Originally Posted By Hista98 so I was thinking with the retheming going on for dca, should A Bugs Land(which i still don't see have to do with dca, and isn't that popular be torn out and replaced with something more fun?? what do you guys think??
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Most of the bigger stuff they are planning to add besides the new entrance has nothing to do with California either, so that shouldn't be the criteria for removing A Bugs Land. I seriously doubt it's going anywhere since very little is being added specifically for the younger set and the Bugs 3D show seems to be moderately popular. Plus, if attendance grows, the park will need these attractions to absorb the crowds.
Originally Posted By dshyates I say take out bugs land and make the Carthay Theater huge. Put a history of California ride through. Move the Whoopie statues to somewhere in the new ride. Very SSE/Horizons like. Missions, Cowboys, the gold rush, San Francisco, The Del, Yosemite, Hollywood/Walt Disney, Wine Country, CALIFORNIA.
Originally Posted By liveforvacations A Bug's Land should definitely stay!!!! It is the one place in DCA that has rides that all sizes can enjoy. I agree that the rides aren't that exciting but it is perfect for the little ones and why should they not have some rides that cater to them? It is not like everyone else cannot ride them if they want. It is also a very cute land!
Originally Posted By socalkdg Keep Bug's Land, just extend Heimlick so it goes around the whole area.
Originally Posted By crazycroc Ooooh...extending Heimlich. That is my favorite ride all of DCA, due to the noises and ridiculous things he says. I think that if they extended it around Bugs, land that I would truly die laughing.
Originally Posted By BigJim89 I see no reason it should leave unless there is a plan to replace it with an equally kid-friendly land/attraction. If its to be axed for just scenery or shops, like with the Maliboomer, I see no purpose in removing it. Plus the theme is good and the attractions are polpular with the preschool crowd.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan I would keep bugs land but maybe extend it and make the rides just a bit better. I like the idea of extending heimlichs, but i would rather it be extended and made into a wonderful dark ride and make it a tour of were all the bugs live and it can go inside and out and on the outside part you can still have the oversized food.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer It should either close, or Improve. The area is wonderfully themed, but the attractions are pretty much AWFUL! Bumper Cars with the same height requirement as other parks, but MUCH slower. Heimlich's takes longer to load and unload than the actual ride. It should have been a dark ride with a themed building, and multiple loading stations, or at least seperate load and unload areas. Francis's Ladybug Boogie is a mechanical nightmare, and is tough to maintain. Flik's Flyers is probably the best attraction in the area, but it is low capacity and could easily be removed and replaced by a better attraction. And the water play areas... WHY??? There is one just a few steps away at the Farm Area, and then there is also another water play area at SS tRustworthy. This is just Disney being cheap and lazy, adding something that is very easy to do, instead of building a real attraction. IMHO, keep the area, but replace ALL the attractions.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Isn't what's left of the "Bountiful Farm" area due to be removed .. to make way for one of Carsland's main thoroughfares?
Originally Posted By oc_dean And with FFF .... I hope this area gets revisited in the near future ... the rides are too small for adults .. too slow ... too short. Theming is great .... but there's no reason for adults to mingle in. Walt got it right with Casey Jr, Story Bookland, and Dumbo for starters ..... rides that are "cute" enough .. yet, large enough for adults to have fun in.
Originally Posted By bean well in a couple years the ss rustworthy and farm water play area will be gone so that arguement is void There really is not need to close or tear down a nicely themed area just because a few people do not liek the attractions. family with children seem to enjoy quite well and with the possible access gate into Carland it should also start receiving more traffic. The attractions are simple yet effective for what they are the one attraction that needs some modification is heimlich but the other three seem to be enjoyed by everyone. heimlich is also quite popular but does have capacity issues especially when you have young children wiating long lines for a very short ride. To be fair other attractions like Dumbo and astro orbitor which are simple spinners are also short and sometimes have ridiculous lines yet no one seems to mind those. After all is said and done bugsland will seem much smaller when most of the farm is engulfed by the Mater attraction
Originally Posted By Darkbeer >>well in a couple years the ss tRustworthy and farm water play area will be gone so that argument is void<< Why is it void??? When Flik's Fun Fair was built, there were no concrete plans to remove the other two water play areas... The point that Disney was cutting costs and being lazy back when they built the area is JUST as valid today as it was years ago. Thankfully, Disney realized their mistakes and is making improvements! >> but the other three seem to be enjoyed by everyone.<< Well, unless you don't meet the large height requirement for the Bumper Cars, IMHO, a major issue for a KIDS area!
Originally Posted By knightnfrees They need to open up a connector path from HPB to Bugs land. It does not make sense for HPB to dead end next to TOT. (No pun intended)
Originally Posted By Hista98 the only reason I think it should close is because it doesen't theme into the park. That's one of my biggest pet pevees,when disney builds a ride that has nothing to do with the land, does anyone really know what bu's life has to do with dca, other then the fact that "it takes place there" does disney think they are fooling anyone with that excuse by the way?
Originally Posted By oc_dean >> but the other three seem to be enjoyed by everyone.<< Yeah ... providing you're a family with at least on toddler. And I mean toddler with a capital T. I know this is an old argument .. As old as when FFF was built in 2002... But while there are enough families with a child under the age of 7 ..... the land is a huge turn off for just about anyone else. I first visited the land when it first opened .... but there's nothing there for me to ride. On the other hand ... I can walk into Fantasyland ... and see literally everything is built with thought for all sizes of people. FFF is the equivalent of some of these "Bugs Bunny Lands" found in 6 Flags parks .. that are designed strictly for kids. You know .... If it's good enough for Six Flags, it's good enough for Disney. Hopefully that mindset is gone for good in the halls of Disney in both Burbank and Glendale! But there it sits ... remnants of that thinking prior to the recent changes within Disney. So as long as they are only interested in FFF appealing to one single demographic (instead of all demographs for Fantasyland) FFF will remain the "For very little kids" area ONLY. Which is a pity .. and spits at the better standards set in 1955.
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle It's the only place my little kids can have fun in DCA, other than on the carousel, so I say keep it.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig If I were King of Disneyland, I wouldn't close FFF. But I would rework it and make it better. It's pleasantly and creatively themed, but yes, the rides do not rise to the level that used to be expected from Disney prior to the late 1990s. Yes, Dumbo isn't any more exciting than any of the rides at FFF, but do we need a whole land filled with rides of that nature and nothing more? Comparing FFF to Storybook Land and Fantasyland in general is the perfect analogy. Those Disneyland attractions were done right because they DO appeal to people of all ages. FFF rides only are for the very very young because there was mostly nothing for those folks to do when DCA first opened and the same dolts that screwed up with original DCA in regard to the youngest visitors are the idiots that tried to fix the problem by packing a whole land with rides that don't appeal to anyone BUT the very very youngest. Heimlick should definitely be expanded to not just go all around the rest of the rides at FFF, but made to weave OVER and UNDER during certain spots as well. Imagine how much better Heimlick's would be if it arched over the walkway on a bridge made of oversized twigs, and later dove down into a real caterpillar tunnel or gopher hole or something. Disney could have done it that way, and Disney WOULD have done it that way in more enlightened times before DCA was designed and decided by SCHMUCKS! Thank GOD those people are all GONE now and hopefully new things added to DCA will be typical Disney 1st Class instead of dumbed down crap. Unfortunately, FFF probably won't be improved for a long, long time, if ever, but put me down as one that votes to keep it. Because as long as it's still there, there's always hope they will revisit it someday.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains There is a whole bugland? I thought there was just the show and the water park!!
