Originally Posted By Mr X *****I dont have a clue how does Disney measure a ROI on something like that? Does attendance need to shoot up by 30% in a certain amount of time to even know it was worth it?***** Pooh's Hunny Hunt did something like that in Tokyo. Maybe not 30%, I'm not sure of the actual damage done, but in any case THAT particular expediture drove attendance for at least a year or two. BUT, for some reason, Disney still doesn't have faith in "if you build it, they will come". By the way, did Indy help attendance for Disneyland back in 1995-96? I'm not sure if it did, but I'm curious. Suffice to say, building cheap-ass parks does NOT help the bottom line when they become embarrassments that don't even eek out the meager attendance they were supposed to (DCA/WDSP/HKDL failures all!).
Originally Posted By Bob Paris That's a good point because aside from all the millions spent at DCA on quick fixes throughout the years(everything from the Heimlich Land thing to the X Games and Beach Boys embarrassments)and the HUNDREDS of MILLIONS spent NOW to turn the plac einto an ACTUAL Disney park, you have the bad word of mouth spread for almost the past ten years. Like the cheap-quels that saw the Disney brand name become a laughing stock amongst DVD buyers, DCA has become a three letter term for absolute lowest quality dreck. Hell, when the Simpsons are saying they'd rather be in jail than at DCA, you have a problem!
Originally Posted By Hista98 the down side is that they are boxing these lands in so there really will not be any room for expansion. which is really stupid as they cannot add anything. It will also visually kill Adventureland because your supposed to be in the jungle and look over and see the west and Toy Story Land. Toy Story Land honestly is already getting bad reviews from guests and not just the Disney fans like us but also the causal disney guest who is not very familiar with the park.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros On the bright side of Toy Story Land, it looks like it will be pretty easy to remove it at some point in the ambiguous future. Similar to Dinorama at DAK, there's just something about it that looks like it was designed with that in the back of their mind. I've read somewhere that the Dinorama portion of Dinoland USA could be completely taken out in 3-5 days so they could start construction on something else. I don't think they have any plans to replace it any time soon (or TSL for that matter), but just knowing that the option is there makes me feel a little better.
Originally Posted By Hista98 ya i think TSL will just be a place holder land while they build the other new rides.
