The (Many) Problems With Pixar Pier

My theory is that the entire point of this change to the land was to just promote Incredibles 2

Never forget before the ride opened when they claimed “we have a 40 foot animatronic Mrs. Incredible” only for it to be a fiberglass prop.

To be fair the designers of pixar pier had the impossible task of implementing a horrible idea cooked up by a marketing executive

I really miss the big CALIFORNIA stone letters in front of the entrance :(

One of the biggest problems I have with modern Disney execs irt the theme park direction is that they don't understand making something 'more Disney' has very little to do with Disney IPs. Disney parks' magic was in attention to detail, high quality construction, depth of theming, free included Plus at every park. Now we have cheap rides, plastic statues passing as immersion and that Plus experience is now behind giant paywalls. As a Disney Parks fan, I would give SO MUCH to have a creative back in the CEO seat.

i am 13 years old and my first ever rollercoaster was the Incredicoaster, it was so rough that i didn’t want to do any coasters at disneyland but luckily my dad forced me to go on Big Thunder and showed me what a real coaster is, it perfectly proves your point about how rough the incredicoaster is and how many people ride it and i just wish i got to ride something like california screamin which at least had more cohesion.

California Screamin music was so good 🙁

To add on to your point about the re-theme being rushed, Jessie’s Critter Carousel and the Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind didn’t open until a year after the land officially turned into Pixar Pier. You’d think those would have been there from the start if this re-theme was truly a passion project.

You articulated exactly how I felt about this change ESPECIALLY Screamin' to Incredicoaster. It was my first real coaster as a kid and got me into it, not it feels like a soulless cash grab. I feel similarly about Tower of Terror.

I know I'm getting old, but it still shocks me when I hear a grown man's voice say he was born in the 2000s. 💀

You didn't even mention my least favorite part about the transition from Screamin' to Incredicoaster, and it's that the launch spiels are all the same now. The old ones were so charming. "Second thoughts? Too late! Head back, face forward, and hold on like you mean it!"

I never understood why they fixed up Paradise Pier only to transform it into Pixar Pier not too long after. Same way they changed the San Francisco area to Big Hero 6. Dumb IP inclusion crap.

When I started going to California Adventure as an older kid I was really into the Edwardian era and I loved the fact that Paradise Pier was modeled after that kind of old-timey amusement park. The whole old-fashioned California vibes of the park back then were really great and it's sad that they had to swap out a cool, pretty unique theme with blatant Disney properties to make it marketable.

My biggest issue with Pixar Pier is the random Little Mermaid ride tucked in the corner of the side entrance. It’s so out of place. At least when it was Paradise Pier you had Ariel's Grotto at the bridge main entrance set in a classic pier scape. With this re theme Little Mermaid is just jarring. Especially since you enter on that side you start seeing Pixar characters before it opens to Pixar Pier and then BAM Little Mermaid to your right. 😂

RIP Orange Stinger. It was the most alluring building in all the park to 2007 me. 🍊

“Feels like something six flags would do” “Feels like something universal would do” Meanwhile, in the last 10 years both universal and six flags outdoing Disney at almost every turn, especially considering resource management and budget. AND tickets aren’t 600 dollars a piece 🤡

I don't know it it's just because I was a kid when I went on the California Screamin', but I feel that the open tubes added to the ride experience. You could see all the way out to Disneyland. Most notably, the openness and the ability to see how high you were added to the suspense of the drop, I would actully get air time on the drop, and now, with the closed tubes, it feels shorter and I get no feeling. It's all quite unfortunate.

you earned a fan here! i’m so excited to see what you make

I want to live in a world where the movie's name is actually 'It's tough to be a bug', incredible

Oh my goodness, jack jack on a stick is the WORST