Hi Disers!
After a long break I decided to post something, about a thing which concernes me, since a lot of time. Now that Shanghai Disney Resort has been announced, I have the feeling that Disney concentrates more on Asia and not the totally nice way. Probably a lot of you won't agree with this, but these are just feelings, so I am happy to hear all your comments. So I think, that three parks on a continent are a bit too much. I mean "OK. Asia's the biggest continent. But having one in Japan and two in China, and all those are in the same area of Asia. Russia I could have understood, but twice China?" And then all these exclusive things: Tokyo DisneySea, Mystic Point, Grizzly Gulch (don't really care since it's going to be like Frontierland), biggest castle of all, Chinese-only attractions. And also the quality doesn't seem to be as good. Shanghai and Hong Kong only have/had 4 lands. And I think it's really strange that Disney doesn't seem to care if they own the parks or not. Tokyo 0%, Shanghai and Hong Kong 47%. I can understand that after Paris' initial problems they are careful, but today it's the 4th most theme park in the world and the most visited sight in Europe. And it is strange, that they own less than 50%. Shouldn't companies always at least have 51% of something? And I think that they are a bit exaggerating: DisneySea is still okay, it may be that in 10 years a DisneySea could also be in Paris or Orlando or Anaheim, but Mystic Point which is surely going to be successful with a lot of cool rides I can barely imagine (maybe even a Nightmare before Christmas one) and a lot of unique attractions. I can understand that each park can't be identical, I love seeing all these changes in DL and DLP and sure each has some unique attractions, but so many?! And the thing that hurts me most, is the castle. The idea is great, but I don't quite like it being bigger than Cinderella Castle. I mean CC has still been designed by Walt Disney and here comes Shanghai Resort, which has nothing to do with Walt himself and says, "We have the biggest castle" Now even if it hurts a bit it is fine, but what if in 10 years the official logo will have the Shanghai castle on it and CC will be the small castle designed by some old guy? Like I said above, you will probably disagree and I hope to see some helping critical comments. But it is really hard for me to criticize Disney, because I love it, I love the books, I love the films, I love the parks, I love the cruises and constantly try to make a big Disney vacation with my family and now I have the feeling, I have been punched in the face and beginning to see Disney as only one of those companies, which tries to make money.
I hope some of you will have some really good explanations, because this really hurts me. I really want Disney to be about fun and Walt's ideas and not about making more money. I hope that some of you will share some comments about what I am thinking.
If this theme doesn't fit in here, I am sorry and ask a mod to switch it to another theme.
Also I am sorry about any grammar/punctuation errors, you are going to find. I am German and live in LA since two months, but still have to get used to the punctuation, also I am writing this very fast, because I don't want to criticize Disney too much and want to get over with it.
So have a nice day.
Greetings,
Anubis7
After a long break I decided to post something, about a thing which concernes me, since a lot of time. Now that Shanghai Disney Resort has been announced, I have the feeling that Disney concentrates more on Asia and not the totally nice way. Probably a lot of you won't agree with this, but these are just feelings, so I am happy to hear all your comments. So I think, that three parks on a continent are a bit too much. I mean "OK. Asia's the biggest continent. But having one in Japan and two in China, and all those are in the same area of Asia. Russia I could have understood, but twice China?" And then all these exclusive things: Tokyo DisneySea, Mystic Point, Grizzly Gulch (don't really care since it's going to be like Frontierland), biggest castle of all, Chinese-only attractions. And also the quality doesn't seem to be as good. Shanghai and Hong Kong only have/had 4 lands. And I think it's really strange that Disney doesn't seem to care if they own the parks or not. Tokyo 0%, Shanghai and Hong Kong 47%. I can understand that after Paris' initial problems they are careful, but today it's the 4th most theme park in the world and the most visited sight in Europe. And it is strange, that they own less than 50%. Shouldn't companies always at least have 51% of something? And I think that they are a bit exaggerating: DisneySea is still okay, it may be that in 10 years a DisneySea could also be in Paris or Orlando or Anaheim, but Mystic Point which is surely going to be successful with a lot of cool rides I can barely imagine (maybe even a Nightmare before Christmas one) and a lot of unique attractions. I can understand that each park can't be identical, I love seeing all these changes in DL and DLP and sure each has some unique attractions, but so many?! And the thing that hurts me most, is the castle. The idea is great, but I don't quite like it being bigger than Cinderella Castle. I mean CC has still been designed by Walt Disney and here comes Shanghai Resort, which has nothing to do with Walt himself and says, "We have the biggest castle" Now even if it hurts a bit it is fine, but what if in 10 years the official logo will have the Shanghai castle on it and CC will be the small castle designed by some old guy? Like I said above, you will probably disagree and I hope to see some helping critical comments. But it is really hard for me to criticize Disney, because I love it, I love the books, I love the films, I love the parks, I love the cruises and constantly try to make a big Disney vacation with my family and now I have the feeling, I have been punched in the face and beginning to see Disney as only one of those companies, which tries to make money.
I hope some of you will have some really good explanations, because this really hurts me. I really want Disney to be about fun and Walt's ideas and not about making more money. I hope that some of you will share some comments about what I am thinking.
If this theme doesn't fit in here, I am sorry and ask a mod to switch it to another theme.
Also I am sorry about any grammar/punctuation errors, you are going to find. I am German and live in LA since two months, but still have to get used to the punctuation, also I am writing this very fast, because I don't want to criticize Disney too much and want to get over with it.
So have a nice day.
Greetings,
Anubis7