Well, I can't really add much to the disgust already expressed here. All I can say is this: when I first read WDW1974's revelation of the horrible plans for the Tower, I think I came as close to a panic attack as I've ever come. What hurt the most was not just the loss of the Tower - one of the best attractions ever built ANYWHERE (and I'm no stranger to theme parks overall, at least in the States) - but what its loss said about the mentality running The Walt Disney Company right now. What it said about the obliviousness, the greed, the shallowness, the puerile desire to milk an acquisition at the expense of a work of theme park art...I wondered then, why do I still care? Why should I continue to patronize parks that are now being desecrated for the sake of a dollar? That violate the philosophy that built them and made them successful in the first place? I'm not kidding, I was sick FOR DAYS over the news of the destruction of the Tower for a stupid Marvel overlay involving minor Marvel characters that had ONE movie do well. Wow, that's a GREAT reason to destroy one of the best things the Disney Imagineers ever created! And my dismay over its possible demise is not because I'm a huge fan of the Twilight Zone show. I'm aware of it, I think I've watched one episode (the one where the guy lost his glasses) - it's because when I first rode the Tower, I was frickin' blown away by it like no ride I've experienced before or since. It is NOTE PERFECT. There's not a weak spot in any part of it. In terms of storytelling, theme, effects and overall guest experience, it has few rivals. It's a peer of rides like Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain. To destroy something so well-done just to sell a few more raccoon dolls is an offense to ANYONE who appreciates the Disney parks.
And if anyone from TDO reads this...guess what... maybe you old farts don't really understand the power of the internet. But you WILL. Wasn't the DCA Tower-Marvel overlay BOOED at Comic-Con, of all places? Why yes, I believe it was!
http://www.bostonherald.com/lifesty...tower_of_terror_making_way_for_guardians_ride Do you really think you can keep doing STUPID things like this and get away with it forever? You and your pathetic broken yeti you haven't even TRIED to fix? Do you think you can keep violating Walt's intent and philosophy and then try to mask it with that same philosophy? Do you really think people are STUPID? Universal is catching up to you, and FAST, and stuff like the destruction of the Tower and forcing purchased IP into places where they don't belong WILL take its toll. Your prices are too high and your corner-cutting too obvious and there are OTHER PLACES TO GO. If you do this to the Tower, I will never set foot in DHS again and maybe never in WDW ever again. I'll give my dollars to Disneyland as long as it's still got enough of its original character and magic to make the cost worthwhile. Otherwise, I'll spend time I used to spend on Disney parks at Universal because at least Universal doesn't have a beloved founder whose well-known and cherished ideals it's trying to violate.
To you guys here who are also appalled by this: Thank you. Thank you for restoring my faith in the true fans of Walt's parks. You rock.
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