Why would you just go to Disneyland then? If that was built here then there would be no reason for people to go to Disneyland. I know that people who can't travel to one park would want duplicate stuff but one of the parks would suffer financially.
I don't understand why people want stuff from the other parks. I want original/amazing rides. I don't want clone copies of whats in other parks.
Different strokes for different strokes. Like I explained in my reply to Crazy Harry, I seasonally live 15 minutes from the MK parking lot, which is 40 hours from DL since I don't fly. So having my favorites from Disneyland that are missing from the MK, in the MK, would mean I'd get to enjoy them REGULARLY. Not just a "once or twice a lifetime" type of thing.
I doubt if the MK having the Disneyland dark rides that our Fantasyland is missing would really hurt Disneyland all that much. Most people seem to consider them "C-tickets" and probably wouldn't plan a trip to Disneyland around them.
Both parks have a Railroad, a Castle, a Small World, a Splash Mountain, a Pirates, a Space Mountain, a Thunder Mountain, a Haunted Mansion, a Jungle Cruise, a Tiki Room, a Dumbo, a Peter Pan's Flight, a Pooh, a Carousel, etc. The duplication of those on both coasts doesn't' seem to be "hurting" either park!
Let's face it, nearly everything from Disneyland was adapted for not just the MK, but for the international versions of the "Castle Parks". (especially the very solid attraction roster in Tokyo). The main things that got the shaft at the Florida MK were the missing Fantasyland rides. My desire to have those rides in the MK is
no less valid than all the people who went to Guest Relations in the early 70's asking "Where are the Pirates?"
I don't have a problem with each park having different VERSIONS of these classic rides, but there are classics that the parks would seem "incomplete" without. Just like if you went into an Orlando Mc Donald's and they said, "We are sorry, we don't offer a Big Mac or fries, but our California stores have them". Well, the Orlando store would seem like it was missing something you would expect each McD FRANCHISE to have.
And I think the MK style parks are in essense, "franchises". People will have different opinions about which classics these parks would feel "incomplete" without. But for me those Fantasyland dark rides are in the must-have category. For my taste, having the Mansion or Hall of Presidents missing from the MK would not seem NEARLY as "incomplete" as missing Pinocchio's Daring Journey, Alice In Wonderland, Mr. Toad, Matterhorn, Casey Jr., or Storybookland.
(And I still can't get over the fact that the Paris park is missing what I consider essential classics such as Splash Mountain, Jungle Cruise, Tiki Birds, and Country Bears. Sacriledge! And I won't even get started on the "Cliff Notes" version of an attraction roster found in Hong Kong!)
As for MK having things the other MK-style parks don't, that doesn't really appeal to me. It wouldn't bother me ONE BIT if every MK park in the world got the same Mermaid ride we are about to get. In fact, it would make me HAPPY that more people would get to experience the attraction. I get no joy whatsoever out of a ride being an "exclusive" that other people may not ever get to experience, depending on where they live!
But like I said, I didn't post my "wish list" to get into an argument about whether the MK-style parks should have common rides. I was just giving my honest answer to the original question.
My dream project would be the return of 20,000 Leagues, but it would be bigger and cooler than ever!!!
