In reading the book “Walt Disney’s Epcot Center”, something peaked my interest.
“Our goal is to inspire the visitors who come here, so that they will be turned on to the positive potential of the future and will want to participate in making the choices that will shape it. We believe that in a world where cynicism and negativism abound, there is another story, and we have chosen, with forethought and conviction, to tell it, and to be the voice of optimism.”
Now, this is profound, and although it is from the early 1980’s, why was that view changed so drastically when Disney’s Animal Kingdom was built?
Although I like DAK, it has always come across to me as very “activist” driven, with a very pessimistic approach. I truly do not believe that DAK is so much themed as it is a recreation of reality…..poaching, disappearing habitats, is that something “entertaining”?
Could DAK have followed the “Epcot” view, and still get the message to people?
Instead of the “Animals and forests are disappearing due to bad people approach”, could the approach have been “look what we are doing to help these animals, you can help too!”
“Our goal is to inspire the visitors who come here, so that they will be turned on to the positive potential of the future and will want to participate in making the choices that will shape it. We believe that in a world where cynicism and negativism abound, there is another story, and we have chosen, with forethought and conviction, to tell it, and to be the voice of optimism.”
Now, this is profound, and although it is from the early 1980’s, why was that view changed so drastically when Disney’s Animal Kingdom was built?
Although I like DAK, it has always come across to me as very “activist” driven, with a very pessimistic approach. I truly do not believe that DAK is so much themed as it is a recreation of reality…..poaching, disappearing habitats, is that something “entertaining”?
Could DAK have followed the “Epcot” view, and still get the message to people?
Instead of the “Animals and forests are disappearing due to bad people approach”, could the approach have been “look what we are doing to help these animals, you can help too!”