I'm not highly praising it, I just think it's good for them to continue to put new things in place. Not for nothing - I think small-scale attractions being added should be encouraged as well. Realize that the parks should be made up of 25 % headliners (E and D tickets) and 75 % lesser attractions (A,B & C tickets) that 75 % of new stuff is going to be on that level. This is probalby at best a B attraction and nothing to get real excited about, but on the other hand, it's always nice to see something new, as I don't think they have been adding new things at a faster enough rate in Florida since about 2006.
I agree with everything you say...
i don't want cedar point or six flags steel monstrousities...(though even those could be used in the right manner if disney has the imagination to use one)
and i don't think they need to shatter the 200 million dollar barrier with each ride...
i like the B/C/D rides...nobody did them better than disney and they are responsible for the atmosphere of the park and thats what made
disneyland and its successors so great.
BUT...what kills it now is that they cannot build a reasonable product within their budget guidelines, never seem to invest enough for a finished product, or fail to "complete" a park after its initial concept is slashed...no matter what the time.
MGM was empty when it opened...ok....they'll do it overtime. Great
And they pieced here and there...but the minute the studio was shuttered and sat they should have expanded proportionately....didn't
AK was cut...needed more time/money to recover from the cost...ok, no problem.
Haven't done it....just window dressing and one failed E ticket...here we are 11 months from the FIFTEENTH anniversary.
Studios paris....same problem...california adventure...same problem....hong kong...same problem.
and couple that with their failed rennovations to EPCOT and the disasterous moves at PI...and they look either lost, cheap, incompetent...or worse (and probably most accurate)...ALL 3.
need to go back to the once a year policy at WDW for the next 5-10 years....that is the way out and it needs to be "swallowed" just as the California Adventure redo was....all four parks need real additions or alterations once a year for a steady stream of years.
they don't have to be blockbusters...i'm not asking for cutting edge or new "lands"....but solid additions.
i'll hold my breath though
