4. Spaceship Earth

Spaceship Earth is easily one of the richest attraction concepts to mine for a major motion picture. There are so many directions to go with it. A journey through world history akin to the experience on the attraction, a look at a station like Spaceship Earth in the far future or an adaption of one of its various storylines over the years could all be really fascinating.

5. Main Street, U.S.A.

It’s true that a feature film could probably never compare to the experience of walking down the actual street packed full of Americana that always smells of fresh-baked cookies, but a whole movie that takes place in this unique, special setting could make for a captivating story, if told the right way. A street surrounded by things of science fiction and fantasy and told times sounds like an exciting basis for a movie pitch to me.

6. Expedition Everest

This is a fairly recent attraction, having debuted at the Animal Kingdom in 2006, but it’s well-liked and definitely well-deserving of a movie adaption. A story about a group of friends or a family trying to get off a mountain to escape the wrath of an angry yeti is a screenplay that practically writes itself. Expedition Everest is the one and essentially only aspect of the fabled Beastly Kingdom that materialized, which is another big reason it deserves to be celebrated on the big screen.

You could even take that passion people have for the promised but never delivered Beastly Kingdom a step further. Perhaps there could be a movie or series of movies based on Imagineer Joe Rhode’s ambitious concepts for the area as a whole. Just because Pandora - The World of Avatar took its place in Disney’s Animal Kingdom doesn’t mean that the beloved designs and concepts from some of our favorite Imagineers can’t live on in a different form. There’s definitely no shortage of great original material filmmakers can build off of.

7. Space Mountain

I can’t think of any science fiction property more exciting to big Disney theme park fans than Space Mountain. While the attraction itself doesn’t exactly build a huge world for filmmakers to explore, the feel and thrill of the attraction needs to be emulated in a different medium in any way possible. I know I’d get chills going down that flashing tunnel as a moviegoer, especially if the film was in 3D. Does the attraction offer a lot for filmmakers to work from? No, not necessarily. But with some ingenuity and the ability to capture the spirit of Space Mountain an adaption could become everything we want from it and more.

What do you think? Do any or all of these attractions merit their own feature films? Do you have other ideas for what those movies would be like? Let us know on Theme Park Tourist’s Facebook page and in the comments section below.