When most out-siders think of Disney parks, they probably likely think about the Magic Kingdom and Fantasyland. Yet, for being the most popular theme park in the world, their most iconic and marketable land is completely under-built. Today, I would like to break down why Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland is so underwhelming, especially in comparison to Disneyland and shine a spot-light on how useless the New Fantasyland project was in revitalizing this area. Furthermore, I also have a number of interesting ideas that I think would really help fix this land by using space in a creative manner.
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8:40 In other words "Tourists are IDIOTS"
Tangled could have had a truly nice boat ride, just using the Tech in the Avatar Boat Ride showing the tower at the start leading through the forest and heading to the castle and then finishing with the castle at night with the Lanturns.
Then could have the Mercenary Pub for Drinks .. But nope just a toilet ….
I've always wanted to see a gentle rapids ride themed to Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day with the rafts themed as honey pots
I fully understand and agree with your critiques of the Little Mermaid Rides. However, I cannot help but have them as some of my favorite rides. I absolutely love The Little Mermaid and strongly believe it to be Disney's best film and the pinnacle of their artistic potential, and I mean this in the best way possible. Also for a ride with no real water, I feel very much like I'm underwater riding it and I find the theming beautiful and I appreciate the slow pacing to be able to take it all in. I will say however I do wish it wasn't just a re telling of the film, but instead an original story where you simply travel with Ariel on some underwater adventure and have a close encounter with Ursula instead of just going through the motions of the elite animated masterpiece.
You should be head of the parks because those are really neat ideas we need people who will give us what we want stupid Disney management
I was recently in Disneyland after decades and it was a revelation how much more it offers than magic kingdom or certainly any other disneyworld park. I loved your expansion ideas, especially the ones that involved new ground rather than tear downs and rebuilds. I feel like at disneyworld originally the focus was on interesting amusement parks to bring people to Orlando but at some point the capital focus shifted to the hotels and later time shares and less investment was focused on the parks themselves.
In contrast, since Disneyland doesn’t have the land to focus on hotels, they spend more time and money maintaining and improving the parks themselves.
While I'm all for 'fixes', too much of this video is 'I don't like this popular thing, so tear it out and replace it with . . . something better!. What? I don't know. But I personally don't like it so remove it and just come up with something better." If you actually have any ideas beyond "remove things I personally don't like and do better" be sure to make that video.
I thought the tangled bathrooms were really cute! The stroller situation was terrible, though. Especially in the direct heat of the sun, only seating near the foliage, and moms waiting to go to the bathroom with their kids? Not a good spot to walk in to on the wrong day. The only way you're getting into the bathrooms is if you come in through the west side (near the water) and not the bottleneck of the east side.
I also felt that besides the rides themselves, the theming was sub-par and wanted to go back to universal studios.
I feel like tomorrowland Speedway should be torn down In both parks. It takes so much space, and adds nothing.
Okay we get it, magic kingdom fantasyland sucks. Got it.
Imma stay here in California. I have been to Florida many times but only went to Magic Kingdom once. I longed for Disneyland. Disneyland is so chill and easy.
I like sdmt for a kiddie coaster more than barnstormer because I can actually fit my jack skellington legs in it 🙁
Great video! I used to be a cast member and I totally agree!
I think the Disney parks in Orlando are generally boring. Seems they need a huge revamp and need to spend a lot of money to make these parks interesting again but they don't seem interested.
hey man, it is actually very relevant if someone tells you their kids loved a ride because these parks are designed for kids first, not adults who go every day alone for content. I'm sorry if that's mean but families go here on vacation and the kids enjoying it is the ENTIRE POINT
I’m just waiting for the possibility if zootopia land 🙏
These ideas sound great man we need to share this to Disney…unless there like no we need money not waste
Ive always wanted a Hercules ride since its my favorite Disney movie, and a Hades Underworld boat ride sounds really cool
I think this is an unpopular opinion. I hate "it's a small world". I hated it as a little kid, and I hate it as an adult. It's uncomfortable, uncany, and unfun ride with an annoying song.
I went to Disney World a dozen times between 1975 and 1993. Fantasyland and Tomorrowland were my two favorite sections. Everything that was special about Fantasyland is long gone (20,000 Leagues, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Snow White) and what they put in is cheap and unimaginative and the New Fantasyland amounts to a giant misfire of wasted space. They should have made amends by bringing back Toad which was a million times better than even Disneyland's updated version because Toad had the two track novelty that DL never had. And 20K could have easily survived if it weren't for the cheapskate Eisner management of the 90s that couldn't wait to shut it down and leave an empty lagoon for a decade. That Disneyland got its sub ride back and WDW didn't is another tragedy.
To my understanding the reason seven dwarves mine train is so popular is because of the horrid capacity
i think i just hate fantasyland/the magic kingdom by association to the fact that ive had several panic attacks in fantasy land Only. idk for some reason something abt that area just gives off a dark miasma that makes my dad act like an asshole and makes me start panicking so we can just bulldoze the whole thing and start over <3
You are incorrect about Winnie the Pooh as someone who went as a kid and as a ride targeted at children I wouldn’t call it an underwhelming ride, in fact it was my favourite as a child
Honestly…magic kingdom is overrated. I go to Disney for a week every single year and throughout the entire week i rarely visit Magic Kingdom. Too many crowds, no space, constant crying children, overwhelmed parents, underwhelming rides etc.
Aint no way we could ever get rid of philharmagic 😭😭😭 I'd simply drop dead if that happened
Dude, you should really apply to Disney. You are thinking logistically and with a mindset of guests.
I've been going to Disney World my entire life and the fact that certain rides are different in Disney World than in Disney World is making me lose my mind
I say remove Simpsons and bring back Back to the Future, and since you already have a vague town area with Springfield , re theme it to hill valley and extend it down to where the Delorean and Time Train are and since they touch, theme the lagoon show sitting area to hill valley aswell
I was a Fantasyland CM when New Fantasyland opened (shoutout to the Philhar / Pan CDS crew) and I can't tell you how depressing it was to tell people that the Tangled area was just… bathrooms. Like even we thought our supervisors were joking. I do like the Pascal scavenger hunt bits though, and the theming is great.
I agree with the original point being made but alot of your individual points suck and are a but pretentious
Why do so many people dislike mickey's phillharmagic!?!
is it just my opinion or would the little mermaid ride be better if it was a boat ride?
I go slightly insane anytime I go on it’s a small world, the song loops in my head for hours, sometimes days after. So I don’t like it.
The lightning Lane integration with Winnie the Pooh is an atrocity.
I disagree entirely with your fondness of the fantasyland dark rides, as well as your opinion to change Ariel into one. They’re outdated, jerky, boring, and frankly not worth your time. The only exceptions being Peter Pan and Alice. I think fantasyland/magic kingdom would be much better off ripping them out and doing something more modern and actually enjoyable with them. They’re marketed as rides for kids, but I don’t know how a kid would even enjoy them in a modern age where they probably have much higher expectations.
The problem is Disney doesn't have money they have lost 1 billion in movie flops, and people aren't going to the parks like they used to. Disney is the 5th most divisive company in North America.
How exactly is Disneyland’s small world better then Disneyworld’s?
Tangled just getting a bathroom is such a disappointment because it would be the perfect property for something like Pteranodon Flyers, taking up very little space and providing something that little kids will love and parents can take a rest on.