Friday, December 16, 2011

Even Magic Needs Help

I was reading the Magic Blogorail today.  4 Bloggers each made a list of things they'd love to see updated at Walt Disney World.  I've been really sentimental about Disney lately and I don't know why.  Maybe it's because I've only been there once in the last 2 years, and then only for 3 days.  Or maybe it's because I want so badly to move on from this life and that was where I was happiest. Anyway, I thought I would play along.

(Some of these are the same attractions the blog posters mentioned.)

Magic Kingdom:  Tomorrowland Speedway needs to be fixed.  I've ridden it a few times. It's not just that it's boring (it kind of is).  The ride isn't even all that well done.  The actual ride should be smooth instead of bumping along the track to simulate driving (which it does not).  Call VW and maybe create something based on Herbie The Love Bug.

I'd also like to see a Muppet presence.  Maybe you could have Electric Mayhem playing Muppet songs. Or something involving the Muppet Babies.

EPCOT:   I think the Land &; the Seas both need work.  Soarin and Turtle Talk with Crush are both amazing, but a lot of the other attractions feel like they're lost in time. Keep the educational themes, but spruce them up. Also--- Captain EO is terrible.  TERRIBLE.  As much as I love Honey I Shrunk the Audience, I understand that most kids don't know that movie anymore.  But did they have to put this up? Give Michael Jackson's music a pavilion somewhere, but please please please replace Captain EO.

Hollywood Studios:  I think I heard they were ending the Backlot Tour.  It's been a joke for years, so that's good.  That frees up a lot of space.  They could use it to give Narnia a proper attraction.  Who wouldn't want to walk through a wardrobe into a magical Winter kingdom?  Do it justice, unlike the previous attraction.

They're finally taking down Sounds Dangerous.  I'd really like to see something The Incredibles here.  This is one of Pixar's best movies and it's been absent in attraction form this entire time.  And even though I know many would regard it as a Potter rip-off  (and it isn't an unfair comparison), Disney could put in a Percy Jackson ride/ attraction. They publish the books.

Animal Kingdom:  I kind of wish they would do a new version of Tapestry of Dreams here.

What I would most like to see is The Indiana Jones Adventure.  I understand that Disney wants Disneyland to have certain exclusive attractions, but IJA is one of the best things Disney has ever done. It sucks that you have to go to California to see it, because WDW will always win out on my Disney vacations.  I'm too poor to do both.

I'm sure there's more if I think about it, but I wanted to keep the list simple.

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