I'll believe that when I see it. The trend over the years has been to infantilise most things in MK to not upset five year olds or offend their parents. Building an area of the park that focuses on the scary stuff seems very unlikely to me, given that trend. It'll either not happen or be so dumbed down to not deserve the name.
Truth.
There is no guarantee that OLC would treat the US Parks any different than current Disney management. OLC knows their Japanese market not the US market, which are two different things. In my opinion it would still likely be the same middle management running the US Parks, so not really much would change there, and WDI will still be the same.
WDI will still be the same, so nothing would change there either. So not sure what you expect to change if the US Parks are still ran the same and designed by the same people.
Middle management isn’t even being asked opinions on expansions like this.
When I'm referring to middle management in this case I'm referring to the TDA/TDO folks below Josh D'Amaro but above operations, people like Jeff Vahle and Ken Potrock who aren't in the C suites but still make decisions and give opinions on projects.
The reason some of us “old people” don’t spend much money at Disney anymore is because we experienced the parks when they didn’t have upcharges and reservations and a pay-to-win approach to running the business, and we know when the value for us just isn’t there anymore.
All points taken , people just need to settle down on the tone and rhetoric - it’s a business (please just don’t kill COP or people mover or spaceship earth though)The reason some of us “old people” don’t spend much money at Disney anymore is because we experienced the parks when they didn’t have upcharges and reservations and a pay-to-win approach to running the business, and we know when the value for us just isn’t there anymore.
We’re fans of what Disney once provided and the way it was managed. We’re not fans of the corporation it’s become.
Enjoy spending your money at Disney, my friend. As long as you feel it’s worth it and it inspires you and ignites your imagination, make the most of it.
And be aware that someday, the corporation might make changes that you feel are insulting and no longer represent the ideas and themes that made you a fan in the first place. Times change for everyone.
Oh, and you might not dig a lot of your grandchildren’s generation’s music, either. Just a note from the future.
I don't buy my ticket to Disney for any one aspect though. I'm not buying to ride the Mark Twain, true, but I do enjoy it being there. I enjoy the concept of the castle parks as Americana and an exploration of how America views its history and genres.
We mostly see the same beauty in Disney parks , and for the record I’m not young by any means. I wonder though if younger generations value those same things (in the aggregate) , we do need to allow for catering to them as well as they may not want the same things.
No. It's the children who are wrong.
It indeed is a business. But what made the Disney parks popular in the first place was a unique balance of art, business and consumer value. I think the balance is currently way off. The other problem for me is the lack of new original ideas and stories at the parks, which just—for me—is resulting in coating the overall park experience in a layer of… “ICK”. The parks were not meant to be all current IP everywhere all the time. They need to breathe. They need beautiful spots without crowds. They need original stories that result in new classics like Big Thunder and Pirates and Mansion and Tower of Terror.
