Would You Like To See The Cars Land Sci-fi Drive-In Be Resurrected?

[Disney Irish]

Castle parks are themed to American culture and history, just romanticized. If you want a parallel to a castle park, then you want DCA. It can span from desert to forested frontier to beachside to big city to small town to farm and so on. California is incredibly diverse with rich history. It is by no means a limiting theme.

We'll just not see eye-to-eye on this, and that is ok. You love CA and there is no shame in that. I love the state that I've had a home in my whole life as well. I just don't want a theme park themed after it. I'd rather go visit the real thing. You feel different and that is cool with me.

 

[TROR]

We'll just not see eye-to-eye on this, and that is ok. You love CA and there is no shame in that. I love the state that I've had a home in my whole life as well. I just don't want a theme park themed after it. I'd rather go visit the real thing. You feel different and that is cool with me.

Is this how you feel about Main Street USA or New Orleans Square? I'm assuming no. If that's the case, I fail to understand why you're against an equally factious and equally romantic midcentury small town in California.

 

[Disney Irish]

Is this how you feel about Main Street USA or New Orleans Square? I'm assuming no. If that's the case, I fail to understand why you're against an equally factious and equally romantic midcentury small town in California.

Because I've lived in one of those very midcentury small towns in CA. And sorry but I have no romantic feelings toward it what so ever. So why would I want a theme park I visit to have a similar representation of a place that I don't have romantic feelings toward. I go to a theme park to get away from those feelings, not be reminded of them.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Anyone else like DCA?

 

[lazyboy97o]

The Sci-Fi Dine In was one of my favorite restaraunts at Disney World, it was a lot of fun. Had no idea it was planned for DCA. Would love to have it here.

Not just planned, but announced. It was a surprising big part of the Disney’s California Adventure rebuild announcement.

 

[mickEblu]

My problem with that is, most Californians don't care about the midcentury car culture in California anymore. You either lived it and will laugh at the attempt to try and capture what it was in a theme park, or you were born after it and don't really care. Its the same reason why most Californians don't care about a park dedicated to a state they already live in.

I’m born after it but wish I was born in it. So I care

 

[mickEblu]

I would love to see a Land based on a romanticized view of the 50s. Classic cars. Diners. 50’s music. I guess Cars Land is a cartoon version of that. But I’d feel more of an emotional connection if I felt like I was in Back to the Future or Grease as opposed to Radiator Springs.

 

[Kiwiduck]

The Sci-Fi Dine Drive In is one of my favourite restaurants at WDW despite its mediocre to awful food. I would love to see it at DCA (hopefully with better food).

 

[Disney Irish]

I’m born after it but wish I was born in it. So I care

That is good for you. But my opinion is you're still in the minority.

Cars Land basically provides the car culture nostalgia just wrapped in an IP. As I said before Cars in my opinion is this generations version of American Graffiti, and its no surprise that it was done by the same company founded by Lucas. Although one could say that Fast and Furious is a different side of that coin, however that is another discussion all together. But I personally just don't see much desire for it beyond that for 50s car culture, and really no desire for a generic 50s small town in CA land in a Disney Park. If we start seeing a revival of 50s greaser movies glorifying the car culture of that time period again then I might change my mind. But if they really wanted to do that this should have been done in the 70s and 80s when Grease and Back to the Future was popular, both IPs of which you brought up in your other post.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

As I said before Cars in my opinion is this generations version of American Graffiti Doc Hollywood

FTFY

 

[Disney Irish]

FTFY

No, I meant what I said. Yes the movie is basically just a ripoff of Doc Hollywood, but it also tries to glorify the nostalgia of American Graffiti. And that is the point I was trying to get across.

 

[socalifornian]

That is good for you. But my opinion is you're still in the minority.

Cars Land basically provides the car culture nostalgia just wrapped in an IP. As I said before Cars in my opinion is this generations version of American Graffiti, and its no surprise that it was done by the same company founded by Lucas. Although one could say that Fast and Furious is a different side of that coin, however that is another discussion all together. But I personally just don't see much desire for it beyond that for 50s car culture, and really no desire for a generic 50s small town in CA land in a Disney Park. If we start seeing a revival of 50s greaser movies glorifying the car culture of that time period again then I might change my mind. But if they really wanted to do that this should have been done in the 70s and 80s when Grease and Back to the Future was popular, both IPs of which you brought up in your other post.

Mid century car culture is the best

 

[Disney Irish]

Mid century car culture is the best
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Yep, which is why the land would work in Disney Cuba better where they are stuck in the 50s...

 

[TROR]

Yep, which is why the land would work in Disney Cuba better where they are stuck in the 50s...

But if they want to experience 1950's cars, they can just go outside

 

[Disney Irish]

But if they want to experience 1950's cars, they can just go outside

Nah, just theme it to the 60s and it’ll be their TL...

 

[Californian Elitist]

But if they want to experience 1950's cars, they can just go outside

Have you ever been to a classic car show at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank? People always bring the most interesting cars, many of them from the 50’s.

I would recommend it.

 

[lazyboy97o]

That is good for you. But my opinion is you're still in the minority.

Cars Land basically provides the car culture nostalgia just wrapped in an IP. As I said before Cars in my opinion is this generations version of American Graffiti, and its no surprise that it was done by the same company founded by Lucas. Although one could say that Fast and Furious is a different side of that coin, however that is another discussion all together. But I personally just don't see much desire for it beyond that for 50s car culture, and really no desire for a generic 50s small town in CA land in a Disney Park. If we start seeing a revival of 50s greaser movies glorifying the car culture of that time period again then I might change my mind. But if they really wanted to do that this should have been done in the 70s and 80s when Grease and Back to the Future was popular, both IPs of which you brought up in your other post.

Themed entertainment is not subservient to film.

 

[Disney Irish]

Themed entertainment is not subservient to film.

Nor is it hindered by using a film as part of its themes. It’s not an either or proposition.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Nor is it hindered by using a film as part of its themes. It’s not an either or proposition.

Except that you are the one saying a land only makes sense if certain movies are being made.

 

[Disney Irish]

Except that you are the one saying a land only makes sense if certain movies are being made.

That isn’t what I was saying. But thanks for playing...