Here are my ideas:
GET RID OF INDIANA JONES: this one act could make the studios a gazillion times better. oh and replacing it with Temple of the Forbidden Eye or Temple of the Crystal Skull (Tokyo Disney Sea version) would be good to.
Star Tours: I'm in the minority when I say I like the ride, but a better thrill factor would be nice (it pales in comparison to Back to the Future).
Put the Theatre of the Stars indoors: and either upgrade BatB to make it more like the Broadway show (which is leaving in the Summer) or replace it with DCA's Aladdin.
BLOW UP SOUNDS DANGEROUS!:it HAS to go. Replace it with a Nightmare Before Christmas Darkride so we can start having Halloween parties at the studios.
Upgrade the Great Movie Ride: I like this ride to, but the problem is there is not enough to see. You can look all around you in the sets to see whats there but nothing is there to look at. POTC works because there is stuff all around you so you see something new each time, with TGMR you don't have stuff to look at. I'm OK with the movies. (a sponsorship with TCM would be so perfect).
Honey, I Screwed up the Playground: replace it with something themed with Roger Rabbit. at least that was a good movie from the 80's.
Add more to the Backlot Tour: now that Disney has bulldozed half the ride I think they should replace it with something.
Make the animation tour into the thing that DCA has for animation.
and finally, Get a good parade: I don't care what just get one!
Well, let's see. I disagree with a great percentage of this. There is nothing wrong with Indiana Jones as it stands, and everything right. It is everything LMA will always hope to be but never will - a show with a story that's easy to follow and not out in the blazing Sun. True, anther Indy attraction next door would be great, but the Stunt Show still packs them in, so I see no reason to kill it.
Back to the Future can't hold a candle to Star Tours. It's on IMAX, so what? It's jerky, painful, and my general feeling is that the simulator doesn't follow the actions on the screen. Like LMA, BTTF is a Star Tours wannabe, and it fails miserably. True, they could update some of the scenes in the Star Tours video, but otherwise, I feel this one holds up remarkably well. Besides, we know what happened the last time George screwed with the Star Wars films. Keep Jar Jar away from Star Tours!
I've never noticed a heat problem with Beauty and the Beast. Does it really get that hot there? Enclosing it isn't a bad idea, though.
While Sounds Dangerous needs some TLC, I'm going to continue my minority opinion status on this by saying they should keep it. I enjoy it quite a bit, and always make time to see it once or twice. The ABC Theater next door is really the building in need of something.
What's wrong with the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids area? Come on. Maybe you're too old for it, but kids really get off on it. I don't think you need to know the movie (which many kids have seen thanks to the Disney Channel) to appreciate the theming of this area. It doesn't take up that much space, and it's full of kids whenever I go, so why is this so bad? I think Disney needs to focus on real problem areas before messing up that which doesn't seem to need changing.
I won't argue with you on the Backlot Tour. Something needs to be done. Bulldoze LMA (guess I'm doing the same thing here I was against above. But LMA actually sucks) and the Hunchback Theater and give us a Tour worth spending an hour on. Or, at worst, raze the whole area and give us three or four new attractions in a new land.
The Animation Tour is already what DCA has...it doesn't look exactly the same, but Disney-MGM has almost every "attraction" we do. The only real difference is that we have Crush's Turtle Talk in ours instead of at Epcot. Oh, and Disney-MGM doesn't have the big movie screen-filled main room. I consider this one of the worst changes at the Studios.
The parade could probably use a change, though I somehow have managed to miss it the last three times I've been there. I caught the Christmas version, and while it was okay, you're right...it wasn't terribly exciting. I certainly don't have any interest in seeing the Power Rangers in a Disney parade, even if they do own them. A Meet the Robinsons Parade could be kind of cool, though I hear Disney-MGM will be getting Block Party Bash sometime soon.
And finally, as for The Great Movie Ride, I think there's plenty to see. I'm always catching new details, and I've been on it dozens of times. This is the one attraction at Disney-MGM I try to hit at least three times. It never gets old for me, though if they wanted to update a couple of scenes, I suppose I wouldn't be too adverse to it, as long as they don't put in substandard garbage (ie. anything starring Jim Carey or Will Farrell), but films that truly qualify as Great. A Star Wars scene, a Fantasia scene featuring real audio-animatronics, a Gone with the Wind scene, etc. But please, no Pirates or Narnia!
Please note, this isn't a personal attack, I just disagree with many of the things you think are wrong with the Park. In fact, I find many of those things important to the Park's identity. You'd probably disagree with the things I think are wrong, too. That's fine and I understand.
