Unpopular opinions about the parks?

[jpinkc]

Took out a great ride Mr Toad and replaced it with Pooh. Ok I am a Poohvian so I am lying with my previous statement, but I miss Mr Toad.

 

[EpcotMark]

Bring Back the Jeremy Irons Spaceship Earth, with subtle updates.

Bring Back Fountain of Nations.

Knock down the American Garden Theatre Stage structures. Was better the way it was nice and open, back in the 80s.

 

[Twirlnhurl]

Knock down the American Garden Theatre Stage structures. Was better the way it was nice and open, back in the 80s.

Removing shade structures? That would be an unpopular opinion indeed!

Or do you mean the walls behind the stage? Interesting thought regardless!

 

[CaptainJackNO]

I'm not the biggest fan of HM either actually. It's a good attraction, but I think POTC is superior



I mean I think that's just most people expressing that they dislike the current direction of the parks, but being that they still go they are implicitly admitting they are still worth a visit, for them. Keep in mind most of what the parks are even today is reflective of TWDC in the 50s-2000s, not the modern Iger-Chapek era upon which people lament

I agree with most being 50s-2000s, except the new people in charge of WDW do not maintain parks or attractions as they did between the 50s and 2000s. I just got back from my last trip a few weeks ago, and the number of attractions in all 4 parks where effects and major parts of attractions were broken was shocking.

This crew is clueless and careless

 

[tpoly88]

Two Unpopular Opinions:

1. A Disney World vacation is still decent value and provides a nice one-stop shop vacation.

2. Galaxy's Edge and RotR are both overrated.

I will now duck down in my foxhole.

we dont stay over at Disney as much and our relatives dont come down much for Disney anymore as the kids have grown. what i dont like is i feel that Star wars land destroyed Hollywood studios and what it was originally about. Used to be my favorite park, now i dont go anymore. hope there is room in the foxhole for one more!

 

[DisneyFanatic12]

we dont stay over at Disney as much and our relatives dont come down much for Disney anymore as the kids have grown. what i dont like is i feel that Star wars land destroyed Hollywood studios and what it was originally about. Used to be my favorite park, now i dont go anymore. hope there is room in the foxhole for one more!

I wish something moved in Star Wars Land. If something is going to kill the heart of a theme park, it needs to fill in its shoes as the new heart of the theme park. I’m a Star Wars fan, but the land is just a concrete jungle. I can’t place my finger on it, but I think it’s the lack of movement. It doesn’t feel “fake”, persay, but rather abnaturally dead. It’s sad we didn’t get the drone ships flying overhead too, because in almost every clip from Star Wars there is a ship in the sky.

Anyways, it needs waterfalls and other moving things. The prop ships need moving components as well. The land has the base, but it needs to have life or else it feels too dead and ruins the immersion…


And don’t get me started on smugglers run. The pilot role is fun for the first 2 times or so, but the restrictions on your flight path kills the re-rideablility. Gunner needs something like a joystick to control the guns to make it actually engaging, rather than just spamming the shooting button. The engineer is somehow worse than the gunner. The only part of the ride that the engineer has an implied role, the whole ship gets the role shared. The engineer should have to turn dials and open compartments and what not. Simply pressing 10 buttons is not at all fun. Better to just not activate your chair and pretend it’s Star Tours. A system like the Pirates of the Caribbean game at Disney Quest would be SO MUCH BETTER. That game was engaging for everyone!

 

[Twirlnhurl]

I wish something moved in Star Wars fan... . I’m a Star Wars fan, but the land is just a concrete jungle. I can’t place my finger on it, but I think it’s the lack of movement. It doesn’t feel “fake”, persay, but rather abnaturally dead.
... The prop ships need moving components as well. The land has the base, but it needs to have life or else it feels too dead and ruins the immersion

I feel like the portion of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge that works really well is the stretch between the restrooms and Smuggler's Run. A complex, multi level space, complete with robots roasting hot dogs on a spacecraft engine! Most of that stretch is in a partially enclosed shopping street, extremely evocative of a bustling smugglers market on an alien planet.

But the retail and food component of the land are... not in that section. Instead, the retail is inside a series of buildings with no windows and closed doors. Why weren't the shops placed on each side of the shopping street? Disney made themselves a greenfield site in DL and DHS, why did they lay it out so the retail and dining were elsewhere?

I've heard that the rest of the land wouldn't feel bad if the entertainment budget wasn't cut. (Unpopular opinion ahead, to keep this thread on topic If your themed land requires live entertainment to succeed, the themed land is a failure.

Live entertainment in a theme park is great. There should be more of it. But Hollywood Blvd and Sunset Blvd are successful themed areas when the streetmosphere is not happening. And even before the recent entertainment cuts, streetmosphere does not run every hour the park is open.

If a themed land requires actors to be successful, that means it will be unsuccessful for large swaths of the day. In other words, it is a failure.

 

[celluloid]

Relax, it's not wrong to stay in 5 star resorts and eat the best food. It's expensive to do nice things, to each their own.

Who cares there was a run off issue with a ride vehicle. I don't like the digital ending either, but the facts you gave don't impact the ride. Most things generally work fine.

Most things generally work fine is not the state The Haunted Mansion or much of The Magic Kingdom has been in.

That's why I said not my kind of budgeting. We are amazing food and did some of the best things in the world for 22 days!

 

[Twirlnhurl]

Unpopular opinion: if the Bantha ride was built in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, it would have either been an up-charge or it would have had such low guest satisfaction scores and high maintenance costs that it would not have reopened after covid. I am glad it wasn't built because it is a bad idea for a ride.

 

[GimpYancIent]

I wish something moved in Star Wars Land. If something is going to kill the heart of a theme park, it needs to fill in its shoes as the new heart of the theme park. I’m a Star Wars fan, but the land is just a concrete jungle. I can’t place my finger on it, but I think it’s the lack of movement. It doesn’t feel “fake”, persay, but rather abnaturally dead. It’s sad we didn’t get the drone ships flying overhead too, because in almost every clip from Star Wars there is a ship in the sky.

Anyways, it needs waterfalls and other moving things. The prop ships need moving components as well. The land has the base, but it needs to have life or else it feels too dead and ruins the immersion…


And don’t get me started on smugglers run. The pilot role is fun for the first 2 times or so, but the restrictions on your flight path kills the re-rideablility. Gunner needs something like a joystick to control the guns to make it actually engaging, rather than just spamming the shooting button. The engineer is somehow worse than the gunner. The only part of the ride that the engineer has an implied role, the whole ship gets the role shared. The engineer should have to turn dials and open compartments and what not. Simply pressing 10 buttons is not at all fun. Better to just not activate your chair and pretend it’s Star Tours. A system like the Pirates of the Caribbean game at Disney Quest would be SO MUCH BETTER. That game was engaging for everyone!

I absolutely agree with the fact the Gunner stations on the Falcon need to be interactive targeting and shooting activities. With all the video game tech available there is no reason the Gunner stations should be as limited as they are.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

COP belongs in a museum, not a theme park.
Speedway needs to be leveled.
Tiki and Country Bears should be ripped and replaced.

 

[Splash4eva]

COP belongs in a museum, not a theme park.
Speedway needs to be leveled.
Tiki and Country Bears should be ripped and replaced.

Speedway can be redone imo & be such a better themed ride… electric cars maybe driving thru different disney themed areas along the rode.

 

[J4546]

just electric cars would be a great upgrade and seemingly simple

 

[Marionnette]

Unpopular opinion: RotR ain't all that and a bottle of pop. There! I said it! (Boy do I feel better now!)

 

[Jrb1979]

Unpopular opinion character meals are a money grab and the food is awful for the most part.

 

[J4546]

(unpopular on this board opinion) JoW is a great fit for Epcot

 

[Smiley/OCD]

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will be the absolute finest attraction in the history of TWDC.

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

Magic Kingdom is the worst castle park and is overrated af.

 

[PiratesMansion]

Magic Kingdom is the worst castle park and is overrated af.

 

[J4546]

ive only been to mk and DL and DL is sooo much better than MK.