3 CANCELLED Disney Rides That Were Never Built

[@BobAtEvermore]

it's really subtle and he would never say this outright but if you pay super close attention you can infer that dallin met tony baxter once

[@Local_acquaintance]

Nah, I don’t buy this theory, I feel like he would mention that more if it happened.

[@JP-1990]

Never thought I'd see you here!!! How are things going on with Realm Town?

[@BeingShari]

Nah that was a flashback of his grandpa

[@Qroissants]

He’s never said it outright either but I have this subtle feeling he might want them to bring back the PeopleMover to Disneyland

[@ginadoyle4089]

🤣🤣

[@MidwesternDiva]

“Then put him in a sweater, I don’t care” made me drop the laundry basket from laughing

[@hollibryan370]

Same 😂

[@kdusel1991]

​@@hollibryan370 Journey into Imagination really needs a change! The current ride we do have is awful!!

[@mdf3530]

Rhine River Cruise and the Mt. Fuji roller coaster in EPCOT

[@adrianagomez412]

You might have already covered it, but I’m obsessed with Beastly Kingdom.

[@mdf3530]

Watch Expedition Theme Park’s video on it.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@mdf3530 I kinda wish we got that instead of Pandora.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@mdf3530 honestly I wish we got that instead of Pandora

[@kdusel1991]

​​@@mdf3530 I almost wish we got Beastly Kingdom instead of Pandora! Now the dragon both in front of the park, and on the sign don't make any sense. And Zootopia doesn't belong in AK. I still like Pandora

[@adrianagomez412]

@@mdf3530 I think I have. But I’m that kid that wants to hear the story every night even though I know the ending lol

[@marcgravatt1051]

There are enough fascinating cancelled Disney attractions that you could make a whole series of these! I'd love to see it!

[@kdusel1991]

Defunctland's all about that stuff! I highly recommend checking out Kevin's stuff! It's fascinating!!

[@marcgravatt1051]

@kdusel1991 Yeah, I love Defunctland! I'm just saying I'd like to see Dallin cover this stuff more.

[@ttintagel]

They could build a whole new park out of just cancelled rides. More than one, probably.

[@KLGChaos]

As someone who is only a passing Star Wars fan, I would have loved another Disney Original IP with Discovery Bay. I also lament the fact that I never got to ride the original Journey Into Imagination. I've heard nothing but good things about it.

[@kdusel1991]

Disney better give Journey into Imagination some love. It needs to change!

[@marcgravatt1051]

As someone who is a massive Star Wars fan, I would have loved a Disney original IP like Discovery Bay. As awesome as Galaxy's Edge is, the best stuff in the Disney parks are from when they let the Imagineers run wild and make their own original attractions. (Which almost never happens anymore since the people in charge are obsessed with cranking out as much stuff based on preexisting IP as possible.)

[@kdusel1991]

​@@marcgravatt1051 I agree! Discovery Bay would've been incredible!! Still waiting for an east coast avengers campus though!

[@samsaek666]

You are 3 hours away from a park… fly to Orlando lol

[@cmaden78]

As an 8 year old, it was one of my favorites! I have an original Figment stuffed animal ( of course at the time who thought it wasn't just one more stuffed animal)💜💛

[@MicheleKlinger]

This was such a fascinating video! I love hearing all about cancelled projects like this and I could watch stuff like this for hours on end. PLEASE DO MORE

[@kdusel1991]

Agreed!!

[@KristenHolcomb-v5z]

Disney’s America lives rent free in my brain. Living in NJ and knowing that I could have been 3 hours from a park is crazy. Defunctland taught me so much about it.

[@kdusel1991]

Me too!

[@nukedukem6]

You live in New Jersey? Get well soon 💔💔💔💔

[@kdusel1991]

​@@nukedukem6 I don't but I learned a lot about Disney's America from Defunctland's videos! 😂

[@jeffrothman7982]

That video was great!

[@altarush]

People who protested against it. Should have built it elsewhere in the U.S?

[@ttintagel]

"Cry me a river! Give him a sweater!: made me snort hot chocolate.

[@kdusel1991]

It was pretty funny! 😂😂

[@MrMadshepherd]

Most upsetting to me is Great Muppet Movie Ride. Still haven’t fully given up hope it might happen one day

[@kdusel1991]

I think Mickey's railway is cute but I miss the great movie ride!

[@StormyVoltzzz]

I remember reading about an attraction for the Magic Kingdom's Adventureland called Fire Mountain. It was based off of Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Shame that movie flopped, it would've been an interesting ride to follow the development of.

[@kdusel1991]

At least we're finally getting villains land! If disney's smart they'd move the villains show that's coming to Hollywood Studios there and put MuppetVision 3D where that show is going!

[@danalexander6049]

I feel like the unbuilt Peter Pan style version of the Little Mermaid ride would have been a real winner---kind of shocking that we got a CGI "ride through" of it as a DVD extra. I really want to see more of the models for that ride, because some of them were shown at the opening of Euro Disney, and they looked really cool. One of the most mysterious unbuilt rides for me was Dick Tracy's Crimestoppers. I remember them promoting the heck out of that. I'm curious if the ride vehicles would have been open air or covered.

[@jcool0122]

speaking of Tony Baxter (I think you mentioned him in there somewhere), my favorite canceled ride is his original vision for Indiana Jones. imagine taking the jungle cruise to the temple of the forbidding eye, then exiting the temple via the mine car rollercoaster from Tokyo Disney Sea...... Tony Baxter was probably the greatest imaginer ever.....him or Bob Gurr....

[@rjharrington1499]

I'd like to see a video on what I call "quick fixes" the idea is to come up with quick and doable solutions to make corrections/improvements to either Disney rides or lands. I have what I think is a good one for Galaxy's Edge.

[@kdusel1991]

I like Galaxy's Edge but it needs more space to do stuff

[@rjharrington1499]

@@kdusel1991 I really enjoy it but I have an idea on how to blend in character meet and greets from all the Star Wars timelines and still make it work with the theme of the land.

[@kdusel1991]

​​@@rjharrington1499 it would work so much better if disney would move Star tours to Galaxy's Edge. Like they did for toy story mania when they built Toy Story Land. Along with the launch bay stuff!

[@writerpatrick]

My first thought was "only three?" but many things that Disney announced and cancelled were attractions but not rides. And there's a long list of rides and attractions that were closed.

[@adriangarcia543]

Happy new year to you offhand Disney

[@themisfitowl2595]

I was a kid when Disneyland was really starting to announce the plans to build a 2nd park directly across from Disneyland. (In the old parking lot no less.) I was incredibly jazzed to see the plans for WestCot, the west coast equivalent to Epcot. Years passed and that 2nd gate location changed from WestCot to Disney's California Adventure, and I still kinda miss what could have been. Also, the original Alien Encounter concept with the Xenomorph aliens would have been intense! And wasn't there supposed to be a sidestreet to Main Street called Edison Square? It was meant to be a walk-through showcasing the family at the turn of the century and the progress that electricity had brought to the modern world. It was later re-imagined as Carousel of Progress, when animatronics became Disney's staple, In fact Edison Square, the Pirates Wax Museum and the Haunted Mansion walk-through were all static wax figure walk around attractions that were never built but re-imagined into animatronic filled rides instead!

[@MattMcIrvin]

I think Disney advertised the version of Alien Encounter with the licensed Xenomorph, and one consequence is that many people *remember* it as being the Xenomorph, though that version was nixed before completion and it never was. There's probably also confusion with the Alien scene in The Great Movie Ride. The Alien franchise seems like a slam dunk concept for a shooting dark ride, but Disney may not be the place for it. Universal could do it... but it might be even cooler for them to do Metroid.

[@Blu923the2nd]

Great video Dalton!! An interesting note about Geyser Mountain, it was actually apart of a Discovery Bay repitch in the late 1990s/early 2000s! You actually showed concept art in this video. While Geyser Mountain would have taken over Big Thunder Trail, Discovery Bay was moved onto the north end of Tom Sawyer’s Island. This redevelopment would have seen both the Sailing Ship Columbia and Mark Twain being permanently docked and converted into restaurants leaving the only transportation to the South-end/Fantasmic stage being via rafts. While I’m certain budget did play a role in axing this concept, the negative reception to Tomorrowland 1998 also played heavily into its cancellation as well. Executives were worried about how the Guests would take them changing this part of Disneyland. I guess it was a good call in the end!

[@OpticBlast-yk5hf]

Dallin, you’ve inspired me to start saying “met him once” any time I talk about Hayden Christensen.

[@coyoteartist]

Who?

[@OpticBlast-yk5hf]

@ Hayden Christensen plays Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in Episode 2, Episode 3, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

[@coyoteartist]

@@OpticBlast-yk5hf Ah. Thought the name sounded like I was suppose to know it.

[@thedistorychannel]

The story behind Dick Tracy's Crimestoppers is insane. Disney was so convinced that the 1990 movie Dick Tracy was going to be a blockbuster hit that they created the EAVs (reused for Indy) and planned to add it to 3 Disney Parks (Disneyland, MGM Studios and MGM Studios Europe)

[@kdusel1991]

But it ended up flopping big time! 😂😂😂 And for some reason it's not on disney plus

[@writerpatrick]

​@@kdusel1991 Warren Beatty pretty much killed the franchise by locking down the rights because he doesn't want any more Dick Tracy movies other than his own, especially one that might perform better than his. Although the character will enter the public domain in a couple years. But the film wasn't a flop, it just didn't do as well as hoped especially when it came to the marketing. It did make back it's budget. TMNT, which was made for less than a third the amount, outperformed it.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@writerpatrick TMNT was also way better, or so I've heard.

[@flipcoin6301]

Go ninja, go ninja, go!

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@writerpatrick Every X years, he makes a ridiculous ashcan TV show where he comes on in character as Dick Tracy and rants into the camera for a while, just to retain those rights out of spite. The fact is, the movie was just OK. The best things about it were the music and the production design. Disney thought they had the next Batman '89.

[@adrianagomez412]

I would love to hear more about the cancelled World Showcase rides like the Japan coaster, some boat ride for Germany and other cancelled country exhibits.

[@CobraDBlade]

In my experience, a "Drop Tower" style ride that instead launches you upwards is called a "Launch Tower".

[@themisfitowl2595]

I was gonna say, I thought it was called a bounce tower given that you bounce down for most of the ride, but launch tower is way more apt.

[@MattMcIrvin]

The popular S&S Space Shot/Double Shot is one of these that's all over.

[@brianwisdom8051]

Still wonder what could have been if they ever built Marc Davis’ Western River Expedition.

[@KYLO_JEN]

NEW YEAR, NEW MAN BUN LETS GOOOOO

[@schubertiad]

Port Discovery and Mysterious Island at Tokyo DisneySea have so much that is drawn from the concept art of Discovery Bay. I thought you might mention that because the visual connections are so strong.

[@MattMcIrvin]

I think one of the paintings he flashes up here is actually concept art of Port Discovery (it's a pretty much exact match to what was built).

[@schubertiad]

​@@MattMcIrvin It could very well be, although I understand Tony Baxter did some concept work for the never-built California DisneySea before that. Whatever order it was drawn up, the lineage is unmistakable.

[@LightbulbSunStudios]

WestCOT!

[@annlavine3576]

I would be happy with westcot

[@kdusel1991]

​@@annlavine3576 it wouldn't make sense.

[@WolfDShadow]

​@kdusel1991 what you didn't hear about how WestCot was going to work originally? It was going to be more shops and restaurants than rides and be focused for those that were going after work for the night scene over in Burbank/Glendale. Then it was moved to Anaheim where they could build more rides, but after different plans fell through they renamed it Disney's California Adventure. We are talking OG DCA where nothing was truely themed right for each "land" when it opened behind schedule since they had planned for the park to be opened before I graduated from High School yet the only part that was accessible to the public at that time was the giant letters outside the park. Now let's see if West Coast version of Disney Springs will actually happen during the resort expansion project that was finally greenlighted by the city or will they make it something totally different for their second shopping district.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@WolfDShadow it's derivative of Epcot.

[@aquarianage3953]

Excellent video on cancelled Disney Rides. Loved the budget cut joke near the end.👍

[@AlishaDear]

“Big Thunder Ranch and Big Thunder Barbecue” made me stop what I was doing and just giggle for a second. 😂

[@theotherjared9824]

There is definitely enough space in Animal Kingdom for proper prehistoric and beastly kingdoms west of africa and pandora. There can even be an arctic area just north of everest. But Disney has to figure out if they want more animal exhibits or traditional disney attractions before that can happen.

[@kdusel1991]

I don't think they do. Housing animals is super expensive. And SeaWorld already kinda has the Arctic covered.

[@jamiescott2597]

So are the balloons in the lobby of The Land pavilion an Easter egg to Nature's Blueprint

[@bruceweatherly6559]

Let's create some What If timelines for these these canceled rides.

[@bdchiaccio]

Happy New Year and looking forward to more amazing content like this!

[@benjaminpfister938]

I thought it would be great if they replaced Splash Mountain with Western River Expedition, then I thought briefly when they tore up Tom Sawyer Island: ok, put it there. Did anyone listen? NO! 😡

[@ttintagel]

I don't think it would have fit in the Splash Mountain footprint, but yes, if they're tearing up that whole side of the park it should be for something as ambitious as the WRE and not a Carsland clone.

[@wdwnutjm]

ok when you moved to the bathroom with the ring light we both lost it - great video!!!!! (& I am so sorry you never got to see the original Imagination- it was really amazing & I miss it)

[@charliemacsart]

If you do a follow up to this video talking about more never built attractions, I'd love to see you talk about the never built predecessor to Splash Mountain, Moonshine Express! It was a log flume planned for Bear Country that had guests helping the local sheriff, Henry (from the Country Bears)'s brother, find some moonshiners up in the mountains. The ride was planned to also be a shooter ride, with guests having guns to shoot at the moonshine bears who could also "shoot back". Crazy idea and I've only ever seen Jim Hill talk about it!

[@bmr1591]

Random question, and this may be really dumb, but have you ever met Tony Baxter?

[@kdusel1991]

He has.

[@johnbell5556]

I'd love to hear more about Mount Fuji

[@oldmanloki]

7:30 shout out to potato grandma

[@trvlr1173]

Great video and great hair! You rocked the man-bun.

[@tucciproducer]

I’m interested in hearing more on this topic. I’m a pretty good Disney parks buff, and even I hadn’t heard of 2 of your 3 examples.

[@ReelsandRoses]

I've alway heard that there were plans for a permanent Nightmare Before Christmas ride in the parks. But Burton was against a "year round" ride thinking it would cheapen the brand, also he wasn't happy that it would have been next to Small World. I heard a lot of the plans for it were re-purposed to Haunted Mansion Holiday and the ride in China.

[@kdusel1991]

The fact that WDW's haunted mansion doesn't have a Nightmare Before Christmas overlay makes me mad! And they better fix Journey into Imagination. The current ride we do have is awful!!

[@WarholaSoup]

This is one of my favorite channels

[@TankCop]

Talk about the mountain rollercoaster ride at epcots Japan pavilion we never got!😢

[@altarush]

The original Universe of Energy and the original Journey into Imagination were the best.

[@ttintagel]

I still occasionally have dreams where I'm riding the old Universe of Energy.

[@gr33ngirlsea]

Nature's Blueprints looks so cool!!

[@kdusel1991]

I think that's what the balloons in the pavilion are for!

[@murdoc6501]

Would love a deep dive into the Adventurers Club! Incredible experience that some of us purists truly miss! Kongaloosh!

[@kdusel1991]

I miss it too! Kungaloosh my friend!!

[@KirkDamato]

"Cancelled Rides" could (and should) be an entire series!

[@_mluck_]

Loved this!

[@ethanedmunds1929]

Please do another video on this. Very fun and cool information

[@princii2859]

Budget cut bit is amazing

[@timrose9826]

Question 🙋‍♂️ Have you ever met Tony Baxter? And if so did you get a photo with him?

[@rgs8970]

I miss that unused space between Frontierland and Fantasyland! It was a great place to escape the crowd push and to regroup on a busy day 😞

[@MattMcIrvin]

9:07 That's the actually built Port Discovery at Tokyo DisneySea (or something that looks identical to it). The ride in front is Aquatopia, a peculiar application of the trackless ride tech to a retro-futuristic "boat" attraction in a shallow lagoon. I didn't understand the real point of this until after I'd ridden it: it's a ride that can be changed seasonally from a dry ride to a wet ride just by altering the program. That and the adjacent Mysterious Island area with its Jules Verne-themed rides clearly are also spiritual successors to Discovery Bay. Geyser Mountain, meanwhile, sounds like it was borrowing some thematic elements from Tokyo's Journey to the Center of the Earth, which would have been designed slightly earlier--though the ride system was probably different (Journey to the Center of the Earth uses the Test Track/Radiator Springs Racers system).

[@Jay2646]

Additionally, Discovery Bay was supposed to see the Colombia removed from the track and permanently docked as a walk-through attraction. There was actually a second attempt at Discovery Bay as well, cutting Tom Sawyer's Island in half and putting it on the top half. That would be smaller (and cheaper!) but also fell through early in design.

[@powerpup97]

You should totally do more episodes of cancelled Disney Rides!

[@haileyredrix3102]

this better talk about muppets great movie ride i would kill to go on that 😭

[@kdusel1991]

I'd love for that too!!

[@Emperor_Oshron]

as an allohistory enthusiast, including of what could have been in popular culture as well as in history and biology, various canceled rides in all sorts of theme parks are always fascinating to me. as a paleonerd on top of that, the _Journey to the Center of the Earth_ one featuring dinosaurs is ESPECIALLY cool, but i'm also glad that they didn't take out the Primeval World.

[@electricwizard3000]

Yes! More cancelled Disney attractions, please!

[@jbmiller3280]

“What will be canceled next?” [While showing Josh’s picture]. Not an accident.

[@kdusel1991]

I hope Josh becomes the new CEO!

[@Mrtfarrugia]

11:45 and the Kodak said: Alright, alright, calm down, take your meds.

[@TheSnipingSnake]

LET'S GO. NEW VIDEO!

[@Teletran35]

Living with the land always put me tto sleep.A great place for a nap

[@kdusel1991]

It's very relaxing.

[@SmolAliens]

I want a 2-hour long investigative documentary about finding the people in those food photos at the end of Living with the Land. Surely the little kids are still around at least.

[@CheriB702]

I would love for you to deep dive into Disneyland’s WestCOT (west coast version of Epcot) that was canceled.

[@rich-s6c]

I love the topic. More please.

[@Disneyparkblog]

“Big thunder mesa” should be shown next!

[@philmetzger2315]

Hopefully they cancel carsland, atleast. But I feel Villainsland gets cancelled again and we get stuck with carsland of generic cars racing thru a mud pit that’s replacing all of Rivers of America in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World

[@kdusel1991]

Villains Land won't get cancelled. I think they should move carsland out of the rivers.

[@CowboyLuigi]

While it isn't Disney, the fact that Universal Studios considered creating a whole ride out of "The Shining" is interesting. I'd love to see how that would work. Probably would have some rides in Dark Universe from Epic Universe as successors to that idea of having a horror movie thened ride.

[@bluegold1026]

Money seems to always be a problem in the US Disney parks, but NEVER seem to be a problem in the overseas parks, particularly the Disney parks in Asia.

[@CowboyLuigi]

I think there's a restaurant that uses the crops from "Living with the land" for food, right? I thought that was a near concept to have.

[@audegottoeaudegottoe363]

Have @Wonderful New Year's ! / / thanks

[@majorpootie]

Now I need to figure out how to make geyser mountain in planet coaster.

[@jeremybrum1565]

It actually would have been kinda cool if each pavilion had its own variant of figment!

[@royavery6949]

Surprised the Mt. Fuji coster or the Rine River Cruise at EPCOT didn't make the list.

[@ttintagel]

Maybe this will become a series!

[@lars7282]

Shareholders are the worst thing that ever happened to Disney.

[@MagicMartin666]

Was the cancelled Mary Popping attraction going to be the planned "Jolly Holiday with Mary Poppins" riding on a carousel horse dark ride?

[@kotch35]

I get why Disney Likes to focus on film IP with their attractions but they are very short-sighted by not creating new IP in the parks to use as IP for films. POTC, Haunted Mansion and Jungle Cruise all made money for them as movies. They absolutely should be doing more of that.

[@AFOLegos]

the mt. fuji coaster planned for epcot is my roman empire

[@kae_littledove]

Somewhat unrelated, but what is the name of the background music at the start of the video? Former Disneyland CM here, and I used to hear the song for phone hold music and I always wondered what it was. Thanks lol

[@NeonGhostin]

Hoping that the proposed Cars ride at magic kingdom meets the same fate.

[@kdusel1991]

I wouldn't mind losing Tom Sawyer Island tbh but not the rivers and the boat!

[@liamlennon3316]

I think the Moana retheme land of dino usa made the most sense for animal kingdom especially since if they kept Nemo musical, it would actually fit with the rest of land for once if it was called Oceania

[@sebastiantorres9283]

5:11 Can confirm, breadfruit is quite tasty

[@altarush]

What about the roller coaster based on Sleepy Hollow? I want that coaster.

[@krab1791]

Still miss Food Rocks! And wish they had never “refurbished” Journey to the Imagination. The original was better. Made more sense and the play area after you got off the ride was much better than what is there now.

[@kdusel1991]

I'm hoping that Disney gives Journey into Imagination some love. It really needs a change! Also Food Rocks was kinda creepy but I still enjoyed it as a kid.

[@krab1791]

@@kdusel1991I was an adult when I first saw Food Rocks and knew the music so it wasn’t as creepy. Never asked my kids what they thought of it.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@krab1791 ah.

[@ttintagel]

From your mouth to the Mouse's ears! It was butchered in the first place because the contract with Kodak specified they had to do a major overhaul after X number of years, but for some reason it didn't require Kodak to put any money into the renovations. So Disney went nuclear and chopped it up into something much cheaper and easier to maintain. In recent years, though, Disney has shown that they can take on major construction projects without the support of sponsors, so it's well past time they gave Dreamfinder and Figment a new home that's worthy of them. AFAIC it doesn't need to be an exact clone of the original, but it needs to be something on that same scale and scope. Something inspiring and creative. And while it would take major cash to make the upstairs area ADA accessible, IMO it would be worth it.

[@krab1791]

@ Disney actually budgets $1B a year for construction projects. Unfortunately much of that budget has been eaten up by additions to current resorts. I wish they would put the money into the parks instead. There is already enough resort space.

[@bilbobaggins9488]

I have a vague memory of a gummy bear ride in Anaheim. I remember livefastdiepoor talking about it

[@ttintagel]

That wasn't cancelled, though - it was actually built.

[@lonesoul663]

I really wish Disney would invest in building something like many of these ride that were never built. Original IP that actually is unique.

[@briananderson3220]

I would like to see a video covering the Cancellation of the Muppets Land at MGM in the early 90’s…I remember seeing it advertised there on the backlot tour, which makes me nostalgic for the Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area and the Roger Rabbit Acme Store😢 But I think the cancelled Muppets Land is relevant now that Monsters Inc is getting a land, replacing MuppetVision 3D at that! Muppets are SO much better than MI, so much more content, funnier, and just totally undervalued by Disney at the parks! Build the Muppets a Home, not Monsters because a young imagineer thought a “doorway scene” roller coaster would be cool

[@ttintagel]

I'm pretty sure the short answer is that when Jim died and the deal fell through, they could only build the projects that were already in progress.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@ttintagel and now his last work is about to be closed forever, with no clear indicator to what will be done with it. I like Monsters Inc and think Monstropolis would be a great addition, but MuppetVision 3D needs to be preserved in the park! It DOES NOT need to be shoved onto Disney+

[@kdusel1991]

​@@ttintagel and I'm mad that rockin roller coaster is changing to muppets!!

[@ttintagel]

@@kdusel1991 Yes! While the Muppets are for all ages, it seems counterintuitive to me to have the only Muppet attraction be something that little kids can't ride.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@ttintagel exactly! Also little kids don't understand the humor of the muppets like adults and older children do! Sure they're childish sometimes, but they mostly do a lot of subtle adult humor

[@CapeSIX]

It’s that time once again

[@DavidVitrano]

Make the play pavilion already!

[@kdusel1991]

No. That idea sucked! Especially during Covid! Bring back the wonders of life

[@DavidVitrano]

How about build this, and call it the Wonders of Play Pavilion.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@DavidVitrano nah. Still wouldn't work. Bring back a version of Cranium Command but theme it to Inside Out 1 and 2.

[@ElChinoChema]

many of the rejected world showcase atractions, like that area could be big and better, but everytime they fail to live their potential like Mt. Fuji Roller Coaster, Rhine River Cruise or entire Pavillions like the Soviet Union, Spain or Brazil.

[@ttintagel]

I'm 99% sure there will never be another pavilion in World Showcase. I can't imagine any country nowadays putting up the resources to build it, and I can't imagine Disney taking on all the costs themselves.

[@johngalvano5895]

@@ttintagel yeah and EPCOT costs ballooned far more than they thought it would when they built it back in the day

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@ttintagel Adding more pavilions seems to be a thing that gets spitballed every few years but just never happens--Morocco and Norway were the only additions, and they were early. My favorite footnote to that: the cancelled "Equatorial Africa" pavilion would have included a collection of equatorial African art that you can actually see today, for free. It's the Disney-Tishman Collection on exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC, a museum that is often overlooked because it's literally underground.

[@mikebridgman3386]

This hits on the thing that bugs me the most about Disney in the Iger, Chapek, Iger eras. I miss ORIGINAL ideas. Now we just get beat over the head with I.P.

[@Heythere-lk6si]

I love Adventureland but I would’ve loved to have an Indiana jones land with more rides based off the movies, wish they didn’t scrap that plan.

[@kdusel1991]

Too bad Dial of Destiny killed the franchise.

[@Undrave]

Dylan, did you ever meet Tony Baxter?

[@BobAtEvermore]

10:21 it's an offhand legend. professor marvel was a

[@theotherjared9824]

That first draft of the second california gate that looks like atlantis is really funny to me. There is no way it would ever look exactly like that, especially with the budget it would have gotten.

[@WolfDShadow]

Second gate? Do you mean the land that would have been placed over by Big Thunder Mountain since as Dylan pointed out it would have been started AFTER Disney California Adventure opened to the public which already opened behind schedule due to delays.

[@kdusel1991]

​@@WolfDShadow and the first version of California Adventure was a massive failure

[@zacknagel827]

Tony Baxter the presentation lol

[@expertbrian8314]

How do you feel about Living With The Land? like it?

[@kdusel1991]

I like it! I hope it never changes! It's perfect how it is!

[@perpetualautumn6773]

Dallin, if you could only visit one for the rest of your life, Disneyland or Epcot l, which would it be?

[@jerzeyguy71]

MORE!!

[@kronvlat]

everytime i see cancelled Disney attractions i can't help but to think about what of could of been with the american adventure park in virginia... which would be a 10 minute drive from my house.... which would of meant me probably going to disney alot more... maybe working at disney. It really sparked my lifelong feud with any and all historians because i am petty and need someone to blame for ruining my disney dreams :(. dang historians, quit living in the past!