Inside Disney World’s revamped Space Mountain | TheDailyDisney.com from OrlandoSentinel.com
SPOILER ALERT! But if you want to read about what’s new after the rehab, take a look.
Also, here’s another good post regarding the thoughts behind Disneyland’s and WDW’s Space Mountain rehabs..
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1 Christopher Grey // Nov 17, 2009 at 9:21 am
I’m having a hard time getting excited over any of these incremental updates Disney does. Will they ever be a bold, pioneering company again?
2 DizWiz // Nov 17, 2009 at 10:11 am
Did you forget about the major Fantasyland rehab that’s going to wipe out Mickey’s Toontown Fair in order to put up many, many places for you to meet all the Princesses and Fairies? Come on…that’s gonna be gold! And very innovative! Where else could you stand to take a picture with a princess?
Seriously, I am excited about the SM update. Here’s why: It is now supposed to have a cohesive storyline and it’s based in the 60s vision of the future, where we travel to far off places by rocket. What Disney needs to do is to revamp all of Tomorrowland to reflect this theme. And–for God’s sake–get rid of Stitch’s attraction, the Monster’s Inc. attraction and Buzz Lightyear. Get rid of all characters in Tomorrowland. They need to develop new rides and attractions for these spaces that are unique. What are the most popular and most loved attractions at Disney? Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain–heck, I’ll even throw Sorin’ in there…all of these were original and have no tie-ins to any characters or movies (at least when they were opened). Instead of making movies and then opening rides based on the movies, they should switch that around and make more unique rides and then make movies based on them. It seems to have worked well with Pirates of the Caribbean.
Of course–ignoring my snide comments about Fantasyland above–Fantasyland should be the one place that it’s OK to incorporate the Disney characters and movies. However, what they’re doing in the coming Fantasyland expansion isn’t what should be done. Turning over half of Fantasyland to Princesses is going to appeal to a subset of visitors. If Disney is going to go the route of making a land that doesn’t appeal to everyone, fine. Then give us EPCOT Center back and make it visionary and smart and don’t worry about pandering to the lowest common denominator. (I’m looking at you, Seas with Nemo.)
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