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Ironically the challenges with Star Wars may be what’s leading to this also. By building this “front and center” as opposed to a land expansion around the backside of the park that can easily be avoided this becomes a visual focal point of interest and one folks must pass. From a design...

Arguably yes and no. I could see a school of thought that says on a spreadsheet TSI and ROA is likely deemed low ROI for the maintenance and upkeep costs.

But will they also feel the loss of an extra $50+ on an ILL plus “ Lightning McQueen off-roading” t-shirt? Because as they say “Never lose sight of what’s really important”. 💰 💰 💰

Yes. I don’t blame Disney for that one 😉

It doesn’t have to be huge, just popular enough to generate fresh buzz - and thus new merchandise and lightning lane revenue. Increasing the per customer spend. While I realize gender roles are taboo, it’s also a valuable “boy-centric” franchise to coexist alongside Tiana. Today’s kids aren’t...

While I don’t think they’d ever fully remove it I think a future retrack is in the future for Pandora West and Eastern Gateway. I’ll keep RoA over Monorail any day though.

The funny thing about giving so much historical importance to the Tiki Room in so many Disney-sanctioned pieces is that it will make for awkward announcement when D’Amaro and company decide to do an about-face and declare the attraction is irrelevant and/or offensive to contemporary audiences...

If the mechanical animals in the jungle cruise aren’t considered AAs (since according to WDI, the first AA wasn’t until 1963), I’m not even sure if some of these qualify as AAs. Tiana and Louis, obviously do. But even some of the critter band seem to have simple movements.

Peoplemover or CBJ most likely. Both Rocket Rods (particularly given how short lived) and Pooh were significant downgrades.

Another nit-pick: they may need to adjust the lighting given this is a high quality AA that I assume they want the audience to fully appreciate. From the view of the rider the shadow cast from her hand appears to be blocking her face a significant amount of the time in this scene.

To be able to see/hear the smaller band members you are trying to gather up. The frogs and the fireflies. Now this yields the point that if we’re the “special spice” (invited guest) to the party anyway for which we’re going to get big again what was the point? Surely we’re not going to be able...

Don’t pat yourself on the back too soon. They probably just are taking them back to add even more exposition. They’ll soon read like a prop 65 legal disclaimer. Because #storytelling

Don’t get me wrong - the “story” is awful as I note numerous times. 😊 I’m just trying to understand what I think they might have been trying to go for.

In defense of the song lyrics (which the song is actually pretty good), I think the “special spice” is the metaphor in that we (the audience) are the “final ingredient” Tiana needed to assemble the perfect celebration. Because they keep using the various parts of the band/food analogies...

I would suspect the culture of the company would dictate that even those that knew would have to allow this to “run its course” and measure the reaction after the fact. There’s a level of confirmation bias/groupthink that likely went on during this project, in addition to other factors...

Would it make sense to build a purpose-built Tarzan ride and have the subtext to that ride be Tarzan has returned from the UK, he’s featured in a suit now and he has a new hairstyle. Is that a wise business choice to conflate/confuse the audience? And have kids/families ask “is that Tarzan”...

Yes and no. They did replace uncle Remus but the story beats of the sub-plot beats in that film essentially remain the same. Plus Disney doesn’t traditionally mix humanoid characters with cartoons for rides. Technically the same thing is done with Roger Rabbit, too. Doesn’t have to be a full...

Herein lies the problem. As an early supporter of the concept, I still think replacing SoTS with a contemporary franchise like PaTF makes sense on the surface. However, grounded in reality, I must admit that taking known material and scrubbing it of all potentially problematic content...

To the contrary, they definitely put a lot of thought into it. Just like a complex pivot table has a lot of thought put into it. Every box has been meticulously checked and re-checked to go to the greatest lengths to create the least offensive, innocuous, conflict-averse, and most anodyne ride...

I’ll eat my crow and admit I was wrong based on the POV. I’ll wait and withhold final judgment until I ride it at Disneyland but it appears my faith in WDI to not blow the budget on an overly convoluted storyline was misguided. Thankfully I had ChatGPT write me a nice alternative version of...