Except the issue with your timeline is the assumption that any changes coming wouldn't be for another 40+ years. However with a 3rd gate that timeline shrinks big time, as all that usable space is eaten up right away, ie changes to DL and DCA would be coming in 15-20 years not 40+.
Now isn't this a bit of role reversal between us.
Well you have a lot more faith than I do on future Disney. I mean we'll be a likely another two or more generations of WDI removed and new management by then, so they may not look at the classics as revered as we do.
Is it though? As rides age so do their infrastructures, and parts become harder to find and costly to reproduce. So the willingness to maintain them becomes less and less as it becomes more expensive to fix them with each refurb. So they have two choices in those circumstances, gut and try to update the existing infrastructure to modernize it so its easier to maintain in the future or you retheme/rebuild with something new. Again we've seen what Disney is willing to do over at MK with ROA, so don't know why you put so much faith in this.
. Still scares me of course and think it’s the wrong decision.
We'll have to see what happens in the future. And maybe you're right that that some within the organization view some of those attractions that way. However I just think that as time goes on and more distance from Walt's time accrues you'll have some that view them as expendable, especially if cost of maintenance becomes a factor which I think it will.Well that’s MK, not Disneyland. Not as old or revered. Doesn’t have the Walt factor. It’s also a huge chunk of land that apparently isn’t even all that respected/ appreciated by a large chunk of people on these boards if you go over and read some of the comments on the WDW side. They seem more concerned about Muppets. That’s crazy to me but
You have a point with the infrastructure but outside of something disastrous happening I see them doing everything in their power to keep those attractions alive. I think you probably have at least 10 attractions at Disneyland that would get this sort of special treatment with POTC and HM at the top of the list.
We'll have to see what happens in the future. And maybe you're right that that some within the organization view some of those attractions that way. However I just think that as time goes on and more distance from Walt's time accrues you'll have some that view them as expendable, especially if cost of maintenance becomes a factor which I think it will.
Anyways we'll have a long time to debate this I'm sure.
Lol, Well you better hope you stay healthy as I think on a long enough timeline anything is possible.
In my mind its this: i hate losing ROA, and would much MUCH rather it remain, but ultimatley, at the end of the day, there are still three more rivers at Disney parks around the world (and ngl mk’s is the worst one, but it is still nice to have.) There is only one muppetvision 3D left, and it also has historical significance too.
Well one thing you have on your side is that as part of DLForward Disneyland was put into a historic district. So they can deem certain attractions as historical landmarks. They already did tag Main St Station, Hungry Bear, and POTC as potential historical landmarks, so there is that.
As part of DLForward it was that Disneyland was put into a historic district. And with that they tagged Main St Station, Hungry Bear, and POTC as potential historical landmarks under the California registry, but they weren't actually added to the list (as far as I know, I checked last night and they weren't on the California registry).
They've already destroyed Jim Henson's legacy. Now they are just finishing destroying George Lucas's and Walt Disney's legacy. At least Spielberg was smart enough to work with Universal who knows how to preserve such things.
Aren’t you fun at parties.
