And I am always grateful for posts that make people think.
It would be wonderful if any of it were possibilities. And it would be smart and a step in the right direction if all the parks eventually are treated like MK with FLE.
I just hope in general that the precedent set with FLE will now encourage and breed the same philosophy to the other 3 Orlando parks.
For all that we sometimes rag on the execs and creative I can understand the position the company was in for the last 30 years or so...in a way.
Walt dies in 1966.
MK opens in 1971.
Epcot opens in 1982
MGM (DHS) opens in 1989.
AK opens in 1996.
Too much growth and after Epcot these seven year plans.
And there were plenty of resorts, DTD, and other stuff growing too.
That is a lot in a small period of time. Perhaps it is only at the point they are at now that they can get back on the right track and plan more aggressively and more in the fold of FLE?
You are Disney and you have huge undertakings at MK and EPCOT, still works in progress, and then within seven years you open MGM and seven years later you open AK.
And I still remember being younger and going to MGM when it first opened and later AK when it opened. We complain now but they were more like quarter days until stuff was added.
And maybe that is what the last few years has been about for the Disney Corporation. The adding rides and attractions in small dribs and drabs to stabilize DHS and AK because even if they have not reached the heights we believe they can yet still climb, they are better off than at opening.
And during these years too they were adding something here and there to MK and Epcot.
Perhaps that era is over. I can only pray that the bigwigs are thinking ok, this is it, no fifth gate, let's do this right....everywhere with our 4.
My greatest wish is that FLE is the beginning of great things and the same type of planning and goals happen for all 4 parks.
That the two younger ones sort of crept up to the older two and with that worry gone that not enoough was there, they will drop the habit of a ride here and there every few years and really go all out now.
Yes, the early years of each and stabilization concerns are over...so let's move!
So my wish...After FLE...on to the next. Start attacking each park one by one and not plan for one thing but many things like FLE.
It could actually be more cost effective to budget for big expansions in each park instead of adding here and there hurly burly and one at a time for all four.
But I'm not too much of a business world person so who knows with actual figures.
After FLE is open hit the other 3 with the same gusto.
Now I will leave Epcot and AK because they have unique needs. Epcot needs a boost in both FW and WS so the possibilities are endless and beyond just adding a ride. Same for Ak, not only a new land but some complain about what they have now in certain areas not being cohesive or not being strongly themed.
But DHS...go after Pixar Place and make it fantastic, eateries, rides, attractions an entire unit planned just as FLE is. Things were addeds here and there to boost DHS now let's go in, fine tune, connect the links, and perfect it as a whole. And other parts of DHS are debatable too, but I'd be here forever on this thread.
Or they can attack the Muppets first because they were left hanging in the dust. Do it right. And they can't upstage Mickey, they are a very different brand. Just don't update Muppet vision and end there, run with it. Time for an eatery and another attraction or two. Again, the FLE model, focused sections at at time, vision.
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