Cloned rides don't bother me because a good ride is a good ride. I get why people are against it, they want new original rides. But the only other park I even have a chance to see is Disneyland, so I'll take any great ride I can get at WDW.
That's how I feel, too. My life would have been a lot sadder had I not been able to experience the Haunted Mansion growing up. Same for Pirates, although I was super-jealous of the Disneyland version once I grew up and found out how different and how much longer it is.
I heard it got moved to an off-site warehouse for storage.
While that's true, most folks will never be able to visit more than one park. It's not exactly cheap to visit a single park, much less afford to travel to the others. People who get to visit more than one park are a tiny minority of the total number of guests at any park.
Don't forget Disney films from the 1960's and 1970's.
It really depends on where you live, considering the cost of airfare. They certainly don't have any hotels that are as inexpensive as some WDW hotels, at least Disney-owned ones. I looked at going to Disneyland instead of WDW this time, but it was going to be substantially more expensive for us to do so.
And yeah, sure the only Disney animated films from the 1960's and 1970's that gotten representation nowadays is usually the Pooh characters, 101 Dalmations with Cruella, and some of the characters from Robin Hood if your lucky. But the foreign parks at least give spotlight to Disney's lesser known or popular such as The Aristocats, some of the characters from The Three Caballeros (Besides Panchito, Jose and Donald), and Bianca and Bernard from The Rescuers. For a brief period, characters from Oliver and Company and The Great Mouse Detective were seen in older shows at WDW and DL during the late 80's and early to mid 90's and that's about it.Send that note to WDW management
Glad I'm not the only person who raised an eyebrow when I learned Pinocchio is now considered a "Rare character" after Long Lost Friends Week from a few years. I remember one of the only times Marie from The Aristocats and Clarice from the Chip N Dale short "Two Chips And A Miss" was spotted at Disneyland was Dancing With Disney from 2012-2014, the reopening of the Disneyland Train, and sometimes during the exact day of Disneyland's Opening. I still remember a time when characters from Pinocchio, some of the characters from Robin Hood, and The Seven Dwarfs were common meetable characters at WDW. Nowadays they are only seen during a private event, DVC parties, and Halloween or Christmas events.
The most recent DVC party at Epcot actually had Edna meeting guests who are members of Disney Vacation Club. Don't get me started with Judy and Nick from Zootopia being common at DCA at Disneyland but WDW took a very long time for the two to finally be meetable with guests until the Christmas Party from a few years ago.
