The Death of a Dream, or DisneyQuest will be closed in 2 years

Hey,

Today is a bad day. Today, as I was surfing www.jimhillmedia.com, and I saw this article. Game Over:WDW's DisneyQuest to close in early 2008. I can't get over it.

For those out of the loop, DisneyQuest at WDW is one of Disney's many 90s experiments that was, to put it lightly, unsuccessful. It was supposed to be a chain of indoor, 5-story, virtual Theme Parks. Rides include CyberSpace Mountain, where you build your own coaster, and then ride it, and Pirates of the Carribean, where you are on a ship and you shoot physical cannons at 3-D Pirates Ships. This awesomeness was supplemented by an entire room filled with not only the latest of Arcade games, but the classics like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Galaga. Only 2 were built, and the Chicago location closed long ago. But the WDW location has always been crowded enough to sustain itself. Or at least, I thought it was.

I first went there in it's second year of operation, I think I was 8. I was fascinated by the 3-D, but I couldn't appreciate what it really was. Last summer (as mentioned in my Killtacular Tour), I went back there, and I was fascinated by the stuff I didn't see the first time. I always thought this massive arcade would last until I was a little older, but that dream was shattered today. Why wasn't I born in the 80s? Oh well...

I'm going to try to make several trips up to Disney Quest before it is closed to build yet another ESPN Zone. (sigh)...

Damn Franchises

-Yet another reason why the world sucks ass
Pudge