You probably read my opinion/quarrels in the other thread but basically I think it’s too early to write the whole thing off or even decide if it hurts the ride. The Tower of Terror has/had no AAs and it works (although the Rocket AA in Mission Breakout also works). Nor do the other two rides on that side of future world, nor do most coasters they’ve built, etc. As long as they make the decision that works best for what they’re trying to do, I personally don’t care if there’s 200 AAs or 0. Of course I have no confidence that’ll be the case.
To your last point, the ride still cost around $450 million according to Martin (I bolded for emphasis like TP does). It’s possibly the most expensive ride ever built, and that’s what it was originally budgeted for. So if anything, it’s technically budget overruns/constraints instead of cuts. But with $450 million and no AAs it does raise the question of where the money’s gone.
