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Rebuilding Tomorrowland
from the copying-yesterdayland dept
A year and a half ago I went with some friends down to LA to check out Disney's "California Adventure" themepark. I thought it was pretty weak. It seemed like any other amusement park, with the same sorts of rides. The thing I had always liked about Disney's theme parks were that the attractions were different than the typical everyday amusement park. The weak California Adventure is apparently the result of the suits having a bigger influence at Disney Imagineering. They've cut back on staff by half, and tried to get them to do less imagining, and spend more time actually producing things for the parks. Of course, creativity doesn't always work that way and some are worrying that Disney's themepark innovations may be near an end.
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Of course it's going down the crapper...
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Disney and the Enthusiasts
Don't know. Ultimately, it's cyclical. I think eventually they'll get it back again.
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Reflection of a larger trend
The South will perhaps see more Dixieland Theme Parks with confederate flags flying all over it, with mobile homes getting sucked into simulated tornadoes. Places with large Muslim communities could have Meccaland Theme parks with separate roller coasters for men and women. Northern Ireland theme parks could have green rides for Catholics and orange rides for Protestants. San Francisco could have a Fairyland theme park with a bunny mascot wearing black leather thongs.
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