I wouldn't mind a change, but shoe-horning in the Disney characters is not a change I welcome.

I agree, it doesn't sound like a good change.

OMG also they need:

-- Mulan and Mushu coming out of the snow in the Matterhorn (hey, they come popping out of snow in the movie, it's perfect!)

-- Alice in Wonderland's New Groove (hey, they both have crazy characters, just replace the Cheshire Cat with Yzma! It's perfect!)

-- Pinocchiohontas' Daring Journey (hey, they both have talking characters made of wood, replace that boring old Pinocchio with Grandmother Willow! It's perfect! It's plussed!)

-- we need to add Flora, Fauna and Meriweather to the Dumbo ride, it's about flying right, and the fairies fly! Yes! Perfect!

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Frankly, I think we should add the current crop of Imagineer's heads to the shooting gallery. You know, just light gun those red stars next to their heads, and they yell, "Rocket Rods was the best attraction, ever!" ;)

Visible roommate mojo!

THis is very similar to where I stand. Let me see where my friend Gator shows up, then I will comment.
Yes, I am sad that America Sings is gone. But I also love Splash, BECAUSE all the critters are there for me to visit.

I'm still not getting an AP this year. :p

What IASW needs is a Starbucks. Somewhere near Australia.

Now there's an idea (sort of)! In the America section have the Statue Of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, and a Starbucks Storefront!

As bad as this sounds, it makes since to me. First of all, I don't care for the ride other than at Christmas. I find it boring, and I'm not the only one. So updating a tired old ride makes since. I loved POTC before the "plussing" and I love it even more now. Of course I like the movies, so I'm partial.

But it's a dated look and dated ride. It no longer has the wow factor it had in the 50s, and do you think that the PSIII and WII generation is going to be wowed at it? Will they have a connection to "Children of the World"? And for the art of it, my son thinks Mary Blair was the girl in the Excorsist! :eek:

So, I know the purists out there don't want change. I guess it could be raized and replaced with Rocken rollercoaster since it wouldn't fit in DCA. IASWA sits on a pretty big chunk of realestate.

I don't mind change at Disneyland, even beloved attractions such as IASW; but for Gawd's sake, Disneyland was NOT founded to be for kids only- IASW has a lot of wonderful art design in it, and adding Disney toons just cheapens it.

Are they gonna change the snake in the Indiana Jones Adventure to be a giant Kaa next?

Heaven forbid a park founded by somebody with a legendary imagination has anything left in it that feeds the guests imaginations, rather than spoon feeding them 'cute' or 'thrilling'.

That just gets old and stupid. Have a Seagram's wine cooler.

If you want to see America represented in IASW, go to France.