I get that marvel movies dont have stakes, but can the rides at least? Really? Rescuing someone with anti gravity? This is just poorly conceived to its core. The building doesn't make nearly as much sense and its theming is both less involved and less cohesive, what little remains has much less purpose. The lighter tone not only makes the ride less fun and less scary, but less interesting as a piece of popular culture, as an expansion of its source material.
The Twilight Zone was not only a compelling and fitting twist on the age old concept of the elevator drop ride, but it lended itself to a 'spooky' tone from which a theme park ride always benefits it. You know. The whole 'theme' part of it.
There is no theme to this. The theme is consumerism, the theme is further double dipping of a property that does not have legs any longer. A desperate cry for attention. Compare it to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. While that series never really left the culture, it wasn't opened just to market the Twilight Zone to people. It was opened because it was a great idea. While there may have been some motivation in the inception of the early 2000's series, this ride always seemed somewhat out of character for the family park. This new set dressing seems more in character, but it and many of their recent changes have robbed the park of core elements of its personality, especially in its variety. Enough screens, enough weak retheming, enough Marvel. Disneyland is about developed genres and themes that children feel they are living in. Not pictures of superheroes and space.
The Twilight Zone was not only a compelling and fitting twist on the age old concept of the elevator drop ride, but it lended itself to a 'spooky' tone from which a theme park ride always benefits it. You know. The whole 'theme' part of it.
There is no theme to this. The theme is consumerism, the theme is further double dipping of a property that does not have legs any longer. A desperate cry for attention. Compare it to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. While that series never really left the culture, it wasn't opened just to market the Twilight Zone to people. It was opened because it was a great idea. While there may have been some motivation in the inception of the early 2000's series, this ride always seemed somewhat out of character for the family park. This new set dressing seems more in character, but it and many of their recent changes have robbed the park of core elements of its personality, especially in its variety. Enough screens, enough weak retheming, enough Marvel. Disneyland is about developed genres and themes that children feel they are living in. Not pictures of superheroes and space.