You're right, it would've been hard to pull off. The core reason it worked with Eisner was because his failures were clear and present in how they were bombs. Although you never know when Iger will star doing the same. I made it clear that I'm not boycotting yet, but I will if they make Hyperspace Mountain anything more than a seasonal overlay. I assume that its fun as just that, but making it that permanently would be completely blasphemous. Nothing wrong with Star Tours, but in a park like Disneyland, Star Wars should be limited to Tomorrowland with only the ride, jedi training, and meet and greets as far as permanent fixtures go.
True, but it focuses on the classic Disney short characters as well. It is called MICKEY'S Toontown after all. Kiddie coaster and playground aside, I think that most of Toontown has great interactive theming that can be fun for everyone.
I have a feeling the overlay will be around for awhile. Not permanently, but for a long while. I don't see them closing the Launch Bay until the actual Star Wars land opens, and with how popular the overlay has been, they have no immediate incentive to remove it.
Listen to yourself here. They have to try and keep the land completely "hidden" from the rest of the park possibly because it's such a game changer. They didn't have to pull the hide and seek BS for any of the other lands, so why should they start here? The 8 lands that currently exist flow naturally despite their different themes. That's how they work in all the Magic Kingdoms around the world. Sure, they try to keep you immersed in the land that you're currently in by having certain sitelines and subtle transitions, but none of that is to the extreme extents that they have to do to hide this 14 acre mammoth. Whilr the integration is subjective, how do you know that the size is being exaggerated? This hiding situation is a clear example of imagineers trying to work with what they have to do. If this land sets the precedent for the park going forward than what's next? They shouldn't dare think about taking the park into a different design approach going forward because then you lose what makes Disneyland, Disneyland. If they can get away with changing the design approach here, then who says that it won't happen again in Florida or any of the other Magic Kingdoms around the world. If you lose the core design approaches that are principle in the Magic Kingoms, then you loose not only the heart of the resorts, but the heart of the company. Other design approaches are great for different parks because they're different parks with different rules. However, the Magic Kingoms should be treated with the most traditionalist ideals for every major addition because the design approach that they currently have is what makes them, in my honest opinion, the greatest theme park concept of all time AND the heart of what Disney has meant to people all of these years.
yeah, it would be irrational to keep keep it that way forever and I honestly don't think that they will. But hey, this is a Disney that clings on to temporary overlays if profitable (Frozen Sing Along on both coasts), so we have to just keep our fingers crossed that it'll be back to normal by the time Star Wars land opens.
That's another thing that they screwed up. The ride on both coasts is set strictly to the Episode VII scenes. It's fine if they have you fly over Jakku, but keep it random and keep the characters from the movie out of it. According to the rides timeline (in which most chronological errors up until this point were minor enough to either reason or overlook), Finn and BB-8 were YEARS away from even being born/built.
I obviously know that execs have final say on everything, but what i meant to say was that sometimes the executives don't interfere with how a product is done. While I have complained about Iger a lot on this thread, something that he did right was leave most of the movie divisions primarily in the hands of creatives with minimal executive interference with the exception of underperformance situations. Unfortunately, instances where interference has happened have not turned out well. It may not be perfect, but at least its a far more creatively freeing studio than it was in the latter half of the Eisner years
While it may not have the 1940's noir look, the eastern half of the land is totally based on the Toontown seen in the movie. I do agree with you though that its not a Roger Rabbit land since its based on multiple franchises. Again. its MICKEY'S Toontown, not Roger Rabbit's.
