[Moonliner]

I don't think either the bulldoze or free entry plans are going to work. So let's focus on the real issue (as I see it anyway)

DCA has some cool stuff:

Tower-of-terror
Soaring
Grizzly Rapids
Hyperion Theater
Screaming
Mailiboomer
Sun Wheel
Monsters, Inc.

and possibly others I've never visited like the adventure trail, or flicks play area, etc....

If DCA was a Six flags in Kansas I think we'd all be holding it out as a shining example of a cool park. DCA's real problem is location, location, location. Sitting snack dab next to the "one and only" is a tuff place to be.

Let's face it MGM studios ain't no great shakes either, in fact I'd take DCA over MGM any day of the week. However it gets great attendance because WDW is a destination resort. If you are there for four or five days and you have a park hopper you go to MGM. At DLR you still have too high a percentage of AP'ers and day trippers so DCA is a tuff sale.

So what can be done? Clearly the issue is theme. As has been discussed to death, DCA falls flat on it's face in the theming department. It's just not Disney. Attractions at Disneyland are "Disney" simply because they are at Disneyland. The Matterhorn, Space Mtn, Autopia, they don't need movie tie-ins because they are the very fabric of Disney. DCA is not so lucky. I think the only way to infuse some Disney magic into DCA is to blatantly steal it. Rework soaring , Grizzly, and the others to fit a Disney theme. PixarLand if you like or perhaps some of the animation classics. How hard would it be to give grizzly a brother bear theme, or Soaring an Incredibles makeover?

Then all you need to do is fill in the spaces in between these attractions with some good food and a few magical touches. Oh, and keep the booze of course.