Originally Posted By bayrr326 Yes, it is true. After like a decade, well it feels like a decade maybe Spirit or some one else can tell us how long, the black strips are gone and brand new signs have appeared in the monorail station. I took pictures and will post them later in case people don't believe it. So one of the most glaring examples of bad show has finally been taken care. 1 down about 1000 to go.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Leave it up to WDW to neglect something so simple, for such a ridiculous amount of time. Now, if only they went back to the original 1971 chocolate brown color for the road signs over the property, things would be most cosmetically pleasant to the eye. Whoever chose the current green, purple and red designs of those sign outta be put out to pasture. Those are the worst colors to place under the FL Sun since they tend to fade so quickly.
Originally Posted By bayrr326 Here is a link to the photos. In case no one believes it actually happened. <a href="http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos4183/1/14/30/65/32/3/332653014111_0_ALB.jpg" target="_blank">http://images.kodakgallery.com /photos4183/1/14/30/65/32/3/332653014111_0_ALB.jpg</a> <a href="http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos4183/1/14/30/65/32/6/632653014111_0_ALB.jpg" target="_blank">http://images.kodakgallery.com /photos4183/1/14/30/65/32/6/632653014111_0_ALB.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By bayrr326 That is weird. They work fine for me. Maybe I need to try a different service.
Originally Posted By irishfan It works for me. A tip, if the page pops up and it's "Forbidden", just click the cursor at the end of the address and hit enter. Usually does the trick.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>It takes so little to get a Disney fan excited, doesn't it?<< As it should be, since the "true" Disney experience should be about surpassing expectations, even in the smallest of details.... especially when they have been neglected for so long.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>The cursor trick worked for me.<< The cursor trick worked for me as well. Still I don't see much difference from the before to the after. I also have to comment that on this day and age, I think WDW should go electronic and bilingual, with some other languages displayed for those big demographics that visit WDW..like the japanese, brazilians... I mean, if other Disney parks can be bilingual in signage, why can't WDW?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Although I am in favor of using multi language signs, which one do you chose out of the thousands that are in the world. Unlike all other Disney parks WDW is the only truly World attracting resort. Others may have multi-language signs but I would be willing to bet that it only has those that are most likely to attend. Or those in English because they know how much of a pain Americans are if we don't find a sign we can read, no matter where we are. So do you put signs up for every language and/or dialect on the planet? If not, which ones do you choose? I think that if WDW were to provide signs for every language that thinks they should have it all you would see are signs and then the only thing they would have to maintain are the signs, nothing else would be visible. I just think it is thinking global in the sense that it is better to have just one language signs then make others angry because they think they were specifically left out.
Originally Posted By bayrr326 <a href="http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/data/500/medium/parks_002.jpg" target="_blank">http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.co m/data/500/medium/parks_002.jpg</a> <a href="http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/data/500/medium/parks_002.jpg" target="_blank">http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.co m/data/500/medium/parks_002.jpg</a> Try these instead.
Originally Posted By bayrr326 Well, the link did not work for some people so i put up a new one. I normally don't go around taking photos and posting them online. There are many other WDW fans who do that so I never feel the need. But last night when we got off the monorail I saw the signs had been changed and my jaw dropped to the floor cause those crappy blacked out signs had been there for years. The funny thing is that they finally do this a few months before the studios changes names. So what are we gonna end up with a black sticker over MGM for a few years before they get around to changing the sign again?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost No, I meant that both the links that you listed in post #13 are the same. It doesn't have two different pictures like your original links did.
Originally Posted By bayrr326 oops, my bad. <a href="http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/data/500/medium/parks_001.jpg" target="_blank">http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.co m/data/500/medium/parks_001.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Skellington88 yea but the new signs are already outdated...for example I still see Disney-MGM Studios when the park is now called Disney's Hollywood and they should change epcot back to Epcot Center since that seems to be the direction they are taking the park back in anyway (and thats a good thing).
Originally Posted By danyoung >Still I don't see much difference from the before to the after.< He didn't post a pic of the "before" look. The signs had a big ol' black paint stripe in the middle of it to cover up something that had been changed. It really was lame. >...example I still see Disney-MGM Studios when the park is now called Disney's Hollywood and they should change epcot back to Epcot Center since that seems to be the direction they are taking the park back in anyway..< Neither of the above is true. The park is still Disney/MGM Studios. I believe the name change comes in January of '08. And Epcot is still Epcot - I haven't heard any indication that this is going to change. So the new signs are correct as of now, for the next 3 months anyway.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>yea but the new signs are already outdated...<< Exactly my point in post #10 before. They are outdated in the info provided and the technology used. If any. >>Others may have multi-language signs but I would be willing to bet that it only has those that are most likely to attend.<< Yes, you are correct. But my point was... Disney could deliver signs in english, spanish (which I find unnecesary since most spanish speaking people do know english as well), portuguese and japanese... VIA electronic signage. It would be quite practical and CHEAP to do and them signs last longer...when properly maintained. >>I just think it is thinking global in the sense that it is better to have just one language signs then make others angry because they think they were specifically left out.<< Sorry but I disagree. DLP offers multiple language signs and PAs. TDR offers both english and japanese on their signs. HKDL offers Cantonese and English signs... and so on. Furthermore, I am yet to witness one single WDW CM go out of his/her way to satisfy a japanese guest the way they go out of their way to help me at TDR. Like I said before... spanish signs are not necesary but a common courtesy at WDW... and I think they should extend the same courtesy to other, more visible tourist groups who are coming to WDW practically most times of the year, like the brazilians and the japanese. >>So do you put signs up for every language and/or dialect on the planet? If not, which ones do you choose?<< Again.. I think it's fine to have english and spanish on hard signs, but Disney misses an opportunity to offer other options by not installing programmable electronic signs, like those at TDR and HKDL for example.
