I think we've seen time and time again, that all Imagineers have their great projects, and also have their bad projects. for example, Tony Baxter had Indiana Jones, Rocket Rods and Tarzan's Treehouse open within 5 years of each, all to different degrees of success.
That said, the recent "universal" successes since 2020 (apart from the off complaint from the same people) has been Snow White's Enchanted Wish, Cosmic Rewind, Adventureland Treehouse, Journey of Water and Country Bear Musical Jamboree, most of which successfully incorporate animatronic/kinetic elements (Cosmic Rewind being the exception but the ride itself is an innovative coaster). As long as the Imagineers assigned to this attraction give us the Animatronics and kinetic energy they promised, it should fall under the great projects category.
Indiana Jones and Tarzan's Treehouse were both great, in my opinion. I loved the facelift to the tree and while I didn't love the plastic figures, I also figured they were there because there wasn't the budget/bandwidth to push for the figures me currently have in place. Rocket Rods was also a ride that I did enjoy. Was it perfect? Heck no! But as a kid, I found it a ton of fun are FAR FAR FAR better than Peoplemover and the Tron Speed Tunnel which we laughed at openly.
Snow White's Enchanted Wish is a disjointed mess with a finale that comes out of nowhere. The truncated nature and trying to balance the scary with the love story gives me tonal whiplash and makes the attraction lack character and the ending unsatisfying compared to what was there prior. I also think the mirror under a bridge exposition dump is one of the laziest things modern Imagineering has done. "If we are changing this scene, should we tear our the old set and put in a new set?" "Nah, just put the screen under the bridge and call it a day."
Cosmic Rewind is a good coaster with a terrible Guardians overlay. It doesn't fit Epcot and it doesn't give us fun MCU vibes. Its an upgraded Ghost Galaxy with Guardians characters via screens in the queue and the end of the ride. We go from riding through dinosaur infested swamps to a projection of actors waving at us. Yay.
Adventureland Treehouse is pretty good. It's not as visually appealing as Tarzan, but I do appreciate the animated segments within it.
Journey of Water is an okay walk-through area, but not really an attraction. Its the jumping fountains with 2020 money and craftsmanship. With an IP shoved in there since its 2020+.
I haven't seen the new Country Bears, so I cannot judge. I don't like the idea of random Disney songs like Whole New World, but I will wait to see if it does actually work better before making that conclusion.
For me, the last GREAT Disney attractions that we got were Rodger Rabbit in 94 and Indiana Jones in 95. I haven't experience Flight of Passage yet, so I hope it lives up to the hype. But people also love Soarin and I think it is incredibly lazy and underwhelming. So, we'll see. Actually, Tough to Be a Bug would be the latest new attraction that I was amazed by, and that was 98. So, I guess I haven't really felt that Disney magic as a whole after the 90's.
