One Sentence Competition - Season 5 Episode 2

[Pi on my Cake]

Spoiler: 47 Proposals for Disney's Next Big Thing

1. Reusable Water Bottles that can be traded out for clean bottles at specific stations like Fuel Rods. Sustainable and practical
2. Attack bees for rowdy guests
3. Magic Bands for Left Handed People
4. Retheme all castles in the parks from princesses to Boy Meets World
5. The next evolution of Magic Bands: Magic Hats!
6. Animatronics are out, shadow puppets are in!
7. My Disney Experience 2.0. Now with nothing but error messages
8. Food & Wine Festival is now year round at all Disney Parks
9. Link My Disney Experience to a Disney Games Account to get rewards for Disney Games (like Kingdom Hearts 3) based on in park activity.
10. Good Morning, Mickey! A new tradition where guests before rope drop get free coffee, juice, and Mickey Waffles during the off season.
11. Specialty candies. A signature candy bar flavored differently for each land and even a few rides
12. Guests get costumes/name tags just like cast members do so that way you can't tell who works there and who doesn't.
13. Aladdin is shirtless again. As are all male face characters. We call it the Chip&Dales Dancers Character initiative
14. Libraries at the front of parks so guests can borrow books to read while in queue lines.
15. Reusable toilet paper.
16. Mickey Mouse? More like Mickey Moose!
17. Dapper Day is replaced with "Ugly Day." Guests are required to wear fancy dress clothes all other days
18. Themed birdhouses throughout the parks
19. SlowPass available for certain attractions.
20. Kanye West for all fireworks shows
21. There really should be more temporary Star Wars and Frozen attractions that never go away in the parks
22. Narrate-Along ride throughs of Haunted Mansion for super fans at a Disney After Hours night
23. EPCOT was only the beginning! The next big thing is renaming all Disney Parks to be acronyms. Magic Kingdom? Now its Myth And Gnomes In Control! M.A.G.I.C.
24. You know how there are Disney versions of classic board games? That but with video games! Partner with Sega. Dash/Violet from the Incredibles rolling around a Super Monkey Ball course. Crazy Taxi in the world of Cars. Etc.
25. Every ride in one day? Broke. Every bathroom in one day? Woke.
26. #PostPoopSelfie
27. Immersive theming to the point where bathrooms are banned because movie characters never go to the restroom
28. Animal Kingdom is now clothing actual
29. Hollywood Studios is not a working movie studio, but Magic Kingdom now is.
30. Wasps
31. Vaccinated kids are banned
32. Un-vaccinated kids arr also banned
33. No kids
34. Single and Ready to Mingle Riders Line
35. Extra fastpasses if you point out flaws in Forbidden Journey and Hagrid Motorbike Adventure
36. Flood the parks to add more water features. Use boats to navigate.
37. Farts. Haha. Farts are funny
38. The return of VHS tapes as collectibles for Disney fans like albums on vinyl.
39. Jury Duty type system, but for annual passholders to greenlight or deny new proposals. It is mandatory.
40. Mandatory midday naps. You don't have to sleep, but all rides will be closed for 2 hours midday
41. Weed
42. Open Mic Night on the castle stage
43. Close on Sundays just like Chick Fil A
44. You can dance if you want to
45. You can leave your friends behind
46. Your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they ain't no friends of mine.
47. A monthly tv special giving updates on the parks that are full of skits filmed in the parks, animated shorts about the parks, behind the scenes info, and more!

 

[AceAstro]

Every ride in one day? Broke. Every bathroom in one day? Woke.

If I could have a life quote, this is it.

 

[D Hulk]

Spoiler: 47 Proposals for Disney's Next Big Thing

1. Reusable Water Bottles that can be traded out for clean bottles at specific stations like Fuel Rods. Sustainable and practical
2. Attack bees for rowdy guests
3. Magic Bands for Left Handed People
4. Retheme all castles in the parks from princesses to Boy Meets World
5. The next evolution of Magic Bands: Magic Hats!
6. Animatronics are out, shadow puppets are in!
7. My Disney Experience 2.0. Now with nothing but error messages
8. Food & Wine Festival is now year round at all Disney Parks
9. Link My Disney Experience to a Disney Games Account to get rewards for Disney Games (like Kingdom Hearts 3) based on in park activity.
10. Good Morning, Mickey! A new tradition where guests before rope drop get free coffee, juice, and Mickey Waffles during the off season.
11. Specialty candies. A signature candy bar flavored differently for each land and even a few rides
12. Guests get costumes/name tags just like cast members do so that way you can't tell who works there and who doesn't.
13. Aladdin is shirtless again. As are all male face characters. We call it the Chip&Dales Dancers Character initiative
14. Libraries at the front of parks so guests can borrow books to read while in queue lines.
15. Reusable toilet paper.
16. Mickey Mouse? More like Mickey Moose!
17. Dapper Day is replaced with "Ugly Day." Guests are required to wear fancy dress clothes all other days
18. Themed birdhouses throughout the parks
19. SlowPass available for certain attractions.
20. Kanye West for all fireworks shows
21. There really should be more temporary Star Wars and Frozen attractions that never go away in the parks
22. Narrate-Along ride throughs of Haunted Mansion for super fans at a Disney After Hours night
23. EPCOT was only the beginning! The next big thing is renaming all Disney Parks to be acronyms. Magic Kingdom? Now its Myth And Gnomes In Control! M.A.G.I.C.
24. You know how there are Disney versions of classic board games? That but with video games! Partner with Sega. Dash/Violet from the Incredibles rolling around a Super Monkey Ball course. Crazy Taxi in the world of Cars. Etc.
25. Every ride in one day? Broke. Every bathroom in one day? Woke.
26. #PostPoopSelfie
27. Immersive theming to the point where bathrooms are banned because movie characters never go to the restroom
28. Animal Kingdom is now clothing actual
29. Hollywood Studios is not a working movie studio, but Magic Kingdom now is.
30. Wasps
31. Vaccinated kids are banned
32. Un-vaccinated kids arr also banned
33. No kids
34. Single and Ready to Mingle Riders Line
35. Extra fastpasses if you point out flaws in Forbidden Journey and Hagrid Motorbike Adventure
36. Flood the parks to add more water features. Use boats to navigate.
37. Farts. Haha. Farts are funny
38. The return of VHS tapes as collectibles for Disney fans like albums on vinyl.
39. Jury Duty type system, but for annual passholders to greenlight or deny new proposals. It is mandatory.
40. Mandatory midday naps. You don't have to sleep, but all rides will be closed for 2 hours midday
41. Weed
42. Open Mic Night on the castle stage
43. Close on Sundays just like Chick Fil A
44. You can dance if you want to
45. You can leave your friends behind
46. Your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they ain't no friends of mine.
47. A monthly tv special giving updates on the parks that are full of skits filmed in the parks, animated shorts about the parks, behind the scenes info, and more!

I am going to take this seriously, you know.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

I am going to take this seriously, you know.

I expect 47 reviews then lol

Edit: I don't actually expect that. Don't want to put pressure on you to do something that dumb and time consuming

 

[D Hulk]

I expect 47 reviews then lol

I formally announce that I am dropping out of Sorcerer’s Apprentice. I just don’t have the time for it any longer.

 

[pix]

Spoiler: 47 Proposals for Disney's Next Big Thing

1. Reusable Water Bottles that can be traded out for clean bottles at specific stations like Fuel Rods. Sustainable and practical
2. Attack bees for rowdy guests
3. Magic Bands for Left Handed People
4. Retheme all castles in the parks from princesses to Boy Meets World
5. The next evolution of Magic Bands: Magic Hats!
6. Animatronics are out, shadow puppets are in!
7. My Disney Experience 2.0. Now with nothing but error messages
8. Food & Wine Festival is now year round at all Disney Parks
9. Link My Disney Experience to a Disney Games Account to get rewards for Disney Games (like Kingdom Hearts 3) based on in park activity.
10. Good Morning, Mickey! A new tradition where guests before rope drop get free coffee, juice, and Mickey Waffles during the off season.
11. Specialty candies. A signature candy bar flavored differently for each land and even a few rides
12. Guests get costumes/name tags just like cast members do so that way you can't tell who works there and who doesn't.
13. Aladdin is shirtless again. As are all male face characters. We call it the Chip&Dales Dancers Character initiative
14. Libraries at the front of parks so guests can borrow books to read while in queue lines.
15. Reusable toilet paper.
16. Mickey Mouse? More like Mickey Moose!
17. Dapper Day is replaced with "Ugly Day." Guests are required to wear fancy dress clothes all other days
18. Themed birdhouses throughout the parks
19. SlowPass available for certain attractions.
20. Kanye West for all fireworks shows
21. There really should be more temporary Star Wars and Frozen attractions that never go away in the parks
22. Narrate-Along ride throughs of Haunted Mansion for super fans at a Disney After Hours night
23. EPCOT was only the beginning! The next big thing is renaming all Disney Parks to be acronyms. Magic Kingdom? Now its Myth And Gnomes In Control! M.A.G.I.C.
24. You know how there are Disney versions of classic board games? That but with video games! Partner with Sega. Dash/Violet from the Incredibles rolling around a Super Monkey Ball course. Crazy Taxi in the world of Cars. Etc.
25. Every ride in one day? Broke. Every bathroom in one day? Woke.
26. #PostPoopSelfie
27. Immersive theming to the point where bathrooms are banned because movie characters never go to the restroom
28. Animal Kingdom is now clothing actual
29. Hollywood Studios is not a working movie studio, but Magic Kingdom now is.
30. Wasps
31. Vaccinated kids are banned
32. Un-vaccinated kids arr also banned
33. No kids
34. Single and Ready to Mingle Riders Line
35. Extra fastpasses if you point out flaws in Forbidden Journey and Hagrid Motorbike Adventure
36. Flood the parks to add more water features. Use boats to navigate.
37. Farts. Haha. Farts are funny
38. The return of VHS tapes as collectibles for Disney fans like albums on vinyl.
39. Jury Duty type system, but for annual passholders to greenlight or deny new proposals. It is mandatory.
40. Mandatory midday naps. You don't have to sleep, but all rides will be closed for 2 hours midday
41. Weed
42. Open Mic Night on the castle stage
43. Close on Sundays just like Chick Fil A
44. You can dance if you want to
45. You can leave your friends behind
46. Your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they ain't no friends of mine.
47. A monthly tv special giving updates on the parks that are full of skits filmed in the parks, animated shorts about the parks, behind the scenes info, and more!

Okay but some of these ideas are actually amazing. I would be so behind #11 and #22 #33 would be neat for an after hours event, #34 maybe not that but like that would be a great name for a Disney Dating App. Where else am I gonna find a boyfriend/girlfriend who loves Disney as much as I do. That's why so many CPs date. #38 is also amazing. I fully support #42.

And... I legit knew someone who wanted to do #25........... WHY

 

[AceAstro]

Where else am I gonna find a boyfriend/girlfriend who loves Disney as much as I do

MouseMingle

The dating site for Disney fans.

www.mousemingle.com

 

[pix]

mousemingle

I genuinely do not know what to say here.

 

[D Hulk]

Okay but some of these ideas are actually amazing. I would be so behind #11 and #22 #33 would be neat for an after hours event, #34 maybe not that but like that would be a great name for a Disney Dating App. Where else am I gonna find a boyfriend/girlfriend who loves Disney as much as I do. That's why so many CPs date. #38 is also amazing. I fully support #42.

And... I legit knew someone who wanted to do #25........... WHY

I actually did do #25 once - every single ride at DLR in one day (that’s Disneyland and DCA). Began at rope drop with Peter Pan, then ended around 9 with the Nemo Subs. It was incredibly exhausting.

 

[pix]

I actually did do #25 once - every single ride at DLR in one day (that’s Disneyland and DCA). Began at rope drop with Peter Pan, then ended around 9 with the Nemo Subs. It was incredibly exhausting.

That... is not what #25 was. But that does sound exhausting.

 

[Evilgidgit]

Spoiler: 47 Proposals for Disney's Next Big Thing

1. Reusable Water Bottles that can be traded out for clean bottles at specific stations like Fuel Rods. Sustainable and practical
2. Attack bees for rowdy guests
3. Magic Bands for Left Handed People
4. Retheme all castles in the parks from princesses to Boy Meets World
5. The next evolution of Magic Bands: Magic Hats!
6. Animatronics are out, shadow puppets are in!
7. My Disney Experience 2.0. Now with nothing but error messages
8. Food & Wine Festival is now year round at all Disney Parks
9. Link My Disney Experience to a Disney Games Account to get rewards for Disney Games (like Kingdom Hearts 3) based on in park activity.
10. Good Morning, Mickey! A new tradition where guests before rope drop get free coffee, juice, and Mickey Waffles during the off season.
11. Specialty candies. A signature candy bar flavored differently for each land and even a few rides
12. Guests get costumes/name tags just like cast members do so that way you can't tell who works there and who doesn't.
13. Aladdin is shirtless again. As are all male face characters. We call it the Chip&Dales Dancers Character initiative
14. Libraries at the front of parks so guests can borrow books to read while in queue lines.
15. Reusable toilet paper.
16. Mickey Mouse? More like Mickey Moose!
17. Dapper Day is replaced with "Ugly Day." Guests are required to wear fancy dress clothes all other days
18. Themed birdhouses throughout the parks
19. SlowPass available for certain attractions.
20. Kanye West for all fireworks shows
21. There really should be more temporary Star Wars and Frozen attractions that never go away in the parks
22. Narrate-Along ride throughs of Haunted Mansion for super fans at a Disney After Hours night
23. EPCOT was only the beginning! The next big thing is renaming all Disney Parks to be acronyms. Magic Kingdom? Now its Myth And Gnomes In Control! M.A.G.I.C.
24. You know how there are Disney versions of classic board games? That but with video games! Partner with Sega. Dash/Violet from the Incredibles rolling around a Super Monkey Ball course. Crazy Taxi in the world of Cars. Etc.
25. Every ride in one day? Broke. Every bathroom in one day? Woke.
26. #PostPoopSelfie
27. Immersive theming to the point where bathrooms are banned because movie characters never go to the restroom
28. Animal Kingdom is now clothing actual
29. Hollywood Studios is not a working movie studio, but Magic Kingdom now is.
30. Wasps
31. Vaccinated kids are banned
32. Un-vaccinated kids arr also banned
33. No kids
34. Single and Ready to Mingle Riders Line
35. Extra fastpasses if you point out flaws in Forbidden Journey and Hagrid Motorbike Adventure
36. Flood the parks to add more water features. Use boats to navigate.
37. Farts. Haha. Farts are funny
38. The return of VHS tapes as collectibles for Disney fans like albums on vinyl.
39. Jury Duty type system, but for annual passholders to greenlight or deny new proposals. It is mandatory.
40. Mandatory midday naps. You don't have to sleep, but all rides will be closed for 2 hours midday
41. Weed
42. Open Mic Night on the castle stage
43. Close on Sundays just like Chick Fil A
44. You can dance if you want to
45. You can leave your friends behind
46. Your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they ain't no friends of mine.
47. A monthly tv special giving updates on the parks that are full of skits filmed in the parks, animated shorts about the parks, behind the scenes info, and more!

Well, you can't top that!

After wracking my brains on what to do for the final round -- I decided to do something that is deeply desired and would be, in my view, both the next big thing and an ongoing presence at the resorts.

Allow Adults to Go to the Parks in Cosplay!

Rather simple really -- allow both children and adults to go Disneyland and co. in cosplay, without the adults being reprimanded or kicked out for wanting to fulfil their dreams and enjoy themselves; extending the ability to wear homemade outfits beyond Halloween and special events to all year long, with some restrictive rules of course to maintain a family friendly environment.

If this has already happened, please let me know! If this is the case, then my alternate idea is D23 EXPO UK!!

 

[Tux]

CHOOSE YOUR OWN STORY INTERACTIVE DARK RIDES

My proposal for a new innovative future for the parks is to finally allow guests to have a say in how the story goes in attractions, using similar technology at the end of Horizons where you choose your own ending, that way you don't just feel like a spectator in a story that you're likely supposed to be in the center in for once so now your actions have consequences, and you actually have plot relevance as a protagonist, although this is an engineering marvel and shouldn't be expected to be used in every single attraction from here on out since some stories work better with you at the sidelines like the original pirates, while some plotlines would be better off when you aren't immediately railroaded into an answer/conflict, kind of like the end of Horizons once again, and finally we have the point that the tech should be used sparingly until the parks divisions could find a way to keep the dark rides a reasonable length while not immediately destroying the budget, time restraints, and/or the available space restrictions.​

 

[Suchomimus]

Mickey Mouse? More like Mickey Moose!

 

[spacemt354]

Finale

The next big this is --- the past; through a virtual reality simulator pavilion in Epcot, guests will be able to experience Epcot through the years as if they were actually on attractions such as Horizons, World of Motion, and all other incarnations of former attractions.

 

[pix]

The Next Big Thing

The next big thing in Disney is...

Climate controlled parks; most guests seem to be under the assumption that we can control the weather anyways and that we let it rain in order to sell more umbrellas, but with this new technology whole parks will be kept under domes that have man made weather.​

 

[Outbound]

And... Bob Iger's Excellent Disney Adventure is live! Just in time.

 

[D Hulk]

FINAL REVIEWS​

DISNEY’S UNIVERSE EXPLORER is a sequel to the defunct mobile port of disney land explorer, for only 4.99$ you can traverse Disney parks across the world right at home or use camera mode for extra experiences across the Disney parks, with all main Disney parks (at launch) to explore in there regular, winter, & Halloween versions with photos, mini-games, a hub world to explore, & even a badge collecting system with badges being hidden every where on the map with there even being ones exclusive to camera mode to collect & display on your profile, in conclusion disney’s universe explorer takes the magic of disney games & theme parks & combines them to make the ultimate Disney experience.View attachment 442744

Disney’s Universe Explorer
@Disneypugs.

As you say, this is a magnificent run-on sentence. (Welcome to the One Sentence Competition finale!) It’s also a really interesting idea, one you’re clearly passionate about. Your mobile app – if I understand it correctly – would be a revolution both inside Disney Parks and beyond. It would encourage fans to explore all Disney Parks worldwide, to see them in a new light. If this took off, it could be a short-lived fad not unlike Pokemon Go…or it could actually change Disney Parks forever. ​

Coming Soon...

Bob Iger's Excellent Disney Adventure
Sponsored by Denny's ​

Bob Iger’s Excellent Disney Adventure
@Outbound

No.

EDIT: Well, you managed to expand on the terrible idea at the last minute. Phew! Now that I have a chance to enter Bob Iger's wonderful world of acquisitions in greater detail, I'd like to modify my review slightly...

NO!

​

The Next Big Thing
Coming to Disney Parks near you is...

more ip.​

More IPs
@NateD1226

No.
(Realistic though.)​

Disney Airlines

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Right now, Disney has the process set down from when you land in MCO to get to the parks and back to the airport but they haven't had their own way of getting guests to MCO (Eastern Airlines was a partnership), until now: Disney Airlines will launch with 4 planes to go to main North American hubs (New York, Toronto, Houston, Atlanta, Minneapolis) as another way for Disney to bring in parks revenue before they even get to the parks.​

Disney Airlines
@AceAstro

Yes.

Though personally I would prefer a nationwide Disney Railroad (it’s what Walt would have wanted), there is actual merit to your airline proposal. Thirty years ago, folks would’ve pooh-poohed the Disney Cruise Line, and look at it now – it’s creating Sorcerer’s Apprentice stress attacks!

It wouldn’t surprise me if the Disney Co. has already done feasibility studies into this. An airline would extend that Disney Vacation Experience™ even further, and a larger percentage of our income would siphon into the Mouse’s bottomless maw. And it wouldn’t be too difficult to outclass most U.S.-based airlines these days…​

 

[D Hulk]

Spoiler: 47 Proposals for Disney's Next Big Thing

1. Reusable Water Bottles that can be traded out for clean bottles at specific stations like Fuel Rods. Sustainable and practical
2. Attack bees for rowdy guests
3. Magic Bands for Left Handed People
4. Retheme all castles in the parks from princesses to Boy Meets World
5. The next evolution of Magic Bands: Magic Hats!
6. Animatronics are out, shadow puppets are in!
7. My Disney Experience 2.0. Now with nothing but error messages
8. Food & Wine Festival is now year round at all Disney Parks
9. Link My Disney Experience to a Disney Games Account to get rewards for Disney Games (like Kingdom Hearts 3) based on in park activity.
10. Good Morning, Mickey! A new tradition where guests before rope drop get free coffee, juice, and Mickey Waffles during the off season.
11. Specialty candies. A signature candy bar flavored differently for each land and even a few rides
12. Guests get costumes/name tags just like cast members do so that way you can't tell who works there and who doesn't.
13. Aladdin is shirtless again. As are all male face characters. We call it the Chip&Dales Dancers Character initiative
14. Libraries at the front of parks so guests can borrow books to read while in queue lines.
15. Reusable toilet paper.
16. Mickey Mouse? More like Mickey Moose!
17. Dapper Day is replaced with "Ugly Day." Guests are required to wear fancy dress clothes all other days
18. Themed birdhouses throughout the parks
19. SlowPass available for certain attractions.
20. Kanye West for all fireworks shows
21. There really should be more temporary Star Wars and Frozen attractions that never go away in the parks
22. Narrate-Along ride throughs of Haunted Mansion for super fans at a Disney After Hours night
23. EPCOT was only the beginning! The next big thing is renaming all Disney Parks to be acronyms. Magic Kingdom? Now its Myth And Gnomes In Control! M.A.G.I.C.
24. You know how there are Disney versions of classic board games? That but with video games! Partner with Sega. Dash/Violet from the Incredibles rolling around a Super Monkey Ball course. Crazy Taxi in the world of Cars. Etc.
25. Every ride in one day? Broke. Every bathroom in one day? Woke.
26. #PostPoopSelfie
27. Immersive theming to the point where bathrooms are banned because movie characters never go to the restroom
28. Animal Kingdom is now clothing actual
29. Hollywood Studios is not a working movie studio, but Magic Kingdom now is.
30. Wasps
31. Vaccinated kids are banned
32. Un-vaccinated kids arr also banned
33. No kids
34. Single and Ready to Mingle Riders Line
35. Extra fastpasses if you point out flaws in Forbidden Journey and Hagrid Motorbike Adventure
36. Flood the parks to add more water features. Use boats to navigate.
37. Farts. Haha. Farts are funny
38. The return of VHS tapes as collectibles for Disney fans like albums on vinyl.
39. Jury Duty type system, but for annual passholders to greenlight or deny new proposals. It is mandatory.
40. Mandatory midday naps. You don't have to sleep, but all rides will be closed for 2 hours midday
41. Weed
42. Open Mic Night on the castle stage
43. Close on Sundays just like Chick Fil A
44. You can dance if you want to
45. You can leave your friends behind
46. Your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they ain't no friends of mine.
47. A monthly tv special giving updates on the parks that are full of skits filmed in the parks, animated shorts about the parks, behind the scenes info, and more!

47 Proposals for Disney’s Next Big Thing
@Pi on my Cake​

1. Actually a good idea
2. And dogs who shoot bees from their mouths
3. Stand up for my people!
4. Boy Meets Disney World
5. Magic Underpants
6. That might fix Disco Yeti
7. Yes
8. It isn’t already?!
9. Sure, why not?
10. Disney should charge $150 for that
11. Like Tokyo does with popcorn
12. And guests get to operate the rides!
13. Female cast members also shirtless
14. But only Harry Potter books
15. How Pi lives
16. Eh?
17. Like Disneyland in the ‘50s!
18. Tokyo’s Critter Country does this
19. Didn’t this premiere in Galaxy’s Edge?
20. NO!
21. Correct
22. Every 365 days in Anaheim
23. Disney’s Incredible Cartoon Kingdom – D.I.C.K.
24. Altered Beauty & the Beast (I like old school SEGA)
25. "The @AceAstro Story"
26. #VBB
27. See #26
28. *optional*
29. Escape from Tomorrow
30. Everywhere
31. Already a thing
32. Also
33. No Irish!
34. Based on personal experience, Tokyo does this one
35. What flaws?
36. Florida in 20 years
37. Poop is funnier
38. Yeah, sure, they’d pay for that
39. Unrealistic idea, no points awarded
40. Or just bring back Energy Adventure
41. Anaheim does this
42. Castle stages are a bad idea
43. No comment
44. We can go where we want to
45. A place where they will never find
46. And we can act like we come from out of this world, leave the real one far behind
47. You should write this

Well, you can't top that!

After wracking my brains on what to do for the final round -- I decided to do something that is deeply desired and would be, in my view, both the next big thing and an ongoing presence at the resorts.

Allow Adults to Go to the Parks in Cosplay!

Rather simple really -- allow both children and adults to go Disneyland and co. in cosplay, without the adults being reprimanded or kicked out for wanting to fulfil their dreams and enjoy themselves; extending the ability to wear homemade outfits beyond Halloween and special events to all year long, with some restrictive rules of course to maintain a family friendly environment.

If this has already happened, please let me know! If this is the case, then my alternate idea is D23 EXPO UK!!

Cosplaying Adults
@Evilgidgit

Every revolution in Imagineering strives to make the parks more interactive, immersive, and personal. This would be a GIGANTIC step in that direction! Costumed guests are a discussion which has occurred since the 1950s, since it really is a simple and low-tech concept. I believe the hurdle has been creating enforceable rules; who’s to say what costume is allowable and what isn’t? And does an ill-clad guest get sent home at the gate?

In the U.S. parks, at least, some A-hole guest would ruin this for everybody. I’ve seen costumes done (to an extent) in Japan during Halloweentime – in both Disney & Universal – so that proves it works on a small-scale. And it’s a ton of fun! We just need to make our culture more like Japan’s…right, @Voxel?​

 

[D Hulk]

CHOOSE YOUR OWN STORY INTERACTIVE DARK RIDES
View attachment 443359
My proposal for a new innovative future for the parks is to finally allow guests to have a say in how the story goes in attractions, using similar technology at the end of Horizons where you choose your own ending, that way you don't just feel like a spectator in a story that you're likely supposed to be in the center in for once so now your actions have consequences, and you actually have plot relevance as a protagonist, although this is an engineering marvel and shouldn't be expected to be used in every single attraction from here on out since some stories work better with you at the sidelines like the original pirates, while some plotlines would be better off when you aren't immediately railroaded into an answer/conflict, kind of like the end of Horizons once again, and finally we have the point that the tech should be used sparingly until the parks divisions could find a way to keep the dark rides a reasonable length while not immediately destroying the budget, time restraints, and/or the available space restrictions.

Choose Your Own Story Interactive Dark Rides
@Tux

More consequential guess involvement on rides? Awesome! This would be a great approach to new dark rides going forward. Galaxy’s Edge shows how guest choices can be done, and how those choices can spill out into the greater land. So, there’s your precedent. Realistically speaking, this probably is what we’ll be seeing from Disney in the next decade. Top points!

This would be a lot trickier to apply retroactively to older rides. You’re very smart to acknowledge that some rides, like POTC, would be hurt by this approach. You’re also smart to learn from video games and roleplaying. The vintage EPCOT framing is appreciated too. This is an incredibly strong proposal.
​

Finale

The next big this is --- the past; through a virtual reality simulator pavilion in Epcot, guests will be able to experience Epcot through the years as if they were actually on attractions such as Horizons, World of Motion, and all other incarnations of former attractions.

Old School EPCOT Center
@spacemt354

VR necromancy appeals to me. Having never seen EPCOT Center in its prime (or at all), I would love to experience what’s often called Imagineering’s greatest achievement. For those who do remember the old EPCOT, this would be a profound, bittersweet experience. Michael Eisner can stay home and suck eggs. I would enjoy seeing this tech applied to Disneyland CA and Knott’s Berry Farm as well, and I’m sure other parks would benefit too.

Is this the Next Big Thing? No, not really. You didn’t mean it to be. It’s a nostalgic look back at a single park. Cheers to your heartfelt passion for a lost moment in Disney History. A stationary VR recreation of the past might not change the future, but it will keep Disney’s foundational values fresh and relevant.​

The Next Big Thing

The next big thing in Disney is...

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Climate controlled parks; most guests seem to be under the assumption that we can control the weather anyways and that we let it rain in order to sell more umbrellas, but with this new technology whole parks will be kept under domes that have man made weather.

Disney Dome
@gam3rprincess

Yup, no way this idea can go haywire...

The idea of placing a whole preexisting theme park under a dome might be a little unrealistic...........Okay, it is gigantically unrealistic. But you do address a real concern - the weather sucks. One a smaller scale, we see Disney providing climate control with enclosed Epcot pavilions, lengthy indoors dark rides, theater shows, and indoors lands like Mermaid Lagoon. And doing nothing like that at all in Animal Kingdom. This is an overlooked part of Imagineering that's wise to think about. ​

 

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Final challenge results!

“Disney’s Next Big Thing.” Obviously this was a pretty open-ended prompt, but not wholly aimless. Every challenge has shown the ongoing evolution of Disney Parks. And with the exception of @Outbound , everyone totally got the gist of this…and took their imaginations to the horizon!

Bronze medal (1 point)

@spacemt354 – EPCOT Center VR
While you didn’t especially answer the prompt, your proposal touched my heart.

Silver medal (2 points)

@AceAstro – Disney Airlines
This is a great combination of bold and realistic, very much in the spirit of the prompt.

Gold medal (3 points)

@Tux – Choose Your Own Story Interactive Dark Rides
The top medal goes to the prophecy – er, proposal – which I believe will define Disney in the 2020s.

Cheers to everyone who contributed! Let’s now go to the standings and see who won this episode…​