Disney Parks just released a short video showing the supposed interactive queue of the new Dumbo attraction at WDW Magic Kingdom Storybook Circus. Interactive? Did i missed something? As you will see in the video below it looks more like a kids playground under a circus tent, with a great theming based on Dumbo final scene, i agree, but still, where are the interactivity elements in all this?
Sure, this indoor "interactive queue" - read: playground - will allow parents to sit on benches in air conditioning while kids " will burn off energy climbing through ropes, jumping, and running around", and considering how long a queue at Dumbo can be it's very welcome, but so far the only interactive element i noticed is a pager which will "bip" when it will be the "time to ride". Again, it's a very good idea which should help to make the Dumbo wait more agreable, but just don't call it "interactive" - or let me know where the interactivity is.
Pictures and video: copyright Disney
It looks like the kind of "attractions" we used to have here in São Paulo that I went sometimes when I was a kid, in a small park inside a shopping mall.
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Nevertheless, I think that improving the "queues experiences” is a great effort and something vital to the future of theme parks.
ReplyDeleteFor me, and most people I know, the only things that can spoil a day in a Disney park are long queues and overcrowding...
"Interactive" doesn't have to mean technology, though that seems to be how it's used most often these days. Interactive means that they have something to play with and honestly, I think kids will have a better time being able to run, jump and play than having a bunch of gew-gaws and monitors to quickly become bored of.
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