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tlmadden73 said:
Agree .. it feels like there is missed opportunity or two in this land to make it for little kids by having two new rides with height restrictions. (and frankly TSMM isn't the best for really young kids either because of the glasses, and not really being able to take part of the action (until they are at least 3-4 and older).

1) A "kiddie" ride (a carousel or a dumbo-like ride -- kids LOVE to go in a circle).
2) A play area (similar to Honey I Shrunk the Playground) which would fit in the theming well as the kids play around giant toys.

When I took my son to WDW when he was 2 and then 3 .. some of his favorite things were the "simple" rides - Aladdin, the Carousel, Dumbo, Teacups, Peter Pan, Disney Junior Show, Honey I Shrunk the Playground, the Casey Junior Splash pad .. etc.
Just feels like they should have geared the land more for small kids to truly have a "land" for them.

That being said I am excited to take my son to TSL this fall as a 6-year old and my daughter (who will be 2 -- I THINK she will be tall enough to ride Alien Swirling Saucers).
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Well, I've always said Disney World is not a great place to take the under 3 set. There's really so little for that age to do. And the problem with aiming rides at that age is that they are then boring for everyone else. I do agree on your comment about a play area. Though I loathed those play areas when my DD was young, she loved running around them, and it's a shame that they didn't take advantage of the pretty well themed area to make a nice area for kids to run around.
 
umichigan10 said:
Yup. The land serves a purpose, and it looks pretty cool. That’s all we can ask for
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Yes. Not everything is always going to be groundbreaking. Sometimes you just have to fill a need. I think TSL is going to fill that need pretty well. TSMM, while 10 years old, is still popular and wears well. Heck, Buzz Lightyear still wears well when not compared directly to TSMM. I like 7DMT. Is it a bit short? Yes. But it's fun and the two slow zones are incredibly themed. I think the barrels are a little underwhelming compared to the press releases, but that happens. So I'm looking forward to SDD being in the same category. Solid, entertaining, not groundbreaking.

As for AS2, I'm unlikely to ride it. I hate Primevil Whirl and have no desire to be whipped around or even spun about in the Teacups. But... I think it's a neat and different ride for the 3 to 8 crowd especially. There is a reason Disney doesn't charge for kids under 2 and I don't see much point in building rides to encourage guests who don't pay.
 
umichigan10 said:
It was a good read, though my reaction consisted of “don’t give them any ideas!”
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Thank you :)

These types or articles are always fun to imagine.

I actually wouldn't mind seeing some of them, like the soarin on the magic carpet one, but I also want to keep the original.
 
skier_pete said:
Well, I've always said Disney World is not a great place to take the under 3 set. There's really so little for that age to do. And the problem with aiming rides at that age is that they are then boring for everyone else. I do agree on your comment about a play area. Though I loathed those play areas when my DD was young, she loved running around them, and it's a shame that they didn't take advantage of the pretty well themed area to make a nice area for kids to run around.
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Guess that is the challenge with the original goal of Disneyland - to build a place the entire family can enjoyed spending time together ... so unless you only build rides like the Fantasyland Dark rides or Pirates or whatever that have no height restrictions but still have some interest to the older set you are going to have to have a mix of attractions - some only aimed at younger kids and some more aimed at the older set

This was, of course, amplified under Eisner who wanted to go after the older Teen set (which, I get - as kids get older you want to still appeal to them) but you get more "thrilling" attractions (and Videopolis, but let's not talk about that).

So if you are still going to market yourself as a destination for the entire family (and Disney is doing it even more by marketing to multi-generational families) you are going to have to do this balancing act and also offer things like rider switch and stuff
 
OhioStateBuckeye said:
http://www.wdwinfo.com/walt-disney-...at-could-easily-go-the-way-of-an-ip-makeover/

I had another article published for the dis, if anyone wants to go check it out I armchair imagineer flipping original Disney attractions to ip based rides (not that i want that to happen).
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I just read the article and really love the topic - I love any good armchair imagineering discussion!

I do think a soarin' combined with Mickey's Philharmagic type story could be pretty cool

I know it is a closed attraction now - but I think an Inside Out overlay to Cranium Command would be pretty easy and be popular
 
skier_pete said:
Well, I've always said Disney World is not a great place to take the under 3 set. There's really so little for that age to do. And the problem with aiming rides at that age is that they are then boring for everyone else. I do agree on your comment about a play area. Though I loathed those play areas when my DD was young, she loved running around them, and it's a shame that they didn't take advantage of the pretty well themed area to make a nice area for kids to run around.
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No height restriction rides don't have to be boring for everyone older, they just have to go more for Fantasyland style rides than a bug's land style rides. I don't travel with kids, but I like most of the attractions in Fantasyland. I found a bug's land to be a waste of space (adorably themed, but the rides will pretty much only entertain those under 5).
 
Moliphino said:
No height restriction rides don't have to be boring for everyone older, they just have to go more for Fantasyland style rides than a bug's land style rides. I don't travel with kids, but I like most of the attractions in Fantasyland. I found a bug's land to be a waste of space (adorably themed, but the rides will pretty much only entertain those under 5).
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well, except for Heimlich's Chew-Chew Train - that is entertaining to everyone!
 
OhioStateBuckeye said:
http://www.wdwinfo.com/walt-disney-...at-could-easily-go-the-way-of-an-ip-makeover/

I had another article published for the dis, if anyone wants to go check it out I armchair imagineer flipping original Disney attractions to ip based rides (not that i want that to happen).
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I found myself reading your article and saying to myself "y'know, that could work" in more than one of your examples. I absolutely love nostalgia, but I'm also for changing things up here and there to give things a new zing (IP or otherwise).

Now, where's my Black Cauldron attraction in United Kingdom!
 
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