MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Raineman]

TSI wasn't creating shareholder value and had to go, sorry.

I am well aware of the "shareholder value" and "underutilized space" mindset, as it has been repeated ad nauseam in this thread, but nothing at WDW "has to go". And it's always interesting to me when people sound like they work in Disney's financial department when they talk about why an attraction/area had to go, or even why they are happy that a replacement is happening. For them, it's never about "I didn't really care for the old attraction, but the new one looks great", which is an argument/opinion that I can at least respect. The focus and agenda with Disney theme parks has always included financial considerations-it's always been a business-but there was a time when alot of other creative factors were just as important. Now, money is the overwhelmingly most important factor, and creativity/theming/originality take a backseat to it.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

TSI wasn't creating shareholder value and had to go, sorry.

Sure it was. It was a part of the worlds most visited theme park for 50 years.

The entire park as a whole works together to create shareholder value.

Will this change create more shareholder value? Possibly. If executed well, it certainly could. I have hopes that it will be done well but will always be disappointed in the loss of the riverboat.

 

[donaldtoo]

Sure it was. It was a part of the worlds most visited theme park for 50 years.

The entire park as a whole works together to create shareholder value.

Will this change create more shareholder value? Possibly. If executed well, it certainly could. I have hopes that it will be done well but will always be disappointed in the loss of the riverboat.

I too will always dearly miss RoA and TSI. Not losin’ sleep over it, but very disappointing, nonetheless.
I’ll reserve final judgment ‘til the new stuff is all fully completed, of course, but I just have visions of this being MKs Dinoland, if it’s not done well.

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

Sure it was. It was a part of the worlds most visited theme park for 50 years.

The entire park as a whole works together to create shareholder value.

Will this change create more shareholder value? Possibly. If executed well, it certainly could. I have hopes that it will be done well but will always be disappointed in the loss of the riverboat.

I'm pretty sure there is no way that the overall addition of Cars and Villains will not lead to atleast some growth in LL, Merch, Food, etc even if they were not that well executed. Now, do I want them to be amazing? Absolutely, but financially, there is no way that these could realistically fail other than maintenance issues which could certainly be a problem.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I'm pretty sure there is no way that the overall addition of Cars and Villains will not lead to atleast some growth in LL

Agreed. I was commenting on just the cars part. That will likely be a positive as well but there’s a bit more to argue about that one.

 

[jah4955]

mickeyview just did made a great video, great tribute...and....although "too late"....great arguments nonetheless

 

[aladdin2007]

mickeyview just did made a great video, great tribute...and....although "too late"....great arguments nonetheless

agree and he sure put it to Vahle too, good for him!

 

[DonniePeverley]

Do we have spades in the ground ?

 

[BrianLo]

Do we have spades in the ground ?

Yes on all announced projects other than Pandora at DCA and Coco (though seemingly imminent).

Cars kicked off more earnestly with the new fiscal year.