I loved the original, as it represented Mexican culture very well. I still enjoy the ride with the Three Caballeros refurbishment, since that is one of my favorite Disney movies (and the only thing I could ever find from Disney representing my half Mexican heritage really well) If they want to increase traffic there they should just open a meet and greet with Panchito and Jose.
From what I know as it stands that won't happen.
Aladdin dark ride in morocco and a ratatouille ride in paris
(I know, I'm being a smart a$$)
With all due respect......why? Preferably an answer that consists more than simply stating that "Epcot needs love" and/or that "the IP's are based in those countries". I only say that because those answers are nothing more than a simple, easy solution to a larger problem.
The ONLY change I'd support in The American Adventure is a new edit of the closing montage, which is aging a little past its sell-by date.
Aladdin has no connection to Morocco, they just put the characters there because there was no Arabic pavilion at Epcot and they decided Morocco was close enough.
I'm more comfortable using IPs if they're used as a sort of primer to a country's culture or history. If the Canada pavilion wanted to update their film to include the moose from Brother Bear, but used them as a way to talk about Canadian history or actual Canadian folklore or legends, it would be an entertaining way to do it...it would also be ironic because the moose are based on the Bob & Doug MacKenzie characters Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis created for SCTV, and they were created specifically as a rebuttal to criticism from the CBC that, by satirizing so much American culture, the show wasn't "Canadian" enough. The reaction was along the lines "most of the cast and production crew are Canadian and we shoot in Canada. What else do we need to do to make it Canadian - have two guys wearing toques and drinking beer in front of a giant map of Canada?" And boom, legends are born.
Eh. I'd support an update to the actual show that maintained the same tone and purpose as the current show. Every once in awhile, Disney updates a classic in an appropriate way.
Agreed. Properly integrated characters can make educational material more accessible, and this is perfectly in line with Epcot's traditional goal to "edutain." If, on the other hand, they just dropped the Rat ride on top of the France pavilion, that would be upsetting.
They do. And aside from Martin Short they haven't been desecrated.Wait; don't China, France and Canada all have films already?
No, there's nothing fictional about rats who are gourmet cooks and talking dragons...
There's always the back half of the Frozen expansion pad; theoretically, they could put something in there and ADD a new ride to Mexico. But having 2 rides in Mexico when most of WS has none doesn't seem to make much sense. And I just don't see them creating a brand new ride from the ground up in less than 3 or 4 years...
