Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=1028" target="_blank">The Latest: Latest: 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Closes at Disne</a>
Originally Posted By A Foolish Mortal Why are they doing this?? They are ruining Walt Disney's dream.... and they are destroying the last project he ever worked on!!! This is so stupid......
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Well, technically Pirates is not the "last project Walt ever worked on", but ok... Also, I doubt "Walt's dream" was Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm sure he thought it was a fun attraction, and he put a lot of effort into it, but I would describe something like EPCOT as "Walt's dream" before Pirates, that's for sure!
Originally Posted By cape cod joe This is horrifying news as it is such a basic staple in the disney diet. I can't believe it and am afraid to tell my little boy. He'll be crushed.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer I hear there's a Walt Disney Museum opening on the Presidio in San Francisco at some point... his theme park is going to keep growing and changing, though.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I hate to go into the "what would Walt do?" mindset, but here I go anyway. I just wonder how different the "classic" attractions would be today if Walt had lived longer and died of old age? I can't imagine that he would want things to stay exactly the same for years. Dare I say it, but could he have totally ripped out Pirates and Mansion already for newer experiences?
Originally Posted By pitapan16 Why are they doing this?? They are ruining Walt Disney's dream.... and they are destroying the last project he ever worked on!!! This is so stupid...... Because Disneyland is not a museum. If they were to ruin Walts dream I think they would be better off not to upgrade anything in the park, including Pirates of Space or anything, just leave it as it is forever. Yeah I beleive it was his last project, or atleast attraction at Disneyland. But Walt never liked things to get stale, he was far to ahead of his time to let things go unchanged for very long. I look forward to new additions, and I think WDI knows that many of us love this ride, so they will be careful not to dent her.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Oh for heaven's sake. The attraction is closing a couple of months for a refurb and update. It's not being closed down. (And yes, EPCOT was Walt's final dream.)
Originally Posted By lesmisfan I agree with most on these boards that walt was always changing things, he never wanted disneyland to be completed, and i thnk the new upgrades to pirates and HM are true to that. I am really excited over the pirates refurb and can't wait to experiance it a new.
Originally Posted By carguy_16 You know for years I have always been afraid when they decide to change things but lately I have been thinking that every time they change something it only makes it better except maybe replacing the Country Bears. I think that all that work for Disney are dedicated to preserving the dream of Walt. Ultimately I think he wanted to make something that was going to be around for 200 years and the only way that this is going to happen is with change. And as several people have mentioned he always said that Disneyland was never going to be changed. I know that its hard to except change but we are going to have to trust the people in charge.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Me too, it will be like going on it for the first time! It was that way for me on both It's a Small World Holiday, and Haunted Mansion Holiday. Nothing like going on something you know very well and finding new surprises that make you smile!
Originally Posted By Diztwins I'm actually thankful that the imagineers know how much we like this classic so I'm going to trust them on this one
Originally Posted By disneymomsons Bring on the new additions to this ride !! It's great the way it is, but adding to it would be fun, too !! Not all change is bad.... new things are exciting !!
Originally Posted By RAM1984 I am reserving my opinion until I see it. I do hope that the majority are right and that it does make it better. However: I have never grown bored of Pirates and see it at least 2x a day every visit.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy They need to build a loop into the drops... or so says my 8 year old son.
Originally Posted By stitchcrazy I'm so glad I finally got to make a trip to DL early last month to see POTC. At first I thought - well how different could it be from the WDW one? Ha! Boy was I off - totally different was the answer! But talk about getting to see it finally at about the last possible moment. I'm not necessarily anti-change, just relieved that I was able to see the original original.
