It is no more evident than now that Future World lacks a cohesive vision. If one were visiting FW for the first time ever, they would have no clue what the original intention of FW was or what the current intention of FW is. TDO is just shoehorning things in closed/wall off spaces that should and were at one time much better utilized.
In my eyes, it is more evident than ever that TDO does not want guest spending time in FW because there is no additional revenue being generated by the attractions. What is left of the attractions simply serve a doorbuster for ticket sales. Not to mention several of them close at 7:00pm every night despite the fact the park closes at 9:00pm. TDO wants guest in the WS now that it has become a permanent Food and Wine Festival all year round. Sorry but I need at little bit more that overpriced tiny servings of food and overpriced beer to hold my attention in the long term.
I can hear the meeting concerning WIR in my head:
Chair of meeting: "Where should we put WIR?"
Board: "There is loads of empty space in Innoventions, put the IP in there."
Chair: "Great idea guys and gals." "Now on to the next item on the agenda." "I just started to notice that Imageworks is falling into disrepair, I know we do not want guest spending to much time in FW because it could compete with food/alcohol sales and such, but I think it may be starting to become obvious to even the more less observant guest". "What should we do?"
Board: "Put WIR in there." "That way we do not incur the additional cost of repair, or incur cost to permanently reimagine an area. "WIR Innoventions will be an easy clone." "Besides we can fill another mostly empty space."
Chair: "I don't know," doesn't make much sense to put the same characters in two different meeting spots just feet away from each other." Also, Imageworks is supposed to be a playground that stimulates imagination."
Board: "Are you kidding!?" "Our guest will not notice duplicity in the WIR experience." "WIR is an imaginary character so it makes perfect sense, and therefore fits the imagination theme." "Besides synergy and stuff."
Chair: "Oh yeah...that's right...synergy and stuff." "Actually it is double the synergy." "BRILLLANT!" "My bad guys and gals." "Lets do it!!!"
I sincerely apologize for the rant, I just miss the time when Disney put show quality above all. The utilidors at MK were very expensive to design, but were constructed nonetheless to maintain continuity of show. Now we have duplicity of characters in pavilions adjacent to each other. Not to mention neither spot matches the theme of Communicor/Innoventions or Imagination. I have a feeling that the current WDC would no longer even consider an expense similar to the utilidor construction to enhance show quality. But that is just a feeling.
