FettFan
Well-Known Member
Agree, but the Matterhorn was built almost 60 years ago. This iteration of the Matterhorn should have been Splash Mountain Epic...not as long, but Splash Mountain is on a different planet.
It's sad the "new" Disney rides don't compare to the rides under Eisner. Say what you want about Eisner, but we got some epic rides under his watch. Iger's rides have been nothing more than checking the box of a completed attraction for a small budget. There is no epicness to the rides anymore.
Tower of Terror
Splash Mountain
Expedition Everest
Test Track
Mission Space - Incredible Concept and no expense spared
Animal Kingdom park
All we've gotten under Iger is a ho hum Fantasyland Expansion with a disappointing Little Mermaid ride and completely disappointing, budget cut Mine Train. He's also "planning" Avatarland (questionable) and Star Wars (hope it is awesome) and Disney Springs....should have been last on the list, but it gets more people to buy high margin retail.
Rant Over....so disappointing when you really put it on paper (or write it down on a forum).
Agreed. Iger's done a lot of good for Disney as a businessman and I won't begrudge him of that, but when it comes to actual showmanship, Eisner wins hands down...at least in terms of the first two-thirds of his tenure.
The last third...I'm still not entirely sure HOW that happened. Seems like Animal Kingdom's opening marked the official end of the Disney Renaissance.
After that, Eisner's Midas Touch died and the company went into a slump. DFA started producing lackluster titles like Emperor's New Groove and Lilo and Stitch (not as terrible as the later movies that would kill hand drawn animation, but definitely not in the same vein as Beauty and the Best Picture Nomination), a spate of direct-to-video Cheap-quels (Lion King 1 1/2, Bambi 2, Cinderella 3), and the proposed WestCot park was scrubbed in favor of the craptastic Californa Adventure-Mark I (home to quite possibly the worst dark ride EVER, Superstar Limo).