Too much Pixar?

[PeoplemoverMatt]

*This thread placed in Off-Topic because it does not focus on just DL or DCA but all Disney Parks. Mods, if you think another forum is a better place then please move.*

Current update of the Pixar invasion of Disney Parks: Turtle Talk with Crush in DCA (coming), Nemo attraction in DL's Sub lagoon (coming), Buzz attraction in DL's Tomorrrowland, Buzz themed restaurant/music stage in DL's Tomorrowland, Pixar Parade in DCA, A Bug's Land complete with 5 or so Pixar attraction's in DCA, Monster's Inc. attraction in DCA (coming); Incredibles, Monsters Inc, Bug's Life characters walking around DCA and anything I may have forgot. This and in WDW they already have Turtle Talk with Crush and a Toy Story themed restaurant/arcade.

So in response to this does this seem like too much Pixar to you? Is going theme park attraction crazy with every Pixar movie such a good idea? Does this reflect a massive short-sightedness in upper Disney managment to only ride big revenue movies in the creation of new attractions instead of creating something entirely new a la Pirates/Haunted Mansion & others? Post your thoughts! :cool:

-- Peoplemover "Pixar needs to make a movie with a Peoplemover :wink: " Matt

[Wendy Darling]

I didn't think Stitch was Pixar. *smilie*

[Mousekiteer]

Too much Buzz. Not enough Woody. But yes, it's teetering on a bit much. Just hope Disney doesn't get any ideas to make a Pixar theme park.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

^ Well, y'know, at least then the Pixar stuff would stand on its own laurels and it wouldn't overrun the classic Disneyland and its themeing/attractions. Perhaps Pixarland would be a decent compromise in that respect.

-- Peoplemover "If Pixar spins off into its own company, it's only a matter of time until it could build its own theme park." Matt

[Wendy Darling]

i agree, they need to cut down on all the pixar. Not saying that all those rides are bad, I'm just saying that you can have too much of a good thing.

[Mickey Man]

I don't think there is too much NOW, but if anything else comes that might be a different story. I think they are really digging into this Pixar thing because the movies were such a big hit for people of all ages. kids to adults can love these movies so I bet that is why Disney is doing all the Pixar stuff.

[sataneatscheezwhiz]

Quite frankly, I love the Pixar stuff. Sure, I'm still pissed at Disney's split with them and subsquent overdose on cashing in on their success, but they're giving us more of a good thing. I don't think it's too much mainly because so far it's been so good.

[jbuck]

we all know there doing this to rebuild the partner ship

[PeoplemoverMatt]

^ Or could it be that they're "doing this" to milk every last dime of the existing deal...and they're trying to rebuild the partnership because they're scared to death at the prospect of not being able to control the future Pixar characters?

-- Peoplemover "Props to Steve Jobs for putting out such an apparently great production that it brought down the proud Disney animation machine" Matt

[sataneatscheezwhiz]

^That's always been my impression of the whole issue.

[brunetteTinkerbell1955]

well kids probally between the age of 1-10 are more familiar with the pixar movies, they are recent and alot of pixar have come out lately, some kids have probally have not seen dumbo or snow white but they know who they are. and i think they are more familiar with pixar movies because they have seen the movies and know more about the characters

[Wendy Darling]

yeah...I guess that you are right, its just that I don't think the older rides should be forgoten by the kids in the rush to get to the rides with the characters they have seen...if any thing, then I think that disney should make some more great movies that sell and make rides after them, that way the kids will want to go on those ...and the disney, pixar thing will even out again.

[GreenLantern13]

That's my opinion pretty much as well. I think the Pixar characters are great. They were released as Disney movies and I have no problem with them being in the parks. There's a reason Disney is able to milk them for more money in the first place, and that's because children actually like these characters. They want to see Buzz. They want to see Nemo. The latest group of babies has grown up on these characters and associated them to Disney, and it gives many of them the same kind of excitement we might have had seeing Baloo, Launchpad, or someone.

I'd sure rather be seeing pixar characters than most of the random new characters from all the disney sequels. And they need new characters to complement the classics no matter how attached people are(complement, not replace).

[Wendy Darling]

I see that, its just that when I say new movies, I don't mean sequels...I mean new movies. I would also rather see the pixar characters than the sequel characters...thats why I want new disney characters the kids can relate to.

[brerbear8]

The thing about the younger children relating more to the Pixar movies is partly true, but not completely. I have a few little cousins who love Disney movies (who doesn't?). While they love the newer, Pixar movies, they also love the classics. One of my cousins wants nothing more than to dress up as her favorite Disney princess (Snow White, I think) and just watch all the classics. She loves Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Snow White, and the rest of them. My grandma has a video of Cinderella that she used to show my sister and I when we were young. This video is now shown to my three year old cousins. Man, I feel old! :old_wink:

Now that I'm done rambling... my point is that young kids love the classics just as much as the Pixars. A few Pixar rides are ok- even great- but too many can be bad. Tomorrowland runs the risk of being overrun by Pixar- Buzz, the Nemo subs, a rumored Cars revamp of Autopia... the land of tomorrow is all computer animated?!?

[Stephen]

QUOTE:I'm just saying that you can have too much of a good thing.UNQUOTE

But Disneyland is a good thing, and we can't have too much of that... right?

[Liserbell]

My son is two and a half. His true loves are Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmations and Dumbo. The only Pixar film I can get him to even look at is Incredibles.

However, Buzz is about the only "Tomorrow" thing they have going right now and although he is a Pixar character they did make a daily 2D cartoon about him. So Buzz I don't object to at all. I do wish they would step back and take stock of the Timelessness of the rides that Walt and his team created and think not just about today's profits, but about tomorrow as well. Will the Pixar rides hold up as well as Pirates or HM?

[Disneyland_Wolf]

The only pixar ride is only in Tomorromland, buzz lightyear astro blasters and the submarine voyage, soon to be the Finding Nemo theme.

[Executioner]

I do wish they would step back and take stock of the Timelessness of the rides that Walt and his team created and think not just about today's profits, but about tomorrow as well. Will the Pixar rides hold up as well as Pirates or HM?

I agree, but did Walt and his team think they would hold up for a very long time?
I think they need to just come up with more original concepts, not cartoon take offs. Even though Disney has the cartoon rides, they are in Fantasyland. Keep them there. Tomorrowland is about the future and what is to be or percieved to become, Buzz Lightyear is not, in my opinion, something that will be or might be in the future. Obviously Disney didn't put his cartoon rides in other parts of the park for that very reason, they are fantasy.

[arrowfanman]

Maybe I wouldn't object if the transitions were seamless...but they aren't. They are blatantly there because they are Pixar, not because they work with the theme.

Nemo- Tomorrowland...Nemo? Sure, 40 year old subs may be, but the story doesn't contain themes of progress.

Buzz- I thought we established in number 1, that he was a TOY, not a real Space Ranger. And dont get me wrong...it was a really fun ride. But honestly, what does it have to do with progressing, and living life without drudgery.

Monsters Inc. - Whats this have to do with the Hollywood Backlot? Oh yea, its a movie.

They just dont fit. They are just there to suck the life out of the Pixar name and Characters...not to truely provide a Disney park expirence.

[ryguy222]

i think that they should get rid of som pixar things at DCA and leave Buzz and Nemo and pixar can make there own park