Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I really hope they have stuff planned like Spirit has said. I have been hoping that Lassater and the new team at imagineering would take a hard look at WDW and start fixing the glaring flaws that have been allowed to go unfixed by WDW management for years.>> I have my concerns ... I've been told one of my least fave Imagineers, as part of his 'promotion' has been given more say into what goes into WDW as he's been taken off anything Asian based. WDW definitely does NOT need Tom Fitzgerald's 'leadership' when it comes to developing quality attactions.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 Fitzgerald better not interfere with the upgrading of star tours or his head will role!
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I think Disney should counter Universal by doing the following: 1. Take out Tomorrowland Speedway and replace it with an attraction that is a combination of Carrousel of Progress and Horizons - a full Omnimover attraction with rider interaction. 2. Convert the Studio Tram tour in D/MGM with a fully-redeveloped "Cars" attraction. This would be somewhat a replacement of the Tomorrowland Speedway concept, but you would ride Lightening McQueen, Sally, Doc Hudson, etc. Tow Mater, the tractor cows and the combine bull would be inside "Catastrophe Canyon", and the cars could drive around Radiator Springs. 3. Convert the entire World Showcase, and bring in a wealth of attractions from Japan's DisneySea. Build Journey to the Center of the Earth volcano attraction into the edge of the Lagoon (maybe in the northern edge close to Future World. Build a Roman Coliseum behind Italy complete with Gladiator games. Build a Greece pavillion complete with an entire Ulysses adventure attraction. Build a Mary Poppins and/or Mr. Toad attraction behind UK. Build Egypt complete with a Pharoah story Pyramid dark indoor virtual-images coaster. Build a four-star resort behind the entire southern arc of the World Showcase where guests would stay in rooms and villas styled after the nearby themed nations. They could enter the park thru each country. 4. I agree with the complete Star Wars renovation of D/MGM, even with that taking over the Indy area. All six movies covered. 5. Build a mountain at the current location of Pooh woods (20K Leagues). The mountain would have three intertwined attractions throughout its surface, interior and base. A villians-themed overhead-track coaster, a hero-themed water flume ride, and a story-book boat ride at the base (somewhat like what exists in Anaheim) 6. Replace Tom Sawyer's Island with Bear Island. Build the water-raft attraction like what exists at California Adventure. Build a big Yellowstone-style geyser basin at the edge of the island, which would spray tall geysers from time-to-time (cooling off guests in Florida summers all over Frontierland). I have a concept for a complete redo of Future World in EPCOT (bring back its original mission), but that's more of a 20-year plan.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Convert the entire World Showcase, and bring in a wealth of attractions from Japan's DisneySea.>> PLEASE, no!!!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <the attraction where you ride in the flying car, will blow away every single Disney attraction built this decade in the United States.<< I remember when the 'ET' ride was ready to open -- same kind of fanfare. 'Ride with ET on a bicycle' and it was going to blow away any attraction ever built on the planet. Same with 'Back to the Future.' 'Ride in a DeLorean' etc... Same with 'Mummy: The Ride' Cutting edge special effects. Sorry. None of them delivered on their promise.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I wouldn't necessarily replace World Showcase with DisneySea - just use the same or similar attractions to "pack it in" and keep the name "World Showcase". DisneySea sort of has a World Showcase flavor to it. Sea-shore nations. It would be sort of like building a new theme park without having to build a new theme park
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I think Disney should steal E.T. I still consider E.T. to be a Star Wars movie ... Star Wars Episode X
Originally Posted By SpectroWishes321 I think the Villains Themed Coaster and Heroes Flume Ride Would fit perfectly in Fantasy Land. Since MK already has a Flume Ride I think it should be more like a Shoot-The-Chutes Water Ride. Personally I would also like to see the Indiana Jones Ride in Disney Land California added to Adventure Land in MK and in Liberty Square they could add a reinactment of the Revolutionary War. In Mickey's Toontown Fair, a dark-ride similar to Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin could be added and in Frontier Land they could have reinactment of a Gun-Fight with robbers and a Sherrif. In the Animal Kingdom, all I could say is put in the dang Beastly Kingdom already. In Epcot they could put the Mr. Toad ride formerly at MK in the UK Pavillion and in the World Showcase Lagoon they could have a Pirate Ship fight with cannons and sword fighting. In the Morocco Pavillion they could have an Aladdin Dark Ride and in Japan Pavillion they could have a roller coaster themed to Mt. Fuji. Also I would like to see the return of Tapestry of Nations. At MGM Studios I would love to see a Pixar themed area with rides themed to Cars, Finding Nemo, Incredibles and more.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Isn't Aladdin from Saudi Arabia, or Iraq? I know Sinbad is originally from Basra, Iraq. The Indy Ride in DL is the exact same layout as Dinasaur in Animal Kingdom. Disney may not see value in a copy-cat attraction on the same property. They could make a United Arab Emirates in World Showcase, and make the Palms Islands into the Lagoon: <a href="http://www.thepalm.ae/" target="_blank">http://www.thepalm.ae/</a> Quite honestly, we'll probably see the next Disney World in Dubai - not the other way around.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Sorry. None of them delivered on their promise.>> I wasn't dissappointed with Spiderman (except for the cartoonish queue area). I think that Uni can do it, they just have to crack the wallet open. I was thinking that if they added a Harry Potter themed hotel to the mix, say part of Hogwarts would be the hotel, I think that the waiting list for reservations would be very, very long.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 >>>Quite honestly, we'll probably see the next Disney World in Dubai - not the other way around.<<< and people complain about Fla heat.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 that would be cool- even cooler with a themed train on track 9 3/4 to take you to and from hotel
Originally Posted By SpectroWishes321 <<Isn't Aladdin from Saudi Arabia, or Iraq? I know Sinbad is originally from Basra, Iraq.>> True, but Aladdin character meet and greets are done at the Morroco Pavillion so it would be appropriate. Even though Indy is the same layout, it is an ENTIRELY different theme than Dinosaur. Plus Guests wouldn't tell the difference from the rides. I heard Indy was very popular in CA so I though it would be a popular attraction in FL. It's either the Indy Ride in CA or the Indy Coaster in Paris, but that would be one coaster too many so I like the Indy Ride better. I don't like the Emirates idea since it would be a hazard during Illuminations: Reflections of Earth. I know Epcot was planning on building a Mt Fuji Coaster, but it was cancelled out of Cultural Disrespect which makes no sense to me.
Originally Posted By Skellington88 Spider Man is still better than most new Disney rides built in the past few years (including mission:space) Men In Black is a FAR superior attraction to Buzz Lightyear. The theming of Jurassic Park and Lost Contenient blows away the theming of Dinoland U.S.A. and DCA. Universal can beat disney in quality if it really wants to. They have the talent.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >in Liberty Square they could add a reinactment of the Revolutionary War< Uh, something tells me that will/should never happen ...
Originally Posted By RoadTrip << Epcot they could put the Mr. Toad ride formerly at MK in the UK Pavillion and in the World Showcase Lagoon they could have a Pirate Ship fight with cannons and sword fighting. In the Morocco Pavillion they could have an Aladdin Dark Ride and in Japan Pavillion they could have a roller coaster themed to Mt. Fuji.>> Oh God. Kill me now. Life is no longer worth living.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 How did my serious thread become yet another armchair imagineering one? Can we move Horizons to the MK and Small World to Epcot too? And you KNOW Disney has a fifth gate planned themed to its collection of baddies (no, I don't mean folks like Holmes, Wallace, Weiss, Inoverherheadmeg etc ...).
