DCA, Future Expansion
Topic: Is DCA going too charecter crazy???

#	Author	Message
41	Nate McDuck Tue 7/8/2008 3:04p	"It does now because Pixar is what the current people running Disney wants to sell you." This is a great point, and your thoughts about Tomorrowland were something I had not considered in that context (I am relatively new to the boards...). I know this is not a WDW board, but the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor in Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland is a great example of your point. What does that have to do with presenting a vision of the future? I guess it just goes there because Disney parks don't have a "Monsterland." Yet.
42	RoadTrip Tue 7/8/2008 3:10p	I was not aware of the character overlays on the PP attractions. Is the Sun Wheel overlay just the Mickey Mouse face? If so, I see that as more a decorative touch than a re-theming of the ride. I guess I'm curious what the overlay on the other attractions will be. To be honest, I don't see how it could possibly make them worse than they already are (though I must admit a strange attraction to the Orange Stinger!). I guess I see Playhouse Disney as a child-oriented show and Bugs Land as a kiddie land, so I don't really care what they put in there. I guess toons are as good as anything. The WDW and DL kiddie lands are 100% toons so I don't see anything different here. Turtle Talk was not there during my last visit. Am I correct in assuming it was added to the Animation Studio Building? If so, I find it hard to criticize Disney for putting a character in a building devoted to Disney Animation.
43	davewasbaloo Tue 7/8/2008 3:12p	Oh, don't get me wrong, I quite like a lot of the stuff in DCA. But it seems to me like a gross imbalance compared to what they could do.
44	Hans Reinhardt Tue 7/8/2008 4:14p	"This is a great point, and your thoughts about Tomorrowland were something I had not considered in that context (I am relatively new to the boards...)." Nate, if you are interested in knowing a bit more about Walt Disney the futurist check out this link: http://www.the-original-epcot.com/ Click on the link on the left to watch the video. My apologies to you and others who have seen this already, but this site really does give a good idea of where Walt Disney was headed with Tomorrowland and EPCOT in the late 1960's. Buzz and Nemo are fun, but in my opinion there is just too much of the Fantasyland element creeping into all areas of DLR. It really didn't used to be this way.
45	mawnck Tue 7/8/2008 4:45p	>>Soarin', Grizzly River Run and Tower of Terror, have no character tie-in.<< I'll give you two out of three. A certain pixie (or fairy or whatever) makes an appearance in one of those you mentioned. ;-)
46	SoThisIsLove Tue 7/8/2008 4:58p	<<Turtle Talk was not there during my last visit. Am I correct in assuming it was added to the Animation Studio Building?>> Yep. :) I don't belong in this topic, but I must say that I love the Mickey head on Screamin'. It just subtly (subtly to me, but not to you :) reminds me that I'm ultimately, at Disneyland. (I know it's DCA, but heck, it's Disneyland.) This contributed nothing to the aesthetics of this conversation, but I wanted you to know that I love seeing it lit up and I love going into Mickey's head. :) xoxo
47	Nate McDuck Tue 7/8/2008 5:13p	Thanks, Hans! I appreciate the consideration!
48	Kar2oonMan Tue 7/8/2008 5:32p	I think on the west coast, there won't be a lot of experimentation with non-character concepts from Disney for awhile. They want a sure thing, and generally, character-driven stuff is what the public has come to expect and demand here. "It's not DISNEY enough" critics howled regarding DCA. Many of these critics meant "not Disney enough" in terms of immersive, fleshed out themes. But it was taken as literally, "we want more Disney characters!" So that's what's coming for the foreseeable future. It's much more "safe" to spend the money on a ride that at least brings instant recognition of the featured character.
49	Hans Reinhardt Tue 7/8/2008 5:40p	"Thanks, Hans! I appreciate the consideration!" No problem. Welcome to the discussion boards.
50	mstaft Tue 7/8/2008 6:33p	I was hoping the Imagineers would stick more heavily to the California theme as DCA was enhanced. I loved the World Showcase vibe of some areas, but Paradise Pier and the entrance area in particular took away from that feel. I cannot imagine that the entire park will ever totally ditch the theme, though. Too many major buildings in the park that would be hard to explain away.

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