Four Types of Attractions Plucked from Disney’s “Playbook” That Universal Orlando Really Needs

4. Attractions with original mythology HOW DISNEY DOES IT Don’t misunderstand – Disney’s always relied on the stories, settings, and characters of the company’s animated tales as the backbone of its attraction offerings… and during Eisner’s tenure in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Disney even brought outside intellectual properties into the parks (Star Wars, The Twilight Zone, Indiana Jones, The Muppets…) to bolster…

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