Originally Posted By avromark I was wondering what direction the LP community thinks Disneyland should take? Is the current direction right? Should it go for some nostalgia? Go just for big thrills? Go all out technology? Concentrate on E-Tickets every few years or open up new rides? Should rides be relocated to make room for others? Let's try to be realistic in our responses, so no I think there should be 3 new E-Tickets a year. For instance should they re-open a house of the future for a whole new generation? Many of us haven't seen the original. And if they did should it a true house of the future, or maybe a house with future product placements, or a recreation of the original? If the people mover isn't feasible, could they convert the peoplemover track into a segway skyway? Is there any other little plusses you'd like to see? More street atmosphere? More dining establishments? Alterations/Additions to rides? A focus on just plussing the upkeep? Maybe a focus on better staffing? Less/More ODV?
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i defiantley do think they do need to keep things around like some sort of updated peoplemover because tomorrowland is supposed to be the land on the move and its defiantley not moving much, it has more than it did in the past few years but not enough and the rockets should be up on the peoplemover roof were the once were, its not as thrilling as it once was. but thats as far as i go for nostalgia. What disney really needs to do is come up with some attractions etickets or even some smaller ones, that is not pixar related. i know pixar is disney now but that does not mean that every single ride has to be pixar related. i would love to see something new and original! and not based on some movie! my most favorite rides are the ones that are not based off any movies but came from someones imagination of what something could have been or has been in the past such as pirates or the haunted mansion.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i also do think they disneyland doesn't necessarily need more restuarants, although i do wish they would return the place on main st back into one, and bring back some sort of dinner show to adventureland, but what disneyland needs is more variety!!! and good variety at that! almost all the places have the same things, fried chicken, bread bowls, and very very oily pasta. i would love to see certain things like italain, mexican, which we do have but it needs to be better priced, and i would love to see some good hawiian food, chinese food or even greek food! over at DCA they need more sit down places, and not places like giant hamburger mcdees! i would love to see like a brown derby restuarant or even a place like the prime time cafe that they have at mgm studios, but in hollywood backlot. i love the vineyard, no need to change that in my opinion.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I have no problem with thrills. What bothers me the most right now is the emphasis on pre-packaged movie based characters and themes.
Originally Posted By Duffy The thing about it is that Disney has no place to expand. You cant expect them to shut down the park and redo it. They just do one ride at a time. If one land is closed, ppl will complain... which isnt a good thing.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo ^^^^I don't know Duffy. I was disappointed when they closed Fantasyland, but in 1983, it felt like it was totally worth it!
Originally Posted By ssturgeo I want to see them, no matter what they add/change, to keep the CHARM of Disneyland. It is unique, it is a one of a kind experience, and I hope it always will be. If I want thrills, carnival type rides, and a cookie cutter stamped theme park, I can go to Six Flags, Kings Island, etc.
Originally Posted By LVCajun <The thing about it is that Disney has no place to expand.> They may not be able to expand but they use a lot of the wasted space that they have (Big Thunder Ranch for example). I really hope they never give in to thrill rides for the most part. I think a little more variety of food would be nice. I think the removal of some of the shops would be nice. They have the World of Disney everything doen't have to be a shop. Return the Crystal Arcade back into an arcade. I spent hours in there as a kid. Also I would like to see Innovations removed and replaced with...anything. Above all just enhance the atmosphere that made me a fan in the first place. I feel DL is losing some of the charm it used to have. It seems a lot more corporate these days. OOH yeah, before I forget. Two words... Keel Boats.
Originally Posted By ni_teach I hope that they keep using new technology and creativity to make new attractions and to improve/plus the old ones.
Originally Posted By Zwitek As much as I'd like to see new non-film based attractions, what's out there from the imagination to mine? Pirates? Done. Space Travel? Space travel today is no longer exciting to most. It's routine and it has all of the romance of a handyman paying a visit to the space station every few months. Star Tours does that, albeit not very well. I'd like to see an all new Tomorrowland. When I was a kid, and teen, this was MY side of the park. Mom, Dad, they visited from time to time, but that's where I spent my days, going to the moon, or exploring the depths of the oceans. I visit TL these days, but I no longer spend a great deal of time there. I need a new vision of Yester-Land to challenge me. I want TL to be the bustling vision of a future that I'll never get to see. Rip out Autopia (the traffic jams on that thing resemble the 405 at 3pm) or change it somehow so that the cars can levitate off the ground. Hovercraft maybe? Give a kid (even a big one) his flying cars! Close Star Tours and retheme it. Give us something that isn't Star Wars related. Hell, keep the motion ride if you must, how about a new fangled "shuttle to the moon?" or Saturn, or Jupiter? or Mars? Turn Innoventions into a giant apartment building of the future complete with a garage our flying cars! Instead of boring us Innovention style, show us those things in everyday applications. Segways? Great! Show them in use on the sidewalks of the future going around the apartment building of the future. More automated restaurants. Will we still have McJobs in the future? Doubtful. Pizza Port should be fun and interactive. Press a big button on a machine and your slice will materialize (via Disney magic of course) with lots of flashing lights and neat beaming sounds. Star Trek of the 60's is still more "tomorrow" than Tomorrowland today. I want bathrooms that talk. "Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Germs make you sick. Wash your hands." I want flat screens in the stalls that look like windows into space. Have news and weather scrolling across the monitor sort of like the old Space Mtn. cue. How about water fountains that had Green water? It could be imported from Arrowhead's Martian Artesian Wells. Nothing is more dear to me than TL, and one can upgrade that section of the park, while staying so true to Walt's vision of the future and make it relevant to all of us junior futurists.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove "Oh, I don't think there's anything in that black bag for me." --Dorothy That's my way of saying: how can we return to the Disneyland of my childhood? Spotless. Sparkling. Perfect. No illusions shattered. The public had manners. No cursing, no yelling, no bad behavior. Kindness. Courtesy. Gentleness. We live in a world now where all the boundaries are down and it intrudes through all of the pixie dust and magic and it just yanks you back out into the real world of selfish people. Vehicles with nude women silhouettes and curse words...it all intrudes. I love Disneyland. Long live Walt Disney.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Ditto #7... The new Fantasyland absolutely blew me away - definitely worth waiting for! I'd like to see more specialty shops. There are so many now where you walk in and think, "Oh, it's just pins..." or "Oh, it's more of the same - shirts, plushes, - you name it..." And I'd like to see the Aladdin meet and greet location in Adventureland returned to a sit-down meal/show/music... Something yummy AND entertaining. Bengal BBQ is fine for a snack, but there's not much to choose from on the menu and too little seating. And I definitely want to see something moving guests up on the People Mover track. Thrill rides...? I think they've got that angle covered. Though DCA could use something exciting based on the big San Francisco earthquake.
Originally Posted By Sweeper I would love to see Disneyland add more theming elements to what they currently have and update old attractions for the next few years. Indy needs effects updates, Big Thunder, etc. POTC has shown how well that works. Tomorrowland has needs too, but I have two dream redos of other current park areas. #1 would be enclosing ToonTown and creating a fully cartoon, artificial land. The sky would have a singing sun, cartoon birds, etc. Plus the addition of rides that give you the feel of being in a cartoon world. Several current "attractions" no longer work and need help. #2 Dream redo would be Adventureland. It is so small, crowded, and just not well developed. It feels like an alley. I would like to see the Jungle Cruise pushed back with the addition of more buildings and a nice restaurant. Pushing back into the picnic grounds in the Esplanade would allow for a reconfigured Jungle Cruise. And for heaven's sake, put people into Indy's queue to absorb the crowds of drooling idiots staring at the FastPass return time!
