One of the best things about theme parks is the way they let you in the world of your favorite franchises. A hit movie franchise from Disney is all but assured to lead to theme park attractions. Today, you can walk on an alien world from Star Wars at Disneyland or Walt Disney World. In Hong Kong, you can take a walk through Frozen’s Arendelle. In the next few years at Disney World, you’ll be able to enter new lands dedicated to everything from Monsters Inc. to Cars.
However, the reverse is also true. While hit movies are sure to become theme park attractions, popular theme park attractions also have the chance to become movies. While Disney arguably has only had one great success with strategy, in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, it hasn’t stopped the studio from continuing down this road. Several movies based on Disney theme park attractions are planned. At least one of them will probably be a new Pirates of the Caribbean film, another could launch a new franchise for Scarlett Johansson.
