Unpopular opinions about the parks?

NelsonRD

NelsonRD

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PiratesMansion said:
CBJ is stigmatized by people who won't give it a chance simply because of the stereotypes they have about that country music and the people who listen to it.

Also because it never caught on at Disneyland, so obviously it can't be good if it never caught on at Disneyland. I mean, it's originally from Florida? Things can't be good if they started in Florida!111
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I never associated, or heard of an association between Country Bear Jamboree to country music. It typically is synonymous with county living, not country music.
 
Monkee Girl

Monkee Girl

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PiratesMansion said:
CBJ is stigmatized by people who won't give it a chance simply because of the stereotypes they have about that country music and the people who listen to it.

Also because it never caught on at Disneyland, so obviously it can't be good if it never caught on at Disneyland. I mean, it's originally from Florida? Things can't be good if they started in Florida!111
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I think the bears need some new love. Much like any show, when it's never been changed, it gets super boring. At least with a ride, it's constantly moving and you can always find new things to enjoy about it. But a show needs to keep moving every few years or so. I feel the same way with Muppets 3D....I don't recall if it had been refurbed at any point but it feels like it's the same video with same outdated 3D effects since it's introduction. It's time for something new. Even the Tiki Birds have been reimagined a few times since I've seen them and, for good or bad, it keeps the attraction interesting. I think the bears need a new story or new songs or something. I'm not saying completely dumb it down or kiddify it, but it probably should be looked at to see if there's something more relevant they can do with the bears. I don't want them gone, I love them but they definitely need some love.
 
PiratesMansion

PiratesMansion

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NelsonRD said:
I never associated, or heard of an association between Country Bear Jamboree to country music. It typically is synonymous with county living, not country music.
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In my experience, country living and country music may as well be synonymous for the people who will judge it so.
Monkee Girl said:
I think the bears need some new love. Much like any show, when it's never been changed, it gets super boring. At least with a ride, it's constantly moving and you can always find new things to enjoy about it. But a show needs to keep moving every few years or so. I feel the same way with Muppets 3D....I don't recall if it had been refurbed at any point but it feels like it's the same video with same outdated 3D effects since it's introduction. It's time for something new. Even the Tiki Birds have been reimagined a few times since I've seen them and, for good or bad, it keeps the attraction interesting. I think the bears need a new story or new songs or something. I'm not saying completely dumb it down or kiddify it, but it probably should be looked at to see if there's something more relevant they can do with the bears. I don't want them gone, I love them but they definitely need some love.
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And the only love I would give them would be to refresh the AAs and restore the full length original show. Relevance is usually code for "put in modern country songs" or "swap out the bears for modern IP", much like the rumored Toy Story takeover from 2019, and that's not the solution. They already tried to put in more modern stuff with the Vacation Hoedown version of the show and it didn't make people like the show any more. WDW actually returned to the original show based on guest demand after the switchover to VH happened, and good for them for doing so.

Based on the three versions of the show that have already been produced, I think the original version is the ONLY one that truly works. And if Imagineers in the eighties couldn't create anything to touch the quality of the original show, I certainly don't trust that today's Imagineers will understand the assignment (if, indeed, keeping the bears and not swapping them out for something more "relevant" is even an option on the table). Based on what they have produced as of late, from my vantage point there's never been a worse time to advocate for 'change for the sake of change.'

And based on UNM and the Stitch version of the show I've seen at Tokyo Disneyland, I'd say similar things about the Tiki Room. The only version that works is the original. The main thing WDW can do is maintain them properly (i.e. better than they do now).
 
SaucyBoy

SaucyBoy

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I've had a few beers so I'll just say that, in its current state, Epcot is the worst park at WDW. It hasn't been great in a long time but it always had Reflections of Earth to makeup for it's mediocrity. But when they killed that show in favor of a show that caters to a bunch of theme park nerds and then replaced that show with one that caters to guests with the brain capacity of dirt only to bring back the geek show, yikes. I'd rather spend my time at DHS...and that says something because that park sucks too.
 
Twirlnhurl

Twirlnhurl

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The movement of the Yeti in Expedition Everest didn't add much. If I had to decide how to spend a fixed amount of money on maintenance at DAK, almost anything else you could think of would be a better way to spend it.

A Monsters Inc. Door Coaster would be the worst of the three Monsters Inc. rides around the world.

Mission: Space is very good.

Walt Disney World's Tomorrowland in 2023 is the best version of Tomorrowland at any Disney theme park today, and probably ever.
 
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J4546

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Twirlnhurl said:
The movement of the Yeti in Expedition Everest didn't add much. If I had to decide how to spend a fixed amount of money on maintenance at DAK, almost anything else you could think of would be a better way to spend it.

A Monsters Inc. Door Coaster would be the worst of the three Monsters Inc. rides around the world.

Mission: Space is very good.

Walt Disney World's Tomorrowland in 2023 is the best version of Tomorrowland at any Disney theme park today, and probably ever.
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What are the 3 monsters Inc that exist now? I know about the monster Inc ride in CA, what are the other 2?
 
Twirlnhurl

Twirlnhurl

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J4546 said:
What are the 3 monsters Inc that exist now? I know about the monster Inc ride in CA, what are the other 2?
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I worded it poorly, I meant that there would be three Monsters, Inc. rides:
  1. Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek! at Tokyo Disneyland would be the best
  2. Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! At Disney California Adventure would be second best
  3. Door Coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios would be third best
I guess you could include Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor at Magic Kingdom if your definition of rides includes continuously running shows, but I think that would not be an unpopular opinion to predict the Door Coaster would be better.
 
Chef Mickey

Chef Mickey

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Twirlnhurl said:
The movement of the Yeti in Expedition Everest didn't add much. If I had to decide how to spend a fixed amount of money on maintenance at DAK, almost anything else you could think of would be a better way to spend it.

A Monsters Inc. Door Coaster would be the worst of the three Monsters Inc. rides around the world.

Mission: Space is very good.

Walt Disney World's Tomorrowland in 2023 is the best version of Tomorrowland at any Disney theme park today, and probably ever.
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The yeti take is flat out wrong.
 
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Snake

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The last great, groundbreaking ride introduced to WDW was Toy Story Mania. This was the last ride that actually wow'ed me, everything else thereafter, not so much. The original version of Animal Kingdom Dinosaur (much more intense ride) was superior to the DL Indiana Jones ride.
 
TomboyJanet

TomboyJanet

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Snake said:
The last great, groundbreaking ride introduced to WDW was Toy Story Mania. This was the last ride that actually wow'ed me, everything else thereafter, not so much. The original version of Animal Kingdom Dinosaur (much more intense ride) was superior to the DL Indiana Jones ride.
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My unpopular opinion is that tsm is kinda meh. It has a lot to do with the very long slow and uninteresting queue at least in Ca I didn't have time to do it in FL cuz of the dumb hurricane, but that line seems to go soooo slow. There's also very little to the ride that I can't just see being in Dave and Busters. I also want to really emphasize that there is nothing to see in the Ca queue if you're not near Potato Head. It's just some things that look like clean versions of buildings in a Six Flags section labeled "boardwalk" or "action alley"
 
FettFan

FettFan

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Unpopular Opinion:
Honey I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure could have been repurposed into a better Toy Story atmosphere than the actual "Toy Story Land".
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Leighcat

Leighcat

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BlakeW39 said:
My 'hot take': I'd much rather WDW fix their attractions and restore the quality they USED to have...including the yeti... before they go out and build overpriced IP rides like Guardians of the Galaxy.
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But you have to admit that Guardians is a great ride.
 

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