What attractions would you consider “sacred?”

[BlakeW39]

Sacred attractions? I have quite a few, and to avoid making a very long post, I’ll separate them into different posts, each one being for a certain park.
Starting with animal kingdom:
Wildlife Express

now this one is a maybe. I mean Walt loved trains, but this train was built more of a means of transportation between Rafiki’s planet watch and Africa so it’s not clear whether or not the connection to Walt’s passion is present (I think it is!) and if you remove Planet Watch from AK, the train might fall out of place. So I guess I’m only calling it sacred because it’s a train and I’m a railfan.​

Chester and Hester’s Dino-Rama

So this might be a little out of place, yes, but it’s a good representation of roadside attractions from yesteryear. It’s also a good family-friendly area when you think about it.​

Expedition Everest

This one is a great thrill ride, so if you take it out, there won’t be as many exciting attractions in AK.​

*cough* you forgot the most important *cough* Kilimanjaro Safaris *cough*

 

[Disneyrailfan1996]

*cough* you forgot the most important *cough* Kilimanjaro Safaris *cough*

Thank you! I can’t believe I forgot about that attraction!

Moving on to Hollywood studios
Rock N Rollercoaster

Classic Rock? Check. Disney? Check (obviously). Two things I like together! Now is it a very original idea? Yes it is! Tell me where else you’ll find a coaster sync’d to classic rock? We lost the one in Paris to marvel theming, so let’s pray this one never leaves!​

Tower of Terror

Let’s face it, this gives an old TV series some great recognition! Admit it, without TOT not many people would even know about the Twilight Zone! Plus, it’s unique not only in design and the general experience, but also the experience in and of itself. Of the 13 possible, no 2 consecutive experiences will be the same. So if you get experience number 5, that means the next ride will be something other than that since it’s very randomized.​

The great movie ride

It’s too late to save it, but still WHY?! Why would you remove such a classic attraction!?! It was a great showcase of certain films and even had riders feel like they were part of a film at some points! I’d like to say more, but I’d rather not go off on tangents!​

Star Tours

I’m just going to come out and say it. A Star Wars attraction was MEANT to happen! It’s also Disney’s first partnership (sort of) with Fox: before Disney bought lucasfilm, Fox (in a way) owned the rights to Star Wars so it could be considered a (small) piece of history.​

One Man’s Dream

This is an attraction devoted to Walt! There’s some pieces of history present there too! It’s a great tribute to Walt himself and the history of Disney! What else can I say?​

Studio Backlot Tour

Why Disney?! Why??? This was a great attraction that, IIRC, showcased what the backlot of a movie set was like and gave some good explanations as to how some things like special effects worked! We still have the one in Paris, but it’s not the same as the Hollywood Studios one.​

50’s Sci-Fi Dine-In

Do/can some restaurants count as being a sacred attraction? If so, then I think the dine-in should! There aren’t very many drive-ins left so this one allows people to, in a way, see what it is like to actually go to a drive in! It’s not exactly a drive-in theater, but it’s close enough IMO. This perhaps is one of the most creative ways Disney has made a restaurant!​

 

[righttrack]

To me, only the rides Walt had a hand in designing.

HM
CoP
IaSM
Railroad
PotC

Probably a few I missed too. Everything else, Everything, is up for grabs. WDW is a place where we should see and do things we can't do anywhere else. As the immitators make their copies, WDW must stay above the fray and demolish and build new and exciting things. Nostalgia belongs to the opening day rides and ones that Walt had some hand in (even if they are copies from DL), the rest, keep modern, updated, new and exciting.

 

[Disneyrailfan1996]

In Epcot there are few attractions I consider sacred.

Spaceship Earth

This is the icon of Epcot, so if you take this out then you’re removing a Disney icon! Sure, maybe if it were updated as time went on then it’d still remain an icon. But imagine Epcot without it! Would be really different!​

Germany’s garden railroad

So this isn’t really an attraction, but I think that it is sacred. It just has a charm to it. Let’s face it, it’s pretty cool to watch the trains run around and it’s great for the whole family.​

The American adventure (whatever the show is)

You wouldn’t want to have a theme land for Epcot that doesn’t have an attraction for the country that the park is located in, would you? Wouldn’t make much sense not to have it. Enough said.​

Soarin’

This is just too cool to remove, let’s just put it that way​

Living with the land

It’s neat to ride past all the plants and the fish! It’s pretty much a one of a kind garden tour!​

The manatee pool (whatever it’s called)

Manatees are endangered, so removing this might lower awareness for them! It’s also a great place for rescued manatees.​

Test Track

I imagine that this is just one of those rides that is just too exciting and too thrilling to remove. It just fits in really well in future world as well​

Second floor of Imagination

Everything up there was pretty amazing and had a wow factor (especially the rainbow tunnel). It’s abandoned, yes, but I imagine that it at least is in someways intact. Imagine how many people might actually enjoy this compared to the imageworks on the first floor.​

Captain EO

...So maybe this one isn’t sacred, I still think that the joint venture between Disney and Michael Jackson.​

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[Mickey shaped world]

I think any ride with a slogan or song that you can't get out of your head is sacred. Everything from 'it's the wildest ride in the wilderness' to 'its a a small world after all'.

 

[ppete1975]

Disneyworld Railway.

would you be upset if they plussed the scenery? Made the route longer? My point and not to single you out, is if its done for improvement I am fine with them changing anything. Now a better question is, is there a scene that should never be touched?
example
The first 3 COP, stages although I think cop should be changed, but that's to redo or add the last scene.
The stretching room of HM (I don't see how you could make this better without ruining it)
Swiss family as an attraction shouldn't be touched, technology additions don't really fit, and you cant extend it or really make it ADA


Space ship earth can be plussed especially the last scene and descent.
Small world should stay as is, although I'm sure you will see some small additions of ips.
I love muppets, but a new film and some updating wouldn't hurt it, I'm just scared they would rather remove it than spend money on it.

 

[Dutch Inn '76]

Haunted Mansion, Small World, People Mover, Hall of Presidents, Tiki Room, Pirates (too late!), Peter Pan, Splash Mountain, Tom Sawyer's Island...and the Biergarten.

 

[geekza]

It’s abandoned, yes, but I imagine that it at least is in someways intact. Imagine how many people might actually enjoy this compared to the imageworks on the first floor.

Sadly, it is all dismantled. Prepare to have your heart broken. Skip to the 10:00 mark if the link doesn't take you there automatically.

 

[crxbrett]

Sadly, it is all dismantled. Prepare to have your heart broken. Skip to the 10:00 mark if the link doesn't take you there automatically.

This makes me sad. Disney sure loves closing stuff up unnecessarily and wasting perfectly good space don't they?

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

None. There are nostalgic attractions...but no sacred ones. I think every attraction should be subject to major overhaul/replacement when it makes sense. As technology evolves (and attractions become dated), Disney owes it to itself and their guests to evolve with it.

This makes every attraction, including HM, IASW, Splash, SM a candidate.

Don't get me wrong. I love a ride like HM. But as it closes in on it's 50th year I question how many more decades it can sustain the appeal without a major overhaul. I'm not talking refurb here. But overhaul. Like a new ride system (Mystic Manor?) or a major rework of the attraction. (This doesn't necessarily mean replacement).

 

[Disney4family]

Ugh. I would so fail if this list had to be sent to turnitin.com (those of you who deal with term papers understand)
MK
Jungle Cruise
Pirates (please stop changing it)
Swiss Family Treehouse
Splash
BTMRR
IASW
Peter Pan
COP
TTA Peoplemover
Space Mountain
EP
Nemo (from my kids - who are now teens)
Gran Fiesta Tour (from my kids)
Living with the Land (bring back the little alligators)
[Soarin & TT are already messed up compared to the originals]
HS
Tower of Terror
Rock n Roller Coaster
One Man's Dream (best museum & movie on property)
AK
Dinosaur
Expedition Everest (with some Yeti love)

 

[geekza]

This makes me sad. Disney sure loves closing stuff up unnecessarily and wasting perfectly good space don't they?

Honestly, the fact that it stayed untouched (and even lit!) for so many years after being closed off from the public says something about the neglect that Epcot suffered over the years. When I first went to EPCOT Center as an 11 year-old kid back in 1983, the Imageworks was as big of a draw as the rest of the pavilion. It was truly "The Playground of the Future." That was ultimately its downfall. So much was spent on making it bleeding-edge for 1982 that it would have taken a continuous flow of quite a bit of money in order for it to continue to live up to its tagline. It didn't happen and was eventually a veritable ghost town that made more sense to the company to shutter than to keep limping along. For those of us who got to experience it at its peak, it was glorious! The Rainbow Tunnel and all of the other amazing experiences I had in Imageworks still burn brightly in my memory. I feel very sorry for the folks who weren't able to experience EPCOT Center in its heyday. It's nearly impossible to relay to younger folks just what a remarkable and unique place it was. I think that's why I get so frustrated sometimes when those of us who were so deeply affected by WDW in the 1970's and 1980's have our opinions about expectations of quality in today's WDW shot down as being useless nostalgia. I've gotten used to it, but I'm finding I'm more and more comfortable with being considered a curmudgeon. My fellow curmudgeons understand and that's enough for me.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to sit on my front porch, smoking a corn-cob pipe, drinking a Nehi, and yelling at kids who are interrupting my Grit reading.

 

[Minnie1976]

In the MK: Peter Pan, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Space Mt. 3 of them I liked have already been removed: skyway, Snow White and 20,000 leagues

 

[jlsHouston]

CoP. Peter Pan. Pirates. Space. And of course Small World.

 

[FettFan]

It's definitely on my bucket list to head to Anaheim. I've only seen PoTC at Disneyland on YouTube but, with what I've seen, and including the recent changes, I am definitely intrigued as to what the actual experience would be like riding it. It's always been longer in duration than WDW, so that's a plus. HM is my favorite Disney attraction, but I really can't understand the hype over the Hatbox Ghost either. I'm sure that I would probably love Disneyland-but WDW will always be my home park and my favorite, due to the emotional connections I have with it.

I think the big appeal for the Hatbox Ghost is that it was a "lost" character, removed from the DL Mansion....yet kept popping up in different incarnations, from the facial sculpt being seen in the hallway portraits in both Mansions, to his prevalence in merchandise, including the "story and song" book/cassette combos*. Heck, even Guillermo Del Toro teased Hatbox when he showed the icon for his stuck-in-development-hell Haunted Mansion remake/reboot/re-re.

And when Hattie finally returned, fans were ecstatic. They saw Disneyland going back to the past to inform the future.
And I for one can't help but wonder if Dreamfinder will get the same reception if/when he should return.






*side note: I miss those things. It was a children's book and cassette tape that let kids read along with the narrator. While I had a number of them for Disney movies, I only had one for a park attraction: "It's a Small World"

 

[FettFan]

In the MK: Peter Pan, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Space Mt. 3 of them I liked have already been removed: skyway, Snow White and 20,000 leagues

Unfortunately, the Skyway became too much of a safety hazard and led to the death of a cast member when he was knocked off the second floor of the Tomorrowland station. And lord help Disney with today's teenagers....I can imagine guests being pelted with dropped cell phones on a near-constant basis if they Skyway still existed.

20,000 Leagues was a maintenance nightmare....both submarine voyages were, with Disneyland's going into an extended closure and possible demolition until Finding Nemo was added as a last ditch gambit to save it.


But I agree wholeheartedly with the closure of Snow White that was just nonsense. Disney was hell bent on getting a princess meet and greet, and the land where the 7DMT currently stands would have hosted Cinderella's manor house and Aurora's cottage to have their own "Story Time With Belle" style character meetings.
So when the 7DMT got the green light, they decided to rip out Snow White's heart and put it in a Fairytale Hall.