Very few people outside of this forum care about Horizons or the original Journey Into Imagination. The average Disney guest today likely didn’t ride either and both concepts would be horrifically dated in the 2020s.
Be careful I believed you may have angered some folks.
As true as this is, and as much as I agree with you... Get ready for all the historical Epcot fanboys to jump all over you... They don't like the "average Disney guest" argument, even though it is a valid point. Disney is not catering to the historical fan club anymore. They're wanting to appeal to the modern age of "give me as many characters as possible" crowd. Which is fair. From a business perspective. Just not fair to the loyal fanbase perspective.
Did they ever? At Disneyland, sure, given they thrive on repeat business. But hasn't WDW always operated on the 3-year cycle?
That's fair.
But he's not wrong!Be careful I believed you may have angered some folks.
I don’t care for what the epcot fanboys say anymore. The joke is on them at the end of the day because the whole point of Epcot was progress and most of them wanted no change to the epcot of 1989. So... the whole point of the park flew right over their head.
Doesn’t matter. Virtually no one knew or cared for them before 1983 either.
Yes but Epcot was built as a permanent World’s fair. Which are meant to continuously evolve. And everyone on here seems to believe the park should serve their childhood nostalgia. When I was 10, I loved Epcot. But it’s 2019 and it’s dated and sad. And notice everyone wants the old Journey Into Imagination. Nobody wants to see it be done with new technology or updated for 2019. Everyone here wants the 1983 version. So much for progress...
Because they straight up stopped spending money on the attractions to make them relevant. There should be a set timetable for updates and refurbs but everything got stale instead.
but not as bad as the 2nd version". The ride barely encourages imagination and they shove it in your face the entire time. I'd call that a failure for a ride based around imagination.
Even if they continuously update them, nearly every update or addition arouses a revolt among epcot fans.Because they straight up stopped spending money on the attractions to make them relevant. There should be a set timetable for updates and refurbs but everything got stale instead.
And that's very far from being a "only here" situation. Take a look on Disney's social media anytime something imagination comes up. 90% of the posts are either "bring back the original" or "bring back Dreamfinder" or even people sharing pictures of the D+F meet and greet. Nearly everyone in my age group remembers the original because it was vastly superior to what we have today. The literal only redeeming features is the fact Figment is still there and "One Little Spark" lives on. Do I want the original back? I guess. Would I rather have something brand new but in the spirit of what made the original Imagination so great and D+F? Yes.
Riding the original and coming back to the 2nd version was pure shock. Little me easily remembers the cast working the attraction looking depressed and my parents with their mouths wide open when the lights came on and it said "get off". The lack of a catchy song, random crap set pieces, and the purely unnecessary explosion "jump scare" at the end. It was as low effort as Cedar Point was at taking care of Disaster Transport's theming. Came back 2 years later and my reaction was "still pure
It’s not a lie. It’s true. Even if you guys are pretending like you’re open to an updated 2019 version, I guarantee when it opens the whole forum will erupt with complaints like “eww, screens!” and “It’s still not as good as the original!”
And everyone doesn’t call for new rides. They call for the original Journey Into Imagination, the original Living Seas, the original Test Track, Horizons, Universe of Energy, Maelstrom and the original Soarin’. This is 100% related to a niche market of childhood nostalgia for older Disney fans and almost completely unrelated to the quality of the parks.
Incorrect. Only the company didn’t want to progress.
Shall we?
To be fair... there’s a way you could bring the original attraction back but with upgraded scenery & show scenes, a remastered version of the original soundtrack, new animatronics, and enhanced special effects... ala DL’s Great Moments with Mr Lincoln or the upgrades done to DL’s Fantasyland rides. That’s possible..
I feel like this is the best direction to go. It’d Be cheaper budget wise than going with something *completely* new. It’d appeal to the purists that want the original classic experience, it’d appeal to the general park goers and newbies who haven’t experienced the original before by being a refreshed, 2019 version of the experience, and it’d appeal to the IP obsessed CEOs that want everything tied to franchises, without being intrusive.
