Well I’ve been away from the boards for sometime but this whole Monsters Inc thing bothers me. I share the same opinion of most of you that M.I. in no way shape or form fits into TL (but I still don’t see how Stitch and Buzz fit the theme either, both of those films take place in the modern world not the future). I’m of the mindset that the only “lands” where Disney characters belong are Fantasyland and Mickey’s Birthday-Starland-Fair, I think that characters from the films take away from the land’s theme, such as that Dumbo … er …I mean … that Aladdin ride slapped in the middle of a Polynesian village, marring Adventureland forever.
That being said, Disney wants to draw people to their parks so they have to keep up with current films, what I don’t understand is - isn’t M.I. like 4 or 5 years old now, shouldn’t they had an Attraction ready then? If Disney is going to tie a TL attraction into a Pixar film it should be the raceway tied into Cars. Some say that if the movie flops then Disney is stuck with an attraction based on a film that was a dud, but the Black Cauldron still bubbles over in Tokyo and people love it.
If you ask me, Disney should develop a Pixar land at the studios, right next to the Muppets, they both are great brands that should be capitalized on. Neither belongs at the Magic Kingdom or EPCOT Center for that mater, but I guess it’s too late to stop that.
What to do with Time Keeper? Well Disney missed the Tron boat for the second time in the company’s history, they should have developed a ride when the film came out in the 80s but they didn’t, they got a second chance with the game Tron 2.0 a few years back. I still say that a Tron ride or show or attraction would be phenomenal, but about as likely as Black Hole ride. I think they need to put in a new original future themed show, if Disney doesn’t come up with some new attraction stories soon then where will Walt Disney Pictures get their ideas for future films – The Jungle Cruise, Coming Soon.
