DisneyBaby! said:I too hate having focus groups for everything, and it would be great to have only the coolest stuff at Disney, but there is a point that you reach where you need to think about profit. Last time I checked, Disney was a publicly traded company whose purpose was to MAKE MONEY. Gripe all you want, but this is capitalism we are talking about and sometimes just good enough makes the most money. It is their company and their money.
I think the coolest thing would to build a runway and fly the vomit comit over the gulf or take the restrictor plates off the cars at the speedway and let me run flat-out, but 1, the insurance will kill you and 2, what market will that serve? Who will pay for that? Is it worth the investment?
The "If you build it they will come." idea is from a MOVIE, it is FICTION. Sometimes you get a car only Homer Simpson would love, but generally this is the most cost effective way to see if ideas have any merit, any mass appeal because, again, they are doing this to make money. I gladly pay every year.
Last I checked, Disneyland was built as a for profit place. Never been free.
As for Kilamanjaro safari. Bad bad bad choice, but I'll let AV chew you out for that. All I'll say is that it's got a stupid storyline and San Diego's wild animal park is a million times better at showcasing the animals. So it fails utterly.