The Fool Speaks True

[acroyear]

The real question, however, is whether stripping down animation might not threaten the rest of the company. It might. Everything from theme parks to merchandising relies on a stream of fresh characters to cash in on. If Disney finds itself in a shoot out and someone yells, "Draw," the company may find one of its holsters empty.

-- The Motley Fool

Which makes the current backwards state of the Disney films (make a movie about the rides, rather than the other way around) all the more interesting...they'll run out of story-based rides sooner.