Also, when it comes to the Disneyland isn’t a museum statement, I feel that Disney can close certain attractions for replacements/rethemes, but to me there is clearly a rule book, and that rule book allows for attractions like Mike n sully to the rescue or other minor attractions to be demoed or flat out replaced by anything, while the mountains can face possible rethemes, however the rethemes aren’t usually too extreme. Take space mountain for example, as it has been subject to hyperspace mountain which in a way is a retheme even though it’s temporary, or you could take Splash Mountain as an example, as the retheme so far doesn’t look like it will be anything too extreme, just changing the color scheme of set pieces, redressing/reskinning animatronics, and the addition of animatronics along with some other special effects. Bottom line is, nothing is being demoed or gutted in that situation, and the main element of the attraction remains, which is the suspense and thrill through storytelling, and, well, speed. Now, when it comes to the true classics, and I’m talking about Walt’s attractions, there is a rule to me that allows for slight modification here and there, but the attraction cannot be removed, or altered beyond recognizability. I know people complain about POTC’s changes, and yes there are quite a few, but it still remains generally the same experience as it once was, minus a few altered scores throughout certain parts of the attraction, and the modification of certain scenes. Same with IASW. The Disney characters aren’t too intrusive, and besides that it’s remained the same exact attraction since it was moved to Disneyland in 1966. This situation applies to HM as well as the Jungle cruise. These sacred attractions can be updated, and can receive slight modification, but to me, Disney simply isn’t allowed to remove them completely. It’s almost like breaking the law. Think of it this way. Disneyland/ WDW is a human body, and the surgeon decides to remove their heart, brain, and lungs, thus killing them. This kills the person, and in this situation, it kills Disneyland/WDW. Now, you remove one of their kidneys, and they survive. Pretend one of the mountains is both of their kidneys combined, and when one is removed something within the human body physically changes, and in this situation Splash Mountain/Space Mountain changes, but it doesn’t kill the park, it may damage the parks merit depending on how you feel about that mountain and how much you enjoy the retheme, but it doesn’t kill the person. Lastly, the person gets a scrape and has to get stitches, in this situation this would be Disneyland removing a minor attraction, such as Monsters Inc. or the Astro Orbiter. The scrape hurts for a little while, which represents the construction of a minor attraction, since no one is allowed to experience the attraction while it’s being demoed or gutted because there’s simply no attraction there yet, but once the scrape heals, or in this case the new attraction reopens and is even better than the previous one, then it’s like nothing ever happened and everything goes back to normal. If you read this whole thing and are extremely confused, then I don’t blame you, but if not, then that’s fantastic