Theme park creativity doesn’t have to be a competition

Disneyland’s new Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run delivers the most interactive experience ever created for a popular theme park attraction. Its six riders get to control almost every function of Star Wars’ most famous spaceship, making the attraction more like a practical version of a video game than a theme park ride.
But does that mean the Millennium Falcon represents the future of theme park attractions? Not so fast.
Last week, I rode Universal Orlando’s new Harry Potter-th