Originally Posted By Daannzzz I brought a friend of mine whom I have known for over 25 years on this trip last week end. We had never been to Disneyland together even though we lived together off and on over the years.He has never been to any other Disney park other then Disneyland with his friends and kids over the years. He is 42. This is a guy who loves his Ram Pick up and Ford Bronco, who loves four wheeling and video games (currently playin Diablo)and love the coasters at Magic Mountain. But he is a very mellow guy and doesn't say much about how he feels. We rode many, many things at Disneyland and DCA and he had no comment afterward so when he did say something I know it impressed him. He liked ToT but didn't want to do it agaain. Loved Soaring (we did it four times). Liked Screamin and the Sun Wheel and It's Tough to be a bug and Muppets. Aside from Soarin though the only thing he asked me if we could do agin in DCA was....... Aladdin!!! That one shocked me. In general he thought DCA was okay. Thought the Paradise Pier attractions were too tame but still had fun. He didn't think it felt as "Disney" as Disneyland and that there wasn't nearly enough foliage and greenery. He now wants to go to WDW.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Well, any park that is only 5 years old will have trouble with enough greenery. Even where there is a lot of it (Grizzly area) it is clear that is hasn't been there for too long, as opposed to most of DL where things have been growing for many years (including a couple palm trees that are well over 50 years old). I think that the comment that it isn't Disney enough is interesting, since that's what they wanted to do. But like your friend, I would tend to agree that even if it isn't specifically "Disney" things they have, they should still deliver Disney quality, which isn't always the case.
Originally Posted By Daannzzz It is funny. He didn't comment on the greenery until we were looking at all of our photos when we got home.
Originally Posted By pitapan16 Interesting. Well, PP is'nt very wild BECAUSE its a Disney park. The foilage could be better, look at Animal Kingdom. The place was a lush forrest from day one. And not Disney enough huh?....Well, of course there is room for improvement. But I think anyone could say that to ANY of Disney's sister parks that arent of the magic kingdom caliber. Disneyland is our base thought of what Disney is supposed to be and feel like.
