Originally Posted By The Duck <<<Why can't we just have the Excavator and be done with it?>>> <a href="http://www.theneverlandfiles.com/tnf/disneyworld/excavator.php" target="_blank">http://www.theneverlandfiles.c...ator.php</a> Maybe one day... (holds breath).
Originally Posted By leemac <<I know.... I can understand there not being areas of DAK filled with attractions, and animals and exhibits instead, but that excuse is just bunk to me. I mean, it's a THEME PARK. DAK could be unique and have both! Why not?>> It depends on your definition of what a theme park is. WDW has four of them - if each of them was solely about attractions then you would have no discrete themes - everything would blur into one - which makes marketing the individual parks very difficult. DAK wasn't supposed to be a traditional theme park - the animal and bird experiences were supposed to be at the forefront - take the traditional zoo/safari park concept and wrap over Disney storytelling - hence Kili Safaris. Case-in-point - I never liked the Excavator attraction - it was just too simple - granted a woodie would have been fun at WDW but it just didn't fit into the DAK MEP. Disney theme parks need to be about a whole suite of offerings including attractions, shows, parades and other experiences. DAK wasn't supposed to be just another theme park.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>It depends on your definition of what a theme park is. WDW has four of them - if each of them was solely about attractions then you would have no discrete themes - everything would blur into one - which makes marketing the individual parks very difficult.<<< Not if you keep the attractions different, unique, and not constantly branded with characters and franchises. I mean, they kept the image of there being separate and different parks quite clear from 1982 on. It only blends together because they throw ridiculous marketing schemes out for ALL of them. And most of those revolve around the Magic Kingdom in the first place. I think the last time I saw a ad for EPCOT, just EPCOT, was in 2000. >>>Disney theme parks need to be about a whole suite of offerings including attractions, shows, parades and other experiences. DAK wasn't supposed to be just another theme park.<<< And the fact that it already has animals, exhibits, and DAK's existing theme, already makes it a elevated experience. With that in mind, can't they honestly add a few mythology themed rides? I doubt that the reasons why they do this are for theme... Cost and profit seems to govern the choices of the "powers that be" who dictate what goes where. After all, Mythica Mountain was slated a few years ago, right? Land moved, too, from what I understand.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> It depends on your definition of what a theme park is. WDW has four of them - if each of them was solely about attractions then you would have no discrete themes - everything would blur into one - which makes marketing the individual parks very difficult. << If each park was solely about attractions there wouldn't be discrete themes? How does even begin to make sense? The attractions are...get this...themed differently, hence discrete themes, different parks. It's not like more attractions would confuse guests at DAK. "Wait, wait. Another attraction? I thought this was a zoo!" "No, no. It's nahtazoo. But it's also not about attractions." >> DAK wasn't supposed to be a traditional theme park << Which would be fine if it a ticket to it wasn't priced the same as a traditional theme park. If a ticket was half the price of a ticket to the other three, it wouldn't be a problem. But the pricing implies equivalency, and the attraction line-up begs to differ.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Funny I feel the MK and DHS are the rip off parks, not DAK. DAK is more of a theme park and more cohesive than those two poorly maintained clunkers. Were it not for Epcot and DAK, there would be no point in me setting foot on WDW property, I would opt for Tokyo, Paris or Anaheim instead.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Funny I feel the MK and DHS are the rip off parks, not DAK. DAK is more of a theme park and more cohesive than those two poorly maintained clunkers. Were it not for Epcot and DAK, there would be no point in me setting foot on WDW property, I would opt for Tokyo, Paris or Anaheim instead.<<<< DHS and MK can be treated the same way... oversynergized. Which is why I think DHS should get ALL the synergy, and ALL the movie tie ins, save for the ones that fit well in MK's Fantasyland.
