Does anybody miss World of Motion?

[Goofyernmost]

I honestly am not trying to be snotty, but, I was not able to connect your post to anything. Are you for or against change, cause you seem to lean both ways. So the only thing I can relate to is that gram and Gramps sits outside and waits. I'm a 70 year old Gramps and I ride Mission: Space all the time and I also ride TT (it bores me but I do it for something to do). I also ride RnRC, ToT, Everest, Splash, and BTMR. I don't ride Space Mtn. because of a accident damaged leg that makes it difficult to get up out of the cars. Perhaps you could clarify your post because I really don't understand what your point is.

 

[MAGICFLOP]

My Point is, I am not against changing things up to make them fresh or current. I am for positive change that is along the lines of the Disney format. Most 70 yo cant ride TT, you are more of an exception. Walt original idea (as he said) to create a park that the whole family can enjoy together.
The Disney theme park was innovative, but now it is blurred in many ways, things like Frozen appearing twice in world showcase. As for myself, I am surprised that GMR was not changed into the history of electricity, just as world showcase needed a movie based attractions, so did HS need educational rides..
I see the same slipping going on in their movies and TV shows, but more on a morality / greedy basis. Example, why do the have another 15 star wars movies.

I hope I clarified my points and not made them more confusing..

 

[BoarderPhreak]

Well, the "spirit of EPCOT Center" was "edutainment." So WoM fit in perfectly; the actual ride taking care of that in the first half - and the showcase for new tech in the second.

 

[Goofyernmost]

My Point is, I am not against changing things up to make them fresh or current. I am for positive change that is along the lines of the Disney format. Most 70 yo cant ride TT, you are more of an exception. Walt original idea (as he said) to create a park that the whole family can enjoy together.
The Disney theme park was innovative, but now it is blurred in many ways, things like Frozen appearing twice in world showcase. As for myself, I am surprised that GMR was not changed into the history of electricity, just as world showcase needed a movie based attractions, so did HS need educational rides..
I see the same slipping going on in their movies and TV shows, but more on a morality / greedy basis. Example, why do the have another 15 star wars movies.

I hope I clarified my points and not made them more confusing..

I guess I understand the family concept, however, there has to be a reality base involved in that as well. Yes, I might be the exception at 70, but, that means that more and more a 70 year old can indeed experience these things, so they haven't really missed that part of the family. What it means is that they are just in the transition part of human change. My grandparents and as far as that goes, my parents were not able to do that in their 70. Heck, my grandmother looked like a granny in her 50's. Hair in a bun, house dresses with the obligatory apron, support hose and granny shoes. She looked old even then and had her rocking chair in the kitchen where she sat all day sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. My Grandparents never went more then a 15 mile radius from home. But, like I said... times and people change and it is the job of any business to keep up with those changes. So even though I don't believe it was Disney that pushed for the changes to WoM, it was GM that wanted to showcase their vehicles more realistically and did so in the first TT and more so in the second. However, I would bet that when WoM first introduced there were a whole lot more of the elderly that couldn't or wouldn't have ridden TT.

 

[GVentola]

I guess I understand the family concept, however, there has to be a reality base involved in that as well. Yes, I might be the exception at 70, but, that means that more and more a 70 year old can indeed experience these things, so they haven't really missed that part of the family. What it means is that they are just in the transition part of human change. My grandparents and as far as that goes, my parents were not able to do that in their 70. Heck, my grandmother looked like a granny in her 50's. Hair in a bun, house dresses with the obligatory apron, support hose and granny shoes. She looked old even then and had her rocking chair in the kitchen where she sat all day sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. My Grandparents never went more then a 15 mile radius from home. But, like I said... times and people change and it is the job of any business to keep up with those changes. So even though I don't believe it was Disney that pushed for the changes to WoM, it was GM that wanted to showcase their vehicles more realistically and did so in the first TT and more so in the second. However, I would bet that when WoM first introduced there were a whole lot more of the elderly that couldn't or wouldn't have ridden TT.

Ha, a little off topic, but I remember when we took my grandmother to ride the then-new Maelstrom. It was billed as a thrill ride for some reason back then, and I was terrified it would scare her and she would die if she went on it. Well, she had no problem with it. All my grandparents have passed on now. My Dad is in his seventies now, and he still loves roller coasters. I've been scared to death of them most of my life. Well, one day, he coaxed me on The Incredible Hulk at Islands of Adventure, and I found out scary rides aren't so scary after all. I had to buy the photo at the end. I'm looking pale and nervous, and my Dad has this Scrappy Doo-esque "Let me at 'em!" expression.