Originally Posted By underminer "100% cartoons?" Hmmmm...let's take a look at that: Non-cartoon based attractions DL: DL railroad Tiki room Jungle Cruise BTMMR Matterhorn Space Mountain Autopia HISTA Star Tours Indiana Jones HM POTC Mr. Lincoln show Innoventions IASW Astrorbiters Monorail Main street vehicles Columbia ship rafts to TS island Pirates Lair on TS island Non cartoon-based rides in DCA: Soarin GR Rapids Redwood Challlenge Screamin TOT MM Maliboomer Zepher Jellyfish So about 31 out of approx. 72 attractions are non-cartoon based or about 43%. Now if you take out Fantasyland, which are based more on the "old classics" that percentage would be closer to 55-60%. I don't know what your definition of "balance" is but that seems like a pretty good mix to me.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "They aimed higher. In fact, they were aiming so much higher that the place sat empty for years as they sorted it out. Can you imagine that now?" No. I can't.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "If I'm not mistaken when DCA opened in '01 I think there were very few character based attractions (Muppets and Bug's life 3D). And again if i'm not mistaken, that didn't work so well." It seemed to work pretty well with EPCOT Disney/MGM and Animal Kingdom. DCA didn't flop because Goofy wasn't on Mulholland Madness or because Mickey's face wasn't on the Sun Wheel. Really, this tilt, as Kar2oonMan calls it, towards heavily branded content and merchandise is really a new thing that started at the end of Eisner's tenure and went full steam when Iger took over.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt >>But it's still not a balance. You can call it financial responsibility, you can call it reality, but you cannot call it a balance. 100% cartoons will be our reality for a long while, but it is not a "balance."<< Agreed.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby Post 99: <<"100% cartoons?">> Yes. Read the other posts for context - which was changes to DL park in last 12 years or so/since New Tomorrowland. Buzz, Pooh, Princess Faire, treehouse, subs, castle walk-thru,... 100% have been cartoons. How many non-toon attractions added to DL park since New Tomorrowland?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Has DCA added anything permanent since it opened that wasn't cartoon or movie based? I guess Buena Vista Street won't be toon themed, however I'd be surprised if any of the new shops sell merchandise appropriate for the era depicted. It'd be cool if they put in a barber shop like the one on Main Street at WDW.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby ^^TOT is all I can think of. Otherwise you have: Playhouse Disney Aladdin Monsters Bugs Land TSMM OS became SSS RCCT got some Brother Bear Golden Dreams becomes LM MM becomes Goofy What else am I forgetting? Plus being a huge movie buff, I have always been bothered that the golden age of Hollywood is depicted in HPB as Disney Animation (legit toons, but toons nonetheless), Playhouse Disney (toons), Monsters Inc. (toons), Aladdin (toons), Muppets (semi-toons IMO), and TOT (which is made incongruous). That's right, the only ride-through in the land IS correctly themed, yet it is somehow incongruous with the rest of the land's attractions...
