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Originally Posted by Guest

Not necessarily, since cities can and do have simple flat rides in playgrounds/parks. Of course ideally I would want a second fully-themed E-ticket but assuming budgets are the constraint, then something simple and lightly-themed will have to do. It could be as easy as a carousel with Zootopia animals.

I agree that they can make "auto-themed" flat rides that are technically still "immersive," e.g., Dino-Rama at Disney's Animal Kingdom being themed as a carnival, but IMHO that usually comes across as a transparent retroactive rationalization to install inexpensive amusement park rides in a themed environment (or, worse, the backstory isn't obvious to guests, who thus interpret it simply as a non-immersive amusement park within a theme park, e.g., Dino-Rama again).

That said, something like what you suggested - a carousel in a park-themed subsection - would probably be among the least-intrusive / most-successfully-fitting options.

Indeed, Grizzly Gulch and Super Nintendo World at USH have worked successfully... and a flat ride would break the immersion that the rest of the land seems like it's aiming to deliver (similarly to the ill-placed spinner that "breaks" Adventureland at The Magic Kingdom).