What would you change at each WDW park?

[Musical Mermaid]

MK- Replace Jungle Cruise, remove Aladdin’s magic carpets, replace Tomorrowland Speedway, update the tracks/more special effects Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain. If they’re going to keep Buzz Lightyear, I wish they’d update that too. I hate those guns. Replace SGE, Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. Tomorrowland really is a mess. If I truly had my way, I’d ditch Pooh and bring back Toad, maybe not the exact same ride, but a more updated ride.

Epcot- Wonders of Life Pavilion needs new attractions, replace Imagination, Mission Space, The Seas with Nemo, Pixar Short Film Festival. Fix the end of Spaceship Earth, people can make a video like that in the area after they leave the ride, give this a more inspired ending. I agree that the Odyssey should have a restaurant again. Besides the thrill at the end of Test Track, this ride needs changing too. It is certainly no Radiator Springs Racers. I like Living with the Land, but some of the areas before you enter the greenhouses look a bit empty or could use some updating. Remove the tombstones at the entrance.

DHS- Add a ride everyone can ride, maybe an omnimover or boat ride. Not everyone can ride thrill rides or simulators and Toy Story Mania I consider more of a game than a ride. Replace all the shows that have been around for more than 15 years. Update the Muppet Show. Replace Star Tours.

AK- Replace Dinoland or at least Dinorama. I don’t know what they can do with Rafiki’s Planet Watch, but it’s not a draw for me in its present state.

Better QS.
Newer monorails, better transportation all around.
Ditch the fastpass system.
I don’t have all the answers regarding replacements, I just know Disney can do so much better than most of these. It seems like some of the parks have lost their ways so much, it’s not as fun to visit them.

 

[Starlight67]

I don't know if it would hold any appeal (for anyone but me!) but I would like to see an area/attraction dedicated to all the non-animated Disney films of the way back past. (Parent Trap (original), Love Bug, Pollyanna etc.) Not sure even what or where this would be, or how it could be made exciting enough to draw guests-but I love all those classics.

DHS- Add a ride everyone can ride, maybe an omnimover or boat ride. Not everyone can ride thrill rides or simulators and Toy Story Mania I consider more of a game than a ride.

Excellent idea! Especially now that the easy-going 'everyone friendly' Great Movie Ride got the hatchet.

 

[Bullseye1967]

Epcot: The return of the original Journey into Imagination with Dreamfinder and Figment. If they can't recreate it, then a new version with both Dreamfinder and Figment, and a more fanciful atmosphere than the current laboratory setting. Put a restaurant back into the Odyssey and attractions back into Wonders of Life. Make the new temporary festival headquarters be in the World Showplace building near the UK.

Magic Kingdom: Make it so you can see things again in Space Mountain. Not for the sake of the Space Mountain ride, but for those passing through on the People Mover. I'm glad they brought back the original Tiki Room, even though edited for time. But for this post, I will say, Bring back the original Tiki Room, unedited!

Animal Kingdom: build a land dedicated to household pets. Maybe have a petting zoo there where you can have puppies swarm all over you. Probably not a practical request, but something I would love.

Disney's Hollywood Studios: Add the Indiana Jones ride from Disneyland somewhere near the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular.

All parks: Have a greater selection of fudge in all the candy stores. I still go to the candy stores looking for fudge like in the olden days, and end up disappointed. If I do settle for one of the few flavors they have left, I am disappointed in the taste. Universal and especially Sea World do fudge much better!

Visit Goofy's Candy Company at Disney Springs for a big selection, or the fudge brownie at Karamell Kuche in the Germany Pavilion at Epcot and you might be pleasantly surprised! There is also the Ganachery at Disney Springs.

 

[John park hopper]

Reduce the "phased closures" in each park by 50%. No need for FP of any kind and planning your vacation 6 months in advance to the minute. IMO the parks will be more enjoyable again

 

[Bullseye1967]

Reduce the "phased closures" in each park by 50%. No need for FP of any kind and planning your vacation 6 months in advance to the minute. IMO the parks will be more enjoyable again

Do you understand what a phased closure is? It is reaching capacity as set out by the state laws, usually by the fire marshal. Disney does do some playing with that, by closing way early to make room for guests staying on site to still get in, but it usually means "we are getting to full and approaching an unsafe situation" Would you like them to disable the smoke detectors too? Or am I getting you wrong? Should they start phased closures at half the capacity they do?

 

[John park hopper]

Do you understand what a phased closure is? It is reaching capacity as set out by the state laws, usually by the fire marshal. Disney does do some playing with that, by closing way early to make room for guests staying on site to still get in, but it usually means "we are getting to full and approaching an unsafe situation" Would you like them to disable the smoke detectors too? Or am I getting you wrong? Should they start phased closures at half the capacity they do?

The MK has a capacity of 100,000 they have a phased closure beginning at 65,000 to lessen the crowds so guests have a more enjoyable visit. Just looked it up didn't say anything about fire marshall or state law. What has disabling smoke detectors have to do with wanting Disney to reduce crowds more than what they are doing now ----don't see the connection

 

[Bullseye1967]

The MK has a capacity of 100,000 they have a phased closure beginning at 65,000 to lessen the crowds so guests have a more enjoyable visit. Just looked it up didn't say anything about fire marshall or state law. What has disabling smoke detectors have to do with wanting Disney to reduce crowds more than what they are doing now ----don't see the connection

Phased closings are based on capacity laws. Your 100k phase is outdated since hub update. Fire detector crack was related to laws. They do phase close because of those laws. I do now understand you want them to phase quicker. More guests mean more money spent, which means this will never happen. I understand this is our fantasy thread. Maybe your post should have said cut the people in the parks by half. The whole phased closing confused me.

 

[John park hopper]

Phased closings are based on capacity laws. Your 100k phase is outdated since hub update. Fire detector crack was related to laws. They do phase close because of those laws. I do now understand you want them to phase quicker. More guests mean more money spent, which means this will every happen. I understand this is our fantasy thread. Maybe your post should have said cut the people in the parks by half. The whole phased closing confused me.

Sorry for not making my post clearer I know it will never happen yes in my world i would like to see a reduction in crowds --- Phase quicker thats what I meant.

 

[Bullseye1967]

Sorry for not making my post clearer I know it will never happen yes in my world i would like to see a reduction in crowds --- Phase quicker thats what I meant.

I would love to see less people. Don't see it happening. When I ran a local hotel I was happy Disney marketing kept it busy always.

 

[RichC]

At Magic Kingdom, I’d deep six the stage shows in front of the castle and add more small-audience street musicians and performers in park corners. I’d like to see specialty shops return to Main Street USA. Yes, please scrap the flying carpets, too.

At Epcot, I would like for more country pavilions to have unique boat rides: bring back Maelstrom, keep Mexico, finally build Rhine River cruise, add a rapid-filled nature tour through the Canada, maybe a trip through time along the Yangtze. Also at Epcot, push the perfume peddlers out of the Italy and Norway gift shops. I love seeing and hearing the international cast members in all the WS shops and it’s annoying to have somebody shove a perfume sample in my face the second I enter.

In all parks, I would love for Imagineers to be allowed to go back to doing what the WED guys did: making brilliant, unique attractions that appealed to them (and Walt, of course), not just meeting the expectations of the masses. I hate the idea of Marvel-themed rides being built in Disney parks. Star Wars is bad enough and Avatar is simply baffling.

 

[J_Carioca]

Remove all Faspass+ kiosks and touchpoints. Replace with original paper Fastpass system only at attractions that originally had it.

The end.

I hereby nominate you to be CEO of WDW.

 

[spacemtnfanatic]

I am honored

 

[GVentola]

Visit Goofy's Candy Company at Disney Springs for a big selection, or the fudge brownie at Karamell Kuche in the Germany Pavilion at Epcot and you might be pleasantly surprised! There is also the Ganachery at Disney Springs.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have already tried Goofy's Candy Company, and their fudge selection is currently as lacking as any of the other candy stores. I always park over in the west end at the Strawberry parking lot, so I usually drop in on Candy Cauldron, but no luck there lately either. I don't care much for brownies. The Ganachery I haven't tried yet; I'll try to get to that next visit to Disney Springs.