okay, first of all... what is most needed in my opinion... is more disney themed rides. like splash mountain, swiss family treehouse, buzz lightyear space ranger spin and its tough to be a bug
disney is getting the right idea with Stitch's great escape, even though the loss of alien encounter is a real shame... seing that i never got to ride it...
the reason i think this is is because when people come to disneywolrd- they want to be immersed in disney! to feel like they're living the movie! not anything you could find at any other theme park! the rides should be all themed from the movies as if you are now a part of them.
now, of course there are the rides like snow white, winnie the pooh, peter pan, mad tea party, cinderellas carousel, and dumbo which are wonderful- and im not at all implying that they be taken away- just, i think that there should be more theme rides that are more then just riding around a building looking at cutout scenes from a movie or going just simply going around. it should be more exciting- more realistic, more variety then that. what i mean is- take somthing from the movie, and turn it into a ride! for example:there are so many alice in wonderland rides that could have been so much more creative then the mad tea party in magic kingdom... for example,a painting the roses red sort of laser tag game or miniature golf course themed appropriatly to the croguet scene, a water ride theme for the movie starting off with goin through the door floating on alice's tears and through the jolly courcus race and then maybe taking you on a tour of wonderland, maybe letting you off in a "honey i shrunk the kids movie set" type themed playground of wonderland....or in the clock scene in the great mouse detective where they're trapped inside the clock and trying to run away from the dials and such could easily be made into a ride! or of course, the roller coaster in the emperors new groove is a more then obvious set-up for-guess what- an actual rollercoaster! how about an oliver and company themed tour of new york ride?or gliding through trees like tarzan on a styled coaster... also shows! the shows could be so interestingly themed! for example an aristocats jazz performance, mulan fireworks, or a brother bear light show which could be like the very impressive one in the movie! the lists are endless...
next issue:
the merchendise that is sold in disneyworld is just plain boring.
i was expecting- (being at the disney capitol of the world) that i'd be surrounded by all kinds of different themed merchendise from all the disney movies and i'd end up leaving disney with so much movie parafanaillia i wouldnt have where to put it.
oh how wrong i was.
the merhcendise was just downright dissapointing...
how the crap can there be basically no alice in wonderland lady and the tramp jungle book or any other disney classic merchendise whatsoever??! i even had a hard time finding lion king merch for my sister if you could believe that!
it's just unbelieveble that you go to Walt Disney World and seems as if they've forgotten 95% of their movies! and thats only animated movies yes? anyway... basically what they did was basically break it down to six selling groups:
-Mickey and Friends
-Disney Princesses
-Villians
-Pixar
-Winnie the Pooh
-Pins
where are all the disney characters other then that? i guess we'll never know.
okay, mickey and friends is perfectly find... after all it is mickeyland... moving on...
Disney Princesses okay... dont get me started.... they are just too overdone. i mean... how much crap can these people sell to parents whose little girls just HAVE to have it? it's insane... and it just gets me pissed.
Villians okay... cool idea. but the problem is, you got your villian and then your thinking: okay... no where's the hero? or any other character from the movie for that matter! disney scored on that one that evryone loves the villian but it still leaves you longing for the other great elemnts of every movie that there is no mention of anywhere!
okay... pixar actually there isnt too much mention of so it's not overdone, and its there- available if you want.. so thats great! but why can you get these and not the classic 2D disney movies??
Winnie the Pooh[/b}... i must say. disney does know where the selling points are, becase everyone loves the hundred acre wood gang... perfectly nice... lots of cute t-shirts...
[b}Pins[/b[ oh the pins.... the horrible horrible pins. the disney company are just moneymaking geniouses. getting people to collect somthing that costs 8 bucks and wayyy way up is just brilliant. and i must say, the pins werent even that great. pretty crappy selection... again... looking to get my sister a lion king pin- no plain one available... the only one i found was at the center pin station in downtown disney and i'd after to make it yah. right. plus it costs more money!! so.. so much for that idea.
personally, i woul dhave much preffered if they had made a big deal out of the trading card buisness. seems much more fun and much less pricy. but pricy is the key word in disney merchendise, which is why we're all doomed to empty our wallets to the magical moneymaking scheme of disney.
and other then that... zilch! nada!! nothinnnggg!! i mean i can understand them not selling too much less wanted merch at the minor stores... like the hotel gift shops (which still were pretty damn big i must admit) or the little store inside the parks themselves... but when i went to the big disney store in downtown disney i expected a little somthing! but noooo... just all the regular crap- only in huge amounts.
after all that.... i just have to say- i walked out of disneyworld myself with a kuzco plush, a villians t-shirt, a grumpy hat, a mickey shaped bottle opener (cause everyone has to buy somthing mickey), a "dogs of disney" picture frame magnet, and- i have to admit this {gulp}- three disney pins
... okayyyyy! next subject i want to bring up: stage shows
i havent seen that many of the disney stage shows myself, but the impression i get is that they're all short 25 minute fast paced versions of the movies excluding most of the scenes and only leaving the major ones only very necessary to the story. correct?
anyway, my thoughts on this is maybe to bring in actual full length versions of the plays... for example the broadway versions of lion king and beauty and the beast... it doesnt even have to be in the parks (though that would seem more fun to me)... they could put it in downtown disney and make a hellofalot of money off of it!
and final topic, those great little details disney sticks everywhere.
the attention to detail. them magical moments from the movies that are sprinkled around the park. the artifacts that remind you suddenly of a disney movie and t\it just leaves you with a good feeling for the rest of the day. like seeing the sword in the stone, or belle's little fountain, or when i was there they had a big plaque of rutt and tuke and there was a recording of them talking among themselves.. dont know if its still there...even the big things like cinderellas castle
... these are the things that basically make disneyworld disneyworld. forget all the rides and shows and everything (well, just for now dont actually forget them... just for now), it's the disney magic. and all i can say i want to impove about this is more! more!disneyworld needs more of these things because this is where the magic comes from! everything should make you remember all about growing up with these movies... and showing you what you came here for.
i know it sounds all mushy and i sound like a disneyworld somthing or other telling you to have a "magical day" but in this case... i couldnt agree more.
wow is anybody gonna read all that? oh well whatever i just had to let it out.... exhausting but refreshing....
enjoy!
oh yes... and my closing words: i love you disneyworld! you're the best! keep up the good work
:D:D-kuzco
