- May 26, 2010
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I don't get it. Springfield is basically a redone food hall with a simple flat and it is hailed in high regard but this area looks to be a more thematically fleshed out, coherent kids area make over with a refreshed interactive water play area and whatever they are doing in the ball pit and some feel it is not enough? I honestly think a flat wouldn't have made much of an impact if it were included in this refresh as they are really doing a lot already from how it is looking. Kids like to play and kids like water and this refreshed land is enhancing both of those elements. What more could you ask for? (I am being rhetorical don't answer lol)
This is a good point...
If I had to guess, I'd say the way the theme park fandom approaches new additions/expansions/rethemes has changed dramatically since the days of the Springfield rollout. But I'd also say that Springfield made something of nothing: It took the most notoriously bland concrete expanse (and crappy restaurant) in the park and turned it all into an attractive destination. KidZone, dated as it was, did offer some pleasant theming that hits the nostalgia buttons for the folks who frequent this board and other fan communities. Several massive expansions to the park have planned to use the KidZone space, only to be pulled at the last minute (hence the KidZone curse moniker). I think some of the disappointment therefore stems from the knowledge that we *could* have gotten something as elaborate as Super Nintendo World but are instead getting a lateral retheme and tune-up.