Let me ask you this then. Assuming a popular IP, in what instance does not using this IP make a ride better than not using it?
Hate to break it to you but it's not 1971.
Currently right now you have to make an argument for making some original IP attractions instead of investing in the following IP at WDW:
- Wreck-it-Ralph
- Zootopia
- Moana
- Coco
- Brave
- Big Hero 6
- Inside Out
- Cars
- Tangled
- Mary Poppins
- Incredibles
- Encanto
- Luca
- Raya
- Cruella
- Soul
- Mulan
- Maleficent
- Aladdin (well it has a spinner)
- Beauty and the Beast (if you don't count shows and just count attractions)
- Cinderella
- Monsters Univ (If you don't count Laugh Floor)
These are just movies from the last decade (Monsters Univ being 2013) that don't have rides at the park. That's just movies, I didn't even add any cartoons that would be incredibly popular too.
You have to make an argument that an original IP that would only exist as an attraction would be a better idea than using any of those characters from those stories that are well established in pop culture. If you're TWDC what are you investing $100M in?
Well off the top of my head, Everest comes to mind. It brought a big attendance boost to the park with zero Ip tie in. And there's really no IP tie in that would make it better. If it was originally made as the monsters inc, Sullys escape from the adorable snowman. Not better. Soarin was another one that was insanely popular the way it was. Sure you could have tied it into planes, but again, wouldn't be better.
I have no idea if my kids would like whatever mysterious original IP they could put in the parks. Maybe it would be great! Maybe it will be terrible! If we're talking future state - I'd much rather them invest in IP that I know my kid will love like Moana or Encanto.
Exactly. But I don't think that's a great argument to invest in just tie in content. Personally I would like them to invest in whatever gives my family and I the best experience. I don't want a mediocre ride like frozen because they had to shoehorn the IP into a spot. But Disney is counting on your type of thought process. My kids like frozen, so great, we get frozen!
If I'm TWDC....I invest in both popular IP and original attractions. I do what works best creatively for the parks. If that has IP, so be it. But if it requires using our imaginations and creating something new... well that's fine as well. But I wouldn't be blindly obsessing over movie IP almost as quickly as it's created. I wouldn't even touch IP that hadn't been popular for at least a decade, maybe more.
Yup, the rational mind thinks this way. The idea that it's a safer bet to use IP is suspect at best. Lots of rides weren't helped by Ip. It didn't help mermaid, or stitch... If you wanted to play the safe bet card, I'd say original concepts have a better chance to become classic.
That's bullcrap. You think there wasn't any amount of creativity and innovation that went into Rise of the Resistance just because it was Star Wars?
There's TONS of creativity in Rise. That's not the point. It's been said many times IP needs, and is expected to be in the parks. The issue is limiting creativity by not doing anything else.
As someone who is a fan of making music, although I'm not on the same level as an imagineer. While I have fun making my own versions/covers of my favorite songs. There's NOTHING more fulfilling than creating your own original composition. Just for giggles, I asked my son who wants to go into game design a similar scenario. I asked, if you were hired into Xbox studios, and they asked, we have two projects that need to be done. You can create the new halo, or head up creating a new concept for a game. He said, it would be cool to work on a new halo but I would rather create my own thing. Again, not the same level as imagineering, but it is a very common feeling with creative people. That doesn't mean you abandon IP either. They can help each other. Working on existing property can inspire a grand new concept that might not have come to light otherwise. Or the opposite can happen. You develop a concept for something original, and it isn't working, but oh man this would be great for a Moana attraction. Why limit the creative process?
Meanwhile, you can’t escape Frozen stuff.
