I disagree . Disney makes much more $$ on WDW visitors (staying on site) than they do at DLR. DLR has very limited on site capacity and still isn't considered a destination like WDW is.
And that's exactly why Disney invested over a Billion dollars in DCA. It's a
growth market. Disney wants people to realize that it's just as worthwhile to travel 1800 miles from Chicago to Anaheim as it is 1200 miles from Chi to Orlando.
Adding attractions isn't going to change that.
It already has. Go find some of the reports showing how much attendance has increased at DCA since mid-June. It isn't just SoCal locals who are going to check-out the new attractions.
California is still California and an awful long way for a significant percentage of vacationers to travel.
You speak like someone who thinks west of the Mississippi is a foreign country.
I agree that Walt Disney World is closer for many on the east coast. But we have a west coast, too. And a handful of middle states, too.
I'm curious...have you been to
Disneyland in the last 5 years? Your comments sound more like generic (often erroneous) criticism from folks who have never been--at least not since construction of the Grand Californian, DCA, renovations to Disneyland Hotel, growth of Downtown Disney, etc.
Once the novelty of Carsland wears off I think it would make sense to add it at WDW to attract all those that can't or aren't willing to travel to the west coast. It's popularity at DLR will likely make the decision to add it at WDW much easier.
And I fail to see why an organization like Walt Disney Imagineering cannot come up with an original concept. In the long run, I think it is far more valuable to both DL and WDW for them to maintain original offerings. There are very few people who "can't" travel to the west coast. More often it's a case of "aren't willing" to travel. And if those folks are sufficiently motivated, they'll find a reason to travel.
I'm quite sure there is some corporate synergistic, cost-saving logic behind cloning attractions. But I would much rather see something original.
If you handed Picasso two blank canvases, would you want him to paint the same picture twice?
I would rather not see Imagineering spend $1.5 billion to build the same attraction twice. The first one is there waiting. All you have to do is seek it out.
Not a true statement. If this is true what did he have planned when he made the announcement?
He had E.P.C.O.T. planned. Not the theme park "EPCOT" but the Experimental Prototype
Community of Tomorrow. It was to be a working city...not a Disneyland clone. And his plans were in such a raw state that when Walt passed away literally WEEKS after filming the famous video, Disney executives were paralyzed for more than a year as they tried to figure out how to proceed.
Finally the decision was made to simply clone Disneyland with a larger castle and wider walkways. Walt Disney--the man--had virtually no influence on what we know as Walt Disney World.