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There’s an infinite number of Tonys in the multiverse. They aren’t going to bring back the Tony we’ve been following, but A Tony will be back and it won’t be a minor role. I’d bet quite heavily that it won’t be a hologram or something like that. It will be a flesh and blood Tony from another...

Turns out the anti-Peltz crowd did exactly what they said they would - they went back to criticizing Iger and skeptically discussing potential expansion plans.

The Epcot redesign is basically the physical manifestation of Disney's recent history of management dysfunction. You could write a book about what's gone wrong at the executive level of Disney with each chapter beginning with a description of some aspect of the makeover - hamhanded reliance on...

Come on, Penguin, let them have their fun while everyone else moves on.

May I ask what “traditional” means in this context?

I’d argue otherwise. Again, Tiana’s restaurant dream is tied to the characters past and personality. It matters to us because it matters to her. It’s special. Sure, a restaurant owner might branch out into other sectors (although we might argue about how realistic that is in Tiana’s case...

On a very fundamental level - Tiana’s dream was to open a restaurant. It was a dream deeply inspired by her personal experience. When did she decide she wanted to be a corporate food wholesaler? That’s like making the jump from “Ariel wants to be part of the human world,” to “Ariel wants to...

The auctioneer isn’t gesturing at us, he’s very specifically addressing other figures within the fiction. The auctioneer is an integral part of a large and incredibly well-designed scene full of gags and characterization.

I’m feeling complain-y today. That Tiana’s Food sign is pretty bad… it not only feels anachronistic but physically out of place as well.

So what we’ve got hear is some real reaching. I’ll start with a concession - I should have stipulated I was referring to the AMERICAN parks. We can all list amazing overseas AAs, especially in Tokyo and in Mystic Manor. A significant part of your list is AAs shown off at press events who...

Darn it, I want an all-dog "Up" themed carousel in AK.

I know I'm late to the party, but I just saw the most recent AA video. The figures are all very impressive in their way, but there's an overwhelming sameness to them, because they all do the exact same thing - they stand their and gesture rhythmically. It's the same thing the Shaman does, that...

I think that's a huge part of it. Dark rides are closely akin to film - you're just moving the audience instead of the camera. I'm sure there's a whole host of other reasons for the move away from scenes we could speculate about.

Not sure where you're getting your "average" here. Even if we take that claim as true, Frozen is UNDER a minute, so its less then half as long as the "average" coaster. That's significant.

Yeah, the problem with Poppins is that fans and imagineers have been discussing a Poppins dark ride for decades, so announcing a flat fell flat. Bringing this back to BBTM, the Phase 1 Coco expansion needs some capacity eaters, perhaps a flat and a small show venue (actually, Coco would be...

Seems a shame not to have a significant animal addition. Are we relatively sure of the Coco carousel? It doesn't really seem to fit, especially with the planned BBTM stuff. Wouldn't an Encanto or Up carousel (full of dogs!) make more sense?

We'll criticize Curse of the Werewolf at EU for the exact same thing. You can win. Making rides that last more then a minute is a start.

A couple questions - sorry if they’ve been answered: Will the Dinoland replacement contain live animal displays? What type of ride do we expect Encanto to be? It seems mad if it’s not Florida’s Mystic Manor - the IP is custom-made for that.

But that’s what the setting feels like it demands. RJ is D- or E-level sets with nothing in them. Toad was a bunch of painted flats, but it felt more complete because things happened and the aesthetic was consistent and C-level. RJ isn’t a C, it’s an unfinished chunk of an E.

It’s scenes. Disney can’t or won’t create scenes anymore, the kind that defined not only Es like HM or WoM but also smaller scale dark rides. River Journey is disappointing because it lacks scenes - it’s like looking at a stage with no performance. At least Frozen sort of tries to create...