Not trying to go too far off-topic here. (I tend to do that often;-)
"American Heartland" is yet ANOTHER new Disney-style project that appears (in the Blue Sky stage anyway) to again, capture the Disney-quality "Imagineering" that we have all come to love over the generations. And,...it's being done by a no-name company using ex-Disney Imagineers and over two billion dollars. They break ground this year.
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For most of my life, Disney Imagineering was unique, proprietary and "safe" from any other company matching them. No,...that is no longer the case anymore! ANY company today, if they have the
money and the willpower, can create anything that is truly "Disney-quality"....and completely PASS Disney and run right by it. (potentially)
The "Imagineering" industry is no longer a test or race of knowledge and skill. That knowledge and skill have escaped the walls of the company. It's a race and test of sheer actual "willpower". The organization that "wants" it the most can now have what Disney has (or had)....and "can" pass Disney with MUCH more.
I would argue that Disney might no longer have the Imagineering "willpower" today to be #1 and unique any longer.
Walt Disney's "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" will never be built by Disney. Someday, it will probably be built in a place like Dubai by a company that has the
willpower to do it.
It could literally be more "Disney",...than actual Disney is today.
"Disney magic" now belongs to anybody.
I think that this is where we are now....