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Rehabilitate? Or, Eliminate? – Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin! [Poll]

Greetings, my friends!  Welcome back!  Welcome back to our little corner of the Disney-verse!  Did you have a happy holiday season?  I certainly hope so!

Let’s start All in WDW’s 2018 off with a New Year’s “bang”, shall we?  Opened in 1998, the Magic Kingdom’s much-beloved Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin will reach its 20th anniversary this year!

Of course, these days, being that long in the tooth opens up any attraction to Disney’s scrutiny.  That’s right, folks.  If The Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios can be a “target” for replacement, so can Buzz.

So, referring back to the post’s title, what is this “rehabilitation or elimination” thing all about?  Well, if you’re new to the site, open up your imaginations, because it goes something like this …

Welcome to the The Walt Disney Company!  I hope you’re enjoying your “career” in Disney’s design and development division – Walt Disney Imagineering!

As you know, WDI is responsible for the creation and construction of Disney theme parks worldwide, and we need your help!  Tap into your creativity.  Imagine that you’re an … Imagineer!  Yes!  In fact, in today’s case, you’re a “re-imagineer”!

Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin!  Should we rehabilitate?  Leave the theme alone, but give it a bit of a facelift, maybe?  Should we eliminate?  Replace it with a new attraction altogether?  Or, should we simply leave it completely alone?

Your task, today, is a two-part job.  First, what’s your vote?  Second, if you want to rehabilitate, what do you suggest we do?  If you want to eliminate, what should take its place?  What’s your “Project Plan”?

Leave your comments on this post, on Facebook, or on Twitter, my friends!  This is what we do.  It’s Imagineering.  It’s “Re-Imagineering”!  We need your help!  Now, get to work!

Hey! Spend a Day in Tomorrowland!

Who, out there, is excited to see Disney’s upcoming film “Tomorrowland”?  Show of hands?  Yeah, I thought so.  We’re looking forward to it as well.

We have a few months to wait for the movie, of course, as it doesn’t open until May 22nd.  But, in the meantime, Mrs. All in WDW and I thought we’d spend some “quality time” with Walt Disney World’s Tomorrowland.

I have to admit, we sometimes take Tomorrowland for granted.  In truth, when we visit Mickey’s Magic Kingdom, we often spend most of our time in Adventureland sailing with swashbuckling pirates or cruising through the jungles of the world.

If not those exciting activities, we head to the back of the park in order to get frightened by the mansion’s 999 haunts … or, to take a leisurely stroll through Fantasyland.  Tomorrowland is often an afterthought.

Until now!

Please enjoy our brief photo tour of Disney’s Magic Kingdom’s “world of tomorrow”, my friends!  And, well, Mrs. All in WDW and I will see ya’ “tomorrow”!

If you want a proper tour of Tomorrowland, this should be your first stop!

If you want a proper tour of Tomorrowland, this should be your first stop!

The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover!

The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover!

Take a seat and enjoy the ride!

Take a seat and enjoy the ride!

You'll get several views of Astro Orbiter.

You’ll get several views of Astro Orbiter.

The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover itself. See it, there, in the middle of the shot?

The Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover itself. See it, there, in the middle of the shot?

And, I had to add this shot ... since I randomly caught "a bird in (over) orbit"!

And, I had to add this shot … since I randomly caught “a bird in (over) orbit”!

And, look! There's the Tomorrowland Speedway!

And, look! There’s the Tomorrowland Speedway!

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Blinding speed around those corners? No, these cars are pretty tame.

The "mover" takes you into Space Mountain ...

The “mover” takes you into Space Mountain …

... and, this is what you get when it stops suddenly, in the mountain, and in pitch dark. Hey, at least they turned on a light or two!

… and, this is what you get when it stops suddenly, in the mountain, and in pitch dark!

Of course, here IS the Magic Kingdom's signature mountain!

Of course, here IS the Magic Kingdom’s signature mountain!

And, another angle.

And, another angle.

You get a few monsters, and ...

You get a few monsters, and …

... an obnoxious alien. We'll be back to discuss YOU tomorrow, Stitch!

… an obnoxious alien. We’ll be back to discuss YOU tomorrow, Stitch!

Finally, we have a touch of Walt himself! The attraction was down when we passed by.

Finally, we have a touch of Walt himself! This famed attraction was down when we passed by.

And, of course, who can pass on lunch?! One of the best Counter Services on property? You tell me!

And, of course, who can pass on lunch?! One of the best Counter Services on property? You tell me!

The “Land” of Tomorrow!

Wow, I have to admit that I didn’t see this one coming.  We may be “Mad about the Magic Kingdom!”, but we’re evidently bonkers over Tomorrowland!  Is it Stitch’s fault?

Actually, the tally was excruciatingly close.  Only twelve votes separated five of the Magic Kingdom’s “Lands”, so it’s unfair to call Tomorrowland’s win a resounding “victory”.  I think it has to be labeled a shocker, though.  Doesn’t it?  I mean, what happened to Liberty Square?  Isn’t that where the All in WDW “champion attraction” – the Haunted Mansion – resides?  What about Main Street?  Isn’t that a nostalgic favorite of people – young and old?  New Fantasyland?

When we named the All in WDW Readers’ Favorite Disney’s Magic Kingdom Attraction back in March, and then again when we elected our favorite WDW attraction a few weeks later, it was …

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