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Originally Posted by Chernabog
And here, there is a thematic shift as to "Walt Disney's California" (emphasis on the Walt Disney) from "A Celebration of California In General (*just add whoopi)". It's a mindset of having a Disney Adventure rather than visiting a park about California in California. Is it the greatest idea ever? No. HOWEVER -- it directly addresses the "who wants to visit a park about California in California?" issue.
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Walt Disney's California??? How so?
Oh, I agree the entry will be Walt Disney's California ... and it looks to be quite charming and appealing.
I suppose you could even say the Hollywood Street is Walt Disney's California. By making absolutely no change to it. That's ok, I think the street is pretty as is. But the "studio" area, even with it's recent facelift, is dreadfully ugly. And Tower of Terror might as well be in Shanghai if they are going to leave that area a dead end (where the weinie disappears from view once you get to the land where it's located).
What has the rest of the park got to do with Walt Disney's California, and moreover, what is Disney doing to tie in any of those areas with Walt Disney?
Sure, the High Sierras existed while Walt lived in Los Angeles. Ya know what? - he even wanted to have a resort in the Mineral King area of Sierra National Park, with the County Bear Jamboree as an attraction. Is there any planned tie-in to the legitimate Walt-connection of DCA's High Sierra area??? None that I've heard of.
Seaside amusement parks? What's the Walt connection? Walt HATED them -
that's the Walt connection!!
Pixar-Land? What's the POSSIBLE Walt connection?? Even if you accept Cars Land as Route 66 Land ... what the heck is the Walt connection? That Route 66 existed in California while Walt lived in California? WTF?
I'm not buying the Walt Disneys' California bit.
But I'll agree with Cherny that making DCA far less ugly will go far in making it a much more pleasant place to hang out.
It'll still be a park about California IN California, with less emphasis on California while all its lands continue to evoke California - - and barely distinguishable from present-day California.
But when I think back to when I used to hang out more in DCA, it was because there were things there I liked to do and see. Better restaurants,
The Power of Blast, the
Eureka Parade. Those had nothing to do with how pretty or ugly DCA was. But I will prefer prettier, of course.