SpectreJordan
Well-Known Member
I'll agree to disagree on Cosmic. The story is incomprehensible but it's the most fun I've ever had on a theme park ride. I love the teleportation part of the pre-show, the music adds so much to the coaster & I really like the theming even if it's just darkness for "space".Well not to beat a dead horse but the IP mandate is the reason we have Guardians at EPCOT in the first place. Which is a problem. As I have said in the past there's nothing wrong with IP but there is something wrong with the IP mandate. As a ride Cosmic Rewind is okay...the coaster itself is very good but everything around it kinda sucks. And neither it nor Mission Breakout would I consider even close to the best attractions WDI has ever built. And neither one should have been built. But they were, solely because of the IP mandate and every new attraction in the parks having to be tied to some movie or TV franchise.
I agree the Zootopia hate has gone too far but I see where they're coming from TBH. When all these IPs are forced on the parks, it gives a lot of people a distaste for those IPs outside the parks as well. Toy Story for example I kind of dislike now and I almost didn't see GOTG 3 despite being a huge fan of the first two, simply because I'm tired of seeing that crap all over the place.
Zootopia has great worlbuilding but I don't think it's popular enough to support an entire theme park land long term. An attraction with a facade in DHS is one thing....that could work.....an entire land, nah. Single IP lands have gone too far. The appeal for this one movie from 2016 isn't that broad. HP and SW work bc they're HP and Star Wars. Zootopia don't got it like that.
I think Disney needs to see how Zootopia 2 does before committing to a land for it. I definitely agree that there's not a lot for it just yet.
If they go through with these plans, it seems like Disney already knows that atleast since it just seems to be the area around the Dinosaur ride. While Oceania (hopefully not solely Moana) gets the land.