Disney's California Adventure: A Reboot

[MagicKingdom4Ever]

I am making this thread because I am disturbed by what is going on at the park. I feel like it's betrayed the "California" theme of it and has instead gone to a place where it's just IPs. For example, they're just shoving IPs into unnecessary areas, like Pacific Wharf, and doing it in the lamest way. No ride, just dining and merchandise. It's change for the sake of change, a rather unhealthy thing in my opinion.

DCA may have had a rough start when it first opened, but Bob Iger and his imagineering team were able to make it a good park in the 2010s. Then they started to abuse this power by putting more IP-related attractions in (Pixar, Marvel, ect.) Although I do not complain about attractions like Guardians, I do see why they caused an uproar. It moved away from originality and put more movie-based things in the park. When the Big Hero 6 redo was announced, I was finally woken to how badly the park was suffering. I thought that when Iger came back, he would take sympathy and call it off, but they're still going through with it anyways.

So here's a new version of Disney's California Adventure. It stays true to the California theme while not going overboard with IPs.

Areas:​

1. Buena Vista Street (stays the same.)​
2. Grizzly Peak (also stays the same.)​
3. Sunshine Pier (Certain parts of Paradise and Pixar Pier remain intact, but other elements are redesigned. Most of the Pixar elements are taken out of the Pixar Pier area, although Toy Story Mania stays the same.)​
4. Pacific Wharf (stays the same)​
5. Cars Land (also the same)​
6. Hollywood Land (Avengers area relocated in the courtyard with a nearby coaster themed to the Guardians, a light ride with Iron Man, and an interactive exhibition. Tower of Terror returns and a new version of the Great Movie Ride comes by next to it. A new shoe with the Muppets replaces Bug's Life, elements of DHS are placed around the area.)​

 

[MagicKingdom4Ever]

I am making this thread because I am disturbed by what is going on at the park. I feel like it's betrayed the "California" theme of it and has instead gone to a place where it's just IPs. For example, they're just shoving IPs into unnecessary areas, like Pacific Wharf, and doing it in the lamest way. No ride, just dining and merchandise. It's change for the sake of change, a rather unhealthy thing in my opinion.

DCA may have had a rough start when it first opened, but Bob Iger and his imagineering team were able to make it a good park in the 2010s. Then they started to abuse this power by putting more IP-related attractions in (Pixar, Marvel, ect.) Although I do not complain about attractions like Guardians, I do see why they caused an uproar. It moved away from originality and put more movie-based things in the park. When the Big Hero 6 redo was announced, I was finally woken to how badly the park was suffering. I thought that when Iger came back, he would take sympathy and call it off, but they're still going through with it anyways.

So here's a new version of Disney's California Adventure. It stays true to the California theme while not going overboard with IPs.

Areas:​

1. Buena Vista Street (stays the same.)​
2. Grizzly Peak (also stays the same.)​
3. Sunshine Pier (Certain parts of Paradise and Pixar Pier remain intact, but other elements are redesigned. Most of the Pixar elements are taken out of the Pixar Pier area, although Toy Story Mania stays the same.)​
4. Pacific Wharf (stays the same)​
5. Cars Land (also the same)​
6. Hollywood Land (Avengers area relocated in the courtyard with a nearby coaster themed to the Guardians, a light ride with Iron Man, and an interactive exhibition. Tower of Terror returns and a new version of the Great Movie Ride comes by next to it. A new shoe with the Muppets replaces Bug's Life, elements of DHS are placed around the area.)​

My goodness! I read through the history of the park and it may be arguable that this park is messier than before, making Walt Disney Studios (at least they stay on theme) look like Tokyo Disneysea. The problem with DCA 1.0 was that it was too much California and too less Disney, but now the problem is that it's too much Disney and too less California.

 

[MickeyMouse10]

I definitely think attractions should be added to the Hollywood and Grizzly Peak sections. I'm cool with adding in IP's too, if it works thematically with the area. There is some major blank spots that need to be filled in each.

I also think Pixar Pier should be extended into the Paradise Garden section. As is, it's just a mess of random stuff which are not related to one another one bit.

 

[MickeyMouse10]

With DCA I would change a lot of it...

Monstropolis (formerly part of Hollywood Land)

Hollywood Lounge = Monsters M & G​

Mickey Philarmagic = Monsters Laugh Floor​

Disney Animation = Hidden City Cafe and stores​

Hollywood Backlot Stage and Stage 12 = Mike's Pizza P'eye and HarryHausens​

Fairfax Market = Tony's Grossery​

Frozen = Monsters Inc stage show​

Stage 17 and studio store = Monsters Doorcoaster​

UP , great wilderness exploration (formerly Grizzly Peak)

Soarin = Soarin with Carl and Russell​

Grizzly River Run = Doug's River Adventure (featuring the other dogs)​

Redwood Creek Trail = UP (dark ride) and UP meet and greet​

Pixar Pier expansion (formerly Paradise Gardens)

Finding Nemo's Jumpin Jellyfish (formerly Jumpin Jellyfish)​

Wall-E (formerly Golden Zephyrs)​

Coco (formerly Silly Symphony)​

Ratatouille, kitchen calamity (formerly Goofy's Sky School)​

 

[celluloid]

A bit of a rant to add to the thought on how sad tragic of a mess up DCA is.

This park has had enough poured into it to build a better theme park two times over.

The IPCOT of the west, ironic, since it was going to be WESTCOT at one point in early development.

Besides Star Wars, Disney has put every major money maker that they have purchased over the year into it, and the result is still one of the lesser theme parks of the company.

Universal's enhancements to their Los Angelas Property and Knotts roots have taken any extra days people may be able to explore.

Further evidence of the park's shortcomings that people are aware of tourists and locals alike,
is the fact that it can't even break the top 10 most visited theme parks in the world and is less than a few hundred walking feet from the turnstiles of the second most visited in the world.

And yeah, I am ok. Ha.

 

[MickeyMouse10]

Yeah, I hate what they are doing with the Pacific Wharf retheming. Talk about an unnatural shoehorning of an IP, and it just looks Dollar store level cheap. This tactic isn’t new for DCA though. They’ve been known to reuse and cheaply retheme things before (Superstar Limo, Tower of Terror).

I'm totally cool with Pixar Pier, because at least you still have the California theming. And they added in some much needed 3rd tier attractions and (in my opinion) better walkups. But this… this isn’t right man. ... I guess they are still feeling the effects of overspending for Fox.

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

As a citizen of California, I am proud of many things in dca. it definitely needs improvement. I HATE Pixar Pier, and sunshine pier is not the way to do it still. I like the concept of avengers campus, but that’s it’s not good enough.

THE RIGHT WAY TO DO A PIER
destroy all except the rollercoaster and midway mania.

A good pier is colorful, magical, whimsical. This is what theming is. (Look up) if you can see a roller coaster with the click-click sounds going through this magical dream, it would be amazing. Add in Victorian theme, and it is perfect.

pixar pier can be an overlay, I accept that as a June august overlay.
another overlay is a Hollywood overlay, called carnevil pier, where some dark clowns have taken over. I like this idea alot, taking whimsical energy and making it disturbing.

 

[PrinceCharming617]

As a citizen of California, I am proud of many things in dca. it definitely needs improvement. I HATE Pixar Pier, and sunshine pier is not the way to do it still. I like the concept of avengers campus, but that’s it’s not good enough.

THE RIGHT WAY TO DO A PIER
destroy all except the rollercoaster and midway mania.
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A good pier is colorful, magical, whimsical. This is what theming is. (Look up) if you can see a roller coaster with the click-click sounds going through this magical dream, it would be amazing. Add in Victorian theme, and it is perfect.

pixar pier can be an overlay, I accept that as a June august overlay.
another overlay is a Hollywood overlay, called carnevil pier, where some dark clowns have taken over. I like this idea alot, taking whimsical energy and making it disturbing.

I like the look of it, but if it doesn't have an IP there's no way old Disney gonna do it. They're putting IP's where they don't belong. So if it does they'll definitely put it.

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

I like the look of it, but if it doesn't have an IP there's no way old Disney gonna do it. They're putting IP's where they don't belong. So if it does they'll definitely put it.

I would like the sound of fantasia pier. That toy animation sequence can work well with midway mania.

 

[Snow Queen 83]

If they put Pandora in the Grizzly Peak section they are really shoehorning and going away from the original theming.

There's a way to provide great attractions and lands without selling your soul.

 

[Frankenstein79]

If they put Pandora in the Grizzly Peak section they are really shoehorning and going away from the original theming.

There's a way to provide great attractions and lands without selling your soul.

Hopefully it's the Finding Nemo lagoon. I like the ride, but it takes up way too much real estate.

They'd have to get rid of the Autopia as well because that wouldn't fit as well. But that's no big deal. With Disneyland you have to replace things to get things.