Tomorrowland Makeover

[innerSpaceman]

Paris' attempt to avoid the march of Tomorrowland-devastating time by making it Discoveryland themed to Steampunk was not a success to my mind. Neither is ignoring the Futuristic and going with a Sci-Fi(ish) movieland consisting of Buzz Lightyear and Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars.

Sure, "Tomorrowland" is not the Americana kick it once was in the '50's and '60's. I got news for ya: neither is Frontierland. But we still make due with whatever Americanic nostaglia that area brings, though the height of that is long, long gone. By that measure, Main Street, U.S.A. has nothing like the effect it once had when it was an actual memory for many visitors, instead of just another bit of time-period history.

So the passage of time affects nearly all of Disneyland's original lands ... yes, Tomorrowland most acutely of all. But Walt Disney's genius was picking timeless iconic adventures for his Park. Pirates. Haunted House. Jungle Expedition. He did the same with Tomorrowland and, imo, Disney would be wise to play on those Walt instincts with amazing updates to Walt's ideas. Because no matter how far in the future we get, it will remain exceedingly rare for people to venture where life support is needed (or impossible). I believe an amazing outer space attraction, an amazing under-sea attraction, and an amazing inner space attraction can STILL be exciting to modern audiences, and remain so for practically ever. And with Walt Disney's penchant for change and update, Tomorrowland could have been kept relevant AS Tomorrowland.

Le Sigh, Le Sigh, Le Sigh.