Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife I don't know if any of you read Something Awful, it's basically (in my mind) a forum for computer nerds (no offense to any members on here). My boyfriend is a member and he found this article on there about DCA's 6th anniversary. I thought you all might get a kick out of it. <a href="http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/celebrating-six-baffling.php" target="_blank">http://www.somethingawful.com/ d/news/celebrating-six-baffling.php</a> Some bad language, so if easily offended beware. Here's a little glimpse into the article: "There is an urban legend about a man who bought a 1-day, 1-park ticket to California Adventure. They say his ghost walks the park every night after closing looking for his lost soul. Many say they have seen him in the park after dark while others deny that anybody has ever purchased a ticket to just DCA. The legends persist to this day..." Sorry if someone has already mentioned this article in another thread. Hope you enjoy! P.S. I am one of the few (or so it would seem) DCA lovers, but even I had to laugh at this article.
Originally Posted By junglejoy I didn't read the article but I must assure you that you are not the only DCA fan. My family LOVES DCA. It's not DL, but it's still fun and there are many, many things we love about it - even things that other people hate (Golden Zepher, Mulholland Madness, Sun Wheel, Jelly Fish, etc.). Maybe because we don't live near DLR but all of our friends/family when they go to DLR they all love DCA too. And it may be dependent on the ages of our children too. I'm glad someone else like DCA too!
Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife Thanks junglejoy, I'm glad I'm not alone. I too love Mullholland Madness! I think it's a blast. And there's never any line when I've been, so we go on it like five times in a row.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Someone else posted this same article in another thread. It is a humorous piece, but like most DCA commentary, it is unnecessarily mean-spirited, and like so much stuff you find on the Internet, it’s rather pointless. I get the impression that the writer was more interested in being witty instead of having anything new or of substance to say about either DL or DCA.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 This was posted in another thread (by Darkbeer I think, predictibly). The author trashed DL too, so this seemed like a "prove how hip I am by being negative and ironic and showing how above everything I am" sort of piece.
Originally Posted By GMLSKIS I love DCA also. It's not Disneyland but then again nothing else in the world is. It's a great second park. Soarin' Over California is my favorite attraction anywhere of any kind.
Originally Posted By disneywatcher ^ Yes, I don't understand how anyone cannot love DCA. When I see things like the following... <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=hsWQ_V8G8-k" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=hsW Q_V8G8-k</a> ...I can't help but be impressed by the beauty of and creative ingenuity that went into Disney's newest park in America. Thanks, Michael, Barry, Paul, et al!
Originally Posted By gadzuux I'm of two minds about mailiboomer. Yes - it's brutally ugly to look at, and the ride experience is almost vulgar in it's coarse and art-less delivery of cheap thrills. But it's location within screamin's helix means practically nothing else could fit in there. And it is within the theme of the area - like it or not. Plenty of people find it 'fun' and this video is a perfect example of joe sixpack taking his brood out to the parks, loading them into these graceless contraptions, and then videotaping them as the scream their heads off. It's meeting the guests' expectations on some level. It's certainly not EXCEEDING any expectations, but for those that like this sort of thing, it delivers the goods - cheaply and efficiently. Now 'mullholland madness' is a different story. There's just no excuse for that piece of dreck in a can.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "...I can't help but be impressed by the beauty of and creative ingenuity that went into Disney's newest park in America." Don't forget about the incredible ingenuity that went into one of DL's most beloved attractions while you're at it: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XXBG7PDnK0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =8XXBG7PDnK0</a>
Originally Posted By CMM1 Simple thoughts for sprucing up MM: 1. Put a building around it and lights on the cars - faux street signs and Hollywood props (hey -they could use ones similar to RnR Coaster since that ride is not in the near future for DCA, right?) Nothing like those drops and turns in the dark 2. Put in doors leading to the outside on one of the upper turns for "bursting out in the open - yikes! it looks like I'm being launched into the park kind of experience" 3. Otherwise, bulldoze it.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I have a feeling #3 isn't too far off the horizon. I can't imagine MM being in that location if the new GC Hotel wing is built as rumored.
Originally Posted By mstaft sorry, couldn't disagree more, but to each his own. Whats that about chocolate and vanilla ice cream?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I'm no fan of MM, but the way I see it Dumbo is a nicely dressed up standard amusement ride, while MM is a poorly dressed one. Either way, both are basic carnival type attractions and the creative ingenuity (disneywatcher's term, not mine) of each is marginal.
Originally Posted By mstaft Hans, the first sentence above accurately describes the differences as I see them as well. The Dumbo vehicle is at least charming and was a new interpretation in 1955. The same cannot really be said of MM alomst 50 years later.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Yep, I think we can all agree that Dumbo is charming. Certainly more so than the ugly MM attraction. But disneywatcher used the term “creative ingenuity†in regard to MM in his dig at DCA. This is what I was responding to. No matter how you spin it Dumbo is not a creatively ingenuous attraction by any stretch.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj I managed to make a trip to DCA this weekend with a good friend of mine. The attraction he wanted to go on again and again? -- Mulholland Madness. I wasn't all that eager to get on it the first time, but my friend thought it was a hoot. To each his own, I guess.
Originally Posted By mstaft Agreed- no creative ingenuity in the engineering aspect of the ride. The vehicle has a uniqueness in it being a flying elephant. Its saving grace, that is for sure.
