The Zootopia characters are just as much “animals” as Mickey & Minnie are. They are anthropomorphic characters that are in essence human beings. Mice don’t live in houses and cook, and have pet dogs.
Its not about just animals. Its how animals interact with nature. Mickey and Minnie are people more or less. Pandora deals with how the (imaginary) animals deal with nature, and even point out simulatiries with keystone animals in our world. Nemo while amusing, also mimicked actual animal behavior. Dory didn't get up on two fins and go on a picnic,
Pirates isn't in Historic World. If there was a historical based land, then Pirates as is would be inappropriate.
Ah yes, the old “children are too stupid to notice” argument. Maybe the themes are something children can discovery as they grow. The parks aren’t aimed at just children and they most definitely should not be limited by less than flattering views of children.
I was gonna say something similar. Kids may not care but many adults do. It's not just for kids. I don't have any skin in the game here, as AK is not really a park i enjoy. Wife loves it though. We just watched Zootopia for the first time last weekend mostly due to this thread. I can go either way here.
I just don’t want Zootopia because I worry it is a bad fit for the existing park. But not because the animals wear pants. The park has never really maintained that standard of avoiding animals who stand in for humans. The park opened with FotLK and ITTBAB.
not sure where i said children are too stupid but glad you took it that way.... also never said parks are just aimed at children but lets face it they want to make children happy so they can continue to go & parks are far from themed towards adults adults or even older teens or we would see plenty more Uni type rides... but again glad you took my statement as children are too dumb
... comical... children are young and innocent and able to enjoy things for what they are a fun entertaining ride or attraction without overthinking or analyzing every move a company makes... newsflash more to life than what a Billion dollar company does and puts in their theme parks and on vacation try to just enjoy things as opposed to criticizing it as well and saying well this doesnt fit bc of x y & z... i think plenty can have a better time if they did
I agree with this totally on the point of he probably knew better what they were going for. However we are where we are. My confusion comes is as to what is the theme of AK as it stands today, not at opening or what we want it to be? Is it a zoo, is it conservation, is it humans, animals and nature interacting? Is it all 3 or even more? I am not a creative person at all. I do believe that imagineering could create a design that would be great. What I don't believe is that they would be allowed to be imagineering and that any design wouldn't get value engendered to death and them become a steaming pile.
What then is the preferred adjective for people who don’t think about things and just accept whatever?not sure where i said children are too stupid but glad you took it that way.... also never said parks are just aimed at children but lets face it they want to make children happy so they can continue to go & parks are far from themed towards adults adults or even older teens or we would see plenty more Uni type rides... but again glad you took my statement as children are too dumb
Because AK was the last park that seemed to hold most true to itself.
Its a vacation destination meant to be fun!!! Not analyzed and overthought every single step you take and ride you go on and show you watch… You must be real fun to be with at Disney walking the parks. I gotta say.
Then what is the point of theming? Why pay all that extra money (as either a guest or the business) for stuff that doesn’t matter? How is thinking somehow not compatible with fun?
I think nature, and/or man's presence in nature - mostly in an older sense is the key part of AK.
While at the parks, yes. Just go with the flow and enjoy it. On a discussion forum, discussion, analysis, question, debate in a courteous way is the name of the game.
