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GlacierGlacier

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Question: why did they even decide to put he Incredibles in tomorrowland? How do modern-day superheroes belong in a world themed around being futuristic?
Because they'd look silly in Frontierland.

In all honesty, they likely wanted a draw/event for the summer, especially in aging tomorrowland. AK has Pandora, Epcot had Guardians, DHS has TSL. A quick, dirty overlay for a season to match with a new movie in a park which wouldn't have received any press otherwise is a simple solution.
 

Incomudro

Well-Known Member
That is the one thing a lot of the early Disney attractions did best...Made you feel hopeful and optimistic... Space Mountain did indeed make you feel excited about what was to come with modern technology in our lives... Not sure why those messages have all been lost...

Well, those ideas are lost on the public in general because reality set in.
In the 60's and 70's we dreamt about what living in space might be like, colonizing other planets, the moon...
Now we know that those things will never really happen.
 

Incomudro

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I think that you have a point, but it really depends on how you handle the "future" part. You don't want to be overly-specific because, as you said, that information becomes outdated. Broad ideas are safer. Anything dealing with speculation, though, definitely requires the will and means to update after a few years. Disney could have done it with Epcot, but they didn't, because they were relying on the outdated model of having companies pick up the cost instead of reinvesting profits into the parks. With the Eisner era, the focus changed from "we're doing it because it's important and cool" to "don't do it if you can't make money off of it." The attractions were left to stagnate for too long, so one-by-one they've been demolished. I'm honestly shocked that Living with the Land still exists except that they don't really have anything to put in there as a replacement. Spaceship Earth is only still around because it would cost a fortune to gut and the building was purposely constructed with the attraction in mind. It's easier for them to leave it and say, "Hey! See? We love Epcot's past!"

Good points.
Also, Living with the Land, and Spaceship Earth's messages don't really get dated.
 

smile

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Question: why did they even decide to put he Incredibles in tomorrowland? How do modern-day superheroes belong in a world themed around being futuristic?

as much as we may all wish this was divine inspiration, it was, in fact, the new movie that dictated they had to be featured somewhere...
considering the guardians had already booked the agt, tland was the next best thing, right? ;)

such methods tend to invalidate questions such as this because any and all reasoning becomes plausible in service of supporting corporate synergy.

nothing particularly new, but what is/will be exacerbated in the parks, experiences, and consumer products era, is the creeping stink that parks are to serve largely as a marketing apparatus -
walt considered it one aspect of many, as all divisions were to feed in and out of each other, and in organic ways - but he's just an artifact from a bygone era at this point :mad:

ip's also carry with them additional assumed ROI, which never hurts... but is it fact? certainly not always, but don't bother telling the brass.

so, while attempts are still made to 'legitimize' some decisions in the minds of those who may take issue, such care is not universal -
anything can be sold as magic, so the question then turns to if guests are buying it (or, if they still show and don't complain... same difference)
 

atjimfromdisney

Active Member
as much as we may all wish this was divine inspiration, it was, in fact, the new movie that dictated they had to be featured somewhere...
considering the guardians had already booked the agt, tland was the next best thing, right? ;)

such methods tend to invalidate questions such as this because any and all reasoning becomes plausible in service of supporting corporate synergy.

nothing particularly new, but what is/will be exacerbated in the parks, experiences, and consumer products era, is the creeping stink that parks are to serve largely as a marketing apparatus -
walt considered it one aspect of many, as all divisions were to feed in and out of each other, and in organic ways - but he's just an artifact from a bygone era at this point :mad:

ip's also carry with them additional assumed ROI, which never hurts... but is it fact? certainly not always, but don't bother telling the brass.

so, while attempts are still made to 'legitimize' some decisions in the minds of those who may take issue, such care is not universal -
anything can be sold as magic, so the question then turns to if guests are buying it (or, if they still show and don't complain... same difference)


exactly why we have a Christmas day parade (if you even consider it a parade anymore?) "marketing" special on ABC every year now. :geek:
 

larryz

I'm Just A Tourist!
Premium Member
Meh. It should be treated the same way Hong Kong and Tokyo treated theirs. Go karts are a dime a dozen and nothing is really special about the ones at Disney compared to others.
Actually, they
a) have bodies, and
b) are included in the admission cost

Well, those ideas are lost on the public in general because reality set in.
In the 60's and 70's we dreamt about what living in space might be like, colonizing other planets, the moon...
Now we know that those things will never really happen.
Not if we wait for the government to do it. Aliens and Outland were more prescient than we realized at the time.
 

geekza

Well-Known Member
exactly why we have a Christmas day parade (if you even consider it a parade anymore?) "marketing" special on ABC every year now. :geek:
To be fair, the only reason Walt ever got into television was to promote Disneyland and have ABC pay for a chunk of its construction. It was only because he was Walt Disney and insisted on also making that TV show an entertaining and, often, informative one that it holds up today. It's primary function was as promotion.
 

KBLovedDisney

Well-Known Member
To be fair, the only reason Walt ever got into television was to promote Disneyland and have ABC pay for a chunk of its construction. It was only because he was Walt Disney and insisted on also making that TV show an entertaining and, often, informative one that it holds up today. It's primary function was as promotion.
Sounds like what Macy's does for their parade. Doesn't it all just promote business?
 

geekza

Well-Known Member
Sounds like what Macy's does for their parade. Doesn't it all just promote business?
Yeah, it was always promotion for Macy's, but over the years it has gotten worse. Once they figured out that it was a huge opportunity to sell ad space, every float and balloon became about selling something, whether it be a toy, upcoming movie, or the "stars" of whatever shows are currently airing on NBC. They throw in some high school bands, but it costs an absolute fortune for those kids to get there and they barely give them any screen time. I was in a band that marched in the parade back in 1987 (I'm old) and, then, we had 60 seconds to get on, play a song, and get off. Now, it's even less. Don't get me wrong, it was an unbelievable and unique experience for 180 kids from rural WV, but we paid through the nose to go. I still watch the parade for the numbers from the Broadway shows, mostly because I know I'll never be able to afford to see them, but I usually zone out and do something else when everything else is going on.
 

WDWTank

Well-Known Member
Because they'd look silly in Frontierland.

In all honesty, they likely wanted a draw/event for the summer, especially in aging tomorrowland. AK has Pandora, Epcot had Guardians, DHS has TSL. A quick, dirty overlay for a season to match with a new movie in a park which wouldn't have received any press otherwise is a simple solution.
Aging Tomorrowland?
 

WDWTank

Well-Known Member
as much as we may all wish this was divine inspiration, it was, in fact, the new movie that dictated they had to be featured somewhere...
considering the guardians had already booked the agt, tland was the next best thing, right? ;)

such methods tend to invalidate questions such as this because any and all reasoning becomes plausible in service of supporting corporate synergy.

nothing particularly new, but what is/will be exacerbated in the parks, experiences, and consumer products era, is the creeping stink that parks are to serve largely as a marketing apparatus -
walt considered it one aspect of many, as all divisions were to feed in and out of each other, and in organic ways - but he's just an artifact from a bygone era at this point :mad:

ip's also carry with them additional assumed ROI, which never hurts... but is it fact? certainly not always, but don't bother telling the brass.

so, while attempts are still made to 'legitimize' some decisions in the minds of those who may take issue, such care is not universal -
anything can be sold as magic, so the question then turns to if guests are buying it (or, if they still show and don't complain... same difference)
Sometimes ROI for IP’s dwindle after a certain period of time..
 

trainplane3

Well-Known Member
So are we sure that dome thing is going away for good or will it receive a refurb to fit in with New "old" Tomorrowland? Just asking since I'm looking forward to it getting removed if that is the case.
 

THE Monorail Lime

Well-Known Member
What if they divide Tomorrowland in to eras?

-Keep but update space mountain to coincide with TRON and redo the speedway and make it a future like area

-Astro Orbiter, people mover and Buzz Would be retooled to fit with a retro future theme.
 
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