just how quickly Disney pumps out films these days, which makes picking which ones "deserve" the royal treatment when getting a theme park attraction pretty tough. This is where a fifth gate in WDW would be very...

I don't believe we're talking about the same thing, as I'm only applying my observation to the making of a themed physical space, and how the two properties in question are not as analogous as I believe some are making them out to be. Additionally, I'm not sure what you mean by your last...

Interesting concept. Despite being an enormous Star Wars fan/geek as a kid, I can't say it's what I'd want out of a vacation nowadays, but if this does come to pass with all the features being mentioned, it'll certainly put things in a very different direction. The only catch I keep running...

With the rumors that CoP will get some love soon, it does appear that they're sort of looking at CoP as the East Coast "Walt Original" (NY World's Fair connection) and Tiki Room as the West Coast one. Seems a bit silly, since the buildings that house the Tiki Rooms on each coast have different...

That has literally nothing to do with the post you quoted, so I'm not quite sure why you're asking that.

I hate to sound this pessimistic, but if they do away with IDF and don't give it a solid, thematically appropriate replacement, that may be where I throw in the towel. Might just have to acknowledge that Disney isn't trying to reach anybody like me (not saying that to make myself look good or...

The sad part is that even if they do announce a Marvel Land, they've completely undone what was supposed to be a thematically consistent aesthetic for that part of the park: the hotel/ToT ride is supposed to serve as the visual focal point and wienie for the Hollywood area of DCA, to the point...

Very good point; it's notable that their marketing pushes of late focus so heavily on the "bring the little ones" type of advertising while Universal is cornering the market on the "the kids are older now, they need a more exciting vacation" ads. It's strange to see that evolution in themed...

The last Imagineer personally hired by Walt, no? Such a sad passing, but like so many other Imagineers he enjoyed a long, productive, fulfilling run. Can't wait to read his book one of these days.

All this talk of a redesign for the spine and the entrance plaza, yet I can't believe it took me until this moment to consider something: will this mean a new entrance plaza soundtrack? The 1982 original is still a classic and something I love to listen to now and then, but the 2001 redo has...