I guess this reno could be just lumped into the overall category of Disney creative geography, like how one minute she's in the middle of the Chickahominy and then a short dance later she's hanging out in the Appalachians.
Monster could be going in 2 different places. One would be an expansion. Cars/villains is a true expansion. They are getting rid of an attraction that gets minimal traffic for 4 new attractions that will greatly expand capacity. Encanto will also expand capacity over what it is taking the place of.
Go to a national park...They need the money. TSI/RoA is nothing like a national park. There are plenty of large lakes with historic boat rides (real boats).
No, a whole path and row of buildings facing a wall of trees and rocks because itās really the backside of an attraction would be considered bad design because it is bad design.
Also, in re: ROA, I am less excited about the possibility of a partial retheme to the national parks, but that's not any more Native friendly than the current ROA.
The only way to make this really work is to have the backside look like the dry west, not the Pacific Northwest and its evergreens. They would need to double to old west buildings on both sides of the street. I guess that is why the boat landing building is staying.
The root issue isnāt replacement. Itās a complete ignoring of context. This project is not actually responding the fundamental design and organization of Liberty Square and Frontierland. Itās a McMansion being plopped into an old neighborhood.
You are, but I think it's unfair to compare TSI/RoA to the majesty, beauty and inspiring views found in an actual national park. To say that national park popularity in anyway translates into TSI/RoA. One is a fake recreation that is oddly located in a theme park with rides.
12-15 years ago, I would have been pumped.
No no no. It will become Woodys rootinist tootinist run away railroad.
I agree 100%. The problem though, is Disney isn't at that point of need yet. They have more than enough space to expand all the parks with no loss of existing attractions. They have spots where they've closed things just sitting empty. Stitch, wonders of life, animation courtyard... I can see when they close or swap very low rated attractions. But unless it's a Stich level attraction, it doesn't need to go away. They have the space, they have the demand for something new and they need the capacity. It should be a no brainer for Disney, but sadly it's not.
I don't think there is enough detail in the sketch to come to that conclusion yet.
Western movies and tv shows were incredibly popular when Frontier Land was conceived. Designing this land then was indeed a business decision back then. Disney knew then that a Frontier Land would bring in the crowds and the dollars. That time had passed. The people in charge now are likely making the same decisions the ones in charge then would have made. Whatās going to make young crowds convince their parents to bring them to Disney? TSI and ROA arenāt it. I will miss the views in that area but totally get this decision either way. On to new Horizons I guess we could say??
