Loved this show when I was a kid. The Lion King Show now in the Land building is awful..Yah....especially when it was supposed to be a followup to the much more endearing Kitchen Kabaret.
That is where they were and just recently removed from behind the walls, I was just referring to shows in the land building from the past to the current as I feel they should have a show that directly goes with living with the land
Along with Journey Into Imagination, Indiana Jones and even Star Wars (both not seen by a lot more people that did see them). Since Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time... more have seen that then some of the other stuff. Or is it just followers of AeroSmith that go to RnRC? Big thunder mountain have a fan club before being an attraction? What was first with popularity, Pirates of the Caribbean the ride or the movie. We could go on forever. What movie was Expedition Everest based on? Other then name familiarity, there really is no connection between the the popularity of the show and the response of the public to them. (OK, I guess I'll concede Frozen.)
Yep, I agree..with 1 small distinction....it's not just one ride, like with the examples you mentioned...it's literally an entire section of the park. I just think that's extremely bizarre, given the investment. If it were one ride, I wouldn't post it in this thread...in response to this particular question.
Fair. I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I can keep discussing my opinion with you, but I doubt it will change yours, either. This topic has been kicked like a dead horse in threads specifically about the subject, so I didn't want to hijack this one to serve that same purpose. It's not changing...there's going to be an entire section of a park based on Avatar. I'm not thrilled with that...I find it to be strange... but I hope to be surprised.
The entrance area and the inside will still be a "culture of Norway" display. The ride Maelstrom, was an entertainment method that contained certain unexplained facets of Norway, but, hardly a history. It was there to basically draw people into the pavilion. Frozen has nothing to do with Norway, per say, but, does fit in there better then any other place I can think of. While all those people are waiting in line for that ride, they will unconsciously be learning about Norway where otherwise they might have skipped the whole area completely.
Again, I understand what you are saying, however, it is becoming more and more obvious that education is no longer the focus of Epcot. It hasn't been for a long time. All our longing for the "good old days" is not going to change that. Based on the current demands from the public and the need to have a strong draw in Epcot is what determines the focus now and it is, as far as I can tell, a combination of education and entertainment, not combined like it once was as edutainment, but separate entities.
As much as I understand that we have to remember that the entire reason that WDW exists is for the almighty dollar and it has been that way since December 1966 when the only person that saw it differently, as his baby and his dreams realized, passed away. After 50 years it seems like we should have all been intelligent enough to come to terms with that fact by now and enjoy WDW or any other Disney park for what it is... a fun place where a group of suits make a lot of money in the process.
Yep. I mentioned that in a reply post in this thread. It's still my answer to the question posed by the original poster,though.
So sad
