So, moving towards the amusement parks that Walt wanted to move away from? Just random facades and attractions placed wherever they physically fit, even if they didn't support the storytelling.
Actually no that is not what I meant.
They still transition though. Look at the building that acts as a transition between Adventureland with Bazar and Bengal BBQ, to a more Carribean look, to NOS architecture with River Belle Terrace, to western with Stage Door Cafe and Golden Horeshoe. They all naturally transition. Its hard to have a 1930's LA street naturally transition to lush alien planet with very little room to do so.
Because we were shrinking down to the size of a bug, so seeing TOT wasn't a big deal.
Plop a big "Stargate" looking portal at the entrance and say that RDA invented it and built it in California as a quick way to get to Pandora. It really doesn't have to be that complex. And honestly its only fans such as yourself on sites like this that really care anyways. Regular guests aren't going to care that they go from a 1930s LA street to Pandora.
What does RDA have to do with California/Hollywood? Why would there be a portal right there?
You can come up with any number of stories. For example RDA found that there was a perfect temporal condition in California near Hollywood for the portal to Pandora and setup a site. Or if you want to make it meta specific to DCA, you can say that they found this temporal location in DCA for the portal. Or the path from BVS toward Pandora leads to a different location in California like further north closer to Silicon Valley where this temporal condition happens. Or any number of things that can be thought up in 30 seconds to have it "fit" that 99.9% of guests aren't going to care about anyways.
They can call it Disney Cinematic Adventure and still keep the DCA acronym. That is basically what the Park is becoming, an adventure through the worlds of Disney movies.
Disney's California Avatar?
They would still need to retheme Grizzly Peak since that whole area isn't tied to any IP or Franchise like the rest of the park. That's why I am all for turning Grizzly Peak into Pandora. Would I rather have the original goal of DCA? Yes. 100%. But since Disney has given up on that goal, then they just need to make Grizzly Peak fit the park they have now; a quasi-California-themed dumping ground for IPs.
I would rather have grizzly peak as it is, perfect and beautiful, be an exception inside a movies park, than have the “purity” of a movies-only theme.
I wouldn't be surprised if they announced an overhaul of DCA in general for the 25th as part of the DLForward project in a couple years. And use that opportunity to retheme the areas previously not IPified such as Grizzly Peak.
Rebranding in this case wouldn't be very expensive at all though, its just a name change. They've pretty much rebranded DCA as it is with all the changes they've made over the last 5-7 years. If they changed the name its really just the merch and maps that need to change, cheap by comparison.
