DHS Monster Inc Land Coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios

[The Leader of the Club]

To be fair, 'external knowledge of who made" a particular film is the organizing principle of every single Disney theme park. Pooh and Snow White, Cars and Guardians of the Galaxy, Toy Story and Star Wars - the only link is that 'external knowledge.'

Which, to be fair is still better than Universal’s hodgepodge of IP from every other major studio.

 

[Jrb1979]

Which, to be fair is still better than Universal’s hodgepodge of IP from every other major studio.

Just cause it's not as bad at Disney doesn't mean it's good. IMO the Disney parks are heading that way with a hodgepodge of random IP

 

[Timothy_Q]

I have less of an issue Monstropolis not being next to TSL and more of an issue it not being part of the outer loop they started with SWGL and TSL, instead it'll be a dead end even worse than Muppets Courtyard is today

Hopefully whatever ends up going in Animation completes the loop

 

[osian]

They have stated that they're moving away from "functioning studio" to "stepping into worlds from film".

I think that can be taken several ways and it's open to interpretation. No, it's not a functioning studio, as in a place where movies are made. So that doesn't preclude having a Pixar-themed area, Marvel-themed area, Lucasfilm-themed area, Disney-themed area etc, because the movies aren't made there. And "stepping into worlds from film" - this is exactly what they're doing to all the parks, the "Studios" bit doesn't make Hollywood Studios THE place to step into the worlds from film any more. I guess the ship has indeed sailed, we can argue all we want about themetic integrity, but if what Disney wants is for all parks to be stepping into the world of their movies with no other organisation than that then that is what they will do. Organisational mess and a copy of Universal is what we get.

 

[andre85]

I have less of an issue Monstropolis not being next to TSL and more of an issue it not being part of the outer loop they started with SWGL and TSL, instead it'll be a dead end even worse than Muppets Courtyard is today

Hopefully whatever ends up going in Animation completes the loop

Agreed. Especially since the park now has at least two dead-ends counting Sunset Blvd. I don't hate it in the latter's case, but now with two, this could get annoying. But then again, Universal's about to open a park with 4 deadends (and possibly 6 eventually lol)

 

[Casper Gutman]

Which, to be fair is still better than Universal’s hodgepodge of IP from every other major studio.

Is it? Corporate synergy isn't one of the primary things I look for in a theme park experience.

 

[J4546]

Agreed. Especially since the park now has at least two dead-ends counting Sunset Blvd. I don't hate it in the latter's case, but now with two, this could get annoying. But then again, Universal's about to open a park with 4 deadends (and possibly 6 eventually lol)

dont forget about pixar alley or whatever thats called

 

[HauntedPirate]

dont forget about pixar alley or whatever thats called

Oooo... the half a block that has a meet and greet and can be completely ignored. ZING!!!

 

[SamusAranX]

Is it? Corporate synergy isn't one of the primary things I look for in a theme park experience.

I’d argue Disney is quickly becoming (or already basically is) Universal Studios. Just IP wherever and that’s every park now except AK.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I’d argue Disney is quickly becoming (or already basically is) Universal Studios. Just IP wherever and that’s every park now except AK.

Disney did forfeit dinosaurs and dragons in AK to Universal.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Not in the way suggested, no. Just because the same studio made two things doesn't mean that they "make sense" next to each other. What does Monstropolis have to do with Andy's backyard? Nothing. Putting them next to each other only means something if you have external knowledge of who made Monsters Inc. and who made Toy Story. Should Cars Road Rally and Space Ranger Spin go directly next to each other in Magic Kingdom for the same reason despite their wildly different theming?

Neither do the various princess, heroes, or villains groupings have anything to do with each other.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Is it? Corporate synergy isn't one of the primary things I look for in a theme park experience.

But it should realistically be expected. Businesses gotta business.

 

[James Alucobond]

Neither do the various princess, heroes, or villains groupings have anything to do with each other.

I don't understand your point as it relates to the original statement that was made. Another poster suggested that two discrete lands (Monstropolis and Toy Story Land) "would make more sense" if situated next to each other because both were created by Pixar. But themed lands are not arranged by studio; that is entirely inconsequential to the experience of the parks. Yes, things that are vaguely superficially similar get grouped together within lands (as in your example of pseudo-European princesses congregating in medieval-styled Fantasyland), but the lands themselves, even when 100% IP-based, have never been physically arranged such that they fit into some weird corporate notion of who owns what property. If there is a logic to their positioning, it tends to focus more on which lands can transition into one another most easily when adjacent, but no such visual similarity exists between Monstropolis and Andy's backyard.

 

[Timothy_Q]

I think everyone is just arguing over semantics at this point

Is there any thematic link between Monstropolis and Andy's backyward? No

Would the transitions feel more organic if colorful lands based on animated properties were on one side of the park, and Galaxy's Edge, Star Tours and Indiana Jones were on the other? Yes

 

[MisterPenguin]

Disney did forfeit dinosaurs and dragons in AK to Universal.

We call them "Ikrans."

 

[Disstevefan1]

We call them "Ikrans."

Well yes. FoP is my favorite attraction in WDW.

 

[disneylandtour]

IMO the Disney parks are heading that way with a hodgepodge of random IP

The Heyday for this was a couple of decades ago with the Barbie show in EPCOT, and Power Rangers and Goosebumps in Disney MGM. On this front, at least, things are presently better.

 

[James Alucobond]

Would the transitions feel more organic if colorful lands based on animated properties were on one side of the park, and Galaxy's Edge, Star Tours and Indiana Jones were on the other? Yes

Monstropolis is, by design, a fairly standard cityscape that is not especially colorful, both in the film and the proposed land. The featured central building will be a factory. If you actually want visual cohesion between Toy Story Land and whatever goes next to it, there are better properties (and non-Pixar ones at that) to put in Animation Courtyard. Also, I am unconvinced that a park split in two between cartoons and not-cartoons is an especially good idea.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I am unconvinced that a park split in two between cartoons and not-cartoons is an especially good idea.

Traditionally - all cartoons were part of Fantasyland - one land of the park.

 

[UNCgolf]

Traditionally - all cartoons were part of Fantasyland - one land of the park.

Sort of -- Pecos Bill is a cartoon and has been in Frontierland since opening day of the Magic Kingdom, although that's admittedly just the name and not something themed directly to the cartoon.

There have also been cartoons in Tomorrowland for almost thirty years now.