Count me in as a fan of Toontown as well. While it's appealing to adults, in a way one can argue it's not meant to be. As others here have said, going into Toontown with young children is when you see the magic of the land. It's not for us so much as for them. I'm fine with letting them keep it and with Disney saving their pennies on upgrades here to pour into upgrades into other areas of the resorts...
...with leads me into the OP's discussion about Tomorrowland. I want to say this topic gets brought up every few years here. Arguments I've read in the past include the fact that envisioning "tomorrow" is a much more challenging endeavor today than it was when Walt and his WED Imagineers dreamed up their ideas 62 years ago. Today, landing on the moon is past history but our future currently doesn't have a focus or even large interest in traveling to Mars. Plus civilians traveling into space seems like an opportunity only for the very wealthy. Technology isn't anything like the metal panels with big, thick buttons and blinking lights of the 50's and 60's. Today, technology is in our hands, in our smartphones, tablets and laptops. And it changes ever so quickly. I've read folks wouldn't mind seeing Tomorrowland be less about our real science projections and more about embracing the brands that Disney owns that are futuristic or space fantasy, like Star Wars and TRON. I believe the Rocket Rods/Peoplemover track had once been rumored to become a TRON-related attraction when TRON Legacy opens and before Disney bought Lucasfilm. Then, weren't there rumors about that track being used for speeder bikes and Autopia being converted into an Ewok-themed environment? Anyway, if I were to guess, I think a re-do of Tomorrowland would come after Disney adds a greater Marvel footprint in the parks, like rumored to happen in DCA soon after Star Wars Land opens. Then once that's done, with all those (hopefully) great new attractions to look forward to, I wouldn't mind Tomorrowland being closed off to be remade into something new and more worthy of being in an area named Tomorrowland. What that would be in my mind, would ideally include relocating Star Tours and perhaps to the two Pixar-themed attractions to make room for whatever new futuristic attractions WDI might think up. Ideally.
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