alissafalco
Well-Known Member
I have literally hundreds of ideas, just like I'm sure you and so many others do. It is not having a good idea that makes a successfull attraction. You could start with a terrible idea and if the execution is good the idea can turn into an amazing attraction. Likewise you can have an excellent idea and because of bureaucracy and corporate politics it can turn into garbage. What makes a good attraction is the proper balance of creativity (both artistic and technical), execution and budget.
For example, the redo of Journey Into Imagination started out as a great idea in my opinion. I would have prefered that they left the old ride concept alone and refurbished it but that is beside the point. The new idea could have stood on its own if it had been executed properly. Well as most would agree it turned into a disaster! In this case the budget alloted would have been okay for most other organizations other than Disney. But because Disney needs a fair amount more to run each project and support its massive and bloated management structure too much of that budget went into things other than the show. So that, among many other reasons, caused JII to come off as one of the worst attractions in Disney history. It started out as a good idea but turned out bad.
An often forgotten attraction that was alloted a miniscule budget and an unbelievably tight deadline was Cranium Command. Really it was a bad idea from the start because of its budget and deadline. Even the concept and how they were going to pull it off was a bad idea because the subject of the brain is so complex and could come off as boring to most guests. At least that was the sentiment of many at WDI at the time. Yet, in my opinion, CC was one of the best executed and most entertaining shows Disney had ever produced. I'm not saying it was a major blockbuster E-ticket but I'm saying it was better than what it was intended to be and certainly exceeded expectations. They did so much with so little and it worked. It was always the biggest surprise for guests because they didn't expect much. I know one reason was because of the producer who, as far as I know, doesn't work with WDI anymore and it's a shame. From what I've seen he was the one guy that made that project work. He is one of the people I'm referring to when I say give us $300 Million.
So my point is I could spout off plenty of ideas that would excite many. What I was mainly pointing out in my statement regarding the $300 Million was that the current WDI regime along with upper management, as a whole, have not been utilizing their resources effectively and efficiently.[/QUOTE]
I was hoping to hear some cool ideas.
