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For me personally, I'm bothered less by Three Caballeros than Frozen not because the former are classic characters, but because of your word "infused." It's still a tour of Mexico, infused with Donald Duck. I wasn't super excited about the infusion, but I didn't hate it either, and new...

Oh wow, that's neat to see. Thanks for posting it! Those animatronics look very different to me - it sort of sounded at first like they just did a quick reinstall of existing figures, but these guys look to have been substantially overhauled. No more blazing guns, better faces, general...

Just out of curiosity, did the animatronics perform the same song in the Mickey Mouse Revue? Maybe they were able to save substantial time by preserving original programming?

If you look back at the great attractions of the 90's (Tower of Terror, original Star Tours, Splash Mountain, Indiana Jones Adventure), you'll notice that there's a decided effort to make these attractions accessible to people who have no familiarity with the source material. In a way, I'd be...

Who wouldn't be? Panchito can really hold a note :D

You think complaining about Launch Bay makes you a curmudgeon? I'm still complaining that they took Robin Williams and Walter Cronkite out of that space. Beat that :p I loved that attraction... :bawling:

"Good ride" remains to be seen. Based on their treatment of other recent-ish franchise-based rides (Nemo at Epcot, Little Mermaid at DCA), as well as what few details we have, I'd say there's a pretty strong risk of blandness and toddler-appeasement. But we'll see - hopefully I'm wrong :D

Not bad - I wonder if you could do a whole glass tunnel so you could see fish above, to the sides, and below you? That might be pretty disorienting though lol

Were any of those rides actually changed because they were outdated, though? I think in the case of Spaceship Earth, World of Motion, and Imagination at least it had to do with sponsorship changes or demands (or maybe I'm misremembering...). Innoventions is probably the one area most...

I agree that focusing on the future is problematic for a company not eager to invest continually in upkeep, so if I were Disney I would think about refocusing. Even if the name is "Future World," the focus on tomorrow was never really the core experience for me. So merely adding in sci-fi...

I'd guess there's an Excel spreadsheet reason to shut down as many attractions as possible. Why else shut down the tram tour and then not do anything with the space? Or replace Jack Sparrow with a "lounge"? Tony Baxter said in one of his interviews that during the 90's Disney kept pushing for...

:hilarious: That's hysterical. Another potential "people eater" while I'm thinking about it - the gift shop next door, "Little Shop of Horrors" :D

I did forget something - Mrs Lovett's Meat Pie Shop from Sweeney Todd! ... That's a good idea, right? Right?

So it is going to be called "Toy Story Playland" like Hong Kong and Paris, rather than just "Toy Story Land?" Not that it's a big deal or anything, although part of me likes "Playland" a little better, as it sounds less generic. The other part of me thinks it sounds a bit like a McDonald's...

Iger wants proven properties attached to all expansions? Fine. Let's do some proven properties. How about megahits from Broadway? :D What if we expanded the existing New York theme (obliterated the "San Francisco" thing and LMA while we're at it), preserved Mama Melroses and Muppet Vision...

Eventually you start getting into the Dragonball Z problem: "Ok, so the last villain blew up the entire universe. How do we get a villain who's even MORE powerful?"

As you could probably guess from the other thread, I vote for #1 by a long shot. I am not a fan of "book report" attractions - I'd rather the attraction focus and engage a particular emotion. I think it's more likely to be successful that way, too, instead of leaving people wondering why...

Wow. These characters are really... uh... stylish?

This this and this.

Never played Mickey Mania but this HD-ification looks pretty good. Is this your personal artwork?