They didn't need Fallon or Fast & Furious. Well, ok, they did need F&F but not the one that's coming. USF is where the problem is, not IoA.
Ok. You're certainly entitled to feel how you feel. No where did I say I liked what they're doing. They used to give us what we didn't know we wanted. I'm not saying I agree with their strategy but it IS what their doing (giving into the general public). Not sure why people want to argue this. It just feels useless to me to complain about it. We can't change their strategy. If we could I'd say keep ranting up a storm on all they're doing wrong. But until people start truly punishing them by not opening their wallets and pocket books, they're going to keep doing what they're doing.
And it's not a "no" because Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars/Lucas ARE Disney now. Sorry if some don't want to accept that. Not liking them is fine but they're as much Disney as Peter Pan, Mary Poppins and resorts like Animal Kingdom Lodge are Disney to me. But to each their own. I know it's the cool thing to rail against IPs being inserted into the parks and I'll complain when they shoehorn something in where it doesn't belong, I have and will continue to do so but it's tiresome hearing how awful IPs are.
And they aren't going to ruin Mickey MouseUnfortunately they picked a design that clearly many here dislike because it didn't fit their mold of what we personally wanted the attraction to be. Maybe give it a chance and some of you may actually enjoy it, even the design of Mickey. In this case they COULD be giving us something we didn't know we wanted. And I feel like they could easily switch the graphics of how Mickey, etc. look. I know we all had it in our heads that we'd get a through the years "classic" Mickey, but Mickey in the shorts is more in line with original drawings and his behavior actually gives him a personality. I guess everyone wants bland boring park Mickey to wave at you and say have a magical day and do his little giggle laugh and call it a day? Maybe the 7-8 minute ride will actually be, I don't know, fun?
Kid was using sarcasm. It was funny! (I'll edit my post w/ aAnd they aren't going to ruin Mickey Mouse
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you've got a smart boyWhen kid (13) and I watched the D23 clip of this announcement, he narrated after the imagineer said, 'who doesn't love Mickey Mouse?' -- "<cautious applause>. Are you going to ruin Mickey Mouse?"
Sometimes he's too smart for his own good! But he is perceptive...you've got a smart boy
Isn't it possible that they are giving you what you didn't know you wanted right now? I mean you seem to imply that you don't want it, therefore, it is very possible that you just don't know that you want it... yet! If you go into it with the thought that you will hate it... you probably will hate it. We are pretty good at convincing ourselves that we know better then anyone else. Almost the whole world didn't know that they wanted what Walt gave them, but, as it turned out they did. Give it a shot... who knows it may be really good. It could happen. I plan to do that because life is way to short to not let myself at least be neutral to new ideas. Sometimes they are life changing.Ok. You're certainly entitled to feel how you feel. No where did I say I liked what they're doing. They used to give us what we didn't know we wanted. I'm not saying I agree with their strategy but it IS what their doing (giving into the general public). Not sure why people want to argue this. It just feels useless to me to complain about it. We can't change their strategy. If we could I'd say keep ranting up a storm on all they're doing wrong. But until people start truly punishing them by not opening their wallets and pocket books, they're going to keep doing what they're doing.
And it's not a "no" because Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars/Lucas ARE Disney now. Sorry if some don't want to accept that. Not liking them is fine but they're as much Disney as Peter Pan, Mary Poppins and resorts like Animal Kingdom Lodge are Disney to me. But to each their own. I know it's the cool thing to rail against IPs being inserted into the parks and I'll complain when they shoehorn something in where it doesn't belong, I have and will continue to do so but it's tiresome hearing how awful IPs are.
And they aren't going to ruin Mickey Mouse
Somehow you have misinterpreted my comments to be emotional, ranting or railing against IPs, or otherwise argumentative. I'm not. (And I realize now that in my initial post on the subject I unknowingly stepped into one of the weird feuds of the forums).
I thought I was having a conversation about how Disney treats and uses their IPs in the theme parks, and describing how the current market is weighted towards Disney. (ie It's not only how Disney is segmenting the demand of the consumer market).
I think if you reread my actual opinion about this ride you'll find I'm being open-minded about what they are doing, and I'll reserve judgment until we know more. Yet I also entirely understand why some people would react negatively to this news. The more I think about it, the more I realize that Disney really missed an opportunity to create positive hype around it. #MarketingFail
Kid was using sarcasm. It was funny! (I'll edit my post w/ a
Wow that sucks! You might want to call them and make sure they have your correct email address. And also it couldn't hurt to make sure they aren't getting stashed in your junk mail folder. We got to go to the Pandora preview and it was an email invite. I'm sooooooooo happy we got that email and there has been at least a few others that were particularly important to us. Good luck getting that fixed!
I like 20-minute rides. The average 2017 theme park visitor does not. Universal and Disney are on the same page on this. I feel like everything at Universal is about 4 minutes long.
unless you're talking pre-1929, a lot of the "Hollywood history" you're referring to happened during Walt Disney's peak successes with Mickey, and then with developing the company and the brand
