Originally Posted By magnet OK, so here's a thread for all those humorous or insightful (so you might say) observations about stuff you noticed in the WDW parks and just wanted to share with everyone. I'll get us started and show you the kind of stuff I'm looking for: If anyone has ridden spaceship earth recently at EPCOT, do you remember the scene shown right before the car turns around for the return trip? There's an American male teenager, Terry, teleconferencing and gaming with a similarly aged Japanese female. I was quite amused by the fact that the American teen's bedroom was about three times as large as the girl's room and was soooo messy! I mean underwear and crap was all over the place, while the Japanese girl's room was immaculate. In fact, her only furniture was a bookcase! (I realize that she may not be shown in her bedroom). Nevertheless, it's a not-so-subtle example of some ethnic stereotypes whether or not it was intentionally done. OK, now remember -- do not discuss my contribution. Submit your own "Seinfeldian" observations.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Man...I know of a bunch of little things like that that really make you ask if they really planned for it that way, but now that there is a thread for it, I can't think of any.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I always wonder if I am the only person that would buy a DVD of all the Disney commercials? Can anybody else think of a souvenir or more ways for Disney to get your money that they haven't figured out yet.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Wouldn't it be fun if the Bank of Disney on Main Street was a real Bank. Think of how happy you would be to be overdrawn at the Bank of Disney.It would be fun to make your house and auto payments to the Bank of Disney...Start a bank account to save for the Disney trips and Disney Holiday Fund.
Originally Posted By seanyoda I remember when Disneyland's Main Street Bank was a bonafide Bank of America branch.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I was quite amused by the fact that the American teen's bedroom was about three times as large as the girl's room and was soooo messy! I mean underwear and crap was all over the place, while the Japanese girl's room was immaculate. In fact, her only furniture was a bookcase! (I realize that she may not be shown in her bedroom). Nevertheless, it's a not-so-subtle example of some ethnic stereotypes whether or not it was intentionally done.>> Japan is a tiny country with a huge population. Imagine about half the population of the United States living in an area about the size of California. So you don't often see big houses, let alone big rooms. Because of that, they don't tend to own a lot of stuff like we Americans do. <<do not discuss my contribution. Submit your own "Seinfeldian" observations.>> I couldn't help myself... and I can't think of anything at the moment.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros This one doesn't work so much for WDW, but in the other Disney parks, have you ever noticed that Star Tours is based off a movie that starts "Long, long ago" sits happily in Tomorrowland, and nobody seems to have a problem with it? But then we throw Buzz in there, who is from the modern time (a whole lot closer to the future) and everybody gets all angry about it.
Originally Posted By wam0418 On space mt at the end where you can see yourself in the camera on the conveyor floor. Have you every really watched someone in it. Meaning , look at the people who really dont want people know they are looking at themselves so they look straight but use there eyes to look at the tv. I think its fuuny
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 One of these days, I'm going to wear a Disney Princess Halloween costume to the park, and just host my own meet and greet. Think anyone would notice?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<One of these days, I'm going to wear a Disney Princess Halloween costume to the park, and just host my own meet and greet. Think anyone would notice?>> Not sure if you're being facitious, but you wouldn't get past the gates. Disney won't allow adult guests in costumes into their parks, specifically so they wouldn't be mistaken as Cast Members.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I remember when Disneyland's Main Street Bank was a bonafide Bank of America branch.>> Yep. Just like I remember when the MK's bank was a fully functional Sunbank branch. Just another sad fact that most people today have no clue that what's now a package pickup location once was a functioning, turn of the century themed, bank complete with ATMs and a big vault.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 <<<Not sure if you're being facitious, but you wouldn't get past the gates. Disney won't allow adult guests in costumes into their parks, specifically so they wouldn't be mistaken as Cast Members.>>> Just buy the costume after you get into the park.
Originally Posted By seafairy1622 Mickeymouseclub, your not the only one, I would buy disney commercials, if you could. I love them. I like the one where the carriage comes to the house. My favorite disney commercial ever is the couple in the resteraunt and the guy pulls out a shoe box and the girls thinks it's just shoes but he asks her to marry him with the glass slipper. sigh.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 <<<<Not sure if you're being facitious, but you wouldn't get past the gates. Disney won't allow adult guests in costumes into their parks, specifically so they wouldn't be mistaken as Cast Members.>>> Just buy the costume after you get into the park.> Alright! I knew there was someway to make my life-long dream come true! Yes, I was being facitious.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 ^^^I'm sure glad you were being facitious, because I can't believe straight-arrow me actually suggested that. Didn't mean to give anyone any ideas.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 ^^It's okay, because I thought you were being facitious, and just playing along! lol. It's so hard to tell on these message boards.
