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Thanks for the heads up. It could still be a great ride - I like Mission Breakout, and that was a retheme. But now I won't be expecting 30 years worth of creative improvements like I was for, say, Paris' Pirates & Mansion in '92. (Oh my goodness! The time between Paris Pirates opening and...

I find it funny that the Dino Institute’s octagon dome roof is still there.

I would prefer there be no characters walking around, and no parades either. And no character-cluttered merchandise. I’m there for the craftsmanship of illusionary architecture, beautiful landscaping, cultural celebrations, and technological wizardry. I don’t root for a team, I root for the...

No worries. I was talking about management’s ridiculous original expectations for DCA.

“DCA will probably fill to capacity regularly when it opens, but fortunately guests that are turned away can settle for Disneyland.”

I think you’re definitely onto something, but there’s something about being ND that is a powerful strength to being a visionary software developer that isn’t as helpful for WDI and Park Ops. It depends on the ND, which, obviously, can be so many different things. Funny thing is, a ND (like...

Reminds me a little of when Rogue One was being assembled and just wasn’t clicking. Lucasfilm hired Tony Gilroy to fix it even though he even said he wasn’t a Star Wars fan. But he was a good filmmaker, and he did a good job. Now people could probably make the argument that too much of...

I think there are plenty of corporations that avoid hiring people that “care so much” about their cause that they are ineffectual / don’t get along well with others. Disney is just in the spotlight because it’s a huge, famous and powerful corporation AND because it’s easy to spot its most...

Correction: Paris was fully decked out with plenty of attractions when it opened. Hence the reluctance of management to add anything to it for the past two decades. Or were you referring to Paris’ studio park? THAT was underbaked.

Agreed, hence the need for a less attended park with the greatest hits.

Everything is better at DL (except for Peoplemover). Little charming things, big aesthetic choices (see castle paint jobs). New Orleans Square, Fantasyland, I’ll go on and on. Not that I want to open this can of worms.

If I had to guess I’d say it simply needed a refresh, WDI thought about how ugly and dated a lot of the recent Test Track additions had become, and they felt like the most timeless move would be to return to the simplicity of WoM’s aesthetic wherever possible. Clean lines, sets pretending to be...

To each his own I guess. I live in Utah and a park like this would definitely pull me - It’s the variations on familiar themes that interest me. WDW is too far, too expensive, and frankly it has too many of the inferior versions of lots of attractions. DL is superior in many ways, but it is...

One land is probably too restrictive. But I can easily imagine a three-land park: Adventureland (but think more Shanghai, a body of water with pirates, lost boys, lions, and mine trains all along the shoreline) Fantasyland (I’d experiment with putting the whole land inside the castle for...

The fact that Disney keeps pushing lightning lane and timeshares, and that their “expansions” in Florida tend to be replacements indicates to me that they are sensing a ceiling to how much they can squeeze out of WDW. A mushy ceiling, granted, they’ll keep squeezing forever. It’s not like they...

This is another reason why it’s a shame John Lasseter fell from grace: He was a nerdy superfan who really cared about nerdy things like the parks. So we didn’t feel like we were being patronized when we were being pitched park plans by him. He was a superfan, but 1) He called BS when he saw...

Ha! Glad you liked it, though I decided to delete it because I thought it sort of sounded like “look at ME, isn’t MY variety of interests superior?” I made sure my kids were well educated by Weird Al, and Hardware Store, Amish Paradise, and Word Crimes are in our regular rotation. :) Happy...

I’ve seen some fans that seem to have Disney on their biggest pedestal, and even worse, their only pedestal. The company shouldn’t hire people that don’t appreciate how special Disney is, but I 100% agree some “superfans” would not make good employees.

Kinda, but it’s both. They also want to SEE and BE Indiana Jones.

I suspect they felt they were following the Indiana Jones Adventure method of saving the thrill of Williams’ music for inside the attractions.