lazyboy97o
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Islands of Adventure isn’t about islands but Harry Potter does takes place on an island.
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What does "The Little Mermaid" have to do with California?
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Animaniac93-98
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Jurassic Park takes place on an island
King Kong takes place on an island
Many of Spider-Man's adventures takes place on Manhattan Island
It may be a coincidence, but many of the park's stories do actually involve islands.
LittleMerman
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Gotcha, I honestly had no idea lol. Well that's cool. But I still don't think every single thing has to tie back into a theme, there can be some liberties to get IP in there with looser ties. One of the issues Disney has is that almost TOO themed and sometimes they don't know where to put things. Some theme parks have looser themes (Epic Universe) where you can really put in anything and it still makes sense. It's almost like Disney needs a little bit of that for overflow.
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lazyboy97o
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Have you ever finished a book, movie or play and thought “The story was too good, maybe it should have been a little worse”?
Californian Elitist
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LittleMerman
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No but I've been on attractions in theme parks (including Disney) and still enjoyed them no matter what "land" they were in without overanalyzing a ride placement on an online message board.
LittleMerman
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For example, everyone complaining that Frozen "doesn't belong" in Norway, Tiana "doesn't belong" in Frontierland, and Zootopia "doesn't belong" in AK.
lazyboy97o
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But you did enjoy an attraction less because it fit too well? Why should we not notice or care because you do not? What do you lose when experiences are well made?
Californian Elitist
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I just don’t see the logic or sense in thinking something in a theme park fits too well in the environment it’s in.
TrainsOfDisney
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It’s a classic “tunnel of love” dark ride at a California Pier. It worked. But now with Pixar pier and marvel it doesn’t work at all.
Monsters Inc. is worse, but is a very fun ride. I wish they would have made that area “Muppet Studios” and that could have been a dark ride tour of Muppet Studios and keep Muppet vision next door.
Monsters Inc. is worse, but is a very fun ride. I wish they would have made that area “Muppet Studios” and that could have been a dark ride tour of Muppet Studios and keep Muppet vision next door.
LittleMerman
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Nope, never said that.
LittleMerman
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I didn't say that. I said that I don't think every single thing has to fit 100% perfectly into whatever land its in (it happens all the time and people still live) and that I don't waste my time being overly critical or concerned about theme park attraction placement.
Phroobar
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England and Ireland are islands.
lazyboy97o
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You’re contradicting yourself. If you don’t care then great, you don’t care. What do you lose by others caring? Why is it so important that you show you don’t care?
mickEblu
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An island is just a really small continent.
lazyboy97o
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I think the Scottish and Welsh would disagree.
Phroobar
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No man is an island
Californian Elitist
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I’m referring to the original post I responded to. You said Disney has a problem of making things “TOO themed.” To me, that sounds like you’re devaluing the value of something that’s well-themed. Now you’re talking about something else.
LittleMerman
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I didn't contradict myself. I gave my opinion on the topic and people misinterpreted what I said so I commented back to clarify.