Originally Posted By oc_dean EDIT.... >>A .. let me try to rephrase this .........<< meant to use the "uhhh" at the beginning.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Walt's first name has never been used by itself. I would love it if they went for using his first name. You know .. the Disney Co. has been around since 1923. We are not too far off from it being around for a century. "I think" the world gets it! You know. Who does not know a Disney park from others???? Because the new entry plaza is going to be a recreation of Hollywood when Walt first came to California .... I thought of: Walt's Eureka! I'd like to see something that is sophisticated .. that does not say 'Adventure' or 'Land' or 'World'. It's been used UPTEEN MILLION times!
Originally Posted By oc_dean Or, now that almost any new ride greenlit these days is mainly Pixar related .... how about: Pixar's Escape
Originally Posted By oc_dean But if they really go for something like Disney's Pixar World ... that is going to be all too simple.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt “But Hans, 'Disneyland' was the first -- it's a brand that is now associated with the finest theme park on the planet.” Of course. That’s why I said if it weren’t such a huge success… blah blah. Like you said, the name is now synonymous with high quality theme park entertainment on an international level. I was only pointing out that like DCA the name Disneyland could be considered rather unimaginative and dull. Kind of like the many different kinds of kitschy businesses around the country with the word "land” in them. Remember Marineland in Southern California? And isn’t there a park called Bibleland in or near Orlando? Launderland, a laundromat here in San Francisco, also comes to mind. The DCA name is fine. It’s the product and reputation of that product that needs to be brought up to par.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>The DCA name is fine.<< The hell it is. DIS NEYS CAL I FORN IA AD VEN TURE ????? WAY TOO MANY SYLLABLES! They need something short.
Originally Posted By oc_dean .. and more important than that .... After 7 years under that name .. and with the reputation it built ... they need something else. But I'm sure you realized that. No offense. Since Disney marketing went out of their way to avoid saying where exactly Midway Mania is ... You know they are desperate to avoid that "4 letter word".
Originally Posted By bartholomewneff I say just.. d r o p ..the word "California" out of the name. Disney's Adventure park. That gets my vote.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Disney's Adventure park.> And also with 'Disney's California Adventure' What adventure are we going on exactly? 'Walt Disney's California' is a cool name. And the aforementioned 'Walt Disney's Eureka!' or even just 'Eureka!' (there could be a parade! With floats that represent the various parts of California. Oh...wait.) Even just 'California' could have been cool. And I hear you Hans. Disneyland, because it is successful, is a great name. If the park across from Disneyland had been named 'D' -- and been enormously entertaining and well produced, the name wouldn't matter.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA On the other hand, just because iPhone and iPod are successful -- should other cellphone companies try to use 'i' in their phones? Call it the iTelephone or the iPode? Disneyland has been done. Disney World has been done. 'Adventure' is one of the most overused terms to title a theme park. Do something different!
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Walt Disney's California' is a cool name." I agree. It has a nice ring to it.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig >>>"Walt Disney's California' is a cool name." I agree. It has a nice ring to it.<<< I'm generally OK with it, too, but put me in the camp that wishes that "California" would be stripped from the name of the park completely. "Disneyland" as a name is an institution worldwide, which is why they keep using it for every new Magic Kingdom styled park ever since the one at WDW. "Epcot" is a very distinctive name for a concept that's not likely ever going to be cloned anywhere else. "Disney's Hollywood Studios" and "Disney Studios Paris" are names for parks that are themed to a whole global industry. "Disney's Animal Kingdom" is a name for a park that celebrates the entire world of earth's creatures. "Tokyo Disney Sea" is the name for a park that celebrates the vast spectrum of our connection to the water. Compared to all of those lofty concepts, "Disney's 'California' Adventure" has always been too focused to one small part of the world and as such is a lazy, uninspired name for an overly simplified park when compared to the much farther reaching attempts the company has made with all their other parks. I still despise the theme in general, and the use of the name "California" in the name of the park in particular. As long as the park has the name "California" in it, I think it will be perceived as that little provincial regional baby park compared to the other parks. Now please don't y'all come back with the debate over whether or not "California" is a worthy and adequate enough theme to build a whole park around. Those that feel that the answer is "yes it is" have valid arguments and if any state comes close to filling the bill, California is the state. We've all beaten that debate to death - I'm just saying I'd rather that "California" not be in the name of the park. Especially now since everything that is being added to it is rather generic in theme so that it fits practically anywhere and is NOT exclusive to California. So that's my opinion, but if they do decide to keep "California" in the name, with the result that they'll be handcuffed to the requirement that anything that gets added forever onward has to artificially have some tenuous tie-in to "California" (ie, "Disney's Electrical Parade - A California Classic"), then for gosh sakes strip off the silly "Adventure" from the title. And do something unique for once and get rid of the "Disney's" part of the name as well. In that case, I think I could live with "Walt Disney's California".
Originally Posted By Socrates Going back to #17 for a second -- How many times have you heard people in Epcot say "Let's go back to Disney World."? Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <How many times have you heard people in Epcot say "Let's go back to Disney World."?> Hundreds. In Florida, there are 4 theme parks -- 'Disney' 'Epcot' 'MGM' and what do they call it...'The Zoo'?
Originally Posted By ArchtMig ^^^LOL... I always crack up when transplants from the east coast now living here talk about going to "Disney" when they are referring to Disneyland. That's such an east coast thing...
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "Walt's first name has never been used by itself." Isn't there a restuarant near Town Square in DLP simply named "Walt's" with different rooms themed to different lands? I could be mistaken on which park it's in, but I'm pretty sure it exists somewhere, with that name. "Compared to all of those lofty concepts, "Disney's 'California' Adventure" has always been too focused to one small part of the world..." And Disney's "Hollywood" Studios has such a more broad area to draw inspiration from...
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I think both 'Disney-MGM Studios' and 'Disney's Hollywood Studios' are duds.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <'Walt Disney's California' is a cool name.> I'm fine with DCA, but if they did change it, that's the best suggestion I've seen so far.
