Its not like these hotels and more things on the resort are being run as loss leaders. Each one of them is required to turn a profit. Part of the problem at WDW however is that the resort has gotten too big, too spread out, which makes maintenance resort wide a major pain.
This makes me feel a bit better, but only if Lassater will follow up on it. He is one of the few voices really calling for the parks to be done as they should. He has too much on his plate, but I hope he can at least make enough noise to get someone at WDW to start focusing on fixing all these various issues that are going on.
Sure, the Nemo ride is fun. I enjoy it. But its not how it should be done. It was good enough (and while I agree that it works better than the multimillion dollar subs ride) it still isn't how it should have been. I'll be honest, while I am an EPCOT Center purist, I don't mind Nemo being used in that facility. But he should be used to educate. Granted, there's education going on inside the facility, but the ride itself is nothing more than a brief cartoon. Had they found a way to have Nemo educating us about the oceans it would still have been lots of fun for the kids and maybe we could have learned something at the same time.
There's an old quote from Walt that says:
I really wish that WDI would design with this quote in mind. Its obvious that Nemo doesn't meet that standard and I don't think Walt would be happy. That ride obviously talks down to the children. I remember as a child being fascinated with EPCOT, maybe I was just different, but I was always reaching for higher heights, wanting to learn more, and EPCOT inspired me to continue to grow and seek and learn, its why I'm so sad to see the move away from EPCOT to just another entertainment place. It used to be so much more. Granted, some things were too serious (the intro film for the seas bores me to tears still today), but you don't have to sacrifice all the learning just to do entertainment a bit better.
