If I were TLG and Had a Creativity Gene Series: Part 6 - Disney World

For my next article on themes Lego really needs to do, I think I am going to go with the most obvious one out there: Disney World. Now many people have mentioned this, and Disney Land, and all the other Disney type themes out there. It is actually pretty hard to understand how it has not happened as well. Disney now owns Star Wars, Disney has also had along line of Lego sets in Duplo as well as several other film themes like Cars and the recent Lone Ranger. So how has it not happened yet?

Well, I assume it will very soon. With Disney taking over Star Wars, they and Lego are going to have a bigger relationship than ever. I can not imagine this is not one of the things on TLG's radar. Disney World is the place that every child wants to go and I can't imagine that these wouldn't fly off the shelves, or be huge investment winners.

So, before TLG and Disney finally decide to do the obvious, I am going to give them a couple of great ideas before hand:

Disney Minifigure Series

I think there are a lot of people that love the minifigures Lego has in their minifigure series as they are highly collectable and depict all sorts of different people and characters. If Disney has one thing, it is a lot of different characters.

Disney has something similar in toys called Vinylmations, depicted in the picture above. These are all sorts of different Disney and non Disney characters depicted in a Disney light; for instance, with mouse ears. Think of how well this would go over as minifigures!

Since Disney already has their own line of figures, this could be actually Disney characters that were in all of the different movies. There are tons of these, so they could continue series after series. People would collect these like crazy – Vinylmations are something that do really well in the secondary market just like Lego figures. Completing the different sets and different full casts from the movies would keep this series going for years and years.

It's a Small World

This is definitely one of the most iconic and popular rides at Disney for several reasons. One, it is one of the most tame rides there so pretty much everyone can ride it without problem. On top of that, the song is extremely catchy and easy for any child to sing.

The ride itself is a large boat ride which slowly floats around different scenes depicting children from around the world. It is very colorful and vindictive of all the different cultures from different parts of almost every country.

This would have to be a smaller scale of the ride. It would come with a small boat and the water itself would be lower blue bricks that would go around the outside of a middle piece that would have all the scenes on it. The scenes in the middle would be a few from different parts of the world with all the little characters.

They could also add in something that could play the song when turned on. Although we need an off button because it can get pretty old.

Minifigures include:

• The children from around the world for the different scenes.
• 2 passengers in Disney gear

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Pretty much every Lego theme needs a train, right? Trains do about better than any other Lego vehicle and this one would be a huge seller as well. It is a cross between a train ride and a roller coaster. It is one of the oldest and most popular rides at Disney's Magic Kingdom as well. I think it would really be big for Lego because of the status of the ride, as well as the Train/roller coaster angle. It would be like a new take on an old favorite.

It would have the giant rock structure in the middle with the train ride looping in and out of it just like the actual ride. It is a big ride, so they may have to make it a little smaller for this set, with just a few hills and only the one big rock in the middle. It would also have the giant Thunder Mountain Railroad sign on top.

Minifigures would include:

• Disney ride operator
• 6 passengers in Disney gear.

The Tower of Terror

This is my favorite ride by far at the park – which honestly is not too hard since the park is really more designed for children anyway. This ride is at the Hollywood studios. It is based on the fictional story of 5 people who were in a large hotel. As they were crossing the 13^th floor during an extremely bad storm, lightening struck the tower causing the elevator to drop and crash onto the bottom floor killing the 5 people. If you ride the ride, you can now enter the twilight zone and relive the terror those people suffered.

The tower itself is awesome and could really be an awesome modular building. It somewhat could resemble the structure of the Haunted House and we know how well that has done. It would have the Hollywood Studios logo on the front as well as the Tower of Terror logo. The elevator inside would have seats for minifigure passengers and an opening to load in at the bottom. It would be able to be raised up and then fall down just like the actual ride.

Minifigures would include:

• 5 passengers for the ride
• A Disney ride operator

The Epcot Ball

To me, this the second most recognizable Disney landmark past Cinderella's Castle. The Epcot ball is not anything amazing on the outside: a giant golf-ball looking building with no real outside markers. However, on the inside, it is a giant ride that shows the world of today and the world as we will possible see it in the future.

It is also amazingly huge – pictures don’t do it justice. If you ever fly over Florida, you will be able to tell how crazy large it is. It would have to be that big if it had a ride inside.

In my eyes, this would be a very large set. The ball itself would be whole, but the top would pop off and inside there would be a small slow moving ride, just like at the real Epcot. It also will have some Disney dioramas inside that would be somewhat indicative of the actual ride itself.

It would come with the following minifigures:

• Disney ride Operator dressed as Disney Character possibly.
• 4 Passengers to ride the rids, all in different Disney gear.

Cinderellas Castle

I know I already mentioned this as being the most recognizable thing from Disney World, but in all seriousness, it really is the one thing that people think of when making a visit there. It is in the theme park called “Magic Kingdom” which is the one with the most rides and is the busiest of the parks. This is also the park that is most geared towards children.

This would be a pretty large set and would have all of the features of the real castle. As well, it would have the walkway that goes under it and all the decoration in front of it. If you have ever been to Disney World, you know at night they light the castle up; So how about a bunch of light bricks on the bottom! They would all shine up and light up the castle at night time if you wanted them to. And we all know how well Castles do. I would venture to say that this could be the best selling and best gaining castle of all time. It would come with these minifigures:

• Cinderella
• Mickey Mouse
• Minny Mouse
• 4 Park Visitors in Disny Gear
• Goofy – because who doesn't love goofy?

Those are my suggestions so far TLG. I expect to see these by next year!

What do you all think?Would this go over well? Did I pick the right rides and attractions?

Note: All of the information here are my own opinions and are pulled from my experiences. You may or may not have success with these methods.

Thanks for reading!