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Exactly. It’s not iconic at all, nor will it be. Disney has made choices these last few years and most of the time, the choice has been the “easy way” and it’s often at the cost of the greatness that came before it. Despite being in a certain time period, ROA, the riverboat and the island are...

Why doesn’t Kermit sound like Kermit…?

Does anyone know if they’re going to close Columbia Harbor House. It’s probably one of the better quick service restaurants, but would make no sense in this new area given there won’t be a harbor..

My neighbor across the street is a Universal Parks engineer who worked heavily on EU and is currently working on the new UK park. I spoke to him yesterday and asked what he thought about tearing out ROA and his response was exactly that. “What does Disney have all of that space for?!” and “They...

So it’s not just me. I was looking at DCA and DL up on maps last night and I couldn’t believe the mess they’ve become. Don’t get me started on the four parks of WDW either. I think Tokyo is the last collection of Disney Parks that actually makes any thematic sense. A Six Flags has more...

Can we go back to arguing about land use in theme parks?

I don’t mean to drag this off topic. Apologies to all….I definitely have a lot to say and probably shouldn’t.

And I’m arguing that it’s a lazy, thoughtless and overall bad decision.

Hence the lack of creativity and heart behind it. I think at least one former Imagineer has come out and shown how they could have saved ROA and TSI while also cleverly inserting the new Cars attraction/land behind or adjacent to them.

I appreciate the call out. I am not here to insult or demean. Having close ties to the company, I do not appreciate the current direction and have strong feelings about it. I also understand that there are a range of differing tastes and that my opinion isn’t necessarily the correct one...

I don’t want to speak for others, but I feel as though the majority of those who are upset with this decision are more disappointed with the lack of creativity and heart behind it. I am aware that both ROA and TSI are not wildly popular attractions, overflowing with guests. That isn’t the...

You are absolutely right, I shouldn’t be painting with a broad brush the way that I did. Living within the Orlando/Disney bubble, I know several terrific Cast Members, some of which are in Imagineering. That being said, during the Splash Mountain conversion to TBA, I attended a party where I...

I wonder… if the company wasn’t bleeding money financially, would they be making these terrible decisions?

Wouldn’t improvements to Tomorrowland be first on the list if we were thinking logically?

I remember learning that the Tower of Terror (visible from Epcot when looking at Morocco) was colored and designed by Imagineers to blend in as a part of Morocco so that guests wouldn’t be taken out of the Epcot theming. There is no comparison to the Imagineers who implemented that and the...

As a former Cast Member who grew up admiring the brilliance of Disney park design, so much so, that I once aspired to be an Imagineer, this decision is baffling. When they butchered Splash Mountain, I figured that was the worst thing they could have done. Tearing out ROA is somehow worse and...