Just under a quarter of Disneyland's opening day attractions fit such a criteria. There was also a lot of resentment at the Studio of Disneyland taking away Walt's time and focus. If the parks were supposed to be such a platform they were complete and total failures.
Yes, DL wasn't about movie tie-ins. But DL's lands, minus Main Street, were based roughly on what Disney was doing with television and movies at that time. And also on what were then current popular culture escape worlds, Westerns, adventure movies set in exotic lands, space and atomic age imagery.
I'd say any of those could be made in an awesome ride. The IP, the story, and characters are secondary. Toad and ToT are awesome rides but mediocre IP's, Mermaid and Stitch are mediocre rides but awesome IP's.
Genres are not intellectual property. And Disneyland was made for Disneyland, not the other way around. That is an important distinction that is repeatedly ignored. The show was only created to get funding for the park (if it was supposed to promote the Studio you'd think they would be a little more committed) and it was about promoting the park. It is not the same as the twisting that makes it seem as though Disneyland was conceived first and the park idea followed.Yes, DL wasn't about movie tie-ins. But DL's lands, minus Main Street, were based roughly on what Disney was doing with television and movies at that time. And also on what were then current popular culture escape worlds, Westerns, adventure movies set in exotic lands, space and atomic age imagery.
For the Mark Twain and Autopia, stuff like this:
