List of things I wish Disney would do at WDW

[NoLineOntheHorizon]

I wish Disney would stop changing things. I agree that many of the original attractions were better than their replacements.

Disney needs to make more reference to the 1964/65 World's Fair. If they did, more people would truly understand "One Man's Dream". We grew up with Walt & his ideas, the Mouseketeers on TV, and simple things.

When my daughter (age 33) was recently browsing through our long-forgotten 1965 World's Fair book, her face said it all. She then understood Disney World - and simplicity.

Agreed. Advance toward simplicity.

 

[mitros]

I wish Disney would stop changing things. I agree that many of the original attractions were better than their replacements.

Disney needs to make more reference to the 1964/65 World's Fair. If they did, more people would truly understand "One Man's Dream". We grew up with Walt & his ideas, the Mouseketeers on TV, and simple things.

When my daughter (age 33) was recently browsing through our long-forgotten 1965 World's Fair book, her face said it all. She then understood Disney World - and simplicity.

Couldn't agree with you more!

 

[damamoli]

We need a few more E-ticket attractions at all the parks. While I love Disney, they are just a bit behind in the thrills market...

 

[SelfEmployedDebtFree]

I have made this statement before, but my only real complaint with Disney is that there is nothing there that scares me. When you consider the coasters out in the local parks, Disney is lacking. Sure, Disney has some nice ones, and I like EE as much as the next guy, but with the money Disney has there is no reason they couldn't break a Guiness Book record or two. Tallest, fastest, etc.
I've heard the family theory many times, but that didn't stop Disney from creating (then later destroying) Pleasure Island. Disney needs a real thrill coaster. Maybe one of those where you feel like your flying. (I forget the term at the moment... Inverted?)

 

[mitros]

We need a few more E-ticket attractions at all the parks. While I love Disney, they are just a bit behind in the thrills market...

That's why Universal is there.

 

[WI WDWGIRL]

That's why Universal is there.

I don't agree with you. They seem to be neglecting the teen/thrill seeker group. I feel they need to do some catering to this group.

 

[mitros]

Why? the Disney parks are too crowded already without bringing more bodies on property............

 

[SelfEmployedDebtFree]

I don't agree with you. They seem to be neglecting the teen/thrill seeker group. I feel they need to do some catering to this group.

For years Disney has gone out of their way to make your trip "exclusively Disney". From the hard push to stay on property to the transportation, to the EMH (only for Disney guests), etc. They want you to forget all about Universal, Sea World, Gator land, and where ever else you were considering, and just stay with them. And it has worked (at least for us). I've been to WDW 17 times, and I have never seen Universal. I've seen Boardwalk, DTD, PI, etc, but never Universal. I havent seen Sea World or the space center since I was about 8.

If they want to keep the tourists on Disney grounds, and the money in Disney pockets, they need more thrill. The competition is getting brave, but Disney is still asleep in that niche of the market.

 

[mitros]

For years Disney has gone out of their way to make your trip "exclusively Disney". From the hard push to stay on property to the transportation, to the EMH (only for Disney guests), etc. They want you to forget all about Universal, Sea World, Gator land, and where ever else you were considering, and just stay with them. And it has worked (at least for us). I've been to WDW 17 times, and I have never seen Universal. I've seen Boardwalk, DTD, PI, etc, but never Universal. I havent seen Sea World or the space center since I was about 8.

If they want to keep the tourists on Disney grounds, and the money in Disney pockets, they need more thrill. The competition is getting brave, but Disney is still asleep in that niche of the market.

Except for the fact that Disney IS doing just that, keeping bodies on their property. The Disney property, ie, Parks resorts, and restaurants are ALWAYS mobbed. There are always enough people at any given time on Disney property, that they feel they do not have to spend $$$ on high priced new rides very often, by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[Sir Robin Hood]

Clone DisneySea from Tokyo (exactly the way it is, down to the very last detail and theming structure) and build it in America! Okay, maybe not down to every last detail, since we already have a ToT of our own, but.... their version is cooler, so yes...EVERY last detail.

It hurts how badly I want a DisneySea park in Orlando or Anaheim. That park is truely a masterpiece and Walt would be very proud of it's design & detail. At least by the year 2020...please!!

For a Plan B I'd settle for a Mysterious Island & Arabian Coast exactly like DisneySea's version somewhere in an American park. And a Mermaid Lagoon and Mediterranean Harbor, to heck with it, I want the whole thing over here.

Okay moving on now.
Epcot--Bring the song "Tomorrow's Child" back to the Spaceship Earth ride somehow.
MK--Stitch...be gone foul creature!
Oh, and we need a recreation of DisneySea at WDW or DLR.

 

[DizCaptain]

Except for the fact that Disney IS doing just that, keeping bodies on their property. The Disney property, ie, Parks resorts, and restaurants are ALWAYS mobbed. There are always enough people at any given time on Disney property, that they feel they do not have to spend $$$ on high priced new rides very often, by any stretch of the imagination.

First off please stop complaining about mobs and body counts, Disney is a resort, not a casualty. I agree that some areas are busy but restaurants are places for people to eat. There is no reason to get upset because a busy restaurant means a good restaurant usually. About the "feel they do not have to spend money on high priced new rides", I dont know where you have been but a great amount of disney rides, thrills or not, are well planned and expensive. Even the simplest of rides are being further developed while containing simplicity but at the expense of money. Walt himself invisioned future and changes, in the proper ways of course. Without change mankind would not have progressed, we would be left in the dark. In fact, yes, Epcot is built to invision the future, a future that must come from change. Disney is no different, new attractions can be added without the spoiling of old.

 

[SelfEmployedDebtFree]

Except for the fact that Disney IS doing just that, keeping bodies on their property. The Disney property, ie, Parks resorts, and restaurants are ALWAYS mobbed. There are always enough people at any given time on Disney property, that they feel they do not have to spend $$$ on high priced new rides very often, by any stretch of the imagination.

I agree that there are too many bodies in the park. I agree COMPLETELY. It gets harder and harder to find "good dates" to travel. However, I'd rather see new rides than promos like buy 4 get 3. The promos add bodies. The new rides would give those bodies a place to be, as opposed to cluttering up the walkways.
All I'm saying is if they spent more money on new rides & attractions, and less on promos and deals, we would both get what we wanted. They don't necessarily have to change the current attractions, just add new in the dead space that's already there.
Take the Odyssey building for instance. That's a HUGE building! It has prime property location as well. When you consider the handful of events that they hold there, that 95% of the Disney guests will never even know about, it just seems wasted. Put those events in an off the park space (Like the abandoned Legendary Years building!!!!!) and put a major attraction in the centrally located Odyssey building. And while they are at it... it's starting to show it's age. Update it.

Consider this: (It's not perfect, just a thought) if they took ALL the shops away and made a mega "mall" in the Odyssey building, then all the places where those shops were could support much smaller attractions (like the video game in Spaceship Earth, or the storm attraction in Innoventions) and they would all attract people. All those little "mini-attractions" would help thin out the walkways. Then they could stock just one giant store, and you wouldn't have to go to 5 different attraction stores to find a chrome Mickey Mouse emblem for your car.

 

[mitros]

I agree that there are too many bodies in the park. I agree COMPLETELY. It gets harder and harder to find "good dates" to travel. However, I'd rather see new rides than promos like buy 4 get 3. The promos add bodies. The new rides would give those bodies a place to be, as opposed to cluttering up the walkways.
All I'm saying is if they spent more money on new rides & attractions, and less on promos and deals, we would both get what we wanted. They don't necessarily have to change the current attractions, just add new in the dead space that's already there.
Take the Odyssey building for instance. That's a HUGE building! It has prime property location as well. When you consider the handful of events that they hold there, that 95% of the Disney guests will never even know about, it just seems wasted. Put those events in an off the park space (Like the abandoned Legendary Years building!!!!!) and put a major attraction in the centrally located Odyssey building. And while they are at it... it's starting to show it's age. Update it.

Consider this: (It's not perfect, just a thought) if they took ALL the shops away and made a mega "mall" in the Odyssey building, then all the places where those shops were could support much smaller attractions (like the video game in Spaceship Earth, or the storm attraction in Innoventions) and they would all attract people. All those little "mini-attractions" would help thin out the walkways. Then they could stock just one giant store, and you wouldn't have to go to 5 different attraction stores to find a chrome Mickey Mouse emblem for your car.

Hey, that "mall" idea sounds good to me. All merchandise in one place!

 

[SelfEmployedDebtFree]

Hey, that "mall" idea sounds good to me. All merchandise in one place!

Yeah, and easier to avoid! No more sneaking out the side door after the ride!

 

[PDJPrinceCharming]

MK

Get a real Cinderella attraction, the Carrousel isn't good enough. One of the all-time beloved princesses needs a real attraction.
Bring in the NBC theme for Haunted Mansion for the holidays. I'm sure anyone who has not been to DLR would appreciate seeing what kind of hoopla surrounds this amazing attraction.
Get rid of Stitch in Tomorrowland, I hate that "ride" & it always tries to kill me with its robotics.
Get rid of Snow White. It flat out scares little children anyways & it doesn't belong in Fantasyland. Bring in the Seven Dwarves mine ride that another Diser suggested.
Open Little Mermaid as a dark ride at Ariel's Grotto.
Bring in a few new TS restaurants
At least one new huge E Ticket thrill ride needs to be in this park, it could use it more than any other except DHS.

Epcot
Bring back Wonders of Life
Get rid of Honey I Shrunk The Audience
Get some more good CS restaurants
Use some of the space to create a new country. I'd say Australia but it seems more like a fit in AK.
Canada needs a ride of sorts, maybe a bobsled through the Canadian forest
Epcot needs a new E Ticket attraction as well, its been a long time since they have had one & a new thrill ride possibly attached maybe to the America pavilion might work well.

DHS
Get rid of the dead-end between TOT & RNRC. Get rid of The Little Mermaid show & theme it with something new & different.
Bring back Superstar Television & the new Who's Line is it Anyway attraction with a few other shows in the new Broadway area of the park
Continue making Pixar Place great with the Monsters Inc coaster
Kill Narnia & replace it with well anything
Close Indy & build the DLR ride instead, its time for a change
Star Tours 2.0
New Muppet Movie
Revamp GMR
Get rid of the Sorcerer's Hat
A few new rides are very much needed at this park
Kill the Backlot tour, with LMA there isn't much of a point.

AK
Bring in Australia with a new Kangaroo type flying coaster.
More trees please, shade is very much needed here
A few more rides might be nice as well

DTD/PI

Re-Open Pleasure Island! No questions, bring back nightly entertainment to PI. All the clubs(especially CW) & maybe a few new ones not just Celebrate Tonight which is abysmal.
Move something of worth that will make money into the Virgin building
Get a new Cirque show

Resorts
Need a new Value resort, i've stayed in all 4 & i'd like a new change of pace

General
Let Donald's OJ Bar be in every park. I hate having to go to AK only to get one
Bring back Chicken Strips
Extend the Monorail
Resort to Resort transportation

 

[Mouseaholic!!!]

There are so many good ideas and "walks through memory lane" on this thread - it has been fun to read and consider.

For me....I wish Disney would bring back the "quality of planning" it used to be known for.

For example, people flock to WDW when a storm threatens Florida - why? Because the resorts are rumored to be OVER built.

Years ago when Disney made a decision to build something, they would make sure it was built to last. Two big examples........

The Yeti
Fantasmic dragon at DL

Both of these were not engineering well enough to stand the stresses of daily use (and the dragon never even made it to opening night!!)

Earlier in this thread someone mentioned his Antennea toppers are....earless because the quality is not good. My Company manufactures products in China - they CAN make them well enough to stand up to the riggors of use....even if they won't consider having them manufactured in the US.

.....and take the time to make repairs with the same eye to long-term use.

There is no place more magical for us than the Wildie - even if we do not stay there, we always visit during a trip to dine - and walk the grounds. The last time there we noticed they had patched the Disney rocks which made up the waterfall --- but didn't bother to match the paint color for the rocks. The patch in no way looked like anything other than.....a bad repair. Heartbreaking for the feature water element in that beautiful courtyard.

Spend the $$$ to build it well the first time and make timely and good repairs. Build and repair to last a long-long time.

My chant......

REMEMBER THE YETI !! (and the headless Dragon!)

 

[SelfEmployedDebtFree]

Canada needs a ride of sorts, maybe a bobsled through the Canadian forest

Now THIS is a good idea!!!!! Though I do disagree with much of the rest. (We all have opinions.) I like the Snow White ride. Its corny. It's not scary. I've never seen any child that was scared on it, and we go a lot. maybe others have, but I haven't. My children always thought it was fun from from day one. I agree the Muppet Movie is WAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY outdated. I try to enjoy every show, but its in your face outdated. Like the plaid pants. But then again... that's when the Muppets were popular. I'd rather see everyone in plaid than updated with pop-star/hip-hop clothes and big chain necklaces. And they would (of course) have to make it more rap music orientated (Please..... no more of that.) so maybe 70s is OK after all.

 

[indiesgirl4ever]

Add Matterhorn and Indianna Jones the ride! hehe

 

[akcire]

1. Bring back Mr. Toad....update it if you must and make his wild ride a roller coaster or bring back the original (This would save me trips to CA to get my Toad-fix)

2. Destroy Norway in Epcot, and rebuild Sweden (a much nicer place) You could even do a VASA themed ride (the boat, not the crisp bread)

3. Build more countries in Epcot--like anything in South America...when World Showcase was built a few continents were over looked.

4. Take a bobcat through Ellen's Energy ride, and start over with technology from the year 2000

5. Get rid of the stupid outfits in AK, it is hard to teach kids about dignity when adults have to wear those stupid colored outfits. There is no reason all the castmembers in AK can not go with a khaki themed outfit--especially the pregnant women!

6. Bring back the pewter plates in Cinderella's Castle, the blue glasses belong at the dollar store, and don't have the "royal" feel of the old metalware.

7. Replace the Dino-dig in AK. McDonald's is making money, let them sponsor a better ride.

8. Liberty Tree needs characters!

9. More roller coasters, they don't have to be the world's scariest, just add more of them.

10. Hire a chief cleaning officer, someone who can spot check rooms at all resort levels--a roaming employee who does not report to a housekeeping manager, nor a specific hotel manager. Sort of like an independent quality control (we have stayed at all levels of resort--housekeeping is hit or miss at all of them--two trips in a row we checked in with dirty sheets once mold, once blood--DH doesn't enjoy staying on property any longer) Sometimes I think they use an "invisible magical" vacuum. My family owned a hotel, it is not hard to clean a room correctly!

Those are the ideas that came to me at the moment, without trying to repeat others

 

[WDWKOOK]

10. Hire a chief cleaning officer, someone who can spot check rooms at all resort levels--a roaming employee who does not report to a housekeeping manager, nor a specific hotel manager. Sort of like an independent quality control (we have stayed at all levels of resort--housekeeping is hit or miss at all of them--two trips in a row we checked in with dirty sheets once mold, once blood--DH doesn't enjoy staying on property any longer) Sometimes I think they use an "invisible magical" vacuum. My family owned a hotel, it is not hard to clean a room correctly!

Higher standards of room cleanliness sure would be a nice "retro" concept. Every year we go it seems to get less consistent, and as dirt accumulates over the years it gets dirtier and dirtier. (The Greenbrier is never like this and their rack rates are comparable.) I'm getting weary of having to come prepared with my own cleaning supplies every visit and warning my family not to touch anything until I've cleaned it all first.

As the PP mentions, it can be done, IF WDW thinks it worth their time/money to ensure consistent, across the board room cleanliness, and if more guests complain.