Approximately three years ago, The Walt Disney Company announced their ambitious plan to spend over $1 billion in renovations and new attractions to Disneyland’s lonely neighbor. Disney’s California Adventure opened in February 2001 to low attendance and some criticism from visitors. Many felt that the park, celebrating the people and places of the Golden State, lacked enough “Disney.” Sure, the place featured Disney characters and some rides or shows themed around them (It’s Tough To Be a Bug, Disney Animation come to mind), but the emphasis focused on the California culture.
Take for instance Superstar Limo, a low-budget dark ride taking “tourists” (a.k.a. theme park guests) around Los Angeles’ famous celebrity neighborhoods. This attraction was so heavily derided, it closed after one year in operation. Not until 2006 did a replacement come, in the form of Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue, based on the hit Pixar film,...
Take for instance Superstar Limo, a low-budget dark ride taking “tourists” (a.k.a. theme park guests) around Los Angeles’ famous celebrity neighborhoods. This attraction was so heavily derided, it closed after one year in operation. Not until 2006 did a replacement come, in the form of Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue, based on the hit Pixar film,...
- 9/7/2010
- by Brett Nachman
- FusedFilm
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