To be fair, this was actually the quickest route to returning it to a cohesive "land", as is now the fashion at the park. Launch Bay was the odd duck. No, it's not an IP land like the others, but it will make sense again as a self-contained unit and also creates an animation strip from Vacation Fun to Frozen to Runaway Railway to the Courtyard that plays decently well with current-state Hollywood and Sunset.
I would have kept the Pixar area and put the Door Coaster there. TSL and now MIL are very short sighted decisions IMO. each movie does not need it's own Land and the Pixar Studios concept could have given them the opportunity to put in multiple Pixar Attractions without them being forced into other parks where they don't belong Muppet Vision would be saved ROA and TSI would be saved and DHS would have a cohesive feel again. Also I would have kept the Great Movie Ride as the parks thesis statement. would have saved them lots of time and money and the park would have an identity instead of the random collection of IPs it is now.
People don’t care if it is Pixar vs Disney. That is not a cohesive enough theme to lump random IP together. You propose Slinky should be next to the door coaster and a Walle attraction? That would look pretty silly. Not to mention, does that mean Pixar can’t exist in other parks, like Buzz in MK where it fits naturally?
Well…. Pixar pier was not scratch built to be Pixar pier. If you demo animation and have multiple Pixar properties with mini-lands it could be nice.
Honestly, at this point, it's wishful thinking to believe they care about cohesiveness. Now I have to take each decision as it comes and judge it. In this case, it's a good decision. Once Upon a Studio was absolutely fantastic, and the fact that they're creating something from that for the park is a big win!
I guess it's tough to say exactly what I'd prefer because I've never seen the studio model done particularly well, or at least done to it's fullest potential. I think Universal Studios Florida and MGM both opened with a good foundation to prove that model's longterm success, but neither park really evolved in that direction. And the less said about Walt Disney Studios the better.
Man, can you imagine if they stuck Winnie the Pooh next to Snow White next to Peter Pan next to Little Mermaid all in one land? Chaos!
Yeah, this is kind of where I am about it all. Can't say I am excited about it, but if they're realistically not going to redevelop this area in the foreseeable future they may as well make it look nice/more cohesive and do something with that building. Going back to the animation theme also makes the most sense of anything.
Most of the Pixar Attractions in the other parks are forced fits to put it mildly.
Move Olaf to animation and put Darth Vader in celebrity spotlight
I wonder if they'll be at phase 3 for EU in 10 years?
Those attractions all work in Fantasyland because they’re based on classic storybooks. The general conceit exists that these are all fantastical characters that could conceivably live in the same enchanted forest somewhere.
How much sense does it make to go from Tiana to Cars? Or Big Thunder to Cars... none whatsoever, and it seems like people are fine with that... Grouping the Pixar IP into a Studios Park is not a terrible idea, and since everyone knows the studio and their work, it makes enough sense....
Fantasyland used to be the catchall Disney animation land because they made so many fairy tales. Most Pixar movies are just characters in a big city, therefore I see no reason you can't just mash all the movies together into one big Pixartropolis.
An E-Ticket Dark Ride through the films animated at the studio! You get three possible ride experiences: Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and Brother Bear!
