I recently rewatched The Imagineering Story on Disney +. Highly recommend for any reader of this forum.
Of course, some corporate propaganda is involved there, but Kim Irvine made a good point. We do, until proven completely otherwise, need to trust the people behind these attraction re-do’s. The decision to re-do or update a ride is from upper management, not them. They care largely about the parks the same way we do and work within confines that the company allows.
So far, from what we’ve seen, this retheme has been treated with very sincere care and I am very much looking forward to riding it. Also is encouraging me a little more about the future of WDW and DLR. Iger’s main focus in the 2010’s was oversea development, switch that creative freedom here and we’re in for good stuff.