Probably, not so much a concern over changing it back (no one will mourn the change of the ride), but it will most likely be considerably more involved than the fiesta tour (change in audio, swap out videos, update hardware) considering there would likely be some major pieces of sets to change out, and the final scene would need to be gutted unless there was an oil drilling scene I missed in the film. Throwing the cheapest actor in the movie into an overlay of the existing film (such as they did for China and the People's Republic of Canada) would not surprise me though. It's cheap and even when it is stale, no one cares because they are just walking through the theater anyway.mindflipper wrote: Maybe it's a "no-brainer" in the sense the person who came up with had "no brains". I have a feeling it will be more like Gran Fiesta Tour overlay they did El Rio Del Tiempo. If you think about what they did with that ride, it wouldn't be too hard to change it back (much like they were able to do with the Tiki Birds over at MK).
TBF, almost all rides become stale after a few years, which is why they need so update refurb.
If comparing to USO, remember USO will tear out an attraction entirely and put something else in its place. Jaws out, Diagon Alley in. Disney seems to rarely do that. Look how long they've kept the IJ Stunt Show around. I think USO strategy has worked for them. I do think Disney needs to consider it too for their studio theme-park.
There is a difference though, when a ride is normally made it should be "evergreen", if you don't touch if for 10 years regulars will notice but the average person might not. When using pop culture, you don't get that luxury. First it starts out with "I love this franchise", 5 years later "Hey, it's those guys...", 10 years later "Ok, one of them died from ODing, another has a reality show, and the other is too fat/old to even be considered similar to their former self"... which eventually leads to 20 years later "Daddy? What is all this and why does none of it make sense?".
I think Disney has accepted the same strategy as USO, mainly no longer treating the park as a "Behind the scenes experience", but now that USO has caught up there is no where they can really out perform. They both know you need to regularly churn out top level thrill rides, they both know the service options need to be great for the cost, and they both know you need higher end dining than fast food.