Well, after my most recent thread went down in such a spectacular meteoric fireball, I couldn't help seeing if I could outdo myself by producing one that burns longer, brighter, hotter, and smellier.
So I'm going to propose a purely hypothetical scenario for you, and I would be very interested to get your input.
Warning: Any semblance of realism stops here.
For the purposes of this discussion, you - yes, you - are the entire theme parks division of the Walt Disney Company. You control everything that happens in the parks, both creatively and financially. And you have devised a procedure that allows you to gauge the opinions of the entire public with utmost accuracy. When you evaluate what the population wants with this method, no one argues with the flawless results. You can think of this as a type of focus group, a poll, telepathy, whatever you want. The point is that you, the WDC, can now somehow know exactly what every human being in the planet would be most willing to pay money to experience.
Now, there are exactly two types of attractions. There are yellow attractions, and there are purple attractions. (Or red and green, or warm gray and electric blue cross-hatched with fluorescent paint...the specific colors don't matter.) Every attraction falls into either one category or the other. Both are comparable in terms of cost to build and operate, and neither gives rise to any concerns about safety, ethics, or the environment.
Because you have your magical surveying method, it follows that you know exactly who likes yellow attractions and who likes purple attractions. As it turns out, the world's population is quite split, although not along the lines of geographical location, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, education, social class, or what have you - it's purely random. A rather large majority adores one of the colors, and will happily pay big bucks to ride anything sporting that hue, while shunning anything else. Then the small remainder of the population is in love with any and all attractions that are painted with the other color, but won't even look at the other kind as they pass by. The exact numbers aren't important, but let's say this split is pretty uneven and pretty well-defined.
Now for the question. You, as Disney, are sitting down to decide what color attractions will be built for the next 10-20 years. Knowing what you know about who likes what, how many attractions of each color do you build?
I do have my own opinions on the matter, and I may share them later, but I'd really rather hear your responses. And of course, in spite of the title, I would of course prefer that those responses be civil.

Warning: Any semblance of realism stops here.
For the purposes of this discussion, you - yes, you - are the entire theme parks division of the Walt Disney Company. You control everything that happens in the parks, both creatively and financially. And you have devised a procedure that allows you to gauge the opinions of the entire public with utmost accuracy. When you evaluate what the population wants with this method, no one argues with the flawless results. You can think of this as a type of focus group, a poll, telepathy, whatever you want. The point is that you, the WDC, can now somehow know exactly what every human being in the planet would be most willing to pay money to experience.
Now, there are exactly two types of attractions. There are yellow attractions, and there are purple attractions. (Or red and green, or warm gray and electric blue cross-hatched with fluorescent paint...the specific colors don't matter.) Every attraction falls into either one category or the other. Both are comparable in terms of cost to build and operate, and neither gives rise to any concerns about safety, ethics, or the environment.
Because you have your magical surveying method, it follows that you know exactly who likes yellow attractions and who likes purple attractions. As it turns out, the world's population is quite split, although not along the lines of geographical location, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, education, social class, or what have you - it's purely random. A rather large majority adores one of the colors, and will happily pay big bucks to ride anything sporting that hue, while shunning anything else. Then the small remainder of the population is in love with any and all attractions that are painted with the other color, but won't even look at the other kind as they pass by. The exact numbers aren't important, but let's say this split is pretty uneven and pretty well-defined.
Now for the question. You, as Disney, are sitting down to decide what color attractions will be built for the next 10-20 years. Knowing what you know about who likes what, how many attractions of each color do you build?
I do have my own opinions on the matter, and I may share them later, but I'd really rather hear your responses. And of course, in spite of the title, I would of course prefer that those responses be civil.
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