Tomorrowland is the Todayland of 2014
Tomorrowland is no longer correctly named, and rumored future changes will make it even less so. While changing the iconic name of the land might be hard, it will be easier for Disney to do than to make entirely new attractions based on the theme of tomorrow.
The main problem with Tomorrowland is that today’s technology is progressing far too quickly for any attraction based on the technology to be relevant for more than a few months after it opens. This has been a problem since its opening.
The Rocket to the Moon opened in 1955 with the park and was already outdated by 1969 when people actually did land on the moon. A 14 year run for an attraction isn’t too shabby. It was replaced by Mission to Mars, and while people haven’t actually made it to Mars, that attraction became Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port.
Looking at a list of attractions that are currently open and some that may be in development makes it clear that Disneyland hasn’t even adopted the idea of looking at the future through the lens of the past. How did visionaries like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells see the future?
What else could you call Tomorrowland? Therein lies the problem. EuroDisney, now Disneyland Paris, used Discoveryland as its alternative. Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland has much of the same problem as Disneyland. Pixarland, OtherMoviePropertiesland, Scifiland… There are few choices that could make any of the Disney fans happy, so maybe everyone just ignores that Tomorrowland has actually become the Todayland of Meet the Robinsons.
The main problem with Tomorrowland is that today’s technology is progressing far too quickly for any attraction based on the technology to be relevant for more than a few months after it opens. This has been a problem since its opening.
The Rocket to the Moon opened in 1955 with the park and was already outdated by 1969 when people actually did land on the moon. A 14 year run for an attraction isn’t too shabby. It was replaced by Mission to Mars, and while people haven’t actually made it to Mars, that attraction became Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port.
Looking at a list of attractions that are currently open and some that may be in development makes it clear that Disneyland hasn’t even adopted the idea of looking at the future through the lens of the past. How did visionaries like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells see the future?
What else could you call Tomorrowland? Therein lies the problem. EuroDisney, now Disneyland Paris, used Discoveryland as its alternative. Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland has much of the same problem as Disneyland. Pixarland, OtherMoviePropertiesland, Scifiland… There are few choices that could make any of the Disney fans happy, so maybe everyone just ignores that Tomorrowland has actually become the Todayland of Meet the Robinsons.