This feels dramatic. The EPCOT plans were slashed while in motion, and the things people dislike about it aesthetically could only really crop up in former Future World, Tomorrowland, or something Marvel. The current floor for something more “traditionally” themed feels like the Ratatouille expansion.
I don’t think villains is too dark. Villains are already represented in the park (Ursula, Hook, Maleficent, etc.). If anything it’ll be a whimsical “not-so-scary” version that will be off-kilter and spooky.
It’s still the park that caters the most to the small child, princess loving set though. Kids between the ages of 18 months to around 4 or 5 are especially prone to weird fears. I cannot in a million years imagine Disney plopping Villains Land within shouting distance of a BBB.
Easy for you to say, Ichabod Crane
For most every kid in my family, ages 2-4 is where we had to start keeping “monster spray” by their beds, or they freaked out about monsters in the closet, or started saying stuff straight out of a horror movie (My son used to say their was a ghost who lived in our grandfather clock who only came out when I left the room.) I still have vivid memories of a nightmare I had at that age where a Purple Pie Man toy came to life and after that I refused to have villain toys in my room.
I'm still of the understanding that it's to take place in DHS. Wires-crossed? Maybe but I don't see a land existing in the saccharine sweet kiddo kingdom of Magic. If so, it'd be a lesser experience. A villains-lite. It's been mum on my end but maybe it'll take on that "Monstober/31 days of Halloween" concept?
I think the best case scenario would be that it’s a standalone “land” with room to grow into a full park over time. Skeptical that will happen though so if it doesn’t, I think it will be HS.
MK is one park with a distinct theme. Disney has plenty of space to build other lands elsewhere. I mean look at what Universal is doing in Texas - they started out as the older kid / teen park and now they want a park specifically for younger kids. Nothing wrong with differentiating experiences.
How do you explain Alien Encounter was forced to close down in the Magic Kingdom then if it wasn't parents complain about the attraction was to scary for the kids then?
A big creepy alien drooling on you is far scarier than anything that would happen in a villains land.
The people who think a Villains land would be too scary are the same ones who think Alien Encounter should come back lmao
