Originally Posted By OrlandoBoi Okay-so I meant the JC. I was tired. (tries to deflect) "LOOK......THE BACKSIDE OF WATER!!!!!!!"
Originally Posted By x-TDL-character Good point, Orlandoboi...hey, PotC has skulls and skeletons gallore as well, let's shut *it* down too. And while you're at it, the haunted mansion is filled with ghosts not to mention a bunch of dried up corpses popping out of graves. Put up the "vacancy" sign there too. Not to mention Star Tours, which depicts a horrific battle in which pilots get their brains blown into the cold recesses of space. I won't even continue, there are just too many "horrific" scenes depicted on Disney rides...I'm so traumatized I don't think I can go to another Disney park ever again!! PULEEZE!! It's not called bravery, it's called catering to certain loudmouths' stupidity. And it sucks (imho). I just hope they don't leave the place empty like they have so many other attractions, but I wouldn't put any money on it!!
Originally Posted By brotherdave Snow White's Scary Adventures & The Great Movie Ride also have lots of skeletons. There's also Skull Rock in Peter Pan's Flight. If you want to talk about attractions that might 'offend' people because of 9/11, then Tower of Terror would have to be at the top of the list, just from it's name alone! And I really doubt that THAT attraction will be closing anytime soon!
Originally Posted By ubiwrksfan let me assure you all from what I have heard the space will not go empty. There is a lot more to its closing than its PCness. the fact is the ride takes a lot of space, doesnt fit the themeing anymore, costs a lot to run, although the lines are long popularity of the attraction has gone WAYYYYY down<-via exit interviews (something like 70% of guests said they would not ride it again if they returned, AK has real animals so they really dont see the point in it. Spideys popularity has made it almost impossible for TPTB to ignore the possibility of putting an E-ticket attraction to complement the existing Agrabah style that has imposed itself in Adventureland, thus cashing in on the MOVIE draw. Its been planned for a while, think about it first there was changing Tiki and putting Iago in there, then the Aladdin spinner, now they will replace JC. I think PotC will be safe for now, but dont be surprised if they do eventually replace it seeing as how its not as good or popular as Disneylands.
Originally Posted By coral_barks Okay, just so long as it isn't _only_ because people are offended, and just so long as a major attraction or three _will_ go in and replace it (soon!), and just so long as the theming of Adventureland overall is re-unified (JC aside, Agrabah still does not fit with colonial buildings around the corner, not to mention Tiki temple RIGHT IN AGRABAH SQUARE, and of course, the treehouse) with the same feeling of exoticism and place-ness the old Adventureland had; perhaps then I can accept this decision. Even so it's a shame because the Jungle Cruise is one of the few attractions in which CM-guest interaction forms a vital part of the experience, and one of the few where improvisation and uncertainty can actually play a factor and vary the show.
Originally Posted By x-TDL-character Is it just me, or are they trying to re-theme an entire land to match a spinny-go round ride? If so, they should just scrap the whole zone (minus that wonderful spinner of course) and build DisneySeas Arabian Coast around it. THAT would be a good match, and the label "Adventureland" works just as well for that idea as it does the ecclectic bunch of concepts the place now has thanks to that very same round and round she goes bore!! Ugh! Coral Barks, I wouldn't count on ONE major attraction to replace it, let alone THREE (I can just hear the accountaneers cackling at the very thought of it!).
