poor toontown!

Originally Posted By dresswhites

on a recent trip to disneyland, i went into Toontown. It such a wonderful land with lots of potential. Roger rabbit is great fun.
However, the west side of Toontown is rather sad. Goofy's Playhouse seems to be the equivelent of DCA's Golden Zenphir, as everytime i went by the house was closed.
I walked through Donald's boat, which is very nice from the exterior and the water falls are beautiful, but it is basically nothing in the interior. They even turned off the horn again, i guess for the snow white show. Interestingly, on the Disneyland website it still lists climbing on the rope ladder, going down the spiral stairs, and tooting the horn, all of which you can't do anymore.
Gadget's coaster, is a waste of time. i have never had any interest in riding this attraction.
The treehouse is bad as everyone says it is. Basically they should call this attraction the stair attraction, because that is all it is. there is not a view from the top.
LIke i said i think Toontown has so much pontential. architecturally, it is fascinating. there is alot of whimsy and the background music is great.
If i ran disneyland i think a major goal would be to tear down everything in west toontown, maybe sparing the mouse's houses. maybe put in a better kids rollercoater. put in mickey's philharmagic. just make the land alot more fun. thoughts?

 

Originally Posted By Scar

I always thought that there could be more to Toon Town. I never realized that so much had already been taken away. Is the reasoning liability?

I don't feel Gadget's Coaster is a waste of time. It's the perfect introduction for a child's very first coaster ride.

 

Originally Posted By nemopoppins

I remember the early days when Toontown was fun. The only problem then was that the crowds were too big to support the interactivity of the land and my only complaint at the time was that they should have anticipated that. Now, I can't believe that they actually use Toontown Madness as a selling point for certain packages. "Oh boy, we get exclusive use of Toontown for an hour." Five minutes later, "OK, let's go."

 

Originally Posted By dresswhites

what can you do for an hour in toontown, espcially if for a package deal there is probably less people in that area. Roger rabbit would take the longest amount of time. the treehouse, boat, and gagdets all together would take 5 minutes!

 

Originally Posted By berol

mickey's house can take awhile, especially if you wave people thru to watch the whole reel.

 

Originally Posted By CindyH

I agree on Gadget's Coaster - this is one of the few roller coasters that my DS7 will go on and actually enjoy.

 

Originally Posted By friendofdd

When I take my 4 yr old grandson, he is content to spend an hour at Goofy's playhouse. Perhaps longer if I didn't get so bored.

He does tire of the other things quickly.

However, when he gets to the age where he can safely enjoy TSI while I sit on a bench, Toontown will offer little of interest to him.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

Our Toontown, however delapitated it may be, still puts the one in WDW to shame. Theirs was originally designed as a temporary land for Mickey's 60th (?) birthday, and just sort of stuck around with few additions, and many subtractions. But the one in Tokyo still has all the features that ours opened with, so we're just awkwardly in the middle.

 

Originally Posted By netenyahoo

Gadget's is ok. It is good for kids, but most do not know who she is. I had to explain who she is to my 9 year old niece and 7 year old nephew on our last trip.

Donald's boat needs to have something done with it. It needs to have some kind of interactivity like it did before, but make it more safe I guess.

The treehouse... This needs to be moved over next to Donald's boat and Goofy's house and have a slide added on. Where the treehouse is now can be the entrance to Mickey's Philarmagic.

 

Originally Posted By imapoohbear

My children LOVE Toontown and it is a great place for todlers. My kids are 4 and 6 and they both love Gadget's Coaster, Goofy's Playhouse, Donald's boat and Mickey's house. They even like the treehouse.
Toontown definitely caters to toddlers - the rides, the whole whimsical architecture, and even the size of it (not too big). I don't think they should change anything. Glad they got rid of that trolley though!

 

Originally Posted By SifuJustin

I love all the inside jokes on the signs and windows in Toontown. Plus it has the best drinking fountain in the whole park.

 

Originally Posted By Kane22

I say that WDI should make more attractions because Toontown is entertaining for about five minutes & its said how adults wanna rush out of there but still are stuck because of there kids. But its all good for the kids but I think Toontown can open many doors for adults to enjoy. I also think that they should open up a character restaurant there & what I have in mind is the House of Mouse kinda thing where all the toons are put together & put one heck of a show. That will have tons of people entertained with lunch & a show.

 

Originally Posted By dresswhites

i don't want toontown to go away. I think it is a fun land for both children and adults, but i just think some of it needs updating and or replacing.
i am not againt Chip and Dale Treehouse. i think they could make a fun attraction out of it. maybe add a view. maybe you could have spy glasses like found of tom sawyer island. or just have more props to it. I think the only prop is a picutre of Chip and Dale. We know Disney can do good walk thru walk throughs, look at Swiss Family/tarzan tree house. Heck, even Minnie's house has more to do than the chip and dale tree.
Donald's boat needs to have it horn back. who cares if it disturbs the Snow White show. i looked at the description of this same attraction in Tokyo Disneyland and they show Donald duck movies. maybe that is something they can do here. There is really no place to do that anymore. The Main Street Theater and Mickey's house show Mickey cartoons. Disney channel definately doesn't show traditional disney cartoon anymore. I think kids would get a kick out of seeing some donald duck cartoons.
Gadgets Go Coaster could be themed to Donald, pluto or goofy or any character more familar than gadget. maybe keep the track the same grades, but make it a bit longer and add some more props
Goofy's house, the little playground is ok, if it is ever open. However, the house has very minimal items in it. maybe add some interactive items in the house. maybe show some goofy cartoons.
LIke i said I think Toontown is a fun land with lots of pontential. but they are just not using that potential.

 

Originally Posted By CindyH

dresswhites' post reminded me that when we were at DL in April, DS4 (at the time) really enjoyed the treehouse. He loved climbing through the tree, then coming down the stairs "all by himself".

I guess what works for some ages can be seen as really boring by others, and maybe that's why Toontown still works for the young crowd.

 

Originally Posted By sherrytodd

I like Toontown and the interactivity, but we do typically avoid it as it is too small to handle the crowds (even on light days) and you can't really appreciate it when you are stuffed in there like sardines.

 

Originally Posted By Witches of Morva

ORGOCH: Well, if'n ya think ToonTown's bad at Dizzyland, ya oughtta thank yer lucky frogs it ain't as bad as Walt Dizzy Whirl's is. Heck! Don't even know why they bothered with Toon Town at Walt Dizzy Whirl, if'n they weren't gonna' do no better 'n what they did. Least ways Dizzyland's got a dark ride goin' fer it--'cause a Robber Rabbit. The one in Florida sure cain't say that! So, be glad fer the one ya's got in Californy.

 

Originally Posted By tinkerbell77

Regarding post #9, I always thought that inspector gadget was a man!? Maybe I was confused, but he looked like a man to me. I could be wrong though. But I love Toontown!

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

Inspector Gadget was a man, but the Gadget that the coaster is named after was a female mouse in the Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers TV series in the early 90's. Just goes to show that nobody really knows who Gadget is, and they need to work on the theme a little. Heck, they could make it Pluto's Go-Coaster for all I care, but I think they should keep the name with something that most people can at least identify.

 

Originally Posted By markedward

I find Toon Town amazingly dated. Jessica Rabbit?

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

But most people really don't know Mr Toad either (especially in Disney form), yet his ride remains extremely popular among the dark rides. I guess it just goes to show that a goor ride will attract a line, no matter who really knows the entire backstory. I think the queue for Roger Rabbit helps set up the feeling, so people in the ride understand what is happening, without ever seeing the movie.