There was nothing lazy about Ratatouille or what the Poppins Cherry Tree Lane was supposed to bring though so IP can be done very right. I even think that the Moana area will be done pretty well, tbh.As I've said many times, the issue is not implementing IP in Epcot. The issue is laziness in how they go about it.
There was a very easy way to make a FROZEN ride fit perfectly into Norway. They didn't do it.
There are ways a GOTG ride could fit into (what was once) Future World. They (apparently) didn't do it.
There are any number of ways to do a great Mary Poppins attraction in the U.K. Pavilion. They're not doing it.
All the while, they pander (if not outright lie) and talk about how they're "honoring" the legacy of the park, and it's just nonsense.
Frozen Ever After was a short sighted move to get a Frozen ride into the parks as fast as possible instead of the best ride for the IP, more preferably at DHS or MK. I agree this wasn't the best.
As far as GotG... I just don't have much against it being there. I've never understood those who have said that Tron would fit here better as an IP. If this really is a big bang ride told through the GotG IP, isn't that in theory sticking to some form of a new era edutainment ride about the Universe/Energy? I just can't get myself worked up about GotG in Epcot. The way they are trying to tie it to retro EPCOT Center is cheesy and I wish they weren't doing it, but oh well.
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