Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
I agree! The problem is that the boards are overrun with those that will never accept change. If anyone else has not noticed, Disney is currently, slowly, secretly moving away from THEMED PARKS but simply areas containing different attractions. They are still creating some impressive and some not so impressive heavily themed lands within diversified parks.
Epcot was one of the first noticeable ones and for the majority of the changes away from what it originally was is recognized as the decline of Epcot due to limited interest in the edutainment system. That was mostly because by the time Disney built an attraction displaying a new technological breakthrough it was already known publicly and therefore created no new thing for the public to run to see. Why? Because the original purpose no longer existed in a more technically advanced society.
Then came Disney/MGM. Just like Universal up the road, they found out quickly that there was no need for yet another movie filming location, much less two. So it became just a place that highlights individual movies instead of showing how they were made. However, if you think about it Disney Hollywood Studios is exactly what they are doing now. The things shown there now are from Studio's other than Disney's Studio (even if they do own most of them now).
Seeing that these actions actually helped increase demand they in massive leaps. The change in DAK with the ending of the Dinosaurland (which were animals) to the Tropical America's which, I defy anyone to explain, like I'm three, what connects that to Animals other than the human animal. Don't bother, it is really just Disney changing.
Then the real kick in the rump is what is currently happening in Magic Kingdom. Carsland and Villiansland will be a very immersive branch parks because it doesn't connect with Fronterland or Patriots section. It will be just a large section independant of the surrounding area, but a land within itself. Precisely, what they have been doing to the other three for the last few years.
I understand what is happening and even though I hated to see the only scenic area in MK drained and leveled, I know that what is coming to replace those two things will be far more popular than what the prime section of WDW had in the past couple decades. I never found walking between attractions to be anything close to immersive. All it was and still is would be a mass of unorganized human activity pushing and shoving to get to attractions. Once on the attractions, that's when it became immersive for me. I don't have to be aware that the Country Bear Jamboree is in Frontierland to be enjoyable. I don't have to ride the Jungle Cruise and after say, wow, what an adventure. Plus I sure as hell don't think of the Tiki room as adventurous. The immersion within that attraction is the biggest and important part. In this particular situation the reward is the destination not necessarily the trip to it.
Understand please that this is entirely my opinion, I have no inside source telling me this is what they are trying to do. I think the big picture is that they needed more flexibility when it came to the parks themselves. Sometimes there are just so many things that can theme into any single park but small independant lands within those parks helps to more easily imagine the things that can go into the lands. In Disney's case they needed a way to utilize that massive property, primarily the four parks, into a balance. They need to make the degree of large draws necessary to balance the flow of humanity instead of cramming into just one park. MK is the most popular, but there is a way to increase the popularity of the other three and that is what they are doing. Even MK is opening up two large underused areas for people to go when in MK which might balance off some of the overcrowding of that park.
Just make it longer
