I agree with some of points made in the above posts. I agree that alot of the non-movie themed rides are awesome in their own right and they have their own backstory as well as story that serves their purpose to entertain. The thing is, is that Pixar is the current giant of animation that Walt Disney Studios was in in it's day. The new Pixar movies are the current animated "Disney" movies we grew up with; they are familiar with today's audiences.
When Disneyland opened in 1955, Walt's favorite area was Fantasyland, due to his movies coming to life in the dark rides. That's what the current administration is doing with rides like Monster's, INC and FN:SV, is doing what Walt enjoyed doing: bringing the audience into the movie. Right now the only "bankable" Disney movies are from Pixar.
Walt Disney said that Disneyland would never be complete, and to keep to his dream they have update to today's audience. The whole idea of plussing an attraction comes from Walt hearing that a family not wanting to ride JC because they already had. Another thing is that there are Disneyland traditonalists that get upset when Disneyland plusses anything, like POTC and Small World. People threw a fit when they wanted to theme the Subs to Atlantis: The Lost Empire,(cause it tanked) so the lagoon remained empty until the upper management in WED decided to turn it into Nemo. Since then I have never seen the line shorter than 45 minutes......so apparantly WED knows its stuff
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